NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Chrysler Pacifica Recalls
The 2006 Chrysler Pacifica has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on November 9, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Chrysler Pacifica. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 726
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Chrysler Pacifica, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2006 Chrysler Pacifica
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 06V432000
- Reported
- November 9, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 127,928
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Pacifica
2006 Chrysler Pacifica complaints by year
NHTSA has received 726 owner complaints about the 2006 Chrysler Pacifica, the newest on August 11, 2025. Of these, 20 describe a crash (3%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 24 injuries and 10 deaths.
In complaints about the 2006 Chrysler Pacifica, the component group named most often is the structure (27%), followed by the engine (20%) and the power train (15%).
The 2006 Chrysler Pacifica's only recall also concerns the power train.
Where 2006 Chrysler Pacifica owners gave the mileage (614 complaints), the median was 93,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure198
- Engine146
- Power Train109
- Engine And Engine Cooling101
- Suspension86
- Unknown Or Other63
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 30 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 17 | |
| 2008 | 16 | |
| 2009 | 34 | |
| 2010 | 58 | |
| 2011 | 37 | |
| 2012 | 51 | |
| 2013 | 43 | |
| 2014 | 100 | |
| 2015 | 109 | |
| 2016 | 89 | |
| 2017 | 52 | |
| 2018 | 21 | |
| 2019 | 37 | |
| 2020 | 16 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Chrysler Pacifica peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 109. 13% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Chrysler Pacifica drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Chrysler Pacifica year in the same window: 7th highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 726 complaints about the 2006 Chrysler Pacifica are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
2006 Chrysler Pacifica crash tests and safety technology
For the 2006 Chrysler Pacifica, NHTSA lists no electronic stability control, forward collision warning or lane departure warning. Forward collision warning became standard on the Pacifica with the 2023 model year, 17 years after this one.
NHTSA puts the chance that the 2006 Chrysler Pacifica rolls over in a single-vehicle crash at 13% (4 stars). That is tied for the highest of the 12 Pacifica years NHTSA rated from 2004 on (11.6%–13%); the 2017 had the lowest, 11.6%.
Photos: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, NHTSA test vehicle 1816, shown from static.nhtsa.gov. Ratings, rollover risk and technology of the 2006 Chrysler Pacifica: NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings API, retrieved October 28, 2026; NHTSA terms of use. How the tests work
Chrysler Pacifica by model year
Other 2006 Chrysler models
Newest record on this page: August 11, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted