2021 Chrysler Voyager: what breaks, and at what mileage
What breaks on the 2021 Chrysler Voyager
On the 2021 Chrysler Voyager, the failure owners report most often is backup camera failure, with 3 reports on file. Across every failure mode on this year, half the dated reports were filed before 45,000 miles. Overall it scores 72 out of 100, high risk for a 2021.
High risk for a 2021 — 154th riskiest of the 231 2021 vehicles we can rate. 21 owner reports; fleet size estimated from this year's own recall paperwork.
What breaks on the 2021 Chrysler Voyager
Owners have reported 14 named failure modes on the 2021 Chrysler Voyager, and the three most-reported carry 33% of everything filed, which is an unusually even spread for one model year.
Backup camera failure leads with 3 reports and about 7.8 per 1,000 vehicles.
Infotainment screen failure follows with 2 reports.
Audio or connectivity failure follows with 2 reports.
By system, the reports fall mostly into infotainment (7), engine (3) and adas (2).
At what mileage it happens
Too few of the reports on this year carry an odometer reading to describe the timing: 3 of them do. The mileages quoted elsewhere on this page come from the modes that have enough of them.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
Showing the 12 most-reported failure modes of 14. The full list is in the table below.
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
What happens when these parts fail
Nothing in the reports on the 2021 Chrysler Voyager mentions a crash, a fire or an injury. That is the ordinary case and it is worth stating: most defect complaints are about a car that stopped working, not one that hurt somebody.
The average severity weight across every report on this year is 3.29, where a stalled engine or a failed airbag weighs many times more than a rattling trim panel, and a figure this high means the reports are dominated by failures with safety consequences rather than annoyances. The weighting is set out in full on the methodology page.
What the top failures cost to put right, as editorial estimates for an independent US shop rather than figures from NHTSA: backup camera failure at $250–$1,200, infotainment screen failure at $400–$2,600, audio or connectivity failure at $150–$900 and other engine problem at $300–$4,000. Dealer labour, a seized bolt or a part that is no longer made can push any of these past the top of its range.
24% of the reports on this year sit in the engine, transmission, drivetrain or cooling systems — the four where a repair bill is usually four figures.
Every reported failure mode
| Failure mode | System | Reports | With reading | 25th | Median | 75th | Per 1,000 | Typical repair | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backup camera failure | infotainment | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 7.8 | $250–$1,200 | Moderate |
| Infotainment screen failure | infotainment | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 5.2 | $400–$2,600 | Low |
| Audio or connectivity failure | infotainment | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 5.2 | $150–$900 | Low |
| Other engine problem | engine | 2 | 1 | — | 47k | — | 5.2 | $300–$4,000 | High |
| Other speed control problem | adas | 2 | 1 | — | 47k | — | 5.2 | $250–$2,000 | Critical |
| Head gasket failure | engine | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2.6 | $1,400–$4,000 | Critical |
| Shifter, linkage or stuck-in-park failure | transmission | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2.6 | $250–$1,400 | High |
| Ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure | electrical | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2.6 | $250–$1,500 | High |
| ABS module or sensor failure | brakes | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2.6 | $500–$2,400 | High |
| Control arm, ball joint or bushing failure | suspension | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2.6 | $400–$2,200 | High |
| Other powertrain problem | transmission | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2.6 | $400–$4,500 | High |
| Other electrical problem | electrical | 1 | 1 | — | 241 | — | 2.6 | $250–$2,000 | Moderate |
| Other steering problem | steering | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2.6 | $350–$2,400 | High |
| Other body or interior problem | body | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2.6 | $200–$2,000 | Moderate |
| Unclassified problem | other | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2.6 | — | Moderate |
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.
How often, against how many were built
Scaled by an estimate of how many of these cars exist, the 2021 Chrysler Voyager draws about 54 per 1,000 vehicles, which puts it in the 98th percentile of complaint rates among 2021 vehicles we can rate.
That denominator is the weakest number on the page and it is fair to say so plainly. Rate per 1,000 uses a fleet-size estimate derived from recall paperwork for this exact model year. It is a lower bound.
The working figure is 386 vehicles. If the true number is twice that, every rate on this page is half what it says; the ranking against other 2021 vehicles, which is what the risk score uses, is far more robust than the rate itself.
