1996 Plymouth Voyager Transmission Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2003, THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. AFTER PURCHASING A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION, IT FAILED AGAIN THE VERY SAME DAY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE CONTACT HAS HAD THE TOP HALF OF THE ENGINE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE IS STUCK IN DRIVE AND WILL NOT HOLD FLUID. THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE WITHOUT A POWER SURGE IN THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE REAR BOLTS KEEP COMING OUT OF THE SHOCKS. THE CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE BOLTS TIGHTENED THREE OR FOUR TIMES. THE ENGINE IS TICKING AND SMOKING. THE SERPENTINE BELT SLIPS OFF IF IT GETS EVEN SLIGHTLY WET FROM SNOW OR RAIN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SPORADICALLY FLASHES ON AND OFF OR CONSTANTLY REMAINS ILLUMINATED. THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS COMPLETELY SERVICED; HOWEVER, IT CANNOT BE USED BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 155,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,250. UPDATE 09/10/08 *CW UPDATED 09/15/08. *JB

NHTSA ID

10237372

Incident

Nov 21, 2003

Mileage

116,250 mi

I OWN A 1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AND ON THIS MIN VAN THE WIPERS ACT VERY ERRATIC. THEY WORK WHEN THEY WANT. SOMETIMES THEY WON'T SHUT OFF AND OTHER TIMES THEY WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL OR STOP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR VIEW. I ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE SERPENTINE BELTS POPPING OFF THE DRIVE LINE LEAVING YOU WITH NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES AND COMPLETELY DISABLES THE VEHICLE. I ALSO EXPERIENCE ISSUES WITH THE REAR SHOCKS. THE BOLTS COME LOOSE AND DETACHES THE REAR SHICK FROM THE VAN LEAVING IT QUITE UNCONTROLLABLE WHILE DRIVING. ALL 3 ISSUES HAPPENS ON MANY OCCASIONS. ALL 4 OF THESE DEFECTS MAKE THIS VAN VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE OR TRAVEL WITH. CURRENTLY MY VAN IS SITTING IN MY DRIVE WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION. I HAVE OWNED THE VAN FOR 5 YEARS NOW AND IN 5 YEARS I HAVE BLOWN 3 TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10209285

Incident

Aug 22, 2003

Mileage

116,250 mi

1.) 1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 49,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. 2.) HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 3.) HAD VOYAGER TOWED TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN YPSILANTI. REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT THE COST OF $1700. WAS TOLD BY PERSON TOWING THAT HE TOWS SEVERAL VOYAGERS A WEEK FOR PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT DAIMER- CHRYSLER HAS A KIT THAT THEY SEND OUT TO REPAIR THESE TRANSMISSIONS. THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND REPAIRED BY DAIMER-CHRYSLER.

NHTSA ID

10121709

Incident

May 4, 1999

Mileage

49,000 mi

TRANSMISSION LEAKING FLUID. *BF THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PIN BROKE AND DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION CASE. *SC THE STARTER WAS REPLACED. *JB

NHTSA ID

10095355

Incident

Jul 1, 2004

Mileage

75,230 mi

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD A BROKE PART. *TC

NHTSA ID

10092255

Incident

Aug 17, 2004

1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER NEEDS 3RD TRANSMISSION. *BF THE FIRST TRANSMISSION LASTED FOUR YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS AND 56K MILES. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID

10095391

Incident

Oct 1, 2004

Mileage

56,000 mi

5 DAYS AFTER PURCHASING FROM DEALERSHIP WITH 70000 MILES, DROVE 400 MILES SINCE PURCHASE AND WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY VEHICLE STARTED JERKING AND SLOWED TO 10 MPH. REVVED ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION MAKING CLUNKING NOISES. DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH VAN. TEST DROVE 15 MILES IN CITY/FREEWAY. CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. ONLY CODE THEY PULLED WAS FROM A MISFIRE. COULDN'T EXPLAIN THE CLUNKING NOICE FROM TRANSMISSION. FORWARD HAS PROBLEMS BUT REVERSE WORKED PERFECTLY FINE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10050803

Incident

Dec 17, 2003

Mileage

71,800 mi

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 119382 KM (ABOUT 75,000 MILES). COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING AFTER A FEW DAYS. DEALER INDICATED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER MINIVANS. WOULD NOT FIX, SINCE PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. I HAD TO GOT TO ANOTHER GARAGE TO GET IT FIXED. I AM ASKING FOR RE-IMBURSEMENT OF MY COSTS TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION.*AK

NHTSA ID

10048842

Incident

Sep 23, 2003

Mileage

72,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT UNDETERMINED SPEED VAN SUDDENLY/ABRUPTLY STARTED GOING INTO REVERSE. IN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VAN GEAR SHIFTER WAS MOVED FROM DRIVE TO PARK, BUT THE VAN CONTINUED IN REVERSE. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS THE ONLY FUNCTION THAT STOPPED THE VAN FROM MOVEMENT. *AK

