Chrysler Pacifica Plug-IN

828 complaints across 5 scored model years and 6 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Chrysler Pacifica Plug-IN Full report

Grade 2017–2021

2018 vs model median 3.8×

Model median3× median

Fuel System 50

Engine 46

Electrical 45

Avoid

2017 · 2018

Best

2019 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Severity-weighted complaint volume and grade by model year for the Chrysler Pacifica Plug-IN
Year	vs median	Reports	Grade
2017	1.00×	54	D
2018	3.85×	237	F
2019	0.80×	58	B
2020	1.61×	96	D
2021	0.51×	38	B
2022 P	4.06×	219	F
2023 P	1.30×	77	C
2024 P	0.93×	48	B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

Recalls

6 campaigns on record, 1 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Treat that as a minimum. NHTSA's lookup does not answer to this model's published name, so its campaigns are collected one trim at a time and the list may be short of the full count.

Recall campaigns, largest first
Campaign	Component	Model years	Units affected
19V143000	SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM	2018	47,771
20V334000	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH	2017–2020	23,079
22V077000 Park it	HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM	2017, 2018	16,741
18V740000	HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM	2017, 2018	10,260
17V371000	HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER	2017	1,375
17V375000	EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS	2017	100

Recall work is free at any franchised dealer, whoever owns the car and however old it is. Check a specific car’s VIN on NHTSA’s register before you buy — an unrepaired campaign is among the most commonly missed items on a used vehicle. One campaign here carries a Park It or Park Outside warning, which means NHTSA advised owners to stop driving or parking the vehicle indoors until the work was done.

Others in Minivans

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Other models in the same segment
Model	Years to avoid	Grade
Chrysler Pacifica	20172018	C
Chrysler Town and Country	none flagged	C
Dodge Grand Caravan	20102016	C
Honda Odyssey	20182019	C
Kia Sedona	20162017	C
Mazda Mazda5	none flagged	B
Nissan Quest	20112012	B
Toyota Sienna	20112015	C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2018 Pacifica Plug-IN

Complaints in window: 237
Severity-weighted: 409.5
Model median (weighted): 107
vs model median: 3.85×
Recall campaigns (weighted): 6
Open investigations: 2

Score 3.3 F