Problems with my 2001MY Voyager...

Hello,

New to the group and wanted to see if anyone had any answers to a
couple of problems i have on my 2001MY Voyager...

Problem #1: Front end rattling. When driving over anything but
completely smooth roads (we do have a couple of miles like this in
Michigan!) there is a constant rattling noise from the front end. I
have previously taken the car into the dealership to have it looked at
and they stated that the issue was the sway bar being loose. The
problem did go away for a while, but eventually came back. Now I would
rather see if I can resolve the issue myself and see if I can tighten
up the sway bar myself. When I jack up the front of the car, however,
and check around I cannot find any evidence of any looseness in the
front setup.

Am I looking in the wrong place? Does anyone think this could be
something else? Where should I be looking?

Problem #2: Driver's window: This recently started acting up and now
seems to have significant stiffness in the mechanism causing it to
stall halfway down the travel. The window, will eventually reach the
bottom of the travel, but then does not close unless you turn the
ignition off and walk away for a few minutes or more. I did pull the
door apart somewhat and tried to spray some lubricant onto the gear
drive for the cable, but this didn't seem to help. Any suggestions?
How easy would it be to replace the mechanism? Any idea how much it
would cost?

Thanks in advance for any responses and advice.

Cheers,

Jim.

 

The noise would be coming from the sway bar bushings or the stabilizer (sway
bar) links. If you can just drive the vehicle on a smooth road and sway the
vehicle from left to right and hear a thunk noise you can believe the sway
bar bushings are worn. If the noise sounds like something is getting ready
to fall off especially when hitting a small pot hole or such you have worn
out links.

The window regulator assembly is bad and lubing it wont fix the problem

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

 

Hello Glenn,

Thanks for the quick response. I will try the process you describe and
see what I find out. Assuming that it is either the bushings or the
links, how easy are these to repair?

How easy is it to replace a regulator?

Cheers,

Jim.

 

Hello Glenn,

Thanks for the quick response. I will try the process you describe and
see what I find out. Assuming that it is either the bushings or the
links, how easy are these to repair?

How easy is it to replace a regulator?

Cheers,

Jim.

 

Hi,

Thanks for the quick response. I will try the process you describe and
see if I can find out what is wrong. How easy is it to replace either
the bushings or links? Are there any special tools required? How easy
would it be to replace the regulator in the window?

Cheers,

Jim.

 

try a more accurate way of isolating front sway bar bushing and link noise
with some one pushing the vehicle up and down place your hand on the sway bar link
if it is bad you can feel the clunk it makes and if you place your hand on the
sway bar farther in on the sway bar while it's getting pushed up and down and you
can feel it thru the bar then the bushing's has enlarged allowing the bar to slap
within the bushing also check the outer tierods for excessive play as well as the
ballljoints

 

Hi,

Thanks for response. How easy is it to replace the bushings or links?
Are there any special tools required? What about the regulator?

Cheers,

Jim.

 

I have never had to replace the bushings on the ground so I couldnt answer
that, it cant be to hard. The links can be replaced with a floor jack and
a jack stand. As far as the regulator goes, not hard at all assuming you
are mechanically inclined.

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

 

Thanks again. Apologies for the multiple posts!

Cheers,

Jim.