NHTSA ID

10033900

IN MAY 2003, TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION.*AK

NHTSA ID

10033759

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10020147

Incident

Mar 1, 2003

CONSUMERWAS DRIVING AND HEARD A "CLUNKING" NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. PH

NHTSA ID

10006777

Incident

Jan 31, 2003

Mileage

117,000 mi

1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER ;WHEN IGNITION KEY IS SWITCH TO ON.FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL TURN ON FOR A BRIEF PERIOD AND POWER DOOR LOCK MAKES LIKE A GRINDING NOISE.NOTE THE ENGINE HAS NOT BEEN CRANK AND STARTED YET AND ALL THE SWITCHES HAS BEEN OFF AND NOT TOUCH AT ALL.EVENTUALLY A FEW DAYS AFTER INCIDENT SOME SWITCHES TO THE HVAC FAN HAS NOT BEEN WORKING AND THE FACTORY STEREO EVENTUALLY MALFUNCTION.YOU CANNOT TUNE THE AM/FM TUNER IT STAYS IN 1 STATION.THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AT TIMES WONT SHIFT AND OTHER TIMES WILL SHIFT WITHOUT PROBLEM.THE MINIVAN HAS 48.500 MILES ONLY.I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AT MALL CHYSLER AND THEY RECOMENDED TRANSMISSION FLUID REPLACEMENT AND REPLACE CLOCK SPRING,AND REPAIR FLUEL RAIL-INJECTION.THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT,IT STILL OCCASIONALLY REFUSES TO SHIFT AT TIMES NOTICING THE TACH NEEDLE GOING AT 4,000RPM WITH SPEED OF ONLY 30-40MPH.THE SYMPTOMS REMAINS WITH WIPER HAVING A MIND OF ITS OWN TURNING ON WHEN INGINITION IS ON.ANOTHER PROLEM COMES UP AFTER I BROUGHT VAN TO THE DEALER.OCCASIONALLY INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL COME ON WHEN I'M DRIVING.ALSO HEAD GASKET LEAKING.I HOPE CHRYSLER WILL HELP ME.

NHTSA ID

10005441

Incident

Oct 6, 2002

Mileage

46,000 mi

I AM ONE OF THE MANY MANY CUSTOMERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING COMPLETE FAILURES WITH THE CHRYSLER 41TE ULTRADRIVE TRANSMISSIONS. IN MY CASE I HADE A COMPLETE TRANSMITION REPLACEMENT AT 79,000 MILES. AT 123,000 MILES WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING AND THE ENGINE STARTED REVVING VERY HIGH. I HADE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER THAT HAD INSTALLED THE FIRST TRANSMISSION. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVER ITS 36,000 WARRANTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE DECLINED THE $2900 ESTIMATE AND I AM CURRENTLY GETTING A SECOND OPINION ON THE REPAIR. MY CONCERN IS THAT WHILE I WAS RESEARCHING THE PROBLEMS OF THIS TRANSMISSION, I FOUND THAT MOST OWNERS OF THE 41TE TRANSMISSION WILL EXPERIENCE SIMILAR PROBLEMS AT AN AVERAGE OF 80,000 MILES. I FURTHER LEARNED THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS THAT THESE TRANSMISSIONS WILL FAIL, AS THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACING THEM SENSE THE 1980''S WHEN IT WAS NAMED THE A604. WE NEED TO GET THESE VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD UNTIL THE PROBLEMS CAN BE RESOLVED. IN MY CASE, I JUST EXPERIENCED THE INCONVENIENCE OF FINDING MYSELF STRANDED. IF MY TIMING HAD BEEN DIFFERENT, MY SITUATION WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE.

NHTSA ID

10003277

Incident

Jan 18, 2003

Mileage

123,000 mi

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WAS REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER EXPENSE, THE CONSUMER FEELS A MAJOR COMPONENT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 80000 MILES AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE OFFERED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. MR *NLM

NHTSA ID

8021453

Incident

Oct 15, 2002

Mileage

88,829 mi

WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *MJ

NHTSA ID

566156

TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING.*AK

NHTSA ID

8009621

Incident

Oct 15, 1998

WHILE DRIVING, WOULD FEEL STRONG VIBRATION COMING FROM TRANSMISSION. ALSO, FEELS LIKE IT IS SHIFTING GEARS, THEN WILL ACT NORMAL. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER ADDS THERE IS A SHUDDER AS IF TRANSMISSION IS DISENGAGING AND THEN RE-ENGAGES. *TT

NHTSA ID

8005868

Incident

Mar 18, 2002

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE SHUT OFF. MECHANIC STATES TRANSMISSION HADS MALFUNCTIONED.*AK CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION FAILED AT BUSY INTERSECTION. *YH

NHTSA ID

8005301

Incident

Mar 1, 2002

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING BLOWING 2 HOLES THROUGH THE CASING OF THE TRANSMISSION, WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS REMOVED IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A PIN CALLED A SPIDER GEAR PIN IN THE TRANSAXLE ASSEMBLY HAD BROKE JAMMING THE GEARS AND CAUSING THE FAILURE. NLM

NHTSA ID

563260

Incident

Jun 1, 2001

CHANGED BATTERY 3 TIMES DON'T KNOW MILEAGE/CHANGED STARTER 2X. SECOND TIME TRANSMISSION WENT - WAS TOLD I WAS LUCKY TO GET ANOTHER 30, 000 MILES OUT OF IT.

NHTSA ID

750993

Incident

Jan 12, 1999

TRANSMISSION HAS COMPLETELY GONE OUT, AND TRANSMISSION CAN'T BE FIXED, ONLY REPLACED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

NHTSA ID

890018

Incident

Jun 1, 2001

HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION.

NHTSA ID

742781

Incident

Sep 25, 2000

CONSUMER WAS ENTERING INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

NHTSA ID

882998

Incident

Jan 1, 2001

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE FAILS TO SHIFT PROPERLY INTO ANOTHER GEAR. VEHICLE WOULD ONLY GO 20MPH. TOOK TO DEALER AND INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT TRANSMISSION WAS CAUSING PROBLEM, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK SINCE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, THERE WERE FOUR RECALLS ON THIS MODEL. *YH

NHTSA ID

881279

Incident

Feb 1, 2001