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We do not normally keep vehicles past 4 or 5 years of age...Seems to cost about the same to drive new ones and let someone else worry about any repairs and inconvenience.
GM, DC, Windstar, or Odyssey).
other than lube, oil, and oil filter changes. He would drive it 1200 miles non-stop after work to visit his family in southern Illinois and praised the great comfort.
Kurt J. never had the automatic transmission serviced on his '96 Grand Voyager he got as a used
vehicle from an auto rental firm. Had 87,000 trouble free miles when he traded it in on a 2000 Grand Caravan LE.
My sister got a used '86 Caravan at about 20,000 miles and sold it when it had about 170,000 miles...zero problems. She says the third owners love it and are still driving it.
Our daughter got a used '88 Voyager LE with over 80,000 miles on it and they never had any transmission problems. Unfortunately, a person illegally turned into and struck her van at the left front wheel...totalling her Voyager. She received no injuries but was
.....She received no injuries but was very upset
that the insurance company would not pay to repair
her beloved Voyager LE. She and her husband gave
their '93 Mercury Sable to his parents and got a
new 2000 Chevrolet Malibu when they could not get
the '88 Voyager repaired. Would prefer a DC minivan but did not want larger car payments at this time. (Her husband drove a Honda Accord before getting his Mercury Sable).
only complaint is the headlights..
has anyone found a solution?..i do have fog lamps and they help...
RUN-OFF-RUN-OFF-RUN
(RUN is the position just before the starter is engaged)
Count the flashes of the Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) or check engine light.
They will flash 2 digit codes like so:
flash-flash flash-flash-flash = 23
A 55 is the end of file code.
Go to www.alldata.com and www.obdii.com to get more information on what the DTCs mean.
best of luck
This dealer did not get the job.
Thanks again.
I am about to shell out $500 to buy an adapter and software to connect my laptop to the OBDII connector.
www.obdii.com
I give O2 sensors about 50,000 before they start to fail.
best of luck
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A. Is this really needed?
B. Where in the world is the plug? From the picture in the book, it's impossible to tell.
A friend of mine at work has a '99 T&C and
recently found his transmission to be leaking.
He took it in and the dealer said that they have
had others with the same problem.
There are "8" bolts that hold the two shells of
the transmission together that require a
re-torque. This involves removing the transmission
from the van. This re-torque
re-seals the o-ring between the two halfs.
14074 Brake cylinders and Springs were replaced
20641 Battery goes bad (Mopar)
32533 Battery (again) goes bad (Mopar)
33121 Tranny goes - Clutch & Torque Converter replaced
43875 Water pump goes (Under extended warranty now)
48879 Battery goes bad, Dealership replace for free
56053 No crank, Lights flickering - no repair
56500 No crank, Lights flickering, all gauges pegged - no repair
61354 Tranny goes bad again (warranty)
61386 Radio goes out
61480 Fuel tank leaks - replaced seal
61506 Fuel tank leaks - new tank, repairman strips threads
61624 Radio goes out
63285 Dash circuit board goes out (moisture)
64321 No crank, speedo at 120
65072 New Tires (Uniroyal Nailguard) mistake 500 miles later removed but new Michelins on, vibration gone. Sealant in Nailguards separated in Texas heat
68089 Replaced Clock Spring
68908 Battery bad, New Duralast
69578 Idler Tension Pully replaced, identified before it broke
69578 Wiper switch replaced
So far all of this has been covered under warranty, I guess I've been lucky.
I have identified a way to fix the problem of not starting. It seems when the battery gets low the engine will not start but all else works (low voltage) wrong, alternater checks good. What I have to do is to disconnect the battery terminal and reconnect, on the road again. The Dodge dealership cannot understand the problem, also have talked to Detroit concerning this, all they say, "It sounds you're able to fix the problem, but we don't understand what's causing it." So now my wife has the tools to disconnect and reconnect the battery cable in the glove compartment. Haven't had any problems since, over 78k.
Suggestion on the Nailguard tires, if your in a climate that can change from hot to cold quickly and you have a lot of vibration or the vehile feels its out of an alignment replace them, the sealant inside as either thickin or thin out in areas, never again.
I own 2 other dodges, Dakota (27k) and Stratus (45k) except for normal upkeep no other problems.
I got a 1987 Chevy R-10 pickup after new model
1988 came out. Zero problem in almost 14 years. No problems yet with 1999 Grand Caravan.
for the money than any of the competition.
As I read NADA and Edmunds Used Vehicle Prices,
the trade-in of my GC SE is considerably lower than a Sienna or Odyssey would now be. Even though I got a very nice discount on my GC, based
on those two sources, I have still had more depreciation on the GC than with a Sienna or Ody.
If my GC never has problems and we keep it forever, it will have cost lest than the others.
BUT...if I have transmission problems, I will be down to the Toyota dealer to trade on a Sienna
and will probably be as mad at Chrysler as you and
many other former owners are.
I just bought a 2000 Chrysler Voyager SE and recently got hit on the front end by a driver that ran a red light. Since then it seems that the van hydroplanes a lot even in light rain. I know it needs a front end alignment, but I am wondering if I need to look for something else like change tires? Please help!
Thanks
indydriver: I saw a discussion of lifter noise on the Cartalk site that is partly contrary to my earlier comments. The gist of it was that startup lifter "ticking" results from oil leaking out and air in its place causing abnormal function until it is replaced. Delayed return of oil prolongs the ticking and can lead to damage and failure.
So your use of 5W30 oil may contribute to loss of the lifter oil (when cold). It might be worth returning to 10W30 to see. It still seems abnormal, even if it improved with the 10W30 oil.
Thanks for the info Royallen.
RB
DC Minivan Club
Founder
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Here is that Dodge site I mentioned. It has over 75000 posts on Dodge! http://www.moparchat.com
We to have a Dodge Caravan 2000 and have been having enough problems to warrant arbitration. We are about to start this process. We have been checking out this board off and on, now we are ready to post.
Here is the list of the problems We began experiencing these problems at around 8,900 miles:
First we were mysteriously loosing radiator coolant.(We still have not really found out what was up with that.)
Then our transmission was leaking fluid, it needed a new pump seals.
After that all of the lifters had to be replaced.
After the lifters and transmission pump seals were replaced we experienced the shuddering that was mentioned in a previous post.
There was another leak that could not be identified even with pressure testing.
That leak, we think, was a radiator plug gasket that needed to be replaced.
Comments and advice please.
The stinkyroses in middle CA