2008 Chrysler Voyager: what breaks, and at what mileage
What breaks on the 2008 Chrysler Voyager
Only 4 defect reports have been filed with NHTSA about the 2008 Chrysler Voyager, which is too few to compute mileage percentiles or a risk score. The reports reported radiator or coolant leak.
When each failure gets reported
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
How reports accumulate
Every report with an odometer reading, cumulative, from 0 to 200,000 miles. A curve that climbs early is a car with early problems, whatever its total.
- Line share of reports filed by that mileage
Every reported failure mode
| Failure mode | System | Reports | With reading | 25th | Median | 75th | Per 1,000 | Typical repair | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radiator or coolant leak | cooling | 1 | 1 | — | 500 | — | 0.0 | $350–$1,900 | High |
| Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure | electrical | 1 | 1 | — | 2k | — | 0.0 | $700–$3,000 | High |
| Other electrical problem | electrical | 1 | 1 | — | 3k | — | 0.0 | $250–$2,000 | Moderate |
| Other speed control problem | adas | 1 | 1 | — | 15k | — | 0.0 | $250–$2,000 | Critical |
Rate per 1,000 uses a fleet-size estimate derived from recall paperwork for this exact model year. It is a lower bound. Repair costs are typical independent-shop ranges for the failure, not figures from these reports.
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The odometer reading is the one the owner gave.
Radiator or coolant leak
The hood latch failed to hold when we hit a deer that ran onto i95. Front airbags deployed; the windshield broke as did the radiator. No one was hurt but when the hood latch failed to hold, the hood flew up towards the front windshield, totally obscured vision. This made it very dangerous to get out of the travel lane and into the breakdown lane. Fortunately, we were in the right lane and there was minimal traffic early on a saturday morning but we feel this car would be much safer if the latch held in this accident. *tr
Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure
I bought a 2008 chrysler town and country minivan. I was doing 55 MPH on a road with no shoulder and hit a mailbox. The right corner was destroyed. There was an airbag sensor behind the right light. Even though the lamp and sensor was destroyed, my seatbelt did not lock up or airbag did not deploy. The body shop took it to a local dealership and was told that there was over 500 request for this part. He told the north point body shop that usually means it is defective. This part is not available enough late spring. *tr
Other electrical problem
I am from ohio. I was on a family vacation with my family of 5 in south carolina. I went to get in my 2008 chrysler town and country on a wednesday morning. The automatic door openers would not work with the remote. I started the vehicle and noticed I had no dash instruments. The radio did not work. The windshield wipers were running and would not turn off. The vehicle did drive, although with no dash instruments. I called my dealer in ohio where I leased the vehicle. They advised to call chrysler corporate. Chrysler corporate gave me names of local dealers near me in south carolina. I drove the vehicle to the dealer on wednesday at 1pm for my appointment. They advised me through chrysler coporate's advice that the total integrated power module needed replaced. This part arrived on thursday. It did not fix the issue. They ordered another part (I do not know what it is) that arrived friday. This did not fix the issue. They began looking for a short in the vehicle's wiring. As of today, the vehicle is still at the dealer in sc. They do now have the dash lights and instruments working, but cannot get the wipers to stop. I have been…
Recalls on the 2008 model year
NHTSA has issued 1 recall campaign covering the 2008 Chrysler Voyager, affecting an estimated 99,649 vehicles. A recall is a different kind of evidence from a complaint: it is the regulator and the manufacturer agreeing that something has to be fixed, and the fix is free for as long as the car exists.
The campaigns cover air bags:frontal. Whether the work was actually done on the car in front of you is a question only the VIN can answer, and the manufacturer or NHTSA will answer it free.
Recalls also distort complaint counts. Publicity about a campaign reminds owners that complaining is possible, so reports for a recalled component often spike after the recall rather than before it.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
298,949 vehicles 2011-08-03- Defect
- Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2008 chrysler grand voyager, town and country and dodge grand caravan vehicles manufactured from june 24, 2007, through july 30, 2008. These vehicles may experience a heating and air conditioner (hvac) condensate leak from the hvac drain grommet onto the occupant restraint control (orc) module, which can lead to the illumination of the airbag warning light and a potential inadvertent airbag deployment without warning.
- Consequence
- An inadvertent airbag deployment could result in injury to the seat occupant in front of the deploying airbag and/or a vehicle crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will replace the affected air bag module free of charge. The safety recall began on october 14, 2011. Owners may contact chrysler at 1-800-853-1403.
Recall work is free at a franchised dealer regardless of the car's age. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls before assuming it was done.
Every year of the Chrysler Voyager
Scores compare each year against other cars of the same model year, so a low number on an older car is a real result and not an artefact of age.
Shorter is better. Years with too few reports to score are shown without a bar rather than as a zero, because no data is not good news.
What the reports on file say
The complaints recorded against the 2008 Chrysler Voyager are radiator or coolant leak (1 report, around 500 miles), control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure (1 report, around 2k miles), other electrical problem (1 report, around 3k miles) and other speed control problem (1 report, around 15k miles). With a sample this size these are anecdotes rather than a pattern, and they are shown because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see them than nothing.
Why this page is short
A model year needs about 8 reports before percentiles mean anything, and this one does not have them. Complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road, so a thin page usually means a rare car, a new car, or a car whose owners do not file.
Other years of the same model do have enough: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2020 and 2021. The mechanical parts are often shared across those years, so their pages are the better guide to what this one is likely to do, with the caveat that a shared part is not a shared production line.
Where this comes from. Every figure above is computed from NHTSA owner complaints and recall records for this exact make, model and year. Complaints are voluntary and self-selected, so treat counts as a floor. The methodology page writes out each formula, and the same numbers are available as JSON.
What breaks at my mileage Compare with another car
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed