2018 Chrysler Pacifica Electronic stability control Problems
- Complaints
- 37about this part
- Share
- 4%of 889 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 11,621miles
- Trend
- FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 37 complaints about the electronic stability control of the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica, 4% of the 889 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 11,621 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Car will stall out while it's in drive, but braking. Yesterday it did it as I was turning left in the middle of an intersection. It stalled and turned off the engine flashing 'fcw/ lanesense unavailable restart required.' I then will have to shift to park and restart the car. This has happened several times and Chrysler has not fixed the issue.”
NHTSA complaint #11311635, filed 2020-02, 26,834 miles“The first incident occurred when I was in a parking lot. I got into my car and when I went to press the brake and push to start, my brake was locked and my computer started flashing service electronic stability control, park brake unavailable, enter auto-theft code and other numerous error messages. I had to have my car towed to the closest service and they didn't find anything wrong. …”
NHTSA complaint #11131958, filed 2018-09, 17,900 miles“While driving my 2018 Pacifica in 45 MPH traffic on a local road, the car flashed 'stability control' and lost all power. The brakes went hard, the car completely stalled. The display read 'stability control' then disappeared from the screen and it instructed me to put car in park and to restart the car. The second time this happened I was driving 50 MPH on a state highway slowing to make a left turn when the vehicle did the exact same thing as stated above.”
NHTSA complaint #11170919, filed 2019-01, 6,000 miles“I returned home from driving a half an hour in my vehicle and when I pushed the start/stop button to turn the vehicle off it would not go completely off. The engine turned off but the sensors and radio would not turn off. Normally it shuts off when you open the door and it still would not work. So then I messed with things a bit and made sure all doors were shut. When doing so the back left door would not latch all of the way. It would go to shut and the open again before latching.”
NHTSA complaint #11307040, filed 2020-02, 50,000 miles“This complaint is just one of many I've had. Most recently, I've been stalled while waiting at a red light (thankfully) on a city street. I had an error message come on shortly followed by a prompt telling me that start/stop was required. So I had to put the car in park, restart and then car drove. This happened twice in one day and dealer couldn't find anything wrong. Left it has protocol passed all recommended checkpoints and that an engineer has to determine fix.”
NHTSA complaint #11180937, filed 2019-02, 9,300 milesElectronic stability control: other model years
Other parts of the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica
378 complaintsElectrical system
290 complaintsSteering
185 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
157 complaintsOther or unknown
114 complaintsFuel system
48 complaintsVehicle speed control
35 complaintsBrakes
31 complaintsSuspension
20 complaintsBody and structure
19 complaintsForward collision avoidance
15 complaintsSeats
10 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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