1998 Plymouth Voyager Transmission Problems

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE FIRST COMPONENT OF CONCERN WAS THE BELT TENSIONER WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED BY THE DEALER BECAUSE IT WAS OBSERVED TO BE DISMANTLED. THE SECOND COMPONENT WAS IDENTIFIED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR A REGULAR OIL CHANGE. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THERE WAS A MAJOR LEAK COMING FROM THE PUMP SEAL ON THE TRANSMISSION. ONCE THE TRANSMISSION WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE VEHICLE, A CRACK WAS OBSERVED IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO REBUILT BECAUSE A TRANSMISSION FOR REPLACEMENT COULD NOT BE FOUND. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A PIN DROP WHICH HAS BEEN COMMON IN VEHICLES OF THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. THE THIRD COMPONENT WAS DISCOVERED WHILE THE CONTACT SEARCHED CAR FAX FOR HISTORY ON THE VEHICLE; THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THE AIRBAG. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE REMEDY REPAIR, IT WAS NOT PERFORMED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE EXCEEDED 70,000 MILES. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE REMEDY REPAIRS WOULD BE ISSUED ONLY IF THE VEHICLE INCURRED THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE RECALL. THE LAST COMPONENT OF CONCERN WAS THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT, WHICH CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, THEY DETERMINED THERE WAS CYLINDER MISFIRE. HOWEVER, THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THAT THIS PROBLEM MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTIONED COMPUTER SYSTEM. AFTER A MAJOR TUNE UP TO THE VEHICLE THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ONLY ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY.

NHTSA ID

10160917

Incident

May 1, 2006

Mileage

126,459 mi

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A LEAK WAS NOTICED UNDER THE TRANSMISSION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. A LOCAL INDEPENDENT REPAIR MECHANIC REPLACED A SHAFT SEAL IN THE TRANSMISSION. HOWEVER, THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR TRANSMISSION SHOP WERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REBUILT AND THE DIFFERENTIAL NEEDED REPLACED.

NHTSA ID

10148984

Incident

Jan 24, 2006

Mileage

133,000 mi

DT: CONTACT WENT TO HAVE BRAKES CHECKED ON 8-3-05, JUST A ROUTINE CHECK, AND THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT LEFT FRONT CALIPER BOLTS WERE INCORRECT AND HAVE DAMAGED THE STEERING KNUCKLES. HE TOLD HER THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WAS SPINNING INSIDE THE KNUCKLES, WITHIN 7 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. ALSO, THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS BAD. *AK

NHTSA ID

10132269

Incident

Aug 3, 2005

Mileage

100,000 mi

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 1998, PLYMOUTH, VOYAGER VAN. TRANSMISSION FAILED ON OCT. 1, 2003 AT ONLY 35,700 MILES. *AK *JB

NHTSA ID

10126514

Incident

Oct 1, 2003

Mileage

35,700 mi

PLYMOUTH VOYAGER TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 36,000 MILES. IT WAS JUST OUT OF THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY. SOME VALVE SHOT THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING. TRANSMISSION FLUID SPRAYED ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT INCLUDING THE EXHAUST. I'M SURPRISED IT DIDN'T BURN. TO DO A TOTAL REBUILD THE INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SHOP HAD TO WELD THE CASE BECAUSE THIS FAILURE IS SO COMMON USED TRANSMISSION HOUSINGS ARE SCARCE. THIS FAILURE WAS REPEATED 3 MORE TIMES IN THE YEAR THAT I OWNED THIS VEHICLE. THERE WERE ALSO 2 FAILURES OF AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL VALVE ON THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP OWNER SAID HE FIXES MANY MORE CHRYSLER MINIVAN TRANSMISSIONS THAN ANY OTHER VEHICLE. HE SAID ITS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THEM FOR AT LEAST A DOZEN YEARS THAT KEEPS HIS FAMILY FED. CHRYSLER DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS IN THEIR VEHICLES. MY RESEARCH SAYS ITS AN ALL TOO COMMON FAILURE IN NOT ONLY THE MINIVANS BUT IN THE PICKUP TRUCKS AND JEEPS AS WELL. I DROVE CHYSLERS AND JEEPS ALL MY LIFE BUT NOW I WON'T BUY EITHER. *JB

NHTSA ID

10088118

Incident

Feb 14, 2000

Mileage

36,000 mi

THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT CONTINUED TO STAY ON AND HORN THE WAS INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER STATED THE AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING HAD FAILED. A RECALL WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS OUTSIDE OF THE REMEDY SCOPE. *JB THE VALVE COVER GASKET LEAKED OIL WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CLAIMED THEY COULDN'T FIND A LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO OTHER TECHNICIANS WHO BOTH AGREED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK. THE SERPENTINE BELT CRACKED AT 90000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE CLAMPS WERE REPLACED. *NM

NHTSA ID

10074192

Incident

Feb 16, 2004

Mileage

90,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE AND TRIED TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CONSUMER HIT THE GUARD RAIL TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THE DIFFERENTIAL CRACKED AND BROKE THE AXLE WHICH WENT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. *AK AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS REMEDIED, 4 DAYS LATER, THE SEALS LEAKED. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID

10067118

Incident

Apr 8, 2004

Mileage

60,000 mi

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON DRIVER'S 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER SHIFTED THE GEAR INTO REVERSE WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE MOVED AND HIT THE DRIVER. DRIVER SUSTAINED BONE BRUISES ALL OVER THE BODY, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. *AK *LA

NHTSA ID

10064718

Incident

Feb 17, 2004

Mileage

100,000 mi

TRANSMISSION DISINTEGRATED, WIPER MOTOR PROBLEMS, AND LOST OF HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL. *PH *MR

NHTSA ID

10065193

Incident

Dec 1, 2003

Mileage

50,000 mi

AFTER THE SIGNAL LIGHT TURNED GREEN DRIVER STEPPED ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE ENGINE REVVED, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10044773

Incident

Oct 27, 2003

Mileage

81,000 mi

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE SERVICE WAS INCOMPLETE BECAUSE, AFTER A WEEK, VEHICLE STARTED JERKING WHENEVER ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER SHOP, AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS EXCEPTIONALLY LOW. LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER THAT DIAGNOSIS TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. THE DEALER WOULD NOT MAKE REPAIRS WITHOUT CONSUMER PAYING FOR THEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

10042657

Incident

Sep 16, 2003

Mileage

79,500 mi

THE DIFFERENTIAL PIN BROKE INSIDE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT, TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

NHTSA ID

10037911

Incident

Aug 11, 2003

Mileage

73,000 mi

98 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER EXPRESSO HAS A PROBLEM WITH A PIN IN THE TRANSMISSION BRAKING AND IT CRACKS YOUR CASE IN TRYING TO FIND A USED ONE, EVERYONE THAT HAD ONE, THAT WAS WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO IT. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10022993

Incident

Jun 7, 2003

PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKET. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH *TR

NHTSA ID

10006733

Incident

Feb 3, 2003

I HAVE A PLYMOUTH VOYAGER WITH 47,000 MI. I'D ONLY HAD IT FOR 4 MOS. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO ACT UP. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS PROBABLY ON IT'S WAY OUT SEEING AS CHRYSLER KNOWS NOT HOW TO MAKE A WORKING PRODUCT. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME TO TRY TO PULL OUT ONTO A ROAD WHEN I AM NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT I AM GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO. WHEN I DO AND IT DOESN'T MOVE, I THEN HAVE TO HURRY UP AND GUN IT SO AS NOT TO GET HIT FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CAR THEN JERKS INTO GEAR AFTER REVING UP TO AROUND 50 IF I TAKE IT THAT FAR. I USUALLY DON'T BECAUSE THEN ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IT IS SCREAMING. SHIFTING IS A PROBLEM. IT IS WELL KNOWN TO MOST CHRYSLER OWNERS THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS, YET CHRYSLER DOES NOTHING TO UPGRADE OR FIX THE DEFECTS. HAD I KNOWN THIS INFORMATION BEFORE I HAD BOUGHT THE CAR, I WOULD'VE BOUGHT A DIFFERENT MAKE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

10000469

Incident

Dec 31, 2002

Mileage

45,000 mi

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION WILL START TO MAKE A CLUNKING NOISE CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

NHTSA ID

8023939

Incident

Nov 28, 2002

WHILE AT A STOP, CONSUMER STATES PRESSED ACCELERATOR AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, TO DEALER, THE DEALER STATES THE COOLANT LINE RUPTURED AND CAUSED ANTIFREEZE TO GO INTO THE TRANSMISSION. WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR BEING REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

NHTSA ID

8022542

Incident

Nov 12, 2001

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, BUT PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS.*AK

NHTSA ID

8018754

Incident

Dec 7, 2001

SEALS IN TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO VEHICLE SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF GEAR .THIS WILL HAPPEN INTERMITTENTLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

NHTSA ID

8013188

Incident

Jun 2, 2002

WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE AND STARTING CHOCKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP WHO INFORMED HIM TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT.*AK

NHTSA ID

8009388

Incident

May 7, 2002

AM ABOUT TO HAVE VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, BUT HAVE RESEARCHED SEVERAL SIMILAR INCIDENT WHERE CHRYSLER TRIED TO DENY RESPONSIBILITY FOR A TRANSMISSION THAT GOES OUT AFTER ONLY 58,000 SO I'M CREATING CASES, JUST IN CASE. *AK

NHTSA ID

761499

Incident

May 3, 2002

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

760236

Incident

Mar 26, 2002

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE LOST SPEED AT AN ALARMING RATE, DROPPING FROM 70 MPH TO 20 MPH WITHIN SECONDS.*JB

NHTSA ID

562894

Incident

Jul 30, 2001

WHEN DRIVING ON A INCLINE IT CAUSED FRONT WHEELS TO DRIBBLE OR VIBRATE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. *AK

NHTSA ID

892149

Incident

Feb 1, 2000

TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY. ALSO, IT LOOKED LIKE ROLL PIN HAD SNAPPED AND BLEW A HOLE IN TRANSMISSION WALL. ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED CHRYSLER. *AK PER THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP, THE ROLL PIN DID SNAP, CAUSING THE GREATER DAMAGE TO THE REST OF THE TRANMISSION. *YH

NHTSA ID

891006

Incident

May 23, 2001