Recalls on the 2021 model year
NHTSA has issued 2 recall campaigns covering the 2021 Chrysler Voyager, affecting an estimated 389 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:side/window:curtain and seats:mid/rear assembly. 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.
One caution about reading these together: a recall usually raises the complaint count for the same part, because owners who read about it go and file. The mileages stay informative; the counts get noisy.
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN
26 vehicles 2024-10-24- Defect
- Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2020-2023 Pacifica and 2020-2021, 2023 Voyager vehicles. An improperly secured connector for the side curtain air bags may prevent the air bags from deploying. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 214, "Side Impact Protection" and 226, "Ejection Mitigation."
- Consequence
- An air bag that does not deploy during a crash increases the risk of injury.
- Remedy
- Dealers will secure the connector, free of charge. All vehicles have been remedied. Owner notification letters were mailed October 22, 2024. Owners may contact FCA customer service at 1-800-853-1403. FCA's number for this recall is A8B.
SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
1,160 vehicles 2022-03-24- Defect
- Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Pacifica and 2021 Voyager vehicles. The second-row seat-to-floor mounting latch may bind and stick open, preventing the seat from properly securing to the floor. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 225, "Child Restraint Anchorage Systems."
- Consequence
- An unsecured seat increases the risk of injury in a crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the second-row seat cushion frame, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 7, 2022. Owners may contact FCA US, LLC customer service at 1-800-853-1403. FCA US LLC's number for this recall is Z22.
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.
How it ranks in the 2021 field
The score at the top of the page, placed among its peers. The zones are the same thresholds the scorer applies, read out of the scorer itself, so the picture and the band word cannot disagree.
Scores are ranked within the model year, never across years, because an older car has had longer to accumulate reports.
- Left fewer and less serious reports
- Right more, or worse
- Marker this vehicle
How 2021 compares with the other years
High risk for a 2021 — 154th riskiest of the 231 2021 vehicles we can rate. Because the ranking is against the same model year only, age cancels out of it.
Across the 5 model years of this car that carry enough reports to score, 2003 comes out best at 61 and 2020 worst at 86, with 2021 itself at 72.
If the model year is negotiable, 2003, 2001 and 2002 score lower than 2021 by a margin worth acting on. Same body, same engines, different luck — usually a supplier change or a mid-cycle fix, which the complaint data can show but never explain.
Within the 2020–2026 generation specifically, 2021 is the strongest year at 72 and 2020 the weakest at 86.
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.
Within the 2020-2026 generation, 2021 Chrysler Voyager scores best at 72 and 2020 Chrysler Voyager worst at 86.
What this page cannot tell you
21 owner reports; fleet size estimated from this year's own recall paperwork. Every count on this page is therefore a floor: it is the number of owners who went to the trouble of filing with a federal agency, which is a small and self-selected fraction of the owners who had the fault.
Of those 21 reports, 3 carried an odometer reading, so the mileages here describe 14% of the sample rather than all of it. Owners also round: readings pile up on multiples of ten thousand, which is why this site publishes "about 90,000 miles" and not "91,438".
The failure modes are assigned by software reading the owner's own words, which is accurate in bulk and wrong in individual cases. A mode with a handful of reports may contain a misfiled one.
And nothing here predicts what one car will do. These are other people's complaints, filed years apart, on cars maintained by strangers. Read the page as a map of where this model year has previously gone wrong, then have the specific car in front of you inspected.
Questions this page answers
What are the most common problems with the 2021 Chrysler Voyager?
The most-reported failures are backup camera failure (3 reports), infotainment screen failure (2 reports) and audio or connectivity failure (2 reports). Counts come from owner complaints filed with NHTSA, which are voluntary, so they show what owners bothered to report rather than every fault that occurred.
Is the 2021 Chrysler Voyager reliable?
It scores 72 out of 100 on our risk index, which is high — 154th riskiest of the 231 2021 vehicles we can rate. The score is a comparison against other 2021 vehicles, not a prediction about any individual car, and it is built from complaint rates, severity and how early failures appear.
Which year of the Chrysler Voyager is best?
Within the 2020–2026 generation, 2021 scores best at 72 out of 100 and 2020 worst at 86. Same body, same engines, different luck.
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