scotty my family drove a 2005 dodge grand caravan for 100k mils trouble free and my granddad had a 1990 Plymouth Voyager for a wile without any trouble, i was told that the ones made between 1984-2005 with the 3.3l V6 were decently made, and my family's had good luck with them, so why do you say there such awful vans if both of ours lasted for 200k engine and transmission trouble free miles withonly he headgasket and alternator breaking 1 time within that 200k miles and the A/C was functional all that time too
Yes if you babied one and perhaps got one built on a Wednesday when the workers were doing their job they can go quite some time if you really baby them but historically speaking they were absolute junkers with transmission failures up the wazoo
@scottykilmer
interesting, my family had both a Chrysler Town & Country and a Dodge Grand Caravan both from 2005, we sold the chrysler and kept the dodge it currently has over 200k miles and still works great i guess we got lucky, but anyway how far back do you have to go to find a Decent Chrysler anything? and did AMC Make Good Cars?
@scottykilmer
BTW did you ever own a Chrysler minvan?
Man, you should play the Powerball with luck like yours. I bought a 1994 Grand Voyager brand new. I really loved it, drove like a dream. The original transmission made it to about 120K, the second failed within 15K, I got rid of it at just over 200K when it needed another one. My daughter has a 2001 Caravan, transmission failed at about 125,000. And the transmission computer, located IN THE WHEEL WELL, had to be replaced as well. A family friend has a newer Town and Country, maybe a 2014(?), has cost them a fortune with electrical issues and is still not right. They ended up buying another vehicle and parking the lemon for the time being.
@oldandy
was she always floring it when she took off or somthing? cuz we never had a transmission problem with ours
@oldandy
its possible the replacement transmission was a cheap knockoff of the original transmissions and that's why it broke so fast
No, they were never driven hard. They are notorious for crappy transmissions. Your experience is the exception, not the rule, from my estimation.
@oldandy
huh odd my whole family loved them my grandpa had a 1990 Plymouth Voyager and never had a problem and our caravan had problems with the alternator and rear A/C Freeon Hoses busted and 2 years later blew a headgasket but thats it and my grandpa currently owns a 2016 DOdge Grand Caravan. do they have transmission issues too?
I don't have any firsthand knowledge of the 2016 models, but I have watched enough Scotty to know that he has seen a lot of problems with the Chrysler products and deems them "money pits"
@oldandy
i wish they werent and i wish i could find a quality replacment transmission cuz i love the look of them witch is why i want a transmission that actually works right on it so wondering if theres any transmission atg all that works well and with that minivan