Richardm - New (2007 Crd) Grand Voyager Owner.

[RichardM]

Greetings one and all.

Have owned a Chrysler  (Grand Voyager 2.8 CRD 2007) for just under a month. Thought I'd bought a lemon however am hopeful it's turning into a peach, but it's a bit too soon to be over confident yet (or confident at all).

Got it home, next morning .. no chance of starting, churned over and over, fired but died when key (starter) released......

Finally got it started with a jump start, got it down to the friendly garage (been with them 10 years - Ford, Merc,Merc,Ford). They didn't laugh so I assumed there was hope.

Left it with them and picked it up two days later with a new (Red Top) battery,. Started well and is still doing so. Asked them what else they replaced and the answer was 'Nothing. They took off the fuel filter, it was new so they refitted, bled the lp system, removed, cleaned and greased the bleed nipple and nothing else.

They did check the injectors (spill test?) all perfect. 

The van has 83,000 miles on the clock with the glow plugs, being replaced last year. The timing belt was changed 10,000 ~ miles ago and an inline fuel pump was fitted around the same time. I have a feeling that this vehicle has suffered from poor starting for some time, perhaps that accounts for the low mileage?

I was dreading the ongoing swop out and replace with little or no results that others on the website appear to have suffered.

I now have a new and unfitted relief valve in the glovebox. I have bought a charger that I used every night for around a week but decided to see how it went if I left off charging it for a couple of days.. result (1^oC). Not a problem. 

Never had a Chrysler before let alone a beast this size, it's replaced a Ford Galaxy that surrendered it's reverse gear one cold and stormy night. Why change? The ability to drop the seats into the floor rather than have to chance a hernia taking the seats out plus sliding doors, plus the size.

I tend to use it as a van for 90% of the time so sliding side doors make it easy to access tools in tight spaces. The size means I can throw everything in the back.

Hopefully it's going to be a long and rewarding relationship.