NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Chrysler Pacifica Recalls
The 2018 Chrysler Pacifica has 12 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 17, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Chrysler Pacifica. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 12
- Owner complaints
- 889
- Crashes reported
- 28
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Chrysler Pacifica, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
12 recalls on the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica
Equipment adaptive/mobility: wheelchair restraints/securement: latch/anchor:
- Campaign
- 25V876000
- Reported
- December 17, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 86
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017, 2019–2025 Pacifica, 11 other models
Electrical system: wiring: connectors/plugs/receptacles
- Campaign
- 23V010000
- Reported
- January 17, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 67,117
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017, 2019–2023 Pacifica
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 19V886000
- Reported
- December 12, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,441
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Pacifica
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery
- Campaign
- 19V348000
- Reported
- May 9, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 198,731
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017, 2019 Pacifica
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 19V143000
- Reported
- February 28, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,771
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica
Electrical system: wiring: front underhood
- Campaign
- 18V524000
- Reported
- August 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,779
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017, 2019 Pacifica, 14 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 18V492000
- Reported
- July 26, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft
- Campaign
- 18V493000
- Reported
- July 26, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica
Electrical system: ignition: anti-theft: control module
- Campaign
- 18V395000
- Reported
- June 14, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 240,242
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Pacifica
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 18V332000
- Reported
- May 17, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,815,661
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Pacifica, 14 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V824000
- Reported
- December 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,791
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 18 other models
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 17V542000
- Reported
- August 31, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,927
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Pacifica
2018 Chrysler Pacifica complaints by year
NHTSA has received 889 owner complaints about the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 28 describe a crash (3%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica, the component group named most often is the engine (43%), followed by the electrical system (33%) and the steering (21%).
5 of the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica's 12 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2018 Chrysler Pacifica owners gave the mileage (331 complaints), the median was 14,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine378
- Electrical System290
- Steering185
- Power Train157
- Unknown Or Other113
- Fuel/Propulsion System48
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 77 | |
| 2019 | 138 | |
| 2020 | 54 | |
| 2021 | 55 | |
| 2022 | 69 | |
| 2023 | 94 | |
| 2024 | 112 | |
| 2025 | 136 | |
| 2026 | 150 |
Complaints about the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 150. 37% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica drew 2.5× the complaints of the median Chrysler Pacifica year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 11 ranked years.
That makes 2018 one of the Chrysler Pacifica years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 889 complaints about the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chrysler Pacifica by model year
Other 2018 Chrysler models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted