Morning all, Chrysler voyager 3.3 auto with a headache spent the last month financial broke over her. Started off (ill keep as short as possible I need help advise.) Only drove in 2nd / 3rd gear up to about 50 60mph at a push but drove, sometimes kangaroo effect like running out of fuel jerk every now and then. took to a auto gearbox technician's (well known) in Dartford Kent, told me TCM fault code p0700 but couldn't talk to TCM to find fault so said it's ECU fault.on way home it died kangaroo effect only able to do 15mph finally it stopped and just rocked back and forth on the spot.changed ECU with used part ( same part number) tried starting it started ran like poo and died leaving ignition lights but no more, took to Lipscomb's Chrysler dealer for ECU reprogramming £120. Phoned me car starts all good sir i said test drive please they said can't as no fuel saying 0 miles then they drive out of workshop and engine light come up they phone me and say it's running light poo and needs plugging in they do this and tell me it's TCM p0700 code but can't talk to it for some reason and blame my used ECU as the fault.so basically I'm back to start. now car starts and ticks over smells of over fuel smell if I touch gas throttle it stutters splutters and rev gauge bounces like its hunting for fuel and doesn't drive really it starts but that's really it. My question is any ideas what's wrong with her as only thought I've got is TCM it self as 2 garages have given same code same diagnosis they can't talk to TCM so ECU is the fault well I'm not spending £700 on ECU and programming to find it's not that. I can't see it being 2 ECU my thought is if TCM is dead dead then ECU won't communicate with it so change that. Would you all agree and is a 98 3.3 auto TCM the same thanks guys sorry for essay

 

Hi, unfortunately you've found yourself in that area of chasing smoke. Problems like this on modern vehicles can quickly become insanely expensive to track down. Honestly right now, to replace everything that could be causing these problems could easily top £1000. I know because I went down a similar path with my cousin and his GV. He spent over £2500 because he just wouldn't give up and still didn't fix the problems, and believe me, I could fill this page with all the things we did to it.

The problem is with modern integrated electrical systems, is that you can have an issue on a completely unrelated system that has an impact elsewhere. For example. My XJR had a cutting out problem when slowing down. Then the wipers stopped working. Shortly after this the speedo began acting erratically which was tracked to a faulty speed sensor on the rear wheel. I replaced it and suddenly cured the other problems. However, as the sensor began to degrade it was throwing up error codes in other systems. I was lucky, I had a speed sensor so I never went down that path of chasing error codes. But, if I'd changed everything that was indicated, well I'd have spent a fortune. And I've seen this happen time and time again on vehicles built since the early 90's!

Point is, as I said to you right back when you first began posting on this van, its looking very much like a money pit. Now you could be lucky and the next thing you do could solve all of your problems, but in my experience, that rarely happens.

So I would say the same thing as I said last time, be prepared to draw a line in the sand and say I'm not spending any more money on it! And I know how difficult that can be, especially when you've spent a significant amount of money on it already. Like I say I watched my cousin do it and right now I'm watching my girlfriends boy throwing money at a Honda he bought a while back.

So unless you have a real sentimental attachment to it, I'd say you have to seriously consider just cutting your losses and walking away.

Just saying.