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1990 Plymouth Voyager Transmission Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA

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Transmission reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
41
Latest Aug 13, 2001
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
18%
of 226 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
3
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
4

What this page shows

Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Plymouth Voyager submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 41 reports on file name it.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Owner reports naming transmission

The 25 most recent of 41, in the owner's own words

EngineTransmission
Filed Aug 13, 2001

AT LOW STOP AND GO SPEED THE MOTOR WILL RUN HOT AND LOOSE GEAR SHIFTING, YOU HAVE TO TURN OFF THE VAN AND RESTART THE VAN. I HAVE REPLACED THE RADIATOR, WATER PUMP,ALL SENSORES, TEMP.GAUGES,THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. COULD THE PROBLEM BE IN THE COMPUTER BOARD? WHEN YOU TURN OFF THE VAN AND RESTART THE VAN IT WILL SHIFT OK UNTIL YOU STOP AGAIN, AND DO IT ALL OVER. THIS HAS CAUSE PROBLEMS IN TRAFFIC. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THIS. THIS IS MY SECOND MINIVAN NO TROUBLE WITH THE FRIST ONE.

NHTSA ID
750315
Incident
Jul 13, 1998
Transmission
Filed Jan 26, 2001

THIS WILL BE OUR 6TH TRANSMISSION. REPLACEMENT ONLY THIS TIME CHRYSLER REFUSES TO PROVIDE A WARRANTY FOR REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. *AK

NHTSA ID
739967
Incident
Jan 20, 2001
Transmission
Filed Feb 22, 2000

WHILE DRIVING WITH OUT WARNING TRANSMISSION SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COME OUT OF GEAR WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. PREVIOUSLY, TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. AT 20,000 MILES NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *AK

NHTSA ID
857310
Incident
Feb 10, 2000
Transmission
Filed Jan 24, 2000

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
717833
Transmission
Filed Sep 30, 1999

THIS IS THE THIRD TRANS. FAILURE IN THE 102,700 MILES ON THE VEHICLE TRANS. #1 LASTED 42,000 MILES , TRANS. #2 LASTED 27,000 MILES AND TRANS. #3 LASTED 29,000 MILES I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE. MY SERVICE HAS BEEN DONE ON THE REPLACEMENT OF EACH OF THESE TRANSMISSIONS AT WARREN CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH AND I HAVE PAID 1/2 THE BILL ON #2 & #3 AND CHRYSLER HAS PAID FOR THE OTHER 1/2 ON EACH. IT STILL COSTS ME APPROXIMATELY $800.00 TO $900.00 DOLLARS EACH TIME. MY SERVICE MANUAL SAYS TO HAVE THE FLUID AND THE FILTER CHANGED EVERY 30,000 MILES BUT I NEVER SEE 30,000 MILES BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION IS DESTROYED. I READ AN ARTICLE IN CONSUMER REPORT THAT SAID CHRYSLER CORP. KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAS NEVER ISSUED A RECALL, THEY JUST KEEP PAYING FOR 1/2 OF THE REPLACEMENT COST. I BELIEVE IT HAS NOW REACHED THE TIME FOR SOMEONE TO CHALLENGE CHRYSLER CORP. AND DEMAND THAT A RECALL BE ISSUED FOR THOSE VEHICLES STILL ON THE ROAD WHICH MAY FAIL AND CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE TO ME REGUARDING HOW MANY REPORTS YOU HAVE CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM OR WHO CAN BE CONTACTED AT CHRYSLER CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. I WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ON A DAILY BASES AND HOPE THAT THE PERSON INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IS NOT MYSELF OR MY SPOUCE. THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE AND I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONCE.

