Caravan transmission question

True, but it came highly recommended. It still might be the best shop in the
area.

Jon


"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
n.umich.edu...
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Zeppo wrote:
>
> > I've had 5 transmissions in my '97, all installed by the same shop over
a 2
> > year period. They kept installing a rebuilt trans and filling it with
the
> > wrong fluid.
>
> That's mistakes number two and three.
>
> Mistake number one was your choice of shop.
>

Rob,
Our '98 made it to 74,000 miles when the tranny gave up and the tranny was
serviced at or before reccomendations. My neighbor has had three trannys in
his Caravan by 125,000 miles, now has 230,000 and drives daily. Research the
web and you will find lots of unhappy tranny people. Although we replaced
the tranny we have not had any other issues with our van. This van has well
over 100K and knock on wood not a single issue except maintenance.
Interesting thing is we have never replaced a bulb of any kind on this van.
Not sure if thats the norm but all my other vechicles blow bulbs here and
there. The van has stood up well, kid tested. This van has payed for itself
over and over, even with the tranny failure.

ChickenFoot

ChickenFoot wrote:

> ...Interesting thing is we have never replaced a bulb of any kind on this van.
> Not sure if thats the norm but all my other vechicles blow bulbs here and
> there...

Alternator must be putting out low voltage. 8^)

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
adddress with the letter 'x')

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:30:49 -0500, Bill Putney >
wrote:

>ChickenFoot wrote:
>
>> ...Interesting thing is we have never replaced a bulb of any kind on this van.
>> Not sure if thats the norm but all my other vechicles blow bulbs here and
>> there...
>
>Alternator must be putting out low voltage. 8^)
>
>Bill Putney
>(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
>adddress with the letter 'x')

On my 1988 New Yorker, which I sold last summer, the only bulbs I ever
changed were the cornering lamps and third brake lamp - and a few that
were damaged when the wife, and then the youngest daughter, cracked up
the front end. Still had the original plastic-bodied Wagner?
headlamps.

Well my luck the alternator will have a big spike and blow all the bulbs
since I made that statement.;-)

Chicken foot

But if they make a mistake, then that's not too good.
I once tried to explain to a couple of fairly good transmission shops
how the Voyager tranny needs a firmware upgrade for its
electronically controlled clutch to keep the torque convertor
from self-destructing.

I once went to the best surgeon in the world but he screwed up.
So for me, he was the worst surgeon in the world personally.
I think my car just might outlive me, so you can't always
go by reputation.

The dealers knew exactly what I meant and had the special
cables to do the upgrade. The regular cables would not work
since the van was about 10 years old. It was also about money.
Worth it to buy the special equipment to do the upgrades?
And to hassle with Chrysler for the firmware upgrades themselves?

Now a super good mechanic said any tranny guy worth his salt
should know about this.

But the ones I talked to seemed to think I was just a jerk customer,
which I might be , but I was right about the tranny.

Found a super dealer, got the upgrade, the right fluid, and that
tranny shifts like a Porche worth 100 times as much. That's an
exaggeration, around 70 times as much.


"Zeppo" > wrote in message ...
> True, but it came highly recommended. It still might be the best shop in the
> area.
>
> Jon
>
>
> "Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
> n.umich.edu...
> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Zeppo wrote:
> >
> > > I've had 5 transmissions in my '97, all installed by the same shop over
> a 2
> > > year period. They kept installing a rebuilt trans and filling it with
> the
> > > wrong fluid.
> >
> > That's mistakes number two and three.
> >
> > Mistake number one was your choice of shop.
> >
>
>

It only affects the passenger seat. It was a factory order...and who would
check the passenger seat....Driver seat was perfect.
Vehicle is great, otherwise



"Treeline" > wrote in message
...
>
> But if they make a mistake, then that's not too good.
> I once tried to explain to a couple of fairly good transmission shops
> how the Voyager tranny needs a firmware upgrade for its
> electronically controlled clutch to keep the torque convertor
> from self-destructing.
>
> I once went to the best surgeon in the world but he screwed up.
> So for me, he was the worst surgeon in the world personally.
> I think my car just might outlive me, so you can't always
> go by reputation.
>
> The dealers knew exactly what I meant and had the special
> cables to do the upgrade. The regular cables would not work
> since the van was about 10 years old. It was also about money.
> Worth it to buy the special equipment to do the upgrades?
> And to hassle with Chrysler for the firmware upgrades themselves?
>
> Now a super good mechanic said any tranny guy worth his salt
> should know about this.
>
> But the ones I talked to seemed to think I was just a jerk customer,
> which I might be , but I was right about the tranny.
>
> Found a super dealer, got the upgrade, the right fluid, and that
> tranny shifts like a Porche worth 100 times as much. That's an
> exaggeration, around 70 times as much.
>
>
> "Zeppo" > wrote in message
> ...
>> True, but it came highly recommended. It still might be the best shop in
>> the
>> area.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>> "Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
>> n.umich.edu...
>> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Zeppo wrote:
>> >
>> > > I've had 5 transmissions in my '97, all installed by the same shop
>> > > over
>> a 2
>> > > year period. They kept installing a rebuilt trans and filling it with
>> the
>> > > wrong fluid.
>> >
>> > That's mistakes number two and three.
>> >
>> > Mistake number one was your choice of shop.
>> >
>>
>>

I don't follow. You have a transmission for your passenger seat? Did you turn your Caravan into a
jet plane and have ejection installed


"Sid" > wrote in message ...
> It only affects the passenger seat. It was a factory order...and who would
> check the passenger seat....Driver seat was perfect.
> Vehicle is great, otherwise
>
>
>
> "Treeline" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > But if they make a mistake, then that's not too good.
> > I once tried to explain to a couple of fairly good transmission shops
> > how the Voyager tranny needs a firmware upgrade for its
> > electronically controlled clutch to keep the torque convertor
> > from self-destructing.
> >
> > I once went to the best surgeon in the world but he screwed up.
> > So for me, he was the worst surgeon in the world personally.
> > I think my car just might outlive me, so you can't always
> > go by reputation.
> >
> > The dealers knew exactly what I meant and had the special
> > cables to do the upgrade. The regular cables would not work
> > since the van was about 10 years old. It was also about money.
> > Worth it to buy the special equipment to do the upgrades?
> > And to hassle with Chrysler for the firmware upgrades themselves?
> >
> > Now a super good mechanic said any tranny guy worth his salt
> > should know about this.
> >
> > But the ones I talked to seemed to think I was just a jerk customer,
> > which I might be , but I was right about the tranny.
> >
> > Found a super dealer, got the upgrade, the right fluid, and that
> > tranny shifts like a Porche worth 100 times as much. That's an
> > exaggeration, around 70 times as much.
> >
> >
> > "Zeppo" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> True, but it came highly recommended. It still might be the best shop in
> >> the
> >> area.
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >>
> >> "Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
> >> n.umich.edu...
> >> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Zeppo wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I've had 5 transmissions in my '97, all installed by the same shop
> >> > > over
> >> a 2
> >> > > year period. They kept installing a rebuilt trans and filling it with
> >> the
> >> > > wrong fluid.
> >> >
> >> > That's mistakes number two and three.
> >> >
> >> > Mistake number one was your choice of shop.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>