2000 Plymouth Voyager

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

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

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

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.

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

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.