1998 Plymouth Grand Voyager Transmission Problems

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.... *TR

NHTSA ID

10260433

Incident

Feb 26, 2000

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 ID

10257686

Incident

Feb 5, 2006

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. *JB

NHTSA ID

10142612

Incident

May 1, 2003

Mileage

48,000 mi

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. *JB

NHTSA ID

10130650

Incident

May 29, 2004

Mileage

49,564 mi

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD CRUNCHING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AND PROCEEDED TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS SO SHE APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE SHE LEARNED THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

NHTSA ID

10108677

Incident

Jan 15, 2005

Mileage

83,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO INDEPENDENT SHOP, MECHANIC REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE OF $1,7000.*AK

NHTSA ID

10091523

Incident

Jul 13, 2004

MY 1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER WENT THROUGH SEVERAL QUARTS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE PAST WINTER. WHEN I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC HE SAID HE HAD WORKED ON SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME MODEL. HE WARNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COULD GO OUT ANY TIME AND THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. A PIN IS COMING LOOSE IN THE TRANSMISSION. AS THERE WAS NEVER A PUDDLE UNDER MY VEHICLE IT TOOK THE VAN FAILING TO ENGAGE INTO P R D N 1 2 TO NOTICE THE PROBLEM. THE FLUID WAS SPRAYING OUT AS I WAS DRIVING.*AK

NHTSA ID

10078315

Incident

Dec 15, 2003

Mileage

80,000 mi

FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

NHTSA ID

10052870

Incident

Oct 12, 2003

Mileage

80,000 mi

TRANSMISSION FAILURE

NHTSA ID

10039632

Incident

Jun 10, 2001

Mileage

52,000 mi

THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO GEAR WITHOUT THE BRAKE BEING APPLIED. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10017780

WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION "FELL APART" WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED LOSS OF FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. A BROKEN TRANSMISSION PIN CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. *NLM THE TECHNICIANS SAID THAT THIS IS DESIGN FLAW AND CHRYSLER WAS AWARE. SCC

NHTSA ID

10012293

Incident

Mar 16, 2003

Mileage

76,700 mi

98 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER - 70K MILES WAS INFORMED BY A CHRYSLER SERVICE CENTER THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. 96 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER WIPERS ACTIVATE ON THERE OWN OCCASSIONALLY - AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON OCCASSIONALLY

NHTSA ID

10005739

Incident

Dec 1, 2001

Mileage

78,000 mi

NOISE FROM UNDERNEATH VAN SOUNDING AS IF PARTS WERE FALLING OFF OR LIKE METAL IN A BLENDER. ONCE I STOPPED AND LOOKED UNDER A STEADY STREAM OF TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS POURING OUT. HAD TRANSMISSION SHOP CONFIRM TODAY THAT A "PIN" BROKE AND CAUSED COMPLETE DESTRUCTION TO TRANSMISSION AND CASE. NOTHING CAN BE REUSED. NEED AN ENTIRE NEW TRANSMISSION. CALLED DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED AND THEY ADVISED TO CALL 800# IN MANUAL. CALLED 800# AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING ON FILE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY SINCE IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I INFORMED HER THAT THERE IS ONLY 48,000 MILES ON VAN AND THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. AGAIN SHE ADVISED IT WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

NHTSA ID

10005288

Incident

Feb 1, 2003

Mileage

48,500 mi

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION BLEW UP WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

NHTSA ID

10004515

Incident

Jan 7, 2003

Mileage

58,000 mi

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD NOT SWITCH GEARS AND STALLED. DEALER ADVISED THAT TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. TS

