Used 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Limited 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 9A) Consumer Reviews
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Johan Keet, Dallas, TX, 12/26/2016
updated 08/14/2018
Chrysler Pacifica Limited 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 9A)
13 of 19 people found this review helpful
I bought the Pacifica Limited edition and did not want the entertainment system since we have no children. We listen to CD and radio. All our previous Chrysler products had radio &CD /casette players. When we received it and we could not find the CD player, the dealer was quick to point out we did not buy the entertainment package...wow. sirus radio does not play the music we listen. On the open road FM radio is not always good. Now we need to purchase an external device to rip our CD too. Interesting that Honda, Toyota and all other manufacturers does have CD players as a Standard. Chrysler, you caught me on this one but unfortunately I will tell everybody about this bad move! 02/09/2017 Chrysler claims their 2017 Pacifica will give one +- 19 mpg in-town, up to 29 mpg for highway driving with an average of 22-23 mpg combined. I bought my new Limited edition Pacifica van in December 2016. The vehicle is very nice but the gas mileage sucks. In town with no stop and go traffic and with no traffic and driving slow and no hard braking or hard acceleration, I get 13 -15 miles per gallon. I took the vehicle on two road trips where only my wife and I were in the vehicle not loaded. We drive a 3-hour trip to a remote town ( no hills or wind at 70 mile/hour) and three hours back home the same way we went and the gas mileage was 21.5 miles per gallon. So far I have to fill up the Pacifica two tanks of gas / 500 milles-- a tank 18 Gallons. My average gas miles for these trips (town 10% of mileage and Highway 90%) were and is +- 15 to 16 miles/gallon. I have 1150 miles on the vehicle and Chrysler insist that only after the third oil change the vehicle gas mileage will get better ....wow...third oil change( 15000 miles). This vehicle is a gas guzzler and nearly as fuel inefficient as my 2002 V8 Dodge Durango. I cannot get Chrysler or the dealers to move and fix the van. If I listen to You Tube videos, everybody raves about the good gas mileage they get from theirs or the test Pacifica. What must I do???? I have now been driving this Pacifica for 11700 miles and its fuel efficiency is not good---dealers say it is normal---I get in town, driving like an elderly person, between 11 and 14.5 mpg. On the Highway driving 70-75 miles per hour I only get at its best, 25 mpg. The vehicle is nice but I will not recommend it to others due to it bad fuel efficiency! 08/13/2018 The Pacifica is really a gas guzzler nothing changed, it is still very uneconomical and fuel thirsty even after 16,000 miles it sucks gas! I have spoken to several Pacifica owners. All say it is a nice vehicle but it is not fuel efficient! Chrysler lies about fuel millage!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not for me... trading in for a grand caravan GT.
Paul, Roseville, MI, 02/12/2017
Chrysler Pacifica Limited 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 9A)
9 of 13 people found this review helpful
My wife always leased a town and country and we have always loved them. Well Chrysler decided to kill off their best selling car and replace it with this and I knew I should have just bought out of old van. First of all, we do a lot of traveling. The town and country had overhead storage bins that we used all the time and it also had halo lighting like a limo above our heads. It was pretty cool. I was already disappointed that they dropped that feature. Another feature I miss from the town and country is the power vented 3rd row windows. This van cost so much more money and it already is missing 2 features I frequently used. Next, the 9 speed transmision (which I already know is a disaster) is awful. It will be totally fine for a day then the next it is shifting all weird and hard. When this happens the car literally will jump forward and it scares the daylights out of us. Have taken to the dealer 3 times for this and they tell me it is 100% fine and there is nothing wrong with it. This is very aggravating because I do not trust this vehicle on a long road trip or even driving in general. Also, another thing this van is missing is the 3rd row tailgate seats and flashlight from my old van are missing. I don't understand why they dropped some of the best features from the old van. The uconnect system works ok, but freezes every once in awhile which is aggravating. Also I don't know what they did for this van but it is not nearly as insulated as the old town and country. I hear every road noise, every chip, every sound on the outside. It's almost like you can't even enjoy driving it because it's so loud. I do know about the active noise cancellation but it truely does nothing. I had the dealer look into this too and they told me everything is working as it should and it is normal for Pacificas to have "some road noise". It's like they admitted this car was loud inside. And reading about the sunroof letting in all the noise is absolutely true. It's terrible. I basically do not like this car at all. Even the way it looks is ugly compared to the town and country. Now for the good: the sound system is great despite the loud noise while driving. If I'm on break at work I like to sit and listen to music in it and it does sound pretty great. Also the ventilated seats are nice in hot weather. It is nice to have a big touch screen compared to the smaller one on the town and country. And having a 3rd row charging port is great too. Also having a button to move the driver seat forward for stow and go is very convenient. Second row seats are very comfortable also. Overall, this car feels like an expensive downgrade from my town and country. My wife wanted another town and country because we have never had any reliability issues with them and we also like the look and features much better. We were disappointed to find out they killed it off. I did complain to the dealer about this car and they did tell me many people are going from the town and country to grand caravan because it's not for them. I just don't like the huge bulky look of the Pacifica either. I know it's a minivan but they really could have done better with the looks on it. I am taking a huge loss but I would rather drive a grand caravan then this van. Ordered a grand caravan GT and should have it by early spring. Can't wait to get away from this vehicle.
