1999 Plymouth Voyager

1999 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER SE PURCHASED NEW IN 99. 82000 MILES @ 90% HIGHWAY. TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING BADLY. REPAIR COST $2000. CONTACT AT CHRYSLER ANDREW MILLER NO HELP.QUOTE FROM LOCAL MECHANIC " THESE ARE KNOW FOR TORQUE CONVERTERS GOING BAD." FROM THE LOOKS OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THE NET THAT IS TRUE. NO TRANSMISSION SHOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT THIS EARLY. WE HAVE HAD ALL SCHEDULED AND RECCOMENDED TRANSMISSION SERVICES PERFORMED PER OWNERS MANUEL. DEFECTIVE PRODUCT WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM MANUFATURER. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE SHOCKS AND STRUTS FOR $500 MRCH 2002 WITH ONLY 65K MILE.DEFECTIVE. HAD STRUTS REPLACED ONCE BEFORE UNDER WARRANTY!!

I HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO BRANSON, MO. WHEN I GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING TO GO TO WORK THE CARD WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. THEREFORE, I COULD ONLY GO 10 MPH. I TOOK THE CAR THE NEXT DAY TO MY DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE EXPECTING A FREE REPLACEMENT SINCE JUST SIX MONTHS BEFORE, I HAD HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE MILEAGE THE FIRST TIME WAS 49384 AND IT OCCURRED ON DEC 10, 2001. THE SERVICE DEALERSHIP IS FRONTIER MOTOR COMPANY AT PO BOX 430 IN EL RENO, OK. PHONE IS 405-262-6433. I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN MY CAR TO THEM FOR SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE. THEY SAY THAT THE PART IS THE SENSOR TRANSMISSION INPUT/OUTPUT SPEED (PART #4800879) AT A COST OF 146.16 THE FIRST TIME AND 114.42 THIS SECOND TIME. AFTER DISCUSSING WITH THE DEALERSHIP THAT THEY SHOULD REPLACE IT FREE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST REPLACEMENT WAS DEFECTIVE, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT INFORMED ME THAT THE PART ONLY CARRIED A 12 MONTH OR 12,000 MILE WARRANTY. I WAS 408 MILES OVER. I BELIEVE PLYMOUTH HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSIONS DIFFERENTIAL BLEW CAUSING IT TO COME RIGHT THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE TRANSAXLE CASE, THIS INCIDENT OCCURED WHILE DRIVING ON A LOCAL HIGHWAY, THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE THAT CAME FROM UNDER THE VAN AS IT SHOOK FORCEFULLY, THEN THERE WAS AN OIL SUBSTANCE THAT COVERED THE WINDSHIELD, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THIS IS A POSSIBLE DEFECT.*JB

THE TRANSMISSIONS DODGE IS PRODUCING WILL SUDDENLY KICK OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT WARNING(NO NOISE, VIBRATION, ETC...). THIS I S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENNED IN MY CASE. TRAVELING IN THE LEFT LANE OF THE INTERSTATE@ 70MPH TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY BEGAN TO COAST GREATLY REDUCING MY SPEED. I THEN HAD TO TRY TO CROSS TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THAT IS WHEN MY FAMILY HAS TO WALK UP THE INTERSTATE TO FIND A TOW TRUCK. CHRYSLER HAS OVER 10 YEARS OF TRANS. TROUBLE AND THEY DONT SEEM TO BE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS A MALFUNCTION OCCURS WITHIN TRANSMISSION OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO LOW GEAR, NEARLY RESULTING IN A COLLISION. *AK THE TRANSMISSION OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEED, RESULTING IN A VIOLENT, SUDDEN, AND UNEXPECTED DECELERATION DUE TO TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFT. *SLC

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY EMITS A LOUD CLUNK (WHICH CAN BE FELT) WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TRIED VARIOUS FIXES, INCLUDING REPLACING THE MEMORY MODULE, YET THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THEY NOW DENY THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM, AND CLAIM THAT THEIR "EXTENSIVE" TRANSMISSION TESTS REPORT THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL PARAMETERS  EVEN THOUGH THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME HE COULD ADJUST THE TRANSMISSION SOME MORE. HE HAS SINCE DENIED MAKING THIS STATEMENT, AFTER CHRYSLERS HEAD OFFICE WAS BROUGHT IN TO THE EQUATION. AS WELL, CHRYSLERS REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD REPURCHASE THE VEHICLE IF THERE WAS STILL ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION, YET HAVE ALSO RETRACTED THAT STATEMENT AS WELL. *AK