492 of the
3,388 complaints filed about the Plymouth Grand Voyager
are about the transmission —
15% of everything owners reported.
The worst model year for it is 1996.
492
Complaints
15%
Share of all complaints
17
Crashes
8
Fires
Transmission & Drivetrain complaints by model year
TAKATA RECALL,SERPENTINE BELT HAS SHREDDED AT LEAST SIX TIMES AND JUST CAME OFF THREE TIMES ,TENSIONER REPLACED THREE TIMES,IDLER PULLEY TWICE,WHEN BELT SHREDS WIRES SEVER AND VAN STOPS ABRUPTLY,WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP ABRUPTLY HESITATING BEFORE RESUMING,SWAY BAR LINKS NEED REPLACED,O2SENSORS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON,CV AXLES FAILING REPLACED RIGHT TWICE,HUB ASSEMBLY AND BRAKE CALIPERS MISS ALIGNED,ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED AND NEEDED,REPLACED,AIRBAG AND ABS LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD PANEL FUSE BLOWING,TAILLIGHTS POSSIBLE SHORT CAUSING BRAKE LIGHT TO FAIL,BATTERY NEEDING TO BE DISCONNECTED. TO SAVE BATTERY FROM DYEING DUE TO BRAKE LIGHTS STAYING ON CONSTANTLY, TRANSMISSION JERKING AND HESITATING IN REVERSE AND FIRST GEAR,PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW NOT OPERATING POSSIBLE PROBLEM,BACK WINDOWS OPEN BUT WILL NOT ALWAYS SHUT,HORN NOT WORKING,REPLACED FUEL PUMP DUE TO GAS LEAK,WHEN BRAKING VAN LURCHES FORWARD,FRONT END SHAKES, TIE BAR ENDS REPLACED,HEATER BLOWS COLD ON PASSENGER SIDE AND NOT COOLING,MOST PROBLEMS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING,REPLACED STOP BRAKE SWITCH, BRAKE LIGHT DRIVERS SIDE ILLUMINATED, BUT NOT WHEN BRAKE PETAL PUSHED,TRANSMISSION LEAKING BY CV AXEL,TURN SIGNALS AND PANELS INSIDE BY DASH NOT ALWAYS OPERATING,ONLY WHEN NEGATIVE TERMINAL IS READJUSTMENT,LIGHTS FLASHING AS IF PANIC MODE WAS ACTIVATED WHEN CAR IS NOT ON,RATTLING. SOUND FROM FRONT OF VAN POSSIBLE CV AXEL OR SUSPENSION.
NHTSA complaint #10816372 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
OK I DIDN'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO PUT THIS BUT TO SAY THAT WHEN RAINING THIS VAN AND THE FUNNY PART IS THAT WHEN DRIVING DURING WEATHER CONDITIONS (I.E. RAIN SNOW) THE MICRO V BELT SLIPS OFF AND MAKES THE VAN HARD TO DRIVE AND MAY IN TIME IF NOT ALREADY CAUSE AND ACCIDENT THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED TO US WE WENT THOUGH A SMALL PUDDLE OF WATER ON AN ON RAMP FROM ONE FREE WAY TO ANOTHER AND THE VAN BECAME UNSTABLE AND HARD TO STEER WE HAD A 11 AND A 2 YEAR OLD IN THIS VAN AND NOW IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEN WE DRIVE IN THE RAIN IT HAPPENS I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS A FIX BUT THE KIT IS OVER 200 DOLLARS AND IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO FIX THIS ON FIXED INCOMES TO THIS DAY WE STILL DEAL WITH IT BUT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT WITH CHRYSLER AND AFTER DOING A SEARCH ON JUST GOOGLE ALONE I FOUND 1500-5000 DIFFERENT COMPLIANCE ON THIS ONE PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #10441400 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
THE SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF EVERY TIME I GO THRU WATER. I CAN NOT DRIVE THE VAN ANYTIME IT RAINS OR THE ROADS ARE WET! MY DAUGHTER IN LAW HAS THE SAME VAN AND THE SAME PROBLEM! ONCE THE BELT COMES OFF I LOOSE ALL POWER,STEERING,BRAKES. PUTTING ME AND ANY PASSENGERS IN DANGER!
NHTSA complaint #10439003 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
MY TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT ON MY VEHICLE AND WHEN IT WAS IN THE REPAIR SHOP THERE WHERE TWO OTHER VEHICLE THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS NOT TO MENTION ONE OF MY SISTERS CO-WORKERS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE JUST HAD HERS FIXED IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN LOOK INTO THIS I DO FEEL IT WOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL BEINGS IF MY CHILDREN WHERE IN THE VEHICLE AND IT BROKE DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRANSMISSIONS HAVE BEEN KNOW TO START ON FIRE IF THEY START TOO GO OUT ALSO WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AT A BUSY INTERSECTION AND CAUSED A BIG TRAFFIC JAMS DO TO MY VEHICLE NOT SHIFTING.
NHTSA complaint #10284492 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
MY VAN IS A LEMON. ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS - DEFOGGER SOMETIMES WORK AND SOMETIMES NOT, WINDOWS WON'T ROLL DOWN, STEREO SPEAKERS SOMETIMES WORKS, INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS GO OFF AND ON, DIM YELLOW HEADLIGHTS, ETC. FOUND PIN HOLE IN HEAD...DEFECT IN METAL. VAN OVER HEATED AND GAUGE DID NOT SAY IT WAS HOT. FAN WENT OUT. NOW SOMETHING GOING WRONG WITH FRONT END. OCCASIONALLY SMELL GAS. THE LIFTER HEAD GASKET NOW LEAKS OIL. VAN SOMETIMES JUMPS IN PARK AND ROLLS. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX THIS STUFF... BAIL ME OUT NOT CHRYSLER....
NHTSA complaint #10260433 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. APPROXIMATELY A MONTH LATER, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN FAILING AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND THE MECHANIC STATED EACH TIME THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO THE SPEED SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AFTER EACH VISIT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.
NHTSA complaint #10257686 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
MY TRANSMISSION ,MY STARTER, AIR CON.,BRAKES, DRIVER SIDE WINDOW,BELT, & PULLEY ALL HAVE HAD TO HAVE WORK DONE ON IT BUT NOW I CANT DRIVE MY VAN BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION & I'VE ONLY HAD MY VAN SINCE 03/21/2008.
NHTSA complaint #10239508 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EMAIL FROM CONSTITUENT RE HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF CHRYSLER MINIVANS, THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM HE HAS WITH HIS 2000 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER; FEELS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *NJ THE COSNUMER NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID ON THE GROUND. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE WAS A PIN A CHRYSLER TRANSMISSION THAT COMES LOOSE. THEY ALSO SAID THE PIN IN THE LINKAGE FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL SHOOTS OUT VERY FAST AND RUINS EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH.
NHTSA complaint #10238188 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING FROM FRONT PUMP SEAL AND FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD ALL OF THE CARAVAN,VOYAGER AND TOWN & COUNTRY'S DO THIS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT DESIGNED CORRECTLY.
NHTSA complaint #10199956 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN 2002 FROM AN INDEPENDENT DEALER, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL WIRING, ALTERNATOR, RADIATOR, THERMOSTAT, COOLING SYSTEM. DIAGNOSTIC TESTING IS NEEDED FOR GROSS POLLUTION. THE VEHICLE HAS FAILED UNDER FAIR WEATHER CONDITIONS THREE TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURES OF THE FAN, RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO RUN HOT, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO BLOW OUT. SERVICE FOR THESE COMPONENTS WERE PERFORMED AT AN INDEPENDANT AUTO SHOP.
NHTSA complaint #10160769 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH A LOUD POP SOUND CAME FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME. UPON INSPECTION THE CONTACT DETERMINED THE ROLL PIN IN THE DRIVELINE DIFFERENTIAL UNIT BROKE. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.
NHTSA complaint #10151731 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEED TO BE REPLACED.
NHTSA complaint #10151289 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
4TH 1993 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER SE TRANSMISSION. NO WARNING BEFORE COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HAS 1ST GEAR TO ABOUT 15 MPH AND THEN SLIPS OUT OF GEAR. NO REVERSE NO NOTHING. VAN IS SITTING IN MY GARAGE WHILE I DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THIS GIANT BOAT ANCHOR.
NHTSA complaint #10149689 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING UP TO AN ATM HEARD A CLANK AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THE GEARS INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION BROKE. THE MECHANIC INSTALLED A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *AK UPDATED 01/11/06.
NHTSA complaint #10144647 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER TRANSMISSION IMPLOSION. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED SOME GEARS FROM THE 4 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PUNCHED OUT OF THE HOUSING CAUSING COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND LOSS OF POWER. PUSHED VEHICLE TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY, BUT WAS LEFT STRANDED IN MIDDLE OF NIGHT WITH SMALL CHILDREN AND FULL TERM PREGNANT WIFE. ALTHOUGH CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF THIS COMMON PROBLEM THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR IT AS ~10000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY - $3000 REPLACEMENT OUT OF POCKET COST. SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILED ~38000 MILES LATER, 2000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY AND CHRYSLER REFUSED AGAIN - $2100 REBUILD COST. BESIDES THE MASSIVE COST, TOTAL MECHANICAL FAILURE IS VERY DANGEROUS IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AND IF IT LEAVES YOU STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
NHTSA complaint #10142612 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
MY 1991 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER HAS HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE EXHAUST SYSTEM, THE TRANSMISSION, PUT IN A NEW FUEL PUMP, A NEW RADIATOR, NOW IT FAILED AN EMISSIONS TEST AND I WAS SMELLING FUEL WHEN I WAS DRIVING ONLY TO FIND OUT MY FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING OR SHOULD I SAY SQUIRTING AS ONTO THE ENGINE, WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN A FIRE HAD I HAD BEEN SMART ENOUGH TO CHECK IT OUT. NOW THE SHOP WHERE I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED SINCE IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE SAYS YOU CAN ONLY GET THE PART FROM A DEALER WHICH COSTS 319.00 AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE LABOR.
NHTSA complaint #10140727 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
MAY 29, 2004 ON A STATE HIGHWAY AND TRAVELING AT 55 MPH WHEN WE FELT A "THUMP" UNDER OUR VAN. UPON PULLING OVER, SAW AN OIL SLICK LEFT ON ROAD FROM VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION HAD A HOLE PUNCHED THROUGH FROM INSIDE. BOTH CHRYSLER DEALER AND TRANSMISSION SUPPLY SAID THEY SEE MANY LIKE IT EVERY MONTH, WHERE A SET PIN LETS GO AND A SMALL SHAFT SLIPS OVER FAR ENOUGH TO CONTACT TRANSMISSION CASE AND DESTROYS IT. VEHICLE HAD 49564 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT A COST OF $2004.29. I HAVE OLD CASE AT HOME.
NHTSA complaint #10130650 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SPEED CONTROL AND THEN THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION FAILED; WHEN IT HAPPENED, I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE; I COULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 25-30 MPH AND CAME VERY CLOSE TO BEOING REAR-ENDED BY A 16-WHEEL TRUCK.
NHTSA complaint #10120892 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. ALSO, WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE DRIVER REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
NHTSA complaint #10115904 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.