1998 Plymouth Grand Voyager Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“Ok I didn't know how else to put this but to say that when raining this van and the funny part is that when driving during weather conditions (I.e. Rain snow) the micro v belt slips off and makes the van hard to drive and may in time if not already cause and accident the first time it happened to us we went though a small puddle of water on an on ramp from one free way to another and the van became unstable and hard to steer we had a 11 and a 2 year old in this van and now it doesn't matter when we drive in the rain it happens I have been told that there is a fix but the kit is over 200…”

“May 29, 2004 on a state highway and traveling at 55 MPH when we felt a thump under our van. Upon pulling over, saw an oil slick left on road from vehicle. Transmission had a hole punched through from inside. Both chrysler dealer and transmission supply said they see many like it every month, where a set pin lets go and a small shaft slips over far enough to contact transmission case and destroys it. Vehicle had 49564 miles on it at the time. Transmission replaced at a cost of $2004.29. I have old case at home.”

“My 1998 Plymouth Grand Voyager went through several quarts of transmission fluid in the past winter. When I took it to my mechanic he said he had worked on several other vehicles of the same model. He warned that the transmission could go out any time and that it is a manufacturer's defect. A pin is coming loose in the transmission. As there was never a puddle under my vehicle it took the van failing to engage into p r d n 1 2 to notice the problem. The fluid was spraying out as I was driving.”

“Noise from underneath van sounding as if parts were falling off or like metal in a blender. Once I stopped and looked under a steady stream of transmission fluid was pouring out. Had transmission shop confirm today that a pin broke and caused complete destruction to transmission and case. Nothing can be reused. Need an entire new transmission. Called dealership where purchased and they advised to call 800# in manual. Called 800# and was told there was nothing on file of this problem and this is our responsibility since it is no longer under warranty. …”

“The pin (about 1" dia) in the transaxle broke, travelling at about 60mph, and locked up the front wheels of the vehicle. The lockup occured because the pin exited through the housing of the transaxle and lodged itself in between the bell housing and torque converter. The transaxle had three different holes smashed in its side from the failure. I have pictures of the damage which I can email. I was told by the garage that replaced the transaxle that this is a common failure on the Plymouth voyagers although normally the failure doesn't occur until the 90,000+ mark. …”