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No repair by dealer so traded van. No buy Pacifica
Anonymous, Oregon City, OR, 08/13/2018
updated 02/18/2020
Chrysler Pacifica Limited 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 9A)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
We had a Pacifica van and had a slamming in transmission hitch progressed to more frequently. After having van in shop 5 times and they could not find anything we traded it in. Have girlfriend who also had transmission stop working during snowy season and they were trapped on freeway with children inside. We took van to dealer multiple times and of course their line was we put it on the machine shows nothing. I asked them to drive it and they said they found nothing. There is documented transmission issues with this van. Unfortunately we traded it in to buy a more reliable vehicle. Plelase read reviews before purchasing this beautiful van.
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Test drove Limited edition
drramesh28@yahoo.com, Burbank, IL, 10/27/2016
Chrysler Pacifica Limited 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 9A)
18 of 30 people found this review helpful
I have 2011 Toyota Sienna, its 5.5 years old and has done 68000 miles, so I decided to buy another mini van, since Toyota sienna has planned to release their next model in spring 2017 and Odyssey is planning to release their next model by the end of this year, I decided the new Pacifica limited edition because of the hype that I have seen in the ads. This van looks good from front and kind of OK from rear ( rear is little bit shorter looking). The interior has a good speedometer display and I liked the in seat built entertainment system ( has 1 behind the diver seat and 1 behind the passenger seat). The second/third row seats are thin when compared to front seats and that over all looks weird. The storage cabinet between the diver seat and passenger seat are poorly made of cheap plastic and does not compare to the quality and storage capacity of sienna. The drive it self was very average when compared to my 5 year old seinna. We were waiting for a green signal , when the engine vibration was passed on to the van and the entire van started vibrating, my wife and I thought that the sales rep was shaking his leg but he wasn't. This van is no match for the quality of Toyota or Honda's. Consumer report even doubts the reliability of Chrysler brands and I completely agree with them. Other tactics these dealers use is, they will advertise a very low priced deal ( saying "get your internet price", this vehicle was $48000 and was listed for $41650), I went to the dealer in schaumburg, IL and asked about it and they said that vehicle was sold out??? Sold out in middle of the night? Beware buyers. Quality absolutely sucks. It all looks good on TV, but test drive it for at least a few miles before you commit to buy.
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Livin’ my dream!
M Wiseman, Pittsburgh, PA, 04/28/2018
Chrysler Pacifica Limited 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 9A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Okay....so if my dream is a Pacifica limited, I may need to get out more, but still... This is the first “loaded” car I’ve ever gotten in my 57 years of life. I need the stow and go seats because I’m a dog-sports afficianodo and needed to have the space in back for crates to stay in permanentaly (and didn’t want to have to store them elsewhere). I LOVE THIS VAN and can only dearly hope that it’s reliability is strong!! I’ve been watching them since the were first unveiled and I am not disappointed! Much better ride than my T&C, really sharp looking and an interior that is EXACTLY as nice as I’d hoped it would be. Here’s to a LOT of years for me in this van!
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