2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid consumer reviews

As far as practicality goes, I think the minivan was the greatest vehicle ever conceived. My main problem with all of them is relatively poor mileage. That problem has mostly been solved by the Pacifica PLUG-IN Hybrid. Battery mileage is about 30 miles and that covers 90% of our daily driving . A fast charger at home generates a full charge in less than 2 hours and, stopping home for a few minutes allows a "top-up" if we go out again. We have often gone two months without having to fill up! I have solar panels sufficient to meet both home and hybrid needs. I followed development of this Hybrid Pacifica for several years and held off replacing my 2011 Town & Country until it was available. Normally we have replaced our minivans every three years since our first Dodge Caravan in 1985. Note that it was worth the wait. (I keep my pickups for closer to 9 years and am waiting to see the TESLA electric truck!) This Pacifica is close to perfect and later models are even better having added a couple things I miss (garage door openers and driver's seat memory among them.) The interior is great and well finished and is as nice as my last Mercedes (1986 300E.) I was a bit disappointed when the new gas Pacifica announced an AWD version but did not extend AWD to the Hybrid. If they do upgrade the Hybrid version, that will be my next vehicle. Other than that, I will keep this one until they add something else I can't live wihtout!

Not only practical, but efficient. Better driving then I ever imagined. Plugs in and get around 30 miles of pure electric driving before ever needing gas.

This car has every thing i have asked for. And it is good on gas. I have owned this car for 4 weeks and deive about 1300 miles and had fill up once.

Very close to the perfect vehicle. With a few more minor bells and whistles and a few more battery miles, this WOULD BE the PERFECT VEHICLE!!!

Our 2017 Pacifica Hybrid arrived and we love it! It has every feature you can image and a manual with 598 pages to prove it. There's heated seats, navigation, hybrid technology, adaptive cruise control and more. This will be such a pleasure to drive across the country this Spring

Love love love every aspect of this car!!! Only thing it doesn?t have is built in vacuum and the store n go. But I don?t notice the lack because of all of the other bonuses!

The idea of electric powered minivan is just brilliant. The fact that I can plug it into electrical outlet at my garage and have it charged back up for 35miles trip in two hours is awesome. I drive by my Costco gas station now thinking they probably miss me! :)

This is the vehicle I have waited for for years. I not-too-patiently followed it through development delays and dealer's lack of information. When we finally saw one, we bought it on the spot. (The FIRST time I have ever done that in my 55 years of buying cars!) There are only three things I would change. One, the lack of built in garage door openers, was "corrected" for 2018 when they were added.. The other two things I would change would be adding the driver seat memory and the power third row seats, both of which the regular Pacifica have. Now all I have to do is wait for my second ideal vehicle, an electric or plug-in hybrid medium sized pickup truck!

My wife and I were in need of a vehicle that could haul our two kids plus their friends. We looked at pretty much all 3-row SUVs as we told ourselves we would never get a minivan. After thinking about my wife's daily driving habits - 4-5 trips/day of less than 5 miles each - we knew that we would be getting 15-18mpg in a 3-row SUV. We then looked at the Pacifica Hybrid and never looked back. We plug the vehicle in at night and in the morning we have 36 miles of range, plenty for the daily errands. It really depends on your driving habits, but after the first 1,000 miles we put 10 gallons of gas in it to fill up the tank for a long road trip. On the road trip we got 31.5 mpg which can't be touched by any other 7 passenger vehicle. On top of all this it is very comfortable, has all the safety tech, is really nice driving, and qualifies for electric vehicle tax credits. Once you get over the minivan stigma you will realize this is the best vehicle for a family.

Just recently purchased the 2017 Pacifica Hybrid, with all inclusive package for around $50k. Main purpose was to have a family friendly vehicle comfortable for long road trips. I had a Mercury Villager '97 Model before, so Pacifica was definitely a good upgrade. What I like: - Pretty spacious compared to my Mercury Villager 97 model. - At least 2 110V outlets that I know of, so no need for the 12V to 110V converters - Surround view camera, and safety sensors o It has directional sound, so if you are about to hit something at the back, you?ll hear a beep from the back speakers only; and intensity of the beeping will increase based on proximity - Adaptive Cruise (ACC) with Active Steering for Anti-Lane Drift o This is complete stop and go (you merely have to push the pedal after complete stop for ACC to resume), very useful in highways (for high traffic and low traffic conditions) as well as higher speed roads - Has a nice entertainment system (with 2 monitors and headsets) behind the driver and passenger seats o The bad part is it will be hard for folks in the 3 back seats to see anything - Regarding the plugin hybrid feature o This works pretty well. The van goes on electric only with minimal engine intervention, for the first 39 or so miles. I went to a trip from Hayward to Vallejo, California on mainly battery. - Regenerative braking mode (L) o This is similar to B on Toyota hybrids or ECO on the leaf; this mode provides a smooth regenerative braking so you can use it on hills, traffic lights, etc. - Panoramic Sunroof o This is great for nominal weather conditions to get natural light in and take in the view What I do not like: - No automatic HomeLink garage door opener o When almost all cars have this or similar opener, not having this seems like a waste. I believe this was because of the somewhat rushed production for this 2017 model - Waste of space on steering wheel (with normal cruise control) o The steering wheel control also has a useless regular (non adaptive cruise control feature), along with the set speed and reset buttons; which to me makes no sense given that the van has Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC). Because of that, the steering wheel lacks volume controls and seek buttons for music. - Hybrid only mode gives max 32mg (avg close to 27mpg) o Having a Prius that is capable of 50mpg, this hybrid engine seems very inefficient - Lacks some features that is on the non hybrid version o Like foot sense door opening o Fully collapsible middle seats.