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#72 of 107 Goodbye, Pacifica! ...hello, Town and Country! by qpower Jun 02, 2008 (11:10 pm)
Just couldn't stand the potential for trouble with this beast anymore! Traded it today for a new 08 T&C Touring Signature Edition - got a fine cash price ($27273) for the new vehicle and $13500 for the 05 Pacifica AWD Touring, DVD, Moonroof, and 46000 miles... that was well above auction prices for these cars. In retrospect, I had real concerns with the oil consumption of this engine and didn't want to wait for the inevitable.   Good luck to the rest of you - if only Chrysler had acted in the best interests of its customers, I might still be driving the Pac...   Geoff
#73 of 107 I'm in the same boat!! by yaknow9 Jul 01, 2008 (5:12 am)
I have a 2005 AWD Touring Pacifica, in Dec 07 had Converter replaced!!! This to me is a result of the 3 qts low issues which was not really apparent to me until I had this work done. Now i'm doing the every 1000 mile oil consumption check pain!! I have the extended warranty until 100000 miles I'm at approx 61,000 now. I too love this car but now have my doubts. Why dosent Chrysler do a recall on this?? Maybe we all have to complian to get that going. Replies to this message: dcgnlmg (Jul 06, 2008 4:26 pm) hozz (Jul 06, 2008 8:09 pm) qpower (Jul 07, 2008 3:45 am)
#74 of 107 Oil problems have lead to engine problems by dcgnlmg Jul 06, 2008 (4:26 pm)
Replying to: yaknow9 (Jul 01, 2008 5:12 am) I started out with my 05 AWD Touring Pacifica burning a qt of oil ever 800 miles. I was jerked around by the company for about a year. They finally went in and found out that the rings at the bottom of the pistons were bad. It was a manufacturer issue. About 4000 miles after the rebuild my engine blew up: a piston broke in to tiny pieces, two rods broke and the block cracked. A new (re manufactured) engine was then put in the car and about 350 miles later the engine light came on. The dealership (a different one than the one who rebuilt the engine) did not install it correctly. Now, my car is at a third dealership getting ready to have the engine taken out for a third time in six months. This is getting ridiculous. Thank God I bought the extended warranty, but that doesn't provide coverage for all of the hassle and stress that my family has had to put up with. Chrysler needs to step up and do something, but they are not. It is just sad. Replies to this message: hozz (Jul 06, 2008 8:09 pm) qpower (Jul 07, 2008 3:45 am)
#75 of 107 Re: Oil problems have lead to engine problems [dcgnlmg] by hozz Jul 06, 2008 (8:09 pm)
Replying to: dcgnlmg (Jul 06, 2008 4:26 pm) I too have the same problem with my 2006 Pacifica Touring....under 28k miles and it BURNS OIL. Check out my blog on what I have dealt with:   http://home.comcast.net/~rjv76/site/ Replies to this message: qpower (Jul 07, 2008 3:45 am)
#76 of 107 Re: Oil problems have lead to engine problems [hozz] by qpower Jul 07, 2008 (3:45 am)
Replying to: hozz (Jul 06, 2008 8:09 pm) I read your blog posts and you need to step up to the reality of owning a large, complex mechanical device!   You do need to check oil levels every time you fill the gas tank, I am sure that this advice is within the owner's manual. You need to check tire pressures frequently too! This isn't to say that you need to like the exercise, rather that it is a function of ownership and maintenance of the vehicle. It may be too tiresome for you to own this vehicle!   That said, I have posted here about my own 2005 Pacifica oil consumption issues and there is NO Doubt that Chrysler is hiding from their responsibilities to step up and claim this oil over-consumption as a function of poor engineering or faulty engine construction, you can take your pick...   I solved the situation after running around with the local dealers over the issue by trading the vehicle back and buying a 2008 T&C van with a strong trade-in value. It is not an ideal situation and I liked some aspects of the vehicle, but frankly, there was more wrong with the ride handling too, that I decided to move on -   Sooner or later, you will decide to move on, you need to make that choice!   The whole incident is painful and egregious corporate behavior, especially as I had a VW New Beetle with oil overuse and VW absolutely fixed that!   You can not fight them if they are intransigent, but you could hire big city lawyers and start a class action suit.... maybe...   I got 46K miles use in less than three years and took the exit, receiving 13,5K for the trade on a $29K cost... good considering they started out at 11,2!   Good Luck,   Geoff
#77 of 107 Oil Hog - Not just 05's... by badpac Jul 14, 2008 (9:49 am)
This beast alone seems to be propping up the artificially high price of oil all by itself... My 04 Pac w/76K uses a quart every 800 mi. now. Hadn't realized when it started, probably around 70K. Having just gone over my extended warranty limit (70K) I will dump it unless anyone can tell me that chrysler is owning up to the debacle. Can anyone give a price as to what the o-ring replacement cost has been? Thanks.