NHTSA ID

8022868

Incident

Sep 1, 2002

CONSUMER STATES SHE PARKED HER AUTO AND LEFT THE AUTO RUNNING TO PICK UP HER KIDS, HER 3 YEAR OLD RAN OUT IN FRONT OF HER AND GOT IN THE AUTO, AND PULLED THE GEAR SHIFT CAUSING IT TO ROLL BACK HITTING A HOUSE AND FENCE. NO ONE WAS INJURIED. CONSUMER STATES SHE IS UPSET BECAUSE THE CHILD JUST PULLED THE SHIFT INDICATOR AND HER FOOT COULD NOT HAVE REACHED THE BRAKES. SHE ALSO STATES THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS COULD BE DONE.*JB

NHTSA ID

8018001

Incident

Sep 5, 2002

TRANSMISSION PUMP SEAL WAS LEAKING. PROBLEM REOCCURRED AT 40,000 MILES. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8009095

Incident

Mar 1, 2002

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

760929

Incident

Apr 18, 2002

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. COULD NOT RESTART VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATED TRANSMISSION CASE WAS CRACKED AND PIECES INSIDE WERE BROKE. NLM

NHTSA ID

8006611

Incident

Mar 28, 2002

TRANSMISSION CAN BE ENGAGED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ON/OFF OR WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. AK

NHTSA ID

8001905

Incident

Jan 1, 1998

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

755002

Incident

Nov 23, 2001

TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK WAS NOTICED AND VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR INVESTIGATION TO THE CHARLIE ZOOK DEALERSHIP LOCATED IN SIOUX CITY, IA. AFTER THEIR INVESTIGATION THEY STATED THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE TRANSMISISON CASING CAUSING THE LEAK. THEY STATED WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE CRACK UNTIL THEY WERE ABLE TO DROP THE TRANSMISSION AND IVESTIGATE FURTHER. THE DEALER DID STATE THEY CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRENTY, BUT WAS SO CLOSE TO IT, THEY WOULD DO COMPLETE REPAIR FOR A DEDUCTABLE OF 250.00. AFTER THE DEALER DROPPED THE TRANSMISSION THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISION HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND NEEDED A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT. THEY ASKED IF WE HAD HEARD A BANG WHILE DRIVING, AS A PIECE HAD BROKE CAUSING THE CRACK IN THE CASING. THEY STATED THAT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME TILL COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO THE DAMAGED THAT HAD BEEN CAUSED BY THE FIRST PART FAILURE.*AK

NHTSA ID

754320

Incident

Nov 2, 2001

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE AND AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY COME ON/OFF WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK DEALER THINKS PCM-ENGINE CONTROLER GOING BAD. *YD

NHTSA ID

898391

Incident

Oct 22, 2001

TRANSMISSION MADE A VERY LOUD BANG AND BEGAN LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A QUARTER SIZE HOLE IN THE TRANSMISSION CASE WHICH CAUSED THE LEAK, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACED, UPON REMOVAL OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER A HOLE APPROXIMATELY 7- 8 INCHES LONG BY 6 INCHES WIDE WAS FOUND IN THE CASE WALL BETWEEN THE TRANSFER CASE AND THE BELL HOUSING, THE MECHANIC POINTED OUT THAT A PERMANENT RETAINING PIN WHICH HELD A LARGER PIN IN PLACE HAD SHEARED OFF AND SENT THE LARGER ONE THROUGH THE CASE WALL, THIS PIN IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE SERVICED AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO ADJUST OR EVEN DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM PRIOR TO ITS FAILURE, CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND IS FURIOUS THAT CHRYSLER WILL NOT PROVIDE HIM ANY ASSISTANCE. *SLC

NHTSA ID

561117

Incident

Dec 5, 2000

VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN CONSUMER'S DRIVEWAY WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK , NO EMERGENCY BRAKE IN USE. DRIVEWAY HAD A SLIGHT INCLINE, AND VEHICLE ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 FEET BEFORE HE COULD STOP IT. ALSO, THERE WAS NO SHIFT INTERLOCK SYSTEM PRESENT IN VEHICLE. DANGEROUS IF A CHILD WERE TO PLAY IN VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

NHTSA ID

887665

Incident

Jan 1, 2001