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 1993 Plymouth Voyager submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 77 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 77, in the owner's own words
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY VAN WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR UNLESS I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDDLE REALLY HARD, THEN EVERY TIME I CAME TO A STOP IT WOULD DO IT AGAIN. IT WILL START AND GO IN GEAR NOW BUT IT KEEPS DOING THE SAME THING. *TR
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. VEHICLE SLIPS OUT OF GEAR AT HIGH SPEED AND THEN SHIFT AND STICKS IN FIRST UNDER 40 MPH. SEVERAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS MAINLY WITH IGNITION. IGNITION HAS BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES.
THE MOTOR ON THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS SYSTEM FAILURES ON THIS VEHICLE, INCLUDING TRANSMISSION, AIR CONDITIONING, RACK AND PINION STEERING. MOST OF THE FAILURES WERE WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. MOST WERE NOT OF THE ORDINARY VARIETY.*AK
POWER TRAIN-AUTO TRANS. AFTER HAVING THE AUTO TRANS. SERVICED, THE TRANS. GOES OUT W/IN 2000 MILES. 1ST. TIME IN 1995 WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY. BECAUSE OF THIS I WAS AFRAID TO HAVE IT SERVICED THEREAFTER, NOW FOR THE 2ND TIME IT HAPPEN W/IN 1000 MILES. *JB
AT APPROXIMATELY 44,000 MILES AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. JUST RECENTLY, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK. A PRIVATE MECHANIC HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN WITH 91,000 TOTAL MILES ON VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
WOULD SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND VEHICLE WOULD START TO SHAKE, BUT NOT BACK UP. WOULD SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND VEHICLE ACTS VERY ERRATIC. WOULD BARELY MOVE FORWARD. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO CHECK OUT TRANSMISSION.*AK
WHEN VEHICLE WON'T GO INTO REVERSE TILL ITS WARMED UP. WHEN GOING FORWARD BETWEEN 2 AND 3 GEARS, IT WON'T SHIFT INTO 3RD UNTIL IT'S WARMED UP.*AK
THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DRIVE WHEN PUT IN GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION WHINES BUT THE VAN WILL NOT MOVE. WHEN THE VAN FINALLY GOES INTO GEAR IT WILL NOT SHIFT, IT STICKS IN GEARS. THE BRAKE PEDAL IS SOFT AND GOES TO THE FLOOR, BUT WILL NOT STOP QUICKLY IN AN EMERGENCY. THE ORIGINAL PAINT IS ALSO PEELING TO BARE METAL AND IS RUSTING, THE CLEAR COAT IS BUBBLING AND THE PAINT IS STARTING TO PEEL ON THE HOOD.
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS BEGAN AT 3800 MILES. THESE INCLUDED: ENGINE RACING, KICKING, HARD SHIFTS, ERRATIC SHIFTING, JERKING, HARSH UPSHIFTS AND DOWNSHIFTS, ALL ON INTERMITTENT BASIS. SEVERAL VISITS TO DEALERSHIP WERE FUTILE, WE WERE TOLD WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO "ADJUST". ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED ON 7/11/96 WHILE ENTIRE FAMILY WAS ON BOARD TRAVELLING ON FREEWAY. DEALERSHIP REBUILT TRANS. VEHICLE WORKED WELL FOR AWHILE BUT EVENTUALLY STARTED HAVING "SPELLS" OF ROUGH SHIFTING . PROBLEMS ESCALATED AND WE TRIED A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR TWICE IN ONE MONTH, LAST TIME ON11/8/99. TRANSMISSION CONTINUED ERRATIC PERFORMANCE. HARSHNESS OF DOWNSHIFTS HAD BECOME BAD ENOUGH FOR SEAT BELTS TO RESTRAIN PASSENGERS. ENGINE WOULD GO PAST 4000RPM BEFORE SHIFTING. SOMETIMES TURNING OR GOING OVER A BUMP WOULD SET TRANSMISSION "OFF". INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SUGGESTED NEW TRANSMISSION CONTROLLER, THAT WAS INSTALLED 10/4/00. TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE HAS NOT IMPROVED. TRANS. STILL STICKS, BUCKS, AND JERKS. THIS IS A WELL-MAINTAINED VEHICLE THAT HAS UNDERGONE ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE SINCE PURCHASE. THIS VEHICLE CARRIES A FAMILY OF SEVEN. WE DO NOT TRUST THIS VEHICLE ENOUGH LATELY TO VENTURE TOO FAR FROM HOME. CHRYSLER AND ITS LOCAL DEALERSHIP CLOSE THEIR EARS AND WAIT FOR US TO GO AWAY.
RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY FACT SHEET ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY HELP FROM CHRYSLER ABOUT RECALLS OR WARRENTY. IS THERE A WARRENTY FOR THE TRANSMISSION? SHOULD THEY BE HELD LIABLE WHEN THEY KNOWINGLY SOLD VEHICHLES WITH WEAK/FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. *AK
ABOUT EVERY 30,000 MILES TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS PETRIFIED ENTERING THE BELTWAY AS VEHICLE GRADUALLY PICKED UP SPEED. TRANSMISSION HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. *AK
THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE NEARLY CAUSED BY WIFE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT TRYING TO GET THE VAN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THESE TYPES OF FAILURES ARE COMMON, THOUGH CHRYSLER IS NOT ADMITTING IT. IN ADDITION, THE MOUNTS HOLDING THE TRANSMISSION IN PLACE ALSO REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. PREVIOUSLY THE ENGINE MOUNT ON THE VAN FAILED. FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR MOUNTS POSE A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN FOR RIDERS OF THE VEHICLE. THE OTHER FAILURES, THOUGH COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING TO REPAIR, DID NOT SEEM TO POSE A MAJOR SAFETY RISK. *AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 60MPH AND THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM DIDN'T WOK AT ALL. WHEN APPLYING BRAKE THE PEDAL, IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. ALSO, CONSUMER HAS A TRANSMISSION LEAK, AND THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE & IT WOULD NOT GO OUT OF FIRST GEAR. REPAIR SHOP RECOMMENDED TURNING THE VAN OFF TO RESET THE FAIL STOP. *AK
TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE WHILE ENGINE STILL COLD (APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS). INTERMITTENT IN WINTER OF 1998-99, INCREASING TO CHRONIC SITUATION BY SUMMER OF 1999. SITUATIONS RANGED FROM ANNOYING (NOT ABLE TO BACK UP AT GAS PUMP) TO DANGEROUS. WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN NOT ABLE TO GET OUT OF LANE ON FAST, BUSY ROAD WHERE CONSTRUCTION FORCED THEM OUT OF LANE (ROUTE 33 IN GREENLAND/PORTSMOUTH NH, IN OCTOBER, 1999). OTHER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN NOT SHIFTING UP FROM 2ND TO THIRD WHILE COLD (50,000 MILES), AND HAS ALWAYS SHIFTED LOUDLY AND WITH A THUD. SITUATIONS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE DANGEROUS, AND WE FEEL THAT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN A 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. THANK YOU.
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, STOPPED AT A LIGHT. WHEN PULLING OUT VEHICLE GOT STUCK IN FIRST GEAR, AND VEHICLE WOULD ONLY DRIVE AT 10MPH TO 15 MPH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE ISN'T SHIFTING PROPERLY DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND JERKING, AND VEHICLE HESITATING. *AK
THE MAIN CONCERN IS THE TRANSMISSION, NOT UNDER WARRANTY THAT COST $2500 TO FIX. THE FUSABLE LINK FOR THE A/C ACTUALLY BURNED, SMOKE WAS EMITTED (AND ALSO WHEN THE FAN MOTOR BURNED ON THE ENGINE SYSTEM). THESE ARE ROAD HAZARDS WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPS FUNCTIONING WITH NO WARNING.
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PREMATURE WEAR OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. MJS
BELT TENSIONER BROKE AND FELL OFF, THIS MAKES THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.
THE HOUSING FOR TRANSMISSION DEVELOPED A CRACK, CAUSING THE BOLT TO FALL OUT AND THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION TO DROP. THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MAKE AWFUL NOISE. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THE VAN IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK.ET.
THE FIRST TRANSMISSION TROUBLE BEGIN BY NOT GOING IN DRIVE, THISTRANSMISSION WAS COVERED BY OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY, WAS REPLACED IN MARCH 1997, THE SECOND TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO HAVE TROUBLE IN NOVEMBER OF 1998. THE SECOND TRANSMISSION HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED AS OF YET. ALSO THE REAR WIPER MOTOR NO LONGER WORKS AND YOU CAN ONLY PURCHASE A NEW MOTOR FROM A DEALER.
TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT WHEN GOING UP ON A RAMP OFF THE FREEWAY AT 50MPH (18 NOV 96). TAKEN VEHICLE TO TRANSMISSION SHOP FOR REPAIRS. THE 2ND TIME, HAD FOOT ON PEDAL & VEHICLE DID NOT GO, THEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING UP A RAMP AT 25MPH THE TRANSMISSION BLEW. WILL BE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK
CONSUMER EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE GEARS SHIFTING IF THE VEHICLE IS NOT WARMED UP. THE 1 AND 2 GEARS WILL STICK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE IF THE ENIGINE IS COLD. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
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