Other steering problem on the 2007 Chrysler Pacifica
1 fire 1 of the 22 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other steering problem gets reported
Owners of the 2007 Chrysler Pacifica report other steering problem at a median of 70,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 50,000 miles and a quarter after 105,000 miles, from 19 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 5th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 20,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 140,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 116,713 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
21% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21,830 miles | 50,500 miles | 70,000 miles | 105,000 miles | 138,543 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a fire is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $350–$2,400 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 11 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2019, at a median of 1,400 miles, and latest on the 2022 at 130,000 miles.
By volume the 2017 carries the most reports, with 113; the 2007 has 22. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Vehicle caught fire. Fire started in the engine, but was not noticed when the vehicle was shut off. It smoldered then ignited entire vehicle. Nothing unusual was noticed when driving the vehicle, or when shutting off the engine. The engine size is 4.0 ltr. *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chrysler pacifica. The contact stated that the vehicle loses power while driving between 15 to 60 MPH. The failure has occurred seven times since the vehicle was purchased. Right after the failure, the low oil pressure indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. The driver experienced limited ability to steer and stop the vehicle during the failure. The vehicle is able to be immediately restarted after the failure. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer for repair on four occasions. On the first occasion, the dealer stated that they could not duplicate the failure; however, they updated the software. On the second occasion, the dealer duplicated the failure and replaced the throttle body. On the third occasion, the emissions indicator illuminated and an erroneous evaporation code appeared. The computer was reset at that time. On the fourth visit to the dealer, three loose electrical grounds were found and tightened; however, the failure continued. The previous owner also experienced the failures, but the manufacturer was unable to determine the cause. The failure mileage was 21,150 and current…
Steering wheel shakes violently everytime when '07 chrysler pacifica is slowing down. Brought in for service and was told the car needed a new front motor mount. Not covered under any warranty. Search of the internet shows multiple problems of chrsyler pacifica motor mount replacement, and needing to replace multiple times. Dealership only guarantees new motor mount for 12 months, or 12,000 miles. *tr
Also reported on the 2007 Chrysler Pacifica
Other engine problem
Other powertrain problem
Other electrical problem
Fuel pump failure
Torque converter failure
Other body or interior problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 22 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other steering problem happen on the 2007 Chrysler Pacifica?
Across 19 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 70,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 50,000 miles and a quarter after 105,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other steering problem on the 2007 Chrysler Pacifica?
22 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.4 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed