2000 Plymouth Voyager Problems

CHRYSLER/PLYMOUTH/DODGE DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION COOLING HOSES AND CLAMPS USING CLAMPS AS PER CHRYSLER SERVICE BULLETIN 07-006-1. NHTSA TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 632201 REFERS. CLAMP PART NUMBER 04596424AA CAME LOSE WHILE TRAVELING ON I-65 GOING THROUGH LOUISVILLE,KY CAUSING THE AUTO TO STALL. ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BLOWN ONTO THE AUTO AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO MANUVER TO A PLACE OUT AWAY FROM THE FLOW OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE AUTO WAS TOWED AND REPAIRED THREE DAYS LATER. FAILED PARTS ARE RETAINED BY ME. *NM

TRANSMISSION FAILURE, 2000 VOYAGER TRANSMISSION SEIZED WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON MAIN ST., AT 40,000 MILES. REPLACED AT COST OVER $3000. *BF THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING RESTITUTION FOR THESE REPAIR COSTS. *SC

OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS - SINCE THE REPLACEMENT MY SERPENTINE BELT ON MY 2000 CHRYSLER VOYAGER HAS POPPED OFF 4 OR 5 TIMES. SINCE OUR LOCAL DEALER IS NO LONGER HERE I HAD TO PAY $93.21 TODAY TO HAVE THE BELT PUT BACK. THE MECHANIC CHECKED THE BELT AND TENSIONER AND FOUND BOTH IN PRACTICALLY BRAND NEW CONDITION AND GOOD WORKING ORDER. HE COULD NOT FIND A REASON WHY IT WOULD COME OFF. EACH TIME IT HAS COME OFF WAS AFTER A RAIN. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ONLINE I FOUND THAT IT HAS HAPPENED A LOT TO MANY OTHERS ALSO. MY FORMER DEALER'S MECHANICS ALSO COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY THIS OCCURS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT NEEDS A QUICK AND PERMANENT SOLUTION SINCE ALL THE POWER CONTROLS SUCH AS STEERING ARE MANAGED BY THIS ONE BELT. ONCE OUT YOU NO LONGER HAVE ANY POWER ASSISTED STEERING. *TR UPDATED 06/30/11 *BF UPDATED 07/01/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER VOYAGER. THE ENGINE SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED JULY 2009 WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE GARAGE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. LESS THAN ONE MONTH LATER, THE SERPENTINE BELT FAILED. ONE MONTH LATER, THE BELT COMPLETELY FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO A WALL AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON HORN DOES NOT WORK BAD STRUTS, LOUD STRUTS SOUNDS. *TR

THE SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF CAUSING THE POWER STEERING TO FAIL, AND THE ALTERNATOR NOT TO WORK. THIS HAS OCCURRED OFF AND ON SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. THIS FAILURE OCCURS IN MOTION WHEN THE STREETS ARE WET AND A BIT BUMPY.

TL*- THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A RECALL FOR THE CLOCK SPRING. AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS DONE THE HORN STOPPED WORKING, AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE POWER WHEN ACCELERATING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO DAIMLER CHRYSLER ,WHERE THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE, AND THE DEALER REFUSED TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THEY PERFORMED THE REQUIRED RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DIAMLER CHRYSLER DEALER AND ONCE SHE TOLD THEM SHE HAD RECALL REPAIRS DONE ON THE CLOCK SPRING THE DEALER REFUSED TO WORK ON THE VEHICLE, AND TOLD THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DEALER WHO PERFORMED THE WORK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000, THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70000. *AK

ON 11/05 THE DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING. I NOW NOTICE IT IS LEAKING AGAIN. THE FIRE WALL IS ALL RUSTED, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DAMAGE IS BEING DONE FROM THE FLUID DRIPPING DOWN. *TR

