Chrysler Pacifica, model year 2017. Filed by Vantage Mobility International, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 28 July 2017. 524 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Vantage Mobility International, LLC (VMI) is recalling certain 2017 Chrysler Pacifica lowered floor vehicles modified by VMI. The rear pinion bracket on both sides of the vehicle may crack, causing the axle not to be centered and the wheel to wobble.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Vmi's own number for this recall: PAC20170728. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V482 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 17V482 cover?
- Chrysler Pacifica, model year 2017.
- What is wrong with them?
- Vantage Mobility International, LLC (VMI) is recalling certain 2017 Chrysler Pacifica lowered floor vehicles modified by VMI. The rear pinion bracket on both sides of the vehicle may crack, causing the axle not to be centered and the wheel to wobble.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A wheel wobble may cause a possible loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. VMI will notify owners, and dealers will replace the pinion brackets, free of charge. The recall began on August 14, 2017. Owners may contact VMI customer service at 1-800-488-9082. VMI's number for this recall is PAC20170728.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Vmi calls this recall PAC20170728, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A wheel wobble may cause a possible loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V482 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Vantage Mobility International, LLC |
| System at fault | Power Train:Driveline:Differential Unit |
| Reported to NHTSA | 28 July 2017 |
| Model years | 2017-2017 |
| Vehicles named | CHRYSLER PACIFICA |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A wheel wobble may cause a possible loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
VMI will notify owners, and dealers will replace the pinion brackets, free of charge. The recall began on August 14, 2017. Owners may contact VMI customer service at 1-800-488-9082. VMI's number for this recall is PAC20170728.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 17V482, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v482/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 17V482 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
060b7d2a - Consequence
7d50ab8c - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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