1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Power Trainautomatic 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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *NLM

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

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...

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...

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

WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *MJ

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

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

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

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

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.

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

HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION.

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

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

THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AT 26,000 MILES AND AT TIMES, SOMEWHAT JERKING INTO GEAR. THE PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE WORSE WHEN THE CAR WAS COLD AND WHEN YOU WERE SHIFTING INTO HIGHER GEARS, IT WASN'T AS NOTICEABLE ON DOWNSHIFTING. THE PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED BUT REAPPEARED IN LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. THE PROBLEM WASN'T AS NOTICEABLE THE SECOND TIME AND WE THOUGHT MAYBE IT JUST NEEDED AN ADJUSTMENT. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS METAL IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VAN IS A LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE WITH EASY TOWN AND HIGHWAY DRIVING MILES AND THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER TOWED ANYTHING. THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO HAVE A FACTORY INSTALLED DEFECTIVE UNRELIABLE TRANSMISSION. *AK

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION AT 54800 MILES IS SHOWS A SERIOUS FLAW IN QUALITY OF THE COMPONENT. FAILURE OCCURRED AT CITY SPEEDS, BUT WIFE HAD JUST PULLED OUT ON TO HEAVLY TRAVELED ROAD(HWY 6) WITH AN APPROPRIATE DISTANCE BETWEEN HER AND AN ONCOMING TRACTER TRAILER. FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION CAUSED THE TRUCK TO CATCH UP TO HER, AN ACCIDENT WAS AVOIDED WHEN SHE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. OUR 2 YEAR OLD AND 3 MONTH OLD CHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE WITH HER. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON THIS MODEL AND RELATED CHRYSLER PRODUCTS ON THE INTERNET. THE FAILURE OF THE FRONT DRIVE AXLE OCCURRED ON A CROWDED HIGHWAY. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS STILL FUNCTIONING, THE NOISE REQUIRED FULL ATTENTION FROM ME TO ASSERTAIN THE SITUATION WHILE MANUEVERING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED I NOTED A CONTINUOUS PULLING TO THE LEFT. I TOOK...

TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

COMPLAINT #7857854 FILED WITH US CHRYSLERCUSTOMER CENTER (800)992-1997 ON 9/16/00

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...

VEHICLE WAS MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN CHANGING GEARS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED TRANSMISSION AROUND JANUANRY OF 2000, NOW, CONSUMER IS HEARING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. CONSUMER FEELS ITS TO SOON TO BE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE FRONT SEAL IS DEFECTIVE. *AK

TRANSMISSION BROKE DOWN COMPLETELY AFTER A SUDDEN BIG NOISE CAUSED BY THE EXPLOSION FROM INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THERE IS A BIG HOLE FROM UNDERNEATH. TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK AND VEHICLE IS NOW NON-DRIVEABLE.*AK

CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. DEALER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIRS, AND USED DIFFERENT PARTS FOR THE TRANSMISSION. BUT, VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT. ALSO, ONCE VEHICLE HAS COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, IT WILL NOT TAKE OFF. IT WILL MOVE IF PUT INTO 2ND GEAR. DEALER HAS OVER AND OVER TOLD THE CONSUMER IT IS SOLUTION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING AND LEAKING FLUID. YH

OUR VAN ONLY HAS 65,000 MILES. WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WE HEARD A NOISE AND THE VAN JERKED AND THEN MADE FUNNY NOISES. WE BROUGHT IT INTO THE SHOP THE TOLD US THAT WE NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. IT EXPLODED INSIDE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL THESE VANS WITH BAD TRANSMISSION. I HOPE SOME DAY SOON SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR THE CUSTOMER. THIS IS NOT VERY GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE PROVIDING CUSTOMERS DEFECTIVE VEHICLES. *AK

CHRYSLER CORPORATION HAS BEEN NO HELP. THEY WOULD NOT LET ME SPEAK TO ANY SUPERVISOR. THIS CAR IS NOT OLD. I OWNED A CARAVAN BEFORE AND WENT THROUGH 2 TRANSMISSIONS AND ONE MOTOR. THEY ARE HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND WONT EVEN FIX IT. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAS A HUGE CRACK IN IT, ALLOWING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE. DEALER SAYS TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

MY WIFE AND 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WERE DRIVING HOME FROM THE DENTIST OFFICE, AS THEY LEFT TOWN AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE RPM WENT UP BUT THE VAN STARTED SLOWING DOWN. COASTED OFF THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, THEY TRIED TO GO AGAIN AND NOTHING. CALLED FOR HELP AND HAD VEHICLE TAKEN TO LOCAL SHOP FOR EXAMINATION OF PROBLEM. VAN ONLY HAS LOW GEAR, NO OTHERS INCLUDING REVERSE. HAVE HEARD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OF OTHERS HAVING TRANS. PROBLEMS AROUND SAME MILAGE. TRYING TO FIND MORE INFO ON MANUFACTURERS REPLACEMENT OR REPAIRS AT LESS COST THAN THE

WE PURCHASED THE VAN WITH LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT, AND I KNOW THAT CHRYSLER HAD A 5 YEAR 60,000 MILE WARRANTY AT ONE TIME.

THIS VAN HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS FROM THE BEGINNING. THE TRANSMISSION WAS JUST THE FINAL STRAW FOR US. THEN TO SEE HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAD PUT MULTIPLE TRANSMISSIONS IN THEIR CHRYSLER VANS. IT'S A CRIME.

TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER HAD TO BE REBUILT. *AK

TRANSMISSION DESIGN DOES NOT CONTAIN A SHIFT LOCK (POOR DESIGN). MJS

TRANSMISSION REPLACED BY DEALER FOR FREE ON 5-1-97, STRUTS REPLACED 11-1-97 FOR 616.01 BY DEALER, WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WHEN NOT IN USE, CYLINDER HEAD LEAKING OIL 4-3-99. *AK

THE BATTERY FAILED AFTER 2 1/2 YEARS. THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FAILED AFTER 1 MONTH. IT WAS REPAIRED. IT NEEDED FREON AGAIN TWO MONTHS LATER. IT FAILED AGAIN 1 1/2 YEARS AFTER PURCHASE, AT WHICH TIME WE PAID TO HAVE THE SYSTEM REPAIRED. IT HAS FAILED FOR THE FOURTH TIME 3 YEARS AFTER PURCHASE. THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED THREE YEARS AFTER PURCHASE, UNABLE TO GO INTO REVERSE.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER. TRYING TO RESTART, ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER. DEALER CONTACTED AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM TRACKED TO A COMPONENT RELATED TO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHEN TAPPED, IT WOULD PREVENT THE VAN FROM STARTING. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, AND THE GEARS WERE NOT SHIFTING RIGHT. CONSUMER GOT STUCK DUE TO THE GEARS GETTING STUCK IN NEUTRAL. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. FIRST TIME TRANSMISSION WENT OUT DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND PROBLEM RETURNED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED ON THIS VEHICLE. *AK

DEALER REFUSES TO DISCUSS MANUFACTURING DEFECT OF TRANSMISSION. UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT ONLY 49,000 MILES!

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, THE