Toyota Sienna vs Chrysler Pacifica
Minivans · head to head, 2017–2027
The Toyota Sienna and Chrysler Pacifica were both sold for 11 model years (2017–2027). Among the Sienna's own years, its best bet is 2022; years to avoid: 2024; the newest year rated a good buy is 2023. Among the Pacifica's own years, no year clearly stands out as the best bet; no year to avoid; the newest year rated a good buy is 2025.
Toyota Sienna
Minivan · 2010–2027
- Best bet 2022
- Newest good buy 2023
- Avoid 2024
- Be careful 2011–2012, 2025
Chrysler Pacifica
Minivan · 2017–2027
- Best bet no standout year
- Newest good buy 2025
- Avoid none
- Be careful 2017–2018, 2021–2022
How to read this: each model's verdicts compare that model's own years with each other (serious owner complaints per car on the road against that model's usual year, using New York registrations). They are not a reliability ranking of one model against the other, so a good-buy Sienna year says nothing about whether it beats a Pacifica. (How we judge.)
Year by year, side by side
| Year | Toyota Sienna | Chrysler Pacifica | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Not rated | Not rated | Side by side |
| 2026 | Not rated | TOO NEWOnly 1.1 years of owner reports | Side by side |
| 2025 | CAREFULSerious complaints 1.7× usual, mostly structure and air bags | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 0.6× usual | Side by side |
| 2024 | AVOIDSerious complaints 2.7× usual, mostly brakes and engine | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 0.8× usual | Side by side |
| 2023 | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 1.5× usual, mostly brakes and structure | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 0.8× usual | Side by side |
| 2022 | BEST BUYSerious complaints 0.3× usual | CAREFULSerious complaints 1.4× usual, mostly power train and engine | Side by side |
| 2021 | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 0.9× usual | CAREFULSerious complaints 2.0× usual, mostly engine and power train | Side by side |
| 2020 | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 0.9× usual | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 0.8× usual | Side by side |
| 2019 | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 1.1× usual | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 1.0× usual | Side by side |
| 2018 | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 1.0× usual | CAREFULSerious complaints 1.9× usual, mostly engine and power train | Side by side |
| 2017 | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 1.0× usual | CAREFULSerious complaints 1.9× usual, mostly engine and power train | Side by side |
Each chip rates that year against the same model's other years. Tap a chip for the year's details; "Side by side" compares both models that year, trim by trim.
Compare any year, trim by trim
2026: the newest shared year with full data, at a glance
Newer years (up to 2027) have thinner price and equipment data for one or both models, so this table uses 2026. Use "Compare any year" above for the others.
| 2026 Toyota Sienna | 2026 Chrysler Pacifica | |
|---|---|---|
| Our verdict (vs the model's own years) | Not rated | TOO NEW |
| Starting price (MSRP range) | $40,820 to $58,210 base price by trim, 6 trims | — |
| Engines and horsepower | 2.5L 4-cyl, 189 hp | 3.6L 6-cyl, 260–287 hp 3.6L 6-cyl hybrid, 260–287 hp |
| Fuel economy (EPA combined) | 35–36 mpg | 22–30 mpg |
| Seats | 7–8 | — |
| Third row | Yes | — |
| Cargo behind last row | 33.5 cu ft | — |
| Max cargo | 101 cu ft | — |
| Max towing | 3,500 lb | — |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5 of 5 stars | 5 of 5 stars |
| Recalls · owner complaints (NHTSA) | 0 · 0 | 5 · 11 |
Sources: OpenSpec and the makers' equipment guides, NHTSA vPIC, EPA and NHTSA ratings. Cargo, towing and bed length rows appear when we have them. "—": not in our data. Compare every 2026 trim →
Key features: base trim vs top trim
| Sienna LE lowest price, $40,820 | Sienna Platinum highest price, $58,210 | Pacifica Limited first listed | Pacifica Select last listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wireless Apple CarPlay | Standard | Standard | — | — |
| Adaptive cruise control | Standard | Standard | Standard | Standard |
| Blind-spot warning | Standard | Standard | Standard | Standard |
| Heated front seats | — | Standard | — | — |
| Ventilated front seats | — | Standard | — | — |
| Sunroof or moonroof | Optional | Standard | — | — |
| 360-degree camera | — | Standard | — | — |
| Power liftgate or tailgate | Standard | Standard | — | — |
| Remote start | Standard | Standard | — | — |
"Standard" and "Optional" are for that trim as the 2026 data lists it (a package or option adds an "Optional" item); "—": not verified in our sources, never a guess. The cheapest and most expensive trim of each model; every trim is on the model's 2026 page (Sienna, Pacifica).
Known fixes and extended coverage
Toyota Sienna
17 manufacturer programs on file: 12 extended coverage, 5 repair programs.
- Extended coverage Dealer Package: Certain 2011 ? 2018 Model Year Sienna Vehicles Coverage for the Sliding Door Center Hinge Assembly. and pursuant to a class action settlement, Toyota is announcing a Customer Support Program to provide coverage for repairs… (2011, 2011–2012, 2012–2013, 2013–2015, 2015–2016, 2016–2017, 2017, 2017–2018 models)
- Extended coverage Customer Support Program: and pursuant to a proposed class action settlement, Toyota is announcing a Customer Support Program to provide coverage for the fuel filler door hinge and pin. Toyota is providing additional coverage for repairs… (2011–2018 models)
- Extended coverage Sienna Sliding Door Certain 2011 ? 2018 Model Year Sienna Vehicles ? Pursuant to the proposed settlement's Customer Confidence Program: o Coverage for repairs to the power sliding door cable sub-assembly, sliding door center hinge… (2011–2018 models)
- Extended coverage Toyota is providing extended coverage under this Customer Support Program for repairs related to excessive corrosion to the wire harness connections at the Rear Motor Generator. (22TE09, 2021–2024 models)
Chrysler Pacifica
10 manufacturer programs on file: 4 extended coverage, 6 repair programs.
- Extended coverage Customers may also comment on the following: ● Vehicle is in limp mode. (21-001-25, 2017–2023 models)
- Extended coverage Internal Transmission Wiring Connector Short Warranty Extension XN1 Customers may experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination. (2100124, 2017–2023 models)
- Extended coverage Internal Transmission Wiring Connector Short Warranty Extension XE1 Customers may experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination. (2100823, 2017–2023 models)
- Extended coverage Loss of Power Brake Assist XA7 Warranty Extension (0500622, 2018–2020 models)
From manufacturer bulletins filed with NHTSA, counted per program. A count is how many programs exist, not how good or bad a model is: a maker that extends coverage is paying for a known problem. A dealer can look up whether a car has had the work done or is still covered.
Which should you buy?
- Buying used, years both are rated a good buy: 2019–2020, 2023. In those years, choose on price, size and features.
- Shopping around 2024: the Pacifica is rated good buy (serious complaints 0.8× usual), while the Sienna is rated avoid (serious complaints 2.7× usual, mostly brakes and engine). Each against its own other years.
- Shopping around 2022: the Sienna is rated best buy (serious complaints 0.3× usual), while the Pacifica is rated careful (serious complaints 1.4× usual, mostly power train and engine). Each against its own other years.
- Years to skip: Sienna 2024.
- Newest year rated a good buy: Sienna 2023; Pacifica 2025.
- Best EPA combined rating in 2026: Sienna at 36 mpg (Pacifica: 30), for the most efficient version of each.
- Before you buy either: run the VIN for open recalls and ask the dealer whether the extended-coverage repairs above were done.
Rules applied to the data on this page: no overall winner is declared, because our verdicts compare each model with itself.