I BOUGHT THE VAN USED IN LATE SEPT. 2002 WITH 22,000 MILES ON IT. DID NOT BUY EXT. WARRANTY. BY THE TIME I USED THE 1.AC IN THE SPRING IT DIDN'T WORK, WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. REPLACED COMPRESSOR, NOT AT THE DEALER, THEN FOUND OUT EVAPORATOR WAS BAD TOO. NO MORE MONEY,STILL DRIVING WITH NO AC. 2. HORN DIDNT WORK. I PAID TO FIX IT. 3. HAVE REPLACED BRAKES TWICE IN 3 YEARS. ABS LIGHT WAS ON FOR 6 MONTHS THEN WENT OFF. 4. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM ..DOOR LOCKS GO UP AND DOWN BY THEMSELVES, WHILE THERE ARE BELLS DINGING, AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF ALL AT THE SAME TIME. LOOK LIKE SOME KIND OF CHRISTMAS TREE ON WHEELS GOING DOWN THE ROAD. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE FOR THE DEALER. NOT FIXED. 5. SIX TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK VAN HAS STALLED. 5 WHEN TURNING AND ONCE WHILE AT A STOPLIGHT. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE FOR THE DEALER. NOT FIXED. 6. WHILE THERE FOR THE STALLING, HAD THEM LOOK AT THE RECALL FOR AIRBAG BECAUSE THE LIGHT STAYS ON LONGER THAN ALL THE OTHERS, THEY SAID IT WAS FINE AND DIDN'T NEED TO BE FIXED..... THESE ARE A FEW OF THE THINGS I CAN REMEMBER. I WILL ALSO REMEMBER NOT TO BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER.

MY HUSBAND WAS INSTALLING MY SON'S CAR SEAT. WHEN HE GRABBED THE SHAFT OF THE SEAT BELT (THE PART ATTACHED TO THE FLOOR), IT CAME COMPLETELY OUT. APPARENTLY THE METAL PART THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE SEAT IS COMPLETELY GONE. THE DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR BUYING A NEW SEAT BECAUSE MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. *JB

REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT CATCH (STOP LETTING OUT BELT) WHEN BRAKE APPLIED. THIS IS AN ISSUE CAUGHT AS PART OF A MASSACHUSETTS MANDATORY YEARLY INSPECTION WHICH CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO FAIL. CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP HAS INDICATED IT CAN BE FIXED FOR A CHARGE OF AT LEAST $82. *NM

MY MINIVAN HAS A BADLY CORRODED DRIVER SIDE STRUT TOWER THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS IS A PRODUCT FLOW YET WILL NOT AUTHORISE REPAIRS TO. THIS PLACES ALL OWNERS FAMILIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT GRAVE DANGER WHEN THIS TOWER. *TR COLLAPSES FOR THE VEHICLE LOOSES STEERING AND THE WHEEL FALLS OFF. I FEEL A RECALL IS IN HIGH ORDER BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED.THIS MAY HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY.ALL MINIVANS FROM 1996-2000 ARE AFFECTED. ALL MY CALLS HAVE FALLEN ON DEAF EARS. OWN UP TO YOUR PRODUCT FLAW CHYSLER AND DO THE RIGHT THING! YOU GOT GOVERNMENT BAIL OUT MONEY HOW ABOUT BAILING OUT YOUR CUSTOMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT LARGE. I HOPE MY FAMILY OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO THIS PRODUCT DEFECT.

DRIVER'S SIDE UPPER STRUT TOWER SHEET METAL RUSTED THROUGH - PASSENGER SIDE STRUT TOWER, LIKE NEW(NO RUST AT ALL) MANY OTHER LIKE VEHICLE COMPLAINTS FOUND ON INTERNET SEARCH. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A RECALL FOR THE CLOCK SPRING. AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS DONE THE HORN STOPPED WORKING, AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE POWER WHEN ACCELERATING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO DAIMLER CHRYSLER ,WHERE THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE, AND THE DEALER REFUSED TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THEY PERFORMED THE REQUIRED RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DIAMLER CHRYSLER DEALER AND ONCE SHE TOLD THEM SHE HAD RECALL REPAIRS DONE ON THE CLOCK SPRING THE DEALER REFUSED TO WORK ON THE VEHICLE, AND TOLD THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DEALER WHO PERFORMED THE WORK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000, THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70000. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION GOES INTO GEAR WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE. THE GUIDE PLATES HAD DAMAGING SPOTS. *TC THE BRAKES HAD EXCESSIVE CLEARANCE AND DAMAGED THE TRAILING EDGE. THE VEHICLE WOULD BE IN OPERATION AT A STOP ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE GEAR WAS IN DRIVE, WITH THE FOOT REMOVED FROM THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL BACKWARDS; (THE SAME FOR REVERSE), THE LENS COVERS ON THE VEHICLE HAVE YELLOWED AND OR HAD BECOME OPAQUE. IN RE: 2000 CHRYSLER VOYAGER AND A 1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER *SC *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE UPPER STRUT TOWER SHEET METAL RUSTED THROUGH - PASSENGER SIDE STRUT TOWER, LIKE NEW(NO RUST AT ALL) MANY OTHER LIKE VEHICLE COMPLAINTS FOUND ON INTERNET SEARCH. *TR