NHTSA ID
712600
Incident
Sep 24, 1999
Transmission
Filed Jul 19, 1999
Fire reported

VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, PRIOR TO INCIDENT TRANSMISSION WAS EXPERIENCING SLIPPAGE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). MJS

NHTSA ID
547423
Incident
Jun 5, 1999
Transmission
Filed Jul 16, 1999

TRANSMISSION IS DROPPING OVERDRIVE THEN INTO LOW GEAR.NOT ABLE TO GO PASS 2OMPH. *AK

NHTSA ID
842513
Incident
Jul 1, 1997
Transmission
Filed Apr 7, 1999

WE PURCHASED THIS VAN 3/98. IT WAS NOT DRIVEN FROM 5/19/98 UNTIL 10/15/98 DUE TO MY SURGERY EXCEPT FOR DRIVING IT TO THE NEW HOUSE (3 MILES AWAY) ABOUT 6 TIMES. I REALLY FEEL THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE SINCE THE TRANSMISSION WAS CHECKED OUT, AND IT WAS SAID TO BE FINE. *AK

NHTSA ID
705366
Incident
Jan 15, 1999
Transmission
Filed Mar 23, 1999

CUSTOMER CHARGED $700.00 FOR WORK COVERED BY WARRANTY WHILE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY. TRANSMISSION WAS NOT PROPERLY FIXED OR DIAGNOSED IN 1997. CAR WAS SEEN BY DEALER 2 TIMES SINCE 1997 WITH SHIFTING PROBLEMS AND COMING OUT OF GEAR WHILE ENGAGED IN PARK. *AK

NHTSA ID
704804
Incident
Jan 13, 1997
Transmission
Filed Feb 17, 1999

TRANSMISSION IS GONE, VEHICLE WON'T MOVE AND WON'T GO FORWARD OR IN REVERSE. THIS IS THE 3RD TRANSMISSION THE CONSUMER HAD IN THE VEHICLE. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID
834950
Incident
Jun 21, 1993
Transmission
Filed Jan 12, 1999

REPLACED FOUR TRANSMISSIONS ON VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID
605861
Incident
Jun 27, 1995
EngineTransmission
Filed Dec 7, 1998

THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO NEUTRAL WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALSO WHEN PULLING OUT, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT PULL OUT, BUT HESITATE AND THEN MAY PULL OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION*AK

NHTSA ID
831858
Incident
Jun 1, 1998
Transmission
Filed Jul 17, 1997

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

NHTSA ID
519510
Incident
Sep 1, 1995
Transmission
Filed Nov 27, 1996

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

NHTSA ID
511809
Body & structureSuspensionTransmission
Filed Nov 20, 1996

TRANSMISSION LEAKS.

NHTSA ID
602292
Incident
Nov 1, 1996
Transmission
Filed Jun 12, 1996

CONSUMER IS ON FOURTH TRANSMISSION, PURCHASE TRUCK NEW. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

NHTSA ID
985564
Transmission
Filed Jun 10, 1996

TRANSMISSION WON'T CHANGE GEAR PROPERLY AND THIS HAS HAPPEND TWICE. *AK

NHTSA ID
985406
Incident
Jun 7, 1996
Transmission
Filed May 22, 1996

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

NHTSA ID
504643
Incident
May 22, 1996
Transmission
Filed Dec 26, 1995

WHILE DRIVING, 4 SPEED AUTO TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS THEN SLIPS INTO SECOND GEAR, NO PRIOR WARNING, DEALER'S REPLACED TRANS. TWICE, PROBLEM PERSISTS. TT CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION STILL HAS A LOUD CLUNK NOISE WHEN DOWNSHIFTING AT STOP.*JB

NHTSA ID
977058
Transmission
Filed Nov 30, 1995

THE TRANSMISSI0N IN THE VAN IS BROKEN. TT

NHTSA ID
975787
Incident
Nov 30, 1995
Transmission
Filed Nov 28, 1995

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO FOURTH GEAR. 2ND FAILURE. TT

NHTSA ID
975617
Transmission
Filed Nov 20, 1995

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN OVERHAULED SEVEN TIMES. TT

NHTSA ID
975177
Incident
Nov 14, 1995
Transmission
Filed Nov 8, 1995

WHEN IN HIGH GEAR THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT . TT

NHTSA ID
974764
Transmission
Filed Oct 10, 1995

UPON REPLACEMENT W/NEW REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION HAS RESULTED IN STALLING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

NHTSA ID
973109
Transmission
Filed Sep 29, 1995

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, REPLACED TWICE. TT *JB

NHTSA ID
972695
Incident
Sep 29, 1995

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