Other engine problem on the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica
4 crashes 5 fires 1 injury 10 of the 150 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 engine problem gets reported
Owners of the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica report other engine problem at a median of 10,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 5,000 miles and a quarter after 27,500 miles, from 86 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 2nd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 2,500 miles at the tenth percentile to 55,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 53,150 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
Reports bunched into a band this tight usually mean the component has a life of its own: it goes at roughly the same mileage regardless of who owns it.
81% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,350 miles | 5,125 miles | 10,350 miles | 26,376 miles | 54,500 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, 4 a crash, 5 a fire and 1 an injury are 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 $300–$4,000 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 12 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2018, at a median of 10,000 miles, and latest on the 2004 at 107,000 miles.
By volume the 2017 carries the most reports, with 291; the 2018 has 150. 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.
We were driving home at night and stopped on a red light in an intersection on a highway. When it was 'go' our pacifica 2018 (400 miles on it) did not run. Light is on 'run', dial shift on drive and I did not turn off the car. I stepped on the accelerator again but it just would not run. Other drivers behind me started honking and I signaled them to go around me. So turned to park and turned off the engine. Then turned back on. Still it would not run. For the third time I turned the engine completely off, opened the door. Then closed the door and redid the entire process. This time it worked. Took us about 15 distressing seconds. I'm now scared driving this thing with my family with me. I dont want this to happen again especially on a busy highway. Just the thought of it gives me goosebumps. I called the sales guy first this morning and was told he will schedule appointment with their service. Just surprised me this never happened to our previous cars - toyota, honda and nissan especially such a brand new car! Chrysler, if you are reading this, please don't live in fantasyland that your vehicles are ok. Admit it and help owners…
Car shut off with the "put car in park and restart" message. It took 2 attempts to restart. Car has only 795 miles on it. When the car shuts off there is no power steering creating a very dangerous situation. The car was stopped at a traffic light when this happened with the fuel saver option set to the off position.
Car stalled, engine completely stopped while driving expressway speeds. Engine would not restart and required tow. Eight days after incident - still no diagnosis for failure although evidence points to internal engine damage.
Also reported on the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica
Other electrical problem
Head gasket failure
Other powertrain problem
Other steering problem
No-start or intermittent start failure
Stalling while driving
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 150 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 engine problem happen on the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica?
Across 86 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 10,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 5,000 miles and a quarter after 27,500 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other engine problem on the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica?
150 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 1.2 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