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2017 Chrysler Pacifica brakes problems

89 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
89 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
16,000 miles 51 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
12 and 0
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 16,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 27 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 9 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 16,000 miles
Based on 51 complaints that include mileage. 86% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles27
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles9
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 51 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 16,000 miles, and 86% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 12 crashes, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

In the past month I had experienced on two occasions, (while in motion and on a city street, specifically on the cross streets of dysart and camelback and a light at dysart and w. Sonoma dr.) that when I engaged the breaks the vehicle failed to slow and I felt as if the breaks were not working and the vehicle was not going to come to a stop. In the same month, approximately a week and a half after the last incident, on december 18th, 2019, my chrysler, pacifica was involved in a motor vehicle accident.

Reported at 55,000 miles, December 2019 CrashInjury

Only a few thousand miles with the vehicle, the vehicle would make clicking noises as I turn the vehicle (doesn't matter left or right). Dealer service dept checked and replaced defective right axle. At 10k miles, left axle failure. Dealer service dept checked and replaced a broken left axle. This break also caused the e-brakes to no longer engage and while the car was in park no brakes were applied thereby allowing the car to continue rolling unless your foot was on the brakes or a block of wood is placed at the…

Reported at 10,000 miles, August 2017

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