Last Minute Voyages

This weekly Q&A session answers your questions about cars and trucks. This week explores a 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager with some serious transmission woes.

Question: 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager Transmission problems

I have a 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager that had the transmission stop working. I started searching the Internet looking for possible solutions to get it working again and came across an article 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager on this website and the problem sounded so similar to mine. Maybe you can help.

The scenario:

During the winter months when I put the car into Drive after it's been parked for a few hours or overnight, it would feel like it was in neutral for a moment, less than 2 minutes, and then it would catch gears and everything would be okay. I thought it was just the cold and the transmission fluid was too thick but once it warmed up, the viscosity became more fluid; after that I had no problems.