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i have talked to a local firestone, who said they will put on cross drilled rotors with creamic pad. The ceramic pads might even scorch the rotors faster but will run cooler and hopefully not as much warpage and might not last as long as factory pads. i think he said Auto Specialty was suppose to be pretty good.
I also want to get rid of the spongy brake feel of the Chrysler.
Is there anyone else having similar problems and isthere another solution to this ?
Over torquing and uneven torquing can warp rotors in a few hundred miles. Typical torque range for most cars is in the 70 to 80 ft lb range. I bought a Craftsman torque wrench for about $65. Even though I always have reminders on the work order for proper torquing as soon as I return home with the car I go over the lugs on the wheels that were removed. Despite the reminders some lug nuts will be torqued up to 150 ft lbs while others are around 80. Factory reco on my car is 72.
My problems with warped rotors stopped after I began to properly torque the lug nuts myself.
Good luck,
Vince
Sounds like a great place to do business. Mechanics that treat customer cars as their own are extremely hard to find.
Vince
Then,
almost year and half later, same problem came back, i took it to another dealer because i moved and the dealer insisted that it was a common problem and can be cured by installing new idle speed regulator, which they did for about $400. Problem was still there, so they said let us look at it further. THEY FOUND THAT WIRE GOING TO 4 THE CYLINDER WAS GETTING LOOSE AND NEEDED REPLACING. Which they did for just $20 bucks. It has been about year and no problem relating to hesitation and dying out, Yet.
Would spending it's first year in a northern state significant increase the chances of rust in later years?
Good luck in finding a good car.
Lee B.
On July 3, 1999 the car died. They towed it and replaced the computer chip/brain, they said.
The steering lock seized in yr 2, leaving us stranded in a shopping mall. Tow truck driver came and used a hammer to whack ignition key into lock, to get it started. Dealer fixed problem, but it started acting up again.
In yr 3, idle started sputtering. Sent it to dealer 3 times, they claim there's nothing wrong with it. What happens is that when you come to a stop, while trans is in D, you feel an unevenness in the idling of engine, very noticeable to us but unnoticeable to dealer, so we live with that now.
On July 3, 2002 the transmission just went, without any warning. My wife was stopped in traffic, got the green light and van started revving. Put gear in park, and tranny just slid back and forth like a wet noodle. Original warranty expired (by 3 days) so that cost me fifty bucks deductible on extended warranty. They replaced trans and left front axle. Don't know why, my wife who drives it hadn't hit or run over anything. Trans is leaking fluid as I write...can't find the time to take it back.
Van has 35K on it now, no long hard trips, just easy driving. Oil change is every 5K and never been overloaded before.
I'm offloading this thing as soon as warranty is over. What a joke!
1) put your teen on them for ins. purposes for lowest premium
2)use it as a station car, assuming you don't live too far from the train station
3)keep it parked in your driveway when you're on vacation to discourage [non-permissible content removed] burglars--also advertises your apparent poverty
4)sell advertising on it
5)loan it out as a drivers ed car
6)use it to store out-of-season items
I always wanted to take an old VW van, put a tow bar on the front, gut the interior and install a wood stove and cedar planking. Have someone ski back an hour early to get the fire cooking and you'd have a nice sauna waiting for you when you got back to the trailhead!
Steve, Host
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I just changed my air filter on my '96 Plymouth Grand Voyager and noticed a tiny (TINY!) amount of oil. It was around the fairly rigid tube that leads from the hard plastic piece (above the air filter) into the ?valve cover? (where the "3.3 Liter" emblem is). I'm guessing this is the PVC tube? But why would oil be collecting around the valve cover/pvc tube? It's just a minor amount, hardly enough to produce a drip...but wondering if there's something I should do to stop this?
Miscellaneous comments:
1) Steve buddy, what's up w/Edmunds new look? I don't mind it until you try and find this board - it's fairly confusing whereas the previous format was very intuitive. You could always find what you were looking for whether you'd been here two days ago or two years ago.
2) Why did Chrysler have to make it SO difficult to get at the air filter in this '96 G.V.??? In my Ford I can change the air filter in about 30 seconds. In the Plymouth it takes about 15 minutes!
3) Why is it 45 degrees in Michigan on 12/30/02???
Later,
Rob
Remember, change is good....
Steve, Host
Humming in your Voyager? Hope the kids weren't along.
Thanks
2) To "scottandkimr", I don't think you have many major things to look forward to if you're at 58,000 miles. At about that mileage - with our '96 - we had a few minor electrical problems and a head gasket. Total cost of both was maybe $1200. On top of that expect the little stuff: sway bar links, tune-up, brakes, tires, etc. Some on this board will convince you that your transmission is about to tank (this IS the "problem" board after all) but if it's running well at 58k and hasn't given you any problems you'll probably be ok. Our van just hit 97k and our only trans. problem is a minor leak that I'm having looked at this Friday...think it's just a bad pan gasket as the trans. still runs fine. Are there some lemons out there? Yes. But given the vast number of Chrysler minivans on the road I'd say if you're treating it right and it's not giving you any bad signs you should ride it into the sunset.
Happy New Year,
Rob
our '94 GC with 3.8 engine emits a high-pitched whine. I don't really hear it when driving, but when it's parked it I can hear it outside the vehicle. it doesn't really sound like it's coming from the engine compartment-it sounds more like it's coming from the middle or rear of the vehicle. it doesn't seem that serious because it's been doing it for awhile, but it just bugs me!
thanks
It is most likely your fuel pump.
Thanks!