#78 of 107 not sure what to do!!! by angyp Aug 06, 2008 (11:43 am)
HI, my husband and I found this site after having the same oil consumption issues with our 2005 AWD Pacifica. Our dealership has been completely useless and downright awful to us since our engine seized up while we were driving.       A couple issues we are having is that we had brought the car back to the dealership for its last oil change, and one of the very bright guys over there had miscalculated our oil change sticker by 2000 miles!!! We were over our change by what we thought was 500 miles, and came to find out it was really 2,500.        We are still under 36,000 miles on this car, and from what we are reading, this should be a warrenty issue. ( we did also purchase the extended warrenty). We were just denied this morning, and don't know what to do. We live in a small town in Colorado, that doesn't have many dealerships, can we bring this car somewhere else and try and get it covered. Like I said, our dealership is not owning up, and when my husband went to meet with the mechanic, they had taken the sticker off the window!! We are not sure where to go from here, but obviously many of you are getting this covered under warrenty. I would appreciate any advice Replies to this message: bgyako (Oct 06, 2008 8:49 am)
#79 of 107 Resolution by bgyako Oct 06, 2008 (8:48 am)
Hi All,   I have been reading these posts for months, and no one is being helped from Chrysler. I spoke to the dealer, the dealer sent me to customer service, they don't handle technical issues, I need to speak to STAR for technical issues, and only dealers are allowed to speak with star, and so on and so on. Here what I found out so far. Everyone on this post needs to: A) request from the dealer to speak to the District Manager (DMM) and file a complaint. B) File a CAR (pronounced care) case with a level 2 support (USA rep not India) rep 800-992-1997. C) I got the actual star#, call them everyday and complain. 800-850-Star. D) Lastly, get a ASE certified mechanic to confirm oil consumption issue, and file a small case law suit. It's simple and each case has to be represented by Chrysler in every county/state. This ill cause Chrysler to find a simpler resolution then paying attorneys to run around the country. By the way I to have a 2005 Pacifica touring with 2 QTS of oil consumption every 3K miles. I am on step D next......LOL
#80 of 107 Re: not sure what to do!!! [angyp] by bgyako Oct 06, 2008 (8:49 am)
Replying to: angyp (Aug 06, 2008 11:43 am) What's the site.
#81 of 107 got rid of my misery! I sold the Pacifica back to the dealer! by qpower Oct 11, 2008 (10:34 am)
Ah, revenge is sweet!   The dealer was forced to offer me a superior trade-in value of $13,500 for my 2005 Touring with DVD and 46,000 miles towards a 2008 T&C Touring which has been trouble free so far.   Revenge is knowing that our trade-in is still sitting unsold on the dealers lot now marked down to $13,495 !!   Who got the best of that?   We deserve better than the quality we've gotten out of this modern engine. I found the exit door, but someone needs to start a class action suit. There seems little doubt that many folks are very disappointed with the quality of this vehicle.

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