NHTSA Complaint #728173 — 1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER

STEEL PIN INSIDE TRANSMISSION LOOSENED AND ROTATED INSIDE TRANS CASE AND BLEW A HOLE 3 X 6 INCHES IN THE TRANS CASE LOSING ALL FLUID AND LOCKING THE TRANS UP. CALL TO CHRYSLER DEALER CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM, TRANS SHOP SAID THEY WERE AVERAGING 1 A MONTH AND THAT OURS WAS THE WORST THEY HAD SEEN TO DATE AND THAT BODILY INJURY WAS PROBABLE HAD MY WIFE BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CHRYSLER WANTED THE TRANS BACK BUT SAID THAT AGE AND MILEAGE PREVENTED ANY REINBURSEMENT WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID WHEN THE WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED , THEY WERE MAN MADE PARTS AND MAN MADE PARTS WEAR OUT. EVERY DEALER /TRANS SHOP I HAVE TALKED TOSAYS THAT THE TRANS ARE GOOD FOR 80000 MILES INTHE NORTHEAST AND ARE PRONE TO FAILURE THEY AREN'T IN THE SOUTH BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. I WASN'T AWARE THAT A 25000 DOLLAR VEHICLE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DISPOSABLE AFTER 80000 MILES UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY 1500 DOLLARS FOR A TRANS AND 510 FOR WHEEL BEARINGS ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MOST POPULAR VEHICLE IN ITS CLASS