Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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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 1991 Plymouth Voyager submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 40 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.
The 25 most recent of 40, in the owner's own words
THIS TRANSMISSION HAS NOW FAILED TWICE, ONCE AT 46000 AND NEW AT 67000. I HAVE READ THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS ON ALL THEIR VANS, THEY SHOULD BE MADE TO MAKE SOME KIND OF RECALL OR SOMEONE SHOULD START A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST THEM FOR FAULTY PROBLEMS. DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/2002 CUT-OVER-TO ARTEMIS........7707660. *AK *JB
I WAS HEADING HOME FROM WORK, WHEN I FELT MY MINIVAN START TO LURCH AND SLOW DOWN AT THE SAME TIME. I BARELY MADE IT HOME. I HAD IT LOOKED AT THE NEXT DAY AND THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THE CLUTCH PLATES WERE FROZEN TOGETHER AND I WAS LUCKY THAT THE TRANSMISSION DIDN'T EXPLODE OR FREEZE-UP(CAUSUNG ACCIDENTS) LIKE SOME OTHERS THAT THEY HAVE SEEN. I LOOKED INTO THIS AND THERE ARE MORE THAN A FEW HORROR STORIES ON THE INTERNET CONCERNING PLYMOUTH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS EXPLODING, SOME WITH LESS THAN 300 MILES. THIS SEEMS LIKE AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CONDITION, ESPECIALLY CONCERNING MINIVANS WHICH ARE MOSTLY A FAMILY VEHICLE. THIS FIRST EPISODE COST ME $2100 AND THE SECOND EPISODE THE SAME AT 167000 MILES.SHOULDN'T THIS PROBLEM, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS INHERENT TO ALL CHRYSLER/PLYMOUTH/DODGE AUTOMATIC TRANMISSIONS, BE ADDRESSED AT LEAST FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, IF NOT FROM A DEFECTIVE STANDPOINT?*AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE ON A TRIP, THIS WAS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION TO FAIL, THE PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED AT 145038 MILES AND THIS ONE HAD BEEN REPLACED AT 163896 MILES, ONLY 18858 MILES HAD BEEN DRIVEN BEFORE IT FAILED, CONSUMER FEELS SHE SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR ALL THE COSTS AND DURESS CAUSED BY THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS. *SLC
THE VEHICLE IS ABLE TO BE PUT INTO GEAR WHILE IT IS RUNNING WITHOUT SOMEONE HAVING TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE. THIS CAN BE DONE WHILE DRIVING AND IDLING. MY YOUNGEST SON (2 YRS) WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE INTO MY POOL. THAT IS HOW WE DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM. SINCE THEN WE HAVE TRIED TO DO THIS OURSELVES AND HAVE HAD NO DIFFICULTIES. AS STATED WE HAVE DONE THIS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AND IDLING AND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.*AK
PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION, ONE POINT, TRANSMISSION WAS PARTIALLY REBUILT, BUT SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS PERSIST. *ET
I GOT A STRONG ODOR OF GAS IN THE CAB, TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THE FUEL INJECTOR SEALS AND RAIL WERE LEAKING. WHEN HE ORDERED THE REPLACEMENT PART, WE FOUND OUT THAT THE PART IS ON A NATIONWIDE BACKORDER. CHRYSLER TELLS ME THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THE RAIL IS A RECALLED PART FOR THE '93 - '97 VOYAGERS. MY QUESTION IS SHOULD IT BE A RECALL, AND WHY IS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OUT OF THIS PART? THEY ARE TELLING ME THEY WILL SHIP SOME OUT ON 1/21, BUT DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO MEET ALL THE ORDERS!!!!! WHAT'S GOING ON? ALSO, A FEW MONTHS AGO, I WAS GOING ALONG DOWN THE ROAD AND THE VAN JUST "LOCKED UP" AND STOPPED. --LUCKILY I WAS TRAVELING FAIRLY SLOWL WHEN I RAN OFF THE ROAD AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. BUT THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS, NO NOISES, NOTHING. THE TRANSMISSION JUST WENT OUT AND LOCKED UP THE VEHICLE. ANY IDEAS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE TWO THINGS? I'M VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING WHY THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS WAITING ON THIS ONE PART. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED 5 TIMES. NLM
CONSUMER STOPPED IN TRAFFIC AND CAR CUT OFF. CONSUMER TRIED STARTING CAR AGAIN. IT STARTED, BUT IT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. CAR HAS NOT BEEN TO DEALER. *AK
A FRAME BROKEN WHILE CROSSING RAIL ROAD TRACKS AT 40 MPH. ALSO, CAUSED DAMAGES TO TRANSMISSION. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED ,AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND OVER MILLEAGE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR. THIS IS A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *AK
CHRYSLER SEEMS TO HAVE A TRANSMISSION FAILURE PROBLEM BUT WON'T ADMIT IT. *AK
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. COULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED AND REPAIRED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STALLS AND DIES WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY WENT OUT, IT WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED A REBUILT TRANSMISSION AT OWNER'S EXPENSE AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AT THIS POINT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING. IT SEEMS LIKE THE VAN WAS SHOVED INTO NEUTRAL. THE VAN WAS TOWED TO THE OWNER'S HOME. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK
UPON MAKING A STOP AND UPON ACCELERATION THE VEHICLE HESITATES/STALLS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR AND JUMPS FORWARD, CAUSED COLLISION (REAR ENDED) ON ONE OCCASION.
TRANSMISSION HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SHIFTING OF GEARS, SLUGGISH.
TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE.
TRANSMISSION DIES WHILE DRIVING. THERE IS NO WARNING GIVEN. OWNER EXPERIENCES LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN THE TRANSMISSION DIES. *AK .
THE THERMOSTAT IS NOT TURNING ON, THE ENGINE DOES NOT HEAT, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO REMAIN IN FIRST GEAR. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED/REPLACED; HOWEVER WARNING LIGHT STILL COMES ON.
WHILE VEHICLE WAS ON A GRADUAL SLOPE WITH THE IGNITION OFF, GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE REVERSE POSITION AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD. *AK
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