I OWN A 2000 CHRYSLER VOYAGER SE 3.3L. THE DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT TOWER HAD SEVERE RUST ALMOST TO THE POINT OF RUSTING COMPLETELY THROUGH. VEHICLE HAS APPROX 146K MILES. I WAS FORCED TO PAY A LOCAL BODY SHOP TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE AND INSTALL A NEW STRUT TOWER CAP. *TR

FROM 7/31/03 UNTIL THE PRESENT I HAVE HAD THE WINDSHIELD COWLING REPLACE MORE THAN 13 TIMES BY CHRYLER. I OWN A 2000 VOYAGER. THE RUBBER GASKET CONTINUES TO SEPERATE - AT TIMES BLOWING UP ONTO THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE ELECTRICAL WINDOWS ROLLED UP AND DOWN ON THEIR OWN. CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE FROM THE VENT AREA. DROVE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE MAIN STEERING COLUMN FOR THE WINDOWS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

DT: AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR CUTS ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND WHILE PARKED. TAKEN TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.*AK

2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER SE STARTED EMITTING A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE ODOR FROM AC/HEATING VENTS. *BF THE A/C WAS NOT COOLING PROPERLY. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE EVAPORATOR WAS LEAKING. *SC

THE SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF CAUSING THE POWER STEERING TO FAIL, AND THE ALTERNATOR NOT TO WORK. THIS HAS OCCURRED OFF AND ON SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. THIS FAILURE OCCURS IN MOTION WHEN THE STREETS ARE WET AND A BIT BUMPY.

MY MINIVAN HAS A BADLY CORRODED DRIVER SIDE STRUT TOWER THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS IS A PRODUCT FLOW YET WILL NOT AUTHORISE REPAIRS TO. THIS PLACES ALL OWNERS FAMILIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT GRAVE DANGER WHEN THIS TOWER. *TR COLLAPSES FOR THE VEHICLE LOOSES STEERING AND THE WHEEL FALLS OFF. I FEEL A RECALL IS IN HIGH ORDER BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED.THIS MAY HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY.ALL MINIVANS FROM 1996-2000 ARE AFFECTED. ALL MY CALLS HAVE FALLEN ON DEAF EARS. OWN UP TO YOUR PRODUCT FLAW CHYSLER AND DO THE RIGHT THING! YOU GOT GOVERNMENT BAIL OUT MONEY HOW ABOUT BAILING OUT YOUR CUSTOMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT LARGE. I HOPE MY FAMILY OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO THIS PRODUCT DEFECT.

I BOUGHT THE VAN USED IN LATE SEPT. 2002 WITH 22,000 MILES ON IT. DID NOT BUY EXT. WARRANTY. BY THE TIME I USED THE 1.AC IN THE SPRING IT DIDN'T WORK, WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. REPLACED COMPRESSOR, NOT AT THE DEALER, THEN FOUND OUT EVAPORATOR WAS BAD TOO. NO MORE MONEY,STILL DRIVING WITH NO AC. 2. HORN DIDNT WORK. I PAID TO FIX IT. 3. HAVE REPLACED BRAKES TWICE IN 3 YEARS. ABS LIGHT WAS ON FOR 6 MONTHS THEN WENT OFF. 4. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM ..DOOR LOCKS GO UP AND DOWN BY THEMSELVES, WHILE THERE ARE BELLS DINGING, AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF ALL AT THE SAME TIME. LOOK LIKE SOME KIND OF CHRISTMAS TREE ON WHEELS GOING DOWN THE ROAD. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE FOR THE DEALER. NOT FIXED. 5. SIX TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK VAN HAS STALLED. 5 WHEN TURNING AND ONCE WHILE AT A STOPLIGHT. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE FOR THE DEALER. NOT FIXED. 6. WHILE THERE FOR THE STALLING, HAD THEM LOOK AT THE RECALL FOR AIRBAG BECAUSE THE LIGHT STAYS ON LONGER THAN ALL THE OTHERS, THEY SAID IT WAS FINE AND DIDN'T NEED TO BE FIXED..... THESE ARE A FEW OF THE THINGS I CAN REMEMBER. I WILL ALSO REMEMBER NOT TO BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER.

VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONT SEAT BACKS SNAPPED AND COLLAPSED BACKWARDS, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO FALL BACKWARDS;HIS FOOT SLIPPING OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL. VEHICLE CAREENED ACROSS THE STREET ONTO A FIELD 150 FOOT AWAY. DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. HOWEVER, THE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT.*AK

FOUR TIRES TREAD SEPARATION ALL SAME TREAD WEAR DOUGLAS TIRE 215/70R14 I HAVE PHOTOS AVAILABLE OF TODAY'S TIRE AND WILL PHOTOGRAPH THE REMAINING TWO SERIAL NUMBERS AND CHECK FOR THE FOURTH AT THE WAL MART THAT REPLACED IT. PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS NEGLIGIBLE BUT I WAS PREPARED FOR THE TIRE FAILURE I ROTATED THEM TO THE REAR DUE TO THE BELT WEARING THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE TREAD. *TR

MY MOTHER, BROTHER, AND I WERE ON AN EMERGENCY TRIP TO ARKANSAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON 09/01/08. WE HAD JUST GONE THROUGH KANSAS CITY, MO WHEN MY BROTHER (WHO WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME) LOST CONTROL OF MY 2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER VAN AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE VAN OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NOT A CRASH INVOLVED. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS SHREDDED DOWN TO NOTHING. HE PUT ON THE SPARE TIRE AND WE STAYED OVER NIGHT AT AN IHOP RESTAURANT. IN THE MORNING, WE WENT TO WALMART AND HAD THE TIRE REPLACED FOR $84.74, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR TRIP. WHEN WE RETURNED HOME TO OMAHA, NE, I WENT TO SEARS WHERE THE TIRES WERE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED IN MAY 2005. THE MANAGER OF THE GARAGE AT SEARS WENT OUT TO LOOK AT THE TIRE THE SHREDDED AND ALSO INSPECTED THE OTHER TIRES. HE WAS SURPRISED BY THE LOOK OF THE SHREDDED TIRE (WHICH I KEPT AS EVIDENCE OF THE DAMAGE) AND HE ALSO NOTICED THAT BOTH PASSENGER SIDE TIRES WERE SPLITTING ON THE SIDEWALLS THE SAME WAY THAT THE BLOWN TIRE DID. THE MANAGER ORDERED THREE NEW TIRES, AND THEY WERE MOUNTED ON 09/28/08. I HAVE "ROAD HAZARD PLUS SERVICE AGREEMENT" WITH SEARS, BUT IT STILL COST ME $317.96 TO REPLACE THE 3 TIRES. SEARS ADJUSTED THE BILL BY $35.11 AND $26.33 (TREAD ADJUSTMENT) FOR THE 2 TIRES THAT HAD SPLITS ON THE SIDEWALLS, BUT I HAD TO PAY THE TOTAL COST OF THE TIRE THAT SHREDDED. I WAS VERY UPSET BY THE WHOLE SITUATION. THE TIRES WERE ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND HAD ABOUT 33,500 MILES ON THEM (75,000 MILE WARRANTY). THE MANAGER GAVE ME THE FOLLOWING NUMBER: PJKCWKHR1005, BUT I DON'T RECALL WHAT IT WAS FOR. IN THE END, IT COST ME $402.70 ($84.74 + $317.96) TO REPLACE THE TIRES (I KEPT THE WALMART TIRE AS A SPARE). I BELIEVE THAT THESE TIRES WERE A DEFECTIVE, BAD BATCH OF TIRES, AND THAT I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED BY EITHER GOODYEAR OR SEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR TIRES. THE TIRES ARE GOODYEAR P205/75S14 WEATHERHANDLER LS. *TR

