2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Power Train 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

Mileage: 75,000

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

Mileage: 4,000

THE TRANSMISSION HAS A FILTER THAT IS HOUSED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE PLASTIC DEVICE THAT HOLDS THE FILTER BREAKS, AND WHILE DRIVING IT FALLS OFF, MAKING THE TRANSMISSION DEFECTIVE. THE O RING AND FILTER WERE REPLACED. IT FELL INTO THE PAN. *AK *SC

Mileage: 78,930

GEARS COULD BE SHIFTED WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. *BF THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS BUMPED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION'S AUXILIARY MODE. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD, HIT THE CONSUMER AND ROLLED OVER HER HIP/THIGH. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. *NM

MY VAN STARTED EMITTING A WHISLING SOUND AFTER THE WARRANTY OF 30,000 MILES RAN OUT AT 40,000 MILES AND EVENTUALLY THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T WANT TO SHIFT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE OWNER SAID THAT HE WILL EAT THE COST BUT I FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD SOLD MY WIFE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. NOW AT 103,000, ITS DOING THE SAME THING OF NOT SHIFTING. THE DEALER SAID THAT WE NEED TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT.*AK

Mileage: 103,000

WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE DEALERSHIPS MECHANIC WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM

Mileage: 90,200

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN 8-03, SECONDHAND FROM A DEALERSHIP IN NY. IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS, I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION LOSING POWER AND STARTING TO LOSE FLUID. IN ROUTE TO A DR'S APPT. WITH MY PREGNANT DAUGHTER AND HER 5 YR. OLD THE TRANS. STARTED TO SLIP AND LUNGE FORWARD. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND CHECKED THE TRANS. WAS EMPTY OF FLUID AFTER 20 MILES FROM HOME. ADDED 4 QTS. OF FLUID ONLY TO GO ANOTHER 10 MILES AND THE TRANS. WAS DOING IT AGAIN. TO THE GARAGE ONLY TO FIND OUT THE TRANS. CASING WAS BLOWN OUT AND NO FLUID. MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANS. TO NO AVAIL, NO TRANS. TO BE FOUND IN NY STATE. TO GET ANOTHER TRANS IT IS GOING TO COST ME $1500-$2000. I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER VOYAGER. I WILL DO BETTER HOMEWORK NEXT TIME. *NM

Mileage: 80,000

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.

Mileage: 60,000

I PURCHASED A NEW 2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER MINIVAN IN NOVEMBER OF 1999. IN JANUARY 2002, AT 38,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, STRANDING ME ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. A LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE AS A FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER. THE TORQUE CONVERTER, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS, WERE REPLACED. IN JANUARY 2003, AT 55,000 MILES, A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK WAS NOTICED. THE SAME DEALER REPAIRED TRANSMISSION FLUID LINES AND SEALS, AND CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILTER. IN NOVEMBER 2003, AT 75,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN, LEAVING MY CHILDREN AND I STRANDED ON THE ROADSIDE AT NIGHT. ANOTHER CHRYSLER DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A SECOND FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER. *NLM

Mileage: 75,000

VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE BY IT SELF AFTER IDLING IN PARK FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, IT ROLLED BACK CAUSING THE DRIVER'S DOOR (WHICH WAS OPEN) TO HIT THE BUMPER OF A PARKED CAR THUS DAMAGING THE DOOR AND THE LEFT FRONT FENDER.*AK I PERSONALLY SAW AND HEARD THE MOMENT THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, I WAS ABOUT 20 FEET AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN I SAW THE BACK UP LIGHTS COME ON AND THE VEHICLE START TO ROLL BACK.

