Hi, hope somebody out there can help. We bought our Grand Voyager about 6 months ago. It is a 98 plate with the
3.3 litre petrol engine. We live in the UK. About two months ago when we went to use it one night, it would not turn over and there was nothing on the dash. Both the top row of warning symbols and the main instruments were dead. Our local Chrysler dealer eventually diagnosed the problem as being the body control module, which was replaced with a new one, (£280 for the refurbished part which is little more than a circuit board) One week later we had exactly the same symptoms, with the exception that this time we also had the alarm symbol flashing on the top cluster. As luck would have it we had broken down half a mile from the dealers. They were good enough to come and do a diagnostic, which they said indicated the problem was now the immobiliser unit. They suggested I disconnect it and leave it half an hour, "to sleep", as apparently this can remedy them?! Anyhow this made no difference, so I towed the car home to await a replacement immobiliser. The following week when it was due, the dealer informed me they had ordered the wrong immobiliser, which was to have beeen £96, and that the immobiliser I needed would be £360, (for a small black plastic box) However the dealer recommended we bring the car in for a proper disagnostic check, as the one at the roadside had been done "on the fly", and they were unsure as to it's accuracy. Therefore I proceeded to prepare the car to be towed back to the dealer.I was surprised when attempting to put on the lights, that the car started up and ran fine. This with the immobiliserr unit on the passenger seat beside me and connected to nothing!! I drove the car to the dealer, who informed me the following day that they did not understand how the car was running, as the immobiliser was disconnected. They suggested that I run it like this, as they felt I would be looking at a large bill to locate the mystery. They believe it may be a loose wire which could be anywhere, or indeed that it would run fine like this. However over the next few weeks it has continued to break down for no apparent reason, and also to then start for no apparent reason. In addition while driving, the gauges are prone to failing and then coming back to life, the alarm may or may not respond, and on starting up the car shows symptoms of a low battery e.g clicking relays, sluggish turnover, but on retrying it will then turn over with alacrity. On another occasion the drivers side light dimmed, while the passenger side was fine, with the main beam warning light appearing to be partiallty illuminated on the dash. I replaced the two grey metal boxes on either side of the engine bay, which appear to contain the vehicles "brains" one located adjacent to the fuse / relay box, the other one fastened to the opposite bulkhead. I have also tried a second hand immobiliser unit, which again made no difference, allthough I presume this would need programming by the dealer. Having read of some similar experiences on this site, I wondered if the security switch on the door lock was faulty, as sometimes the courtesy light on the drivers side fails to illuninate. However as far as I can tell it appears O.K. in that it appears to operate if I manually set it with a screwdiver, as I can hear the locks operating. When I have a go at reading the codes on the dash I get 999, which I understand means things should be O.K. as does the fact the message dims down. As you can see a rather strange mix of symptoms. I await your answers with anticipation and trepidation, unless some kind soul out there can tell me it's a dead cheap and easy fix for those in the know. Cheers Mark- posted
17 years ago