5 days after purchasing from dealership with 70000 miles, drove 400 miles since purchase and while driving on freeway vehicle started jerking and slowed to 10 MPH. Revved engine and transmission making clunking noises. Dealership says they can't find anything wrong with van. Test drove 15 miles in city/freeway. Cannot duplicate problem. Only code they pulled was from a misfire. Couldn't explain the clunking noice from transmission. Forward has problems but reverse worked perfectly fine.
1996 Plymouth Voyager transmission complaints
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Transmission failed at 119382 km (about 75,000 miles). Completely stopped working after a few days. Dealer indicated this is a common problem with chrysler minivans. Would not fix, since parts not available. I had to got to another garage to get it fixed. I am asking for re-imbursement of my costs to fix the transmission.
While driving at undetermined speed van suddenly/abruptly started going into reverse. In attempt to stop the van gear shifter was moved from drive to park, but the van continued in reverse. Emergency brake was the only function that stopped the van from movement.
In may 2003, transmission blew out while driving. Dealer replaced the transmission.
The transmission failed without warning.
The belt tensioner failed, there was a recall on the clock spring which had broken, the transaxle pan side converter and the steering pump had rusted.*scc
Consumerwas driving and heard a "clunking" noise and the vehicle stalled. Dealer diagnosed that transmission had failed. Ph
1996 plymouth voyager ;when ignition key is switch to on.front windshield wiper will turn on for a brief period and power door lock makes like a grinding noise.note the engine has not been crank and started yet and all the switches has been off and not touch at all.eventually a few days after incident some switches to the HVAC fan has not been working and the factory stereo eventually malfunction.you cannot tune the am/fm tuner it stays in 1 station.the automatic transmission at times wont shift and other times will shift without problem.the minivan has 48.500 miles only.I brought it to the dealer at mall chysler and they recomended transmission fluid replacement and replace clock spring,and repair fluel rail-injection.there is no change in the transmission shift,it still occasionally refuses to shift at times noticing the tach needle going at 4,000rpm with speed of only 30-40mph.the symptoms remains with wiper having a mind of its own turning on when inginition is on.another prolem comes up after I brought van to the dealer.occasionally interior lights will come on when I'm driving.also head gasket leaking.I hope chrysler will help me.
The consumer has experienced the following problems. Transmission failure, fuel rail line and tank. Clockspring, head gasket, and the wipers will come on when not in use. Scc ph
I am one of the many many customers that are experiencing complete failures with the chrysler 41te ultradrive transmissions. In my case I hade a complete transmition replacement at 79,000 miles. At 123,000 miles while pulling into traffic the vehicle stopped moving and the engine started revving very high. I hade the vehicle towed to the dealer that had installed the first transmission. I was informed that the transmission was over its 36,000 warranty and needed to be replaced. I have declined the $2900 estimate and I am currently getting a second opinion on the repair. My concern is that while I was researching the problems of this transmission, I found that most owners of the 41te transmission will experience similar problems at an average of 80,000 miles. I further learned that chrysler knows that these transmissions will fail, as they have been replacing them sense the 1980''s when it was named the a604. We need to get these vehicles off the road until the problems can be resolved. In my case, I just experienced the inconvenience of finding myself stranded. If my timing had been different, my situation would have been a lot worse.
Consumer states of having problems with the transmission and it was replaced at the consumer expense, the consumer feels a major component like the transmission should last longer than 80000 miles and that the manufacturer should have offered some assistance with the cost of the repairs. Mr
While driving instrument panel will start to act up, speedometer will start to jump up and down in speed, and anything else. Then, vehicle will shut off without any notice. Contacted dealer.
While the consumer was driving at 40 MPH the engine stalled.
Luckily, I was only going 5 miles an hour when it happened, but my axle broke...not at the joint, which I am told happens, but right in the middle of 3qtr inch steel. One axle broke completely in half, and the other indicated signs of being ready to break.
Without warning the tranmission failed while driving.
Transmission will slip out of gear while driving.
While driving, would feel strong vibration coming from transmission. Also, feels like it is shifting gears, then will act normal. Dealer was contacted. *ak consumer adds there is a shudder as if transmission is disengaging and then re-engages.
While driving and without warning vehicle shut off. Mechanic states transmission hads malfunctioned.*ak consumer states transmission failed at busy intersection.
The transmission failed while driving blowing 2 holes through the casing of the transmission, when the transmission was removed it was discovered that a pin called a spider gear pin in the transaxle assembly had broke jamming the gears and causing the failure. Nlm
Changed battery 3 times don't know mileage/changed starter 2x. Second time transmission went - was told I was lucky to get another 30, 000 miles out of it.
Transmission has completely gone out, and transmission can't be fixed, only replaced. Contacted dealer, and the dealer is not willing to do anything.
The left and right sliding grab handle button is hard to depress, the dealer lubed both mechanisms and adjusted linkages, the right side sliding door can not be opened or unlocked manually and the dealer adjusted the door. Nlm
Had to replace transmission.
Consumer was entering interstate at approximately 45 MPH when transmission failed to operate. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
While driving vehicle fails to shift properly into another gear. Vehicle would only go 20mph. Took to dealer and informed by mechanic that transmission was causing problem, and needed to be replaced. *ak since the transmission was replaced, there were four recalls on this model.
The transmission started slipping at 26,000 miles and at times, somewhat jerking into gear. The problem appeared to be worse when the car was cold and when you were shifting into higher gears, it wasn't as noticeable on downshifting. The problem was supposedly fixed but reappeared in less than 20,000 miles. The problem wasn't as noticeable the second time and we thought maybe it just needed an adjustment. We were informed that there was metal in the transmission fluid and the whole transmission had to be replaced. The van is a low mileage vehicle with easy town and highway driving miles and the vehicle has never towed anything. The vehicle appeared to have a factory installed defective unreliable transmission.
Transmission malfunctioned.
Catastrophic failure of transmission at 54800 miles is shows a serious flaw in quality of the component. Failure occurred at city speeds, but wife had just pulled out on to heavly traveled road(hwy 6) with an appropriate distance between her and an oncoming tracter trailer. Failure of transmission caused the truck to catch up to her, an accident was avoided when she pulled to the side of the road. Our 2 year old and 3 month old children were in the vehicle with her. There are numerous reports of transmission failures on this model and related chrysler products on the internet. The failure of the front drive axle occurred on a crowded highway. Although the vehicle was still functioning, the noise required full attention from me to assertain the situation while manuevering at highway speeds. When the vehicle was purchased I noted a continuous pulling to the left. I took the vehicle in for various reasons and always had them look for the problem. The problem was varified but the cause was never determined. Since the new axle was put in the vehicle no longer pulls. Obviously a bad axle was the cause and it was doomed to failure. Inspection of the broken part showed a rusty nonuniform ball and socket while the other ball and socket in the assembly was still metalic and smooth. I would also note that the highly respected repair shop that did the work found that the replacement parts indicated in the maual did not fit the vehical, they checked two different model numbers and neither fit. The third attempt purchased from chrysler did fit.
Power steering went out when driving through mudd puddles at 40 MPH or in car wash. Taken to dealer, belt had come off. Repaired it, but had no answer why it happened. This has happened lots of times. Also, windshield wipers came on while driving, switch has been replaced 5 times. *ak the main belt failed. The water pump failed. The transmission was leaking. The A/C compressor went out burning on freeway.
Complaint #7857854 filed with us chryslercustomer center (800)992-1997 on 9/16/00
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