1994 Plymouth Grand Voyager Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“I've owned many cars in my life and have never had to replace a transmission. With this one, we've done it twice. The frustrating thing is chrysler knew of the problem after '93 and did nothing to fix it until 96. I will never buy another american made car. They are made very badly, and noone seems to care.”

“I was on the interstate, stranded in the middle of no where!! This is the second failure of this transmmision, I can't believe that they do recalls for small items, but when it comes to large expensive problems they leave you hanging!!”

“I was driving a group of students when I heard a loud explosion and lost all gears on my transmission. I stopped the vehicle, tried to put it in park and it kept rolling. The interior of the transmission had blown. At the same time, it blew out the starter and the main drive. If I can find a used or rebuilt transmission, it will cost me $1,000 for the transmission plus labor costs. Been searching 2 weeks with no luck. It's about time someone takes these reports seriously. An investigation needs to be started. I bought this van from my dad who replaced the transmission in 1999. …”

“I purchased this van in feruary 1997. It had 40,683 miles on it. The van developed a severe vibration in the drive train on acceleratiion from a stop and when accelerating at speed with passing gear and without passing gear. The transmission case was replaced once (broken case), replaced once and is now in shop for replacement again. This vehicle will lock up in lower gears when accelerating making for dangerous operation. Dealers admit there is a problem with this transmission and I have confirmed this problem from many other people and tsbs. …”

“I experienced significant loss of control at highway speed when auto transmission decided to self destruct. Dealer's comments were how lucky I was that my original transmission lasted to 100000 miles, as most do not last that long. The mopar factory rebuilt replacement lasted only 12000 miles, but I did not experience rapid disintegration as with the first, only slippage and inablity to proceed in any direction. This appears to be a major problem with minivans, probably an indirect and direct cause of accidents and personal injury. Please do something.”