Mileage: 58,822

THERE WAS A DELAY IN ENGAGING GEARS. VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD OR BACKWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, DEALER STATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

Mileage: 61,000

TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED 4 TIMES CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. *JB

Mileage: 29,932

TRANSMISSION ACTING SLUGGISH WHEN AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON FELT LIKE SLIPPING. TOOK IN SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG (WHILE UNDER WARRANTY). AFTER WARRANTY- TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, HAD TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION. 8 MONTHS LATER TRANSMISSION OUT AGAIN OVERHAUL TRANSMISSION.*AK

Mileage: 30,000

A PIN SLIPPED FROM THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH CAUSED IT TO FAIL. *JB

Mileage: 62,000

I WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE. IT ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL, AND WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE,IT THEN JUMPED FORWARD AND SEEMED TO BE FINE, THEN IT DID IT AGAIN AND WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD IT TOWED OVER BY AAA TO HALL THE NEXT DAY.THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE AT 50,800 MILES AND THE WARRENTY ONLY COVERED 3/36,000 MILE. I WAS LESS THAN THREE YEARS SINCE I PURCHASED THE VAN. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I FOLLOWED THE B SCHEDULE OF SERVICE AND HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILTER CHANGE AT 46,000 MILES. THE SCHEDULE B IN MY OWNERS MANNUAL SAYS 48,000 MILES. THE SERVICES MANAGER SAYS THAT IT SHOULD BE CHANGED AT 36,000 MILES.

Mileage: 50,818

I HAVE A 2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW IN 12/00. I EXPEREINCE A PROBLEM WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE TO DRIVE. FROM A PARKED POSITION, I PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND PROCEED TO BACK UP. ONCE I HAVE COMPLETED BACKING OUT, I PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE TO (ATTEMPT) GO FORWARD. THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO GO IN REVERSE (SEVERAL FEET). I HAVE TRIED SHIFTING TO OVERDRIVE, NEUTRAL, AND PARK HOWEVER THE VEHICLE STILL CONTINUES TO MOVE IN REVERSE. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES AND THE PROBLEM STILL HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED. THIS IS A SEVERE HAZARD AS I HAVE ALMOST HAD SEVERAL ACCIDENTS, ASSUMING THE MY VEHICLE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WHEN IN DRIVE. THE SERVICE MANAGER DOES NOT WANT TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM, HE BLAMES IT ON ME NOT PUTTING MY BRAKE ALL THE WAY DOWN. I ADVISED HIM THAT DESPITE THE POSITION ON MY BRAKE IF THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE IT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD OR IF IT IS IN PARK IT SHOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY MOVES FORWARD, BUT NOT UNTIL IT IS READY. MY TRANSMISSION FLUID IS CLEAN AND FULL. MY MILEAGE NOW IS APPROX 25471. THE VEHICLE IS USED FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO REVERSE WHILE VEHICLE WAS COLD. FINALLY, TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR WHEN SLOWING DOWN CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. STALLING STARTED ON REPORTED INCIDENT DATE. TS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NETRAL GEAR, THEN IT CUT OFF. TRANSMISSION WENT. REPLACED TRANSMISSION, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM.*AK

CHECKING UNDER HOOD WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. WHEN TURNED KEY TO START ENGINE THE VEHICLE "SLIIPED" INTO NEUTRAL AND RAN BACK OVER ME CAUSING MAJOR INJURY. I BELIEVE IN NEWER VEHICLES THE INTERLOCK HAS BEEN REMOVED WHICH MAY HAVE PREVENTED THIS ACCIDENT, IS THIS A TRUE STATEMENT?*AK

WHILE PARKED 2 YEAR OLD CHILD PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES, AND VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING HOME IN A SCHOOL AT 20 MPH THE VAN SHIFTED FROM DRIVE TO NUETRAL AND BACK TO DRIVE . I THOUGHT VAN WAS KILLING AFTER HEARING A WEIRD NOISE AND LOOKED TO SEE THE PANEL HAD REGISTERD A PROBLEM AND THATS WHEN I SAW IT SHIFT FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE. WHEN I GOT HAOME I CALLED THE DEALER TO BRING IT IN AND TO SET UP A RENTAL FOR ME . WHEN I GOT THERE HE SAID THEY WOULD ONLY PAY FOR I DAY OF RENTAL, AND THEY WOULD PUT THE VAN THROUGH TEST AND IF THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THEN I CAN COOME PICK IT UP. I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN CLEARED SAFE FOR MY FAMILY AND WOULD LIKE TO RETURN THE VEHICLE IT THEY CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE WHEN IT SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. ALSO, WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE GEAR SHIFTS BACK TO DRIVE, AND ONE MILE LATER LURCHED FORWARD WHILE STOPPED. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK *YH

VEHICLE CAN BE SHIFTED INTO DRIVE WITHOUT FOOT BEING ON BRAKE. CHRYSLER HAS NOT MADE A DECISION TO ADD AN INTERLOCK DEVICE TO VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS TO PAY FOR THE DEVICE. *AK

CHILD WAS ABLE TO SHIFT GEAR SHIFTER INTO DRIVE WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MOVE UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT VEHICLE CAN BE PUT INTO GEARS BY 2 YEAR OLD WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED A COUPLE OF GEARS, WENT FROM 65 TO 35 IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS. *AK VEHICLE EXPERIENCES A LOUD THUMP IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. MALFUNCTIONING ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS. MALFUNCTIONING ELECTRIC WINDOWS. INCORECTLY SHIFTING TRANSMISION. KEYLESS ENTRY FAILURE. DASH GAUGES FAIL. POOR GAS MILEAGE. WIND WHISTLING THROUGH FAILED WINDOW SEAL. *SLC

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO GEAR WITHOUT BRAKES BEING APPLIED BY 3 YEAR OLD CHILD. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

MY WIFE STOPPED TO PICKUP OUR 6 Y/O SON FROM THE BABYSITTER. SHE PUT THE VAN IN PARK AND LEFT THE VAN RUNNING. (THE REST OF THE EVENT WAS SEEN BY MY WIFE AND THE BABYSITTER) MY 3 Y/O SON CLIMB OUT OF HIS CAR SEAT , FROM THE REAR SEAT. HE CLIMBED INTO THE DRIVER SEAT AND PUT THE VAN IN GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE. THE VAN BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD DOWN THE STREET, PICKING UP SPEED. WIFE TRYED TO CATCH THE VAN TO STOP IT. LUCKLY MY SON TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT. THE VAN JUMPED THE CURB AND RAN INTO A MOBILE HOME. EVERY CAR I HAVE DRIVEN, YOU MUST PRESS THE BRAKE BEFORE THE CAR WILL GO INTO GEAR. THE DEALER DIDN'T TELL US OF THIS FEATURE. WE WOULD HAVE BOUGHT ANOTHER MODEL(WE HAVE 3 KIDS). WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS : BEING ABLE TO PUT THE VAN INTO DRIVE WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BREAK , A SAFTY RECALL?*AK

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS, VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS COMING ON. CONSUMER HAS BEEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES. *AK

I HAVE A TWO YEAR OLD THAT PUT THIS CAR INTO DRIVE WHILE I WAS PUTTING MY FOUR YR OLD IN HIS CAR SEAT. I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE HAD I KNOWN THAT THIS VEHICLE COULD GO INTO GEAR WITHOUT HAVING YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I NOW ASK EVERYONE WHO DRIVES ONE OF THESE VANS IF THEY KNEW THAT THEY COULD DO THAT - THEY ARE AS AMAZED AS I AM THAT THIS IS ALLOWED. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I AM ENRAGED AT THEIR NONCHALANT ATTITUDE CONCERNING THIS - THERE SHOULD BE WARNINGS ON THE VEHICLE. I EVEN CALLED THE DEALER TO SEE IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT. HIS RESPONSE WAS WELL YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS ON AT ALL TIMES - THANKS FOR NOT TELLING ME THAT WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK POSITION WITH ENGINE RUNNING WHEN IT ROLLED BACKWARDS, HITTING A VEHICLE, WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE KEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED . THIS OCCURRED 3 TIMES. VEHICLE WAS NOT REGISTERING PARK GEAR.*AK

WHILE ENGINE WAS ON AND PARKING PAWL IN PARK POSITION VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING WITHOUT WARNING, AND CRASHED INTO A GARAGE WITH PAWL STILL IN PARK.*AK

CONSUMER'S TODDLER WAS ABLE TO DISENGAGE VEHICLE FROM PARK TO REVERSE WITHOUT DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS, AND RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, INJURING ONE OCCUPANT OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE . CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. *AK THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN INTERLOCK SAFETY FEATURE. *YH

VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION : INTERLOCK SYSTEM. VEHICLE CAN BE PLACED INTO GEAR WITHOUT BRAKES BEING APPLIED. MANUFACTURER IS SENDING A WARNING LABEL TO CONSUMERS TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK *ML