1998 Plymouth Voyager from North America - Comments

Numerous electrical problems. Fortunately they occurred while still under warranty.

Problems with the ignition cylinder intermittently not recognizing the key. Just out of warranty, the ignition cylinder is completely non functional.

I doubt I'm the only one who has had this problem.

The only electrical problem that I had on my 98 Voyager was the radio. At 72,000, I started to leak a lot of oil near the rear main seal. The only connection to this that I can possibly make is that I did an oil change with synthetic oil... go figure this one out. Overall I would rate mine at a 6 only because I should have gone with the bigger engine. I have a 2.8 and it bogs down with 4 adults on the highway.

I have a '98 Grand Voyager SE and have had constant problems with the ignition key not being recognized. Today my wife was unable to use the car because the key would not turn at all.

The other complaint I have is the jack system for changing a flat tire. The lug nut wrench/jack handle combo is the worst piece of equipment I have ever seen. It doesn't fit snugly to the lug nuts and rounds them out. For this reason alone, I may not purchase another product from this company.

My van, 1998, still have a problem with it, the dealer cannot find what`s wrong with it. When I`m at 120 Km/h on the highway, it feels like I`m losing power for few seconds, but when you do a long run, it gets tiring. Recomendation from my dealer "it is forbidden to go at that speed". Wow, what a comment, anyway this is a good vehicle anyway.

Yesterday our 1998 Plymouth Grand Voyager also experienced a major ignition key problem. It happened a few times before, but I always was able to get it to work. Now it's completely unable to function. It has around 70K miles on it. I am lost on how to fix it. Alldata.com has a technical bulletin from June 2000, but it's not a recall and only dealers get that information. I wonder what this will cost?

I have a 1999 Town and Country, and overall

it's been a reliable automobile except

for the ignition not recognizing the key

at times. Some how I get it to work, but it's

getting worse. Has anyone else had this problem?

The dealer said it has to be taken apart to

get an idea of how much it will cost to repair.

1998 Chrysler Town and Country LXI. Overall it's been a good van. Now we have 70K on it and intermitently the ignition doesn't recognize the key. My wife has been stuck a few times and found beating on the key helped.

I have a 98 Plymouth Voyager with a 3.0 L engine. My major problems began at approximately 75,000 k when the transmission began to leak. Required new transmission seal. Big dollars. Then at 98,000 k the engine was leaking oil and required the head gasket to be replaced and the lifters repaired. Big dollars. Finally at 102,500 k the engine oil problems returned. This time the dealer says the engine is burning oil even though I can't visually detect any blue smoke. Based on the problems I've been having I cannot recommend the Plymouth Voyager as a car to purchase.

I own a 1998 Voyager. For a couple of winters, I have been experiencing a leak during the rainy season. Water seems to pour in from the headliner to the rear window frame. Is anyone familiar with this? Can't seem to locate it and the dealer want hundreds just to look at it.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

gilndo@aol.com.

I have just bought a 98 Grand Voyager with the 3.3 engine. It had 94,000 miles on it when purchased. 2 months later the transmission internally destroyed itself at 96,000 miles. Transmission overhaul cost me 1,800 dollars. A new one would have cost 2,200 dollars. The transmission repair shop told me a bearing came apart due to the fact that the manufacturer used a plastic spacer originally and the overhaul kit comes with an upgraded metal spacer. So, even if I had bought a new transmission it would have the same problem. If your thinking about buying one of these vans plan on an overhauled transmission at about this mileage. Other than that it also is having the same key switch problem as others have talked about on this site. And also the cooling fan relay went bad which is going to cost an additional 93 dollars. Dodge wanted 85 dollars just to tell me that. I think this will be the last Daimler-Chrysler product I will ever own. I also have a 92 Grand Voyager with multiple problems that had the maintenance required light come on at 120,000 miles just because it is programed to. Dodge wants 65 dollars just to turn it off. I pulled to light bulb. Good luck if you buy one.

I own a '98 Plymouth Voyager SE. It was fine until recently, when the engine continued to run after the ignition was shut off and the key removed. This lasted about 10 seconds and then stopped. The dealer had a lot of trouble finding the problem, replacing both a Body Control Module and a Power Control Module. While that problem seems to be alleviated, now the transmission seems to be "skipping a beat" and it is getting worse. The current mileage is 78,000.

I have a 1998 Voyager with 111768 miles and today 11/21/06 my rear wiper light, rear washer light, AC light, and rec. light started blinking and will not go off and when try to turn the rear defrost on it won't come on and every once and awhile the airbag light will flash on and off... Can anyone help me??? signed confused.

I have a 1999 Plymouth Grand Voyager and on numerous occasions the key would not turn. It simply was locked. It seems to be a big problem.

I own a 98 Grand Voyager with the 3.0 V6 with 161K miles. I have also experienced all of the problems mentioned above.

I have heard that the problem with the flashing lights in the A/C panel is caused by a bad diode in the alternator or a bad engine ground cable.

Most of the instrumentation going dead problems can be directly tied to the BCM Body Control Module.

While this van has undoubtedly been the worst vehicle I have ever owned, it has also been one of the most versatile and enjoyable to drive.

I have the problem with the key, but mostly with duplicates that I had made and not with the original key.

The A/C failed at about 120K miles due to a bad condenser coil leak under the dash.

The transmission trashed itself at about 80K.

Now I am fighting a sudden bad oil leak, which I suspect is a bad front crank seal. By the way, it is a well known fact that if you use synthetic oil in an engine that has always used conventional motor oil, it will likely cause it to start leaking oil, because the synthetic oil will slip past the gaskets and seals that have become hardened and brittle from the conventional oil. But if you keep using the synthetic oil, it will soften and penetrate the old seals and stop the oil leaks!

Also the head liner has has separated from the overhead, and I have had to glue it back into place. I guess that I will be getting rid of this van shortly since I am tired of trying to fix it all the time. A mechanic friend of mine told to get rid of it before 80k miles, now I know why...

I would love to buy a new "American" one, but just can't do it because of my bad experience with this one. My other cars have all been Hondas, Toyotas and Nissans.