Is this car worth buying?

1992 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER
150,000 MILES • AUTOMATIC
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BLISS30
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I like the car but im not sure if it’s worth buying . I’m not a car knowledgeable person so im not sure what the pros and cons with the this vehicle I only know that it’s discontinued .the seller says it has no issues and no problems. But I want to know for maybe a 3 year run of using would it be a good purchase.
Sep 7, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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CARADIODOC
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I have five of these, including a '94 and a '95. I can tell you almost anything you want to know about them. The most common engine was the 3.3L. If it has a 3.8L, that's the same engine, only a little bigger.

From the photos, this appears to be a base model. There's a large gas gauge in the instrument cluster instead of a tachometer. From what I can see of the radio, it is also a base model. There are some very nice factory upgrades to a cd / cassette combo radio. Cost of those has come down a real lot in the last five to ten years.

You can upgrade to the more expensive instrument cluster if you want to. Otherwise, even though this is not a high-end version, it has a really good asking price.

The weakest point in this era was the transmissions. I can go into more detail later on that. The 3.3L engines commonly go for well over 400,000 miles. They use a timing chain; no timing belt to break or jump. Test-drive the van, then look for solid transmission shifting, no Check Engine light, straight steering wheel, no hard pulls to either side, things like that, then tell me what you observe.
Sep 8, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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