Grand Voyager Death Trap

After five burst tyres apparently caused by the weight of the vehicle I've had a succession of power failures on my 18 month old 2.8 diesel Chrysler. It's broken down perhaps ten times in two months. Worst of all today, the power died on me when I was driving at 70mph with a car full of kids, resulting in everybody getting thrown forward, car skidding as speed dropped suddenly to 30mph, and car behind swerving sharply to avoid hitting us.

The dealer who sold us the car has been bullshitting us for months saying they could find nothing wrong. We had the car looked at by an independent specialist and he found that the car was leaking power overnight and that internal electrics had been wrongly wired.

When I discussed this with the Chrysler dealership one of their tecnicians admitted off the record that all Voyagers were prone to electrical problems because of the drain on the battery. They have too much it for the battery to cope with. This was supported by a Chrysler call out expert who attends vehicle breakdowns. He said they were forever attending call outs.

My advice would be NEVER buy a Voyager or Grand Voyager, they are potential death-traps.

Reply to
Shrike
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Any chance of invoking the lemon law? Visits to the dealer and the problems have been documented in writing by work orders, etc.?

Reply to
Bill Putney

Thanks for the advice, but I'm in the UK so lemon law doesn't apply. I've already sent the car back to the dealer via a tow truck did it within a couple of hours of getting home. No way will I ever risk driving that car again.

I'll be placing an order for a Ford SMAX on Monday - hopefully that'll be more reliable and less lemony!

CB

Reply to
Shrike

Just curious: why not a Ford Galaxy?

DAS

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Dori A Schmetterling

I like the seating and design of the S Max. Also some of the larger MPVs drive like minibuses whereas the S Max feels like a car. You also get three very decent middle seats with a decet amount of leg room.

I've just learned that the problem I've been experiencing with a Voyager was something called 'limp mode'. The engine manageent system suddenly decides that there's a problem and over-rides everything by putting the engine into first gear with a top speed of circa 30mph. That might be OK if you've just started the car from scratch and are accelerating away, but when it happens when you're zooming along at

70mph, it's both dangerous and terrifying. Apparently it's quite common in certain Vauxhalls.
Reply to
Shrike

Actually it's 2nd gear, but yeah.

Reply to
Bill Putney

I guess the ultimate, the Renault Espace, also feels like a bus...

DAS

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Dori A Schmetterling

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