ENGINE MISS, DIAGNOSED AS EXCESS CORROSION OF FUEL LINE, THEREFORE CLOGGINNG INJECTORS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE FUEL CLAMP DISCONNECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED THE FUEL LINE TO LEAK AND AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *NM

YEAR 2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER MINIVAN. EXTREMELY DIM/POOR HEADLIGHTS. DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. NO REMEDY TO SITUATION. *NM

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH TWICE. THE LIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THEY COULD GO OUT WHILE BEING IN THE DARK.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE HEADLIGHT IS GOING BAD AGAIN. *TC

MY SON WAS DRIVING OUR MINIVAN 2000 VOYAGER AND THE FACTORY WHEEL OR RIM CRACKED INTO TWO HALVES DAMAGING THE TIRE BY CUTTING THE SIDE WALL. I AM NOT SURE THE OTHER THREE RIMS ARE SAFE. *TR

MY VAN (PLYMOUTH VOYAGER 2000) STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. I WAS UNABLE TO START IT AND HAD TO BE TOWED IN TO AN AUTO CENTER. AFTER A REVIEW, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TENSIONER UNIT THAT HOUSED THE TIMING BELT BROKE INTO PIECES. THE SHOP CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY KNEW OF THE DEFECT AND HAS ALREADY CONSTRUCTED A REPLACEMENT UNIT FOR THE VAN. WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE DEFECTIVE PART, THEY WERE TOLD NO. MY HUSBAND CALLED TWO DEALERSHIPS AND WAS TOLD THE SAME BY BOTH. "AS OF YET, THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE DEFECTIVE PART." I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT PART. THE TOTAL COST OF THE WORK DONE WAS $836.77. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE TO PAY FOR A PART THAT IS KNOWN BY THE MANUFACTURER TO BE DEFECTIVE.*AK

THE PROBLEM STARTED IN MAY OF 2003, ORIGINALLY. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE A 2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER FROM A DEALERSHIP IN JUNE 2003. IT HAD 52,400 MILES ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED IT. I TRAVEL A LOT MOSTLY HIGHWAY AND PUT APPROXIMATELY 7800 MILES ON THE VEHICLE SINCE I BOUGHT THE VAN. I NOTICED A LEAK ON THE GROUND IN MID-OCTOBER. BEFORE THIS I HAD NOTICED ON THREE OCCASIONS MOSTLY IN THE MORNING THAT THE VAN WOULD HESITATE AND NO GO FORWARD WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS, THEN IT WOULD LUNGE FORWARD, THE SAME HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN I TRIED TO GO IN REVERSE. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE I HAD NOT WARMED THE VAN UP IN THE A.M. THEN I NOTICED THE LEAK AND I TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST GARAGE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A TRANSMISSION LEAK. THEY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID IT HAD BEEN FIXED BEFORE AND THAT MY ENGINE WAS SOAKED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE CLAMPS THAT WERE ON THE HOSES WERE TWO BIG AND THE TRANSMISSION PAN WAS NOT PUT IN CORRECTLY. I CALLED THE CHRYSLER DEALER SHIP AND THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME ANY DOCUMENTS REGARDING THE REPAIRS THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD DONE. HOWEVER, THE SERVICE MAN DID SAY THAT THEY HAD THE VEHICLE IN MAY OF 2003 BECAUSE OF LEAKS FROM THE HOSES OF THE TRANSMISSION. THEY PUT NEW CLAMPS ON AND THAT SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE DAY AFTER I HAD THE CLAMPS DONE IN OCTOBER THE VAN WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR, THEN IT WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. I WOULD TRY TO GO FORWARD AND IT WOULD GO BACKWARDS. I NEARLY GOT IN TO ACCIDENTS GETTING IT TO THE DEALER. I TOOK IT TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN BANGOR AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. IT IS ACTUALLY A REBUILT ONE. IT IS COSTING ME $2,525 TOTAL. I HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS A LOT AND THIS APPEARS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE.