My firend had a GV and loved it. But then she had problem after problem with hers right when DH & I were close to buying one.
First thing that went was one of the power windows. She could live with that for a little while whilst she arranged to get it fixed, all the power windows stopped working.. She got that fixed and the air con died... one again she decided she could live without that. About 12 months after the windows were fixed they stopped working again... then the transmission died. In the end it cost too much to repair it that they just sold it basically dead and took a great loss on what they bought it for. I am sooooooooooo glad DH & I didn't buy one.
I guess you have good & bad with all cars though. Hers was a 2006 model and had a previous owner who had done services etc on it... but when something stopped working it seemed that everything else decided to do also stop at the same time.
we had a sticky window on one side got some wd40 sprayed into the button fixed it removed the built up of oils and ynck mind you i was quoted a large price for a repair but car was still under warentee.
hi didnt have time to read the other repplys but i have the voyager with four kids only thing with mine is it doesnt have the anchor points in the back row and i havent figured out how to switch the seat so the 2 seats at the back and 3 seats are in the middle.....i think if you go to a local mechanic like i do you can get it fixed cheaper with non chrysler parts.. i do love my car though
Ok i dont have a Grand Voyager, but i do have a Chrysler Voyager 97 model, we bought second hand 3 and a bit yrs agos.
We have 5 kids in our car, and so far no issues, our voyager doesnt have the gap between the second row, it has two seats together, then the 3 in the back, both rows of chairs fold down and also can be removed from the car altogether.
My hubby loves it, we have been a lil slack on having it serviced due to finances, but in 3 yrs havnt had anything really go wrong with it, the week we got it the radiater went, but they replaced it under warranty.
We usually have two baby seats in the middle row, and a booster seat on the back row, but we only have 1 baby seat now on the middle row so the kids fight ova who is going to sit there, lol
Hubby said its an easy drive and he much prefers to drive the voyager ova his other car that we had at the time.
I am sure (as half of a auto parts supply business and as a Chrysler Jeep driver ) that the reason the parts are so dear for the Chryslers is because they require mostly genuine parts. Most of the parts that you can get for your commodore/falcon/and even kia have after market reproductions ("non-genuine") available (the cheap and cheerful option provided by your mechanic). To the best of my knowledge, there aren't many non-genuine parts available for Chryslers because there's not a huge call for them. If you have a local mechanic, you could ask them about the parts. The Man (the other half of the business and mechanical guru is not here to ask atm.
(As for the embarrassment of my jeep, amongst all the Patrols and Landcruisers of our friends, I am the butt of their jokes for not driving a 'real' 4wd, but I rather like it as it goes like a cut cat!)
We have a Kia Carnival and love it.. So i am sure the Chrysler will be just fantastic.
We love it.. We didnt want to spend 20,000 on a car so this had 60,000KM and we paid 12,000 privatly.
we have 2.5 kiddies and it has a DVD player, and we just love it.
With milk, food snacks etc flying everywhere.. we wanted something cheap that we can sell when kids are old enough and not worry what shape it will be in!
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) that the reason the parts are so dear for the Chryslers is because they require mostly genuine parts. Most of the parts that you can get for your commodore/falcon/and even kia have after market reproductions ("non-genuine") available (the cheap and cheerful option provided by your mechanic). To the best of my knowledge, there aren't many non-genuine parts available for Chryslers because there's not a huge call for them. If you have a local mechanic, you could ask them about the parts. The Man (the other half of the business and mechanical guru is not here to ask atm.
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