Recall Z11 was announced in early February 2022 due to fire risk which prompted Chrysler to issue a recommendation that owners not charge their plug-in hybrid Pacifica Hybrids and to park them outside until the fix was completed. More than six months have passed without subsequent update to resolve this recall, and not only is no part or remedy identified, the underlying cause has yet to be identified. This is after two previous recalls, U94 in October 2018 and W46 in June 2020, which were also announced by Chrysler due to fire risk for the Pacifica Hybrid. Chrysler's guidance of parking the vehicle outside and not plugging it in to charge is unsatisfactory and illogical. The normal operation of the plug-in hybrid system leads to the gasoline engine and regenerative braking charging the high-voltage battery during its "Hybrid Mode" operation even when the vehicle has not been plugged in to charge the high-voltage battery. Based upon other recent fire risk recalls related to vehicles with high-voltage batteries such as the Chevrolet Bolt EV--which has led to numerous manufacturer repurchases and complete battery replacement for all affected models--Chrysler's response is neither timely nor sufficient. It is past time that definitive resolution be provided to owners of vans that have already been affected by two prior fire risk recalls and now have been waiting six months with recommendation to not use the vehicle as designed, marketed, and advertised at the time of sell. Given the unresolved nature of recall Z11, I request action be taken to require manufacturer buybacks of the affected products at this time.

- Winston-Salem, NC, USA

The most recent occurrence- of many- where the vehicle not operating as it was shifted to/ not staying on/or turning off when the ignition button is pressed is as follows. In a (flat) parking lot the van was parked and turned off> the brake was pressed> the ignition button was pressed to turn the van to 'on' and the word 'run' was illuminated- it was running in full electric mode with a battery of ~85% > the shift knob was turned from P to R> the van was reversed out of a parking spot > the brake was pressed and the shift knob was spun to D > the brake was released as the steering wheel was turned to pivot out of the parking lot however the car continued in reverse. At this point I started filming to 'catch' this problem on film since similar reported issues are always 'non duplicate-able' at the dealership. The ignition button showed 'run', the "D" above the shifting knob was blinking blue, there was an orange 'check engine' light type icon showing on the main screen where the message "shift to P to start" was also showing. I had to press on the brake, shift to P, and turn off the car, then turn on the car in order to have the car be able to drive in a forward motion. While this was in a quiet parking lot me sitting in the middle of a lane was not a problem, and thankfully I was not close to the next car while I was reversing since upon shifting to 'd' I continued backwards towards a row of cars. However, I live on a busy street and often have to reverse out onto a 4 lane road where it is imperative that the van move forward when shifted as such to avoid being hit by fast moving traffic. I have also had similar occurrences happen, and frequently have to press the ignition button multiple times to get the van to turn off once parked.

- Upper Arlington, OH, USA

While driving, I experienced a sudden loss of power. The vehicle put itself into a low-speed mode (aka "turtle mode") and then would no longer accelerate at all. It has been determined that an entirely new transmission is required.

- Louisville, KY, USA

The contact owns a 2018 (na) Chrysler Pacifica hybrid. While driving 60 mph, the vehicle stalled. Once it was restarted, the temperature and traction control indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer (ry dell Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, 700 san fernando road, san fernando, ca 91340) where it was diagnosed that there was a short in the temperature sensor and a new transmission was needed. The manufacturer was notified and informed the contact that they would not honor the warranty on the vehicle. The failure mileage was 278.

- Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Car was powered on, put in reverse and we began backing down a steep driveway. Part of the way down the motive power cut out, we lost power steering and power brakes and could not operate the gear shifter. We could not get the vehicle to restart on the hill but were able to roll down to the bottom. Once at the bottom we were able to restart the vehicle normally.

- Atascadero, CA, USA

The car had been operating normally while driving for about 15 minutes when we realized we missed a turn and decided to turn around using a driveway. The car was never switched out of drive. After turning around we started accelerating to cross the two lane road and then all motive power cut out, we lost power steering and could not operate the gear shifter. The vehicle stalled, dangerously blocking both lanes of traffic with three children and two adults inside. We got everyone out of the vehicle and off of the road. A few minutes later after reentering the vehicle, it started normally.

- Atascadero, CA, USA

The van's engine stopped while traveling at 30 mph on a city street. The ac had been running. The hybrid and engine light came on. The day board stated I needed to put vehicle in park to start van. After coasting to a stop the vehicle did not respond to trying to use gear selector. This changed after sitting for 15 minutes. I drove the vehicle with engine light and hybrid light the final 1 mile home....updated 11/06/17 updated 11/09/2017

- Springfield, MO, USA

Driving on interstate when the car basically lost forward drive in the middle of the highway. Was in traffic, going approximately 5mph with the adaptive cruise control on, braked for slowing traffic and on trying to re-accelerate got no power. And drifted slowly to a stop while trying to re-engage drive. Vehicle is phev, was running on battery with plenty of charge at the time and plenty of gas for hybrid gas engine backup, but neither provided power. Tried unsuccessfully to turn the car off, restart, reset, etc., but nothing worked despite power to dash electronics. Was pushed to shoulder by state police and subsequently towed to dealer....updated 11/03/17 updated 11/9/2017

- Medford, MA, USA