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The 2020 Chrysler Voyager places in the bottom half of the minivan class due in part to its shortage of available features and lackluster cabin. It has good safety scores and a user-friendly infotainment system, but it just isn’t as impressive as other minivans.

User-friendly infotainment system

Good safety scores

Not as much cargo space as rivals

Mediocre cabin quality

Small rear seats

What's New for 2020

Brand-new model

Features and Specs

19 City / 28 Hwy

287 horsepower

Chrysler Voyager Rankings

The 2020 Chrysler Voyager's #5 ranking is based on its score within the 2020 Minivans category. Currently the Chrysler Voyager has a score of 7.7 out of 10, which is based on our evaluation of 15 pieces of research and data elements using various sources .

• # 5 in 2020 Minivans
• # 16 in Used Minivans $20K and up
• Critics' Rating 7.5
• Performance 7.5
• Total Cost of Ownership 8.1
• Interior 6.0
• Reliability N/A

Where This Vehicle Ranks

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2020 Chrysler Voyager Overview

Is the 2020 chrysler voyager a good used minivan.

Yes, the 2020 Chrysler Voyager is a good used minivan . But it just isn’t as profound or exciting as its rivals. The Voyager was created from the lower trims of the Chrysler Pacifica and is the more budget-friendly of the two. The Voyager boasts good safety scores and a fairly comfortable cabin, but there are classmates worth checking out. The 2020 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid boasts better mpg ratings and a more luxurious cabin than the Voyager. Another alternative to consider is the 2020 Honda Odyssey , which has a bit more cargo space than the Voyager and wields impressive and enjoyable handling.

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How Much is a 2020 Chrysler Voyager?

Based on listings for the 2020 Chrysler Voyager, the average list price is $21,375. Prices range from $21,375 to $22,191 and vary depending on the vehicle’s condition, mileage, features, and location.

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How Much Does the 2020 Chrysler Voyager Cost to Own?

The 2020 Voyager’s five-year costs for gas, insurance, taxes, fees, repairs, and maintenance are projected to be about $28,645 or $5,729 per year. These ownership costs are about average for the class.

2019 vs. 2020 Chrysler Voyager: What's the Difference?

The Chrysler Voyager debuted for the 2020 model year, so there are no previous models to compare it to. The Voyager is basically a low-budget version of its corporate sibling, the Chrysler Pacifica .

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How Reliable Is the 2020 Chrysler Voyager?

The 2020 Chrysler Voyager does not have a J.D. Power predicted reliability score.

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2020 Chrysler Voyager Recalls

There are no major recalls for the 2020 Chrysler Voyager at this time.

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Which Used Chrysler Voyager Trim Is Right for Me?

The 2020 Chrysler Voyager comes in two trims: L and LX. The base L trim should satisfy most shoppers. The Voyager comes standard with a good amount of tech and infotainment features, including Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. The LX trim has a few more add-ons, such as a rear DVD player, heated front seats, a heated and leather-wrapped steering wheel, and remote start. Notably, the second-row seats do not fold into the floor on either trim, but the Voyager does come standard with third-row Stow 'n Go seats. 

The 2020 Chrysler Pacifica , the Voyager’s sibling, is worth checking out for its additional entertainment and safety features.

• Chrysler Voyager L: The base L trim comes standard with cloth upholstery, second-row bench seats, a rearview camera, and remote keyless entry. It also features a Uconnect infotainment system with a 7-inch touch screen, a USB port, Bluetooth, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, and a six-speaker stereo. You might find some models with rear parking sensors, blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, and/or tri-zone automatic climate control.
• Chrysler Voyager LX: The LX trim gains an eight-way power-adjustable driver’s seat, two second-row bucket seats, in-floor storage bins for the second row, and satellite radio. You might find some models with tri-zone automatic climate control, a rear DVD player, heated front seats, a heated and leather-wrapped steering wheel, and/or remote start.

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What Does Chrysler's Certified Pre-Owned Warranty Cover?

Chrysler has a certified pre-owned program for vehicles less than six years old and with fewer than 65,000 miles. Buyers get the balance of the seven-year, 100,000-mile powertrain warranty. They also receive a three-month, 3,000-mile maximum care warranty that covers most major components and is good from the date you purchase your CPO Chrysler. If your CPO Chrysler has any of the original three-year, 36,000-mile new-vehicle warranty remaining, the maximum care warranty kicks in when the new-car warranty expires. Chrysler CPO vehicles must pass a 125-point inspection. Additional benefits like towing and 24-hour roadside assistance may be available. 

Chrysler has one of the worst CPO programs among affordable carmakers, according to our analysis. Kia, Hyundai, Chevy, Ford, Honda and Mazda are all better.

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Extended Warranties for Chrysler Cars and Minivans

Not every used Chrysler will qualify for a certified pre-owned warranty. However, there are options available if you want additional coverage after the manufacturer’s warranty has expired. 

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How Safe Is the Voyager?

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the 2020 Chrysler Voyager the highest rating of Good in all six crash tests and the lowest rating of Poor for how well its headlights illuminate the road ahead. 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave the Voyager an overall safety rating of five out of five stars. The Voyager earned five stars in the frontal and side crash tests and four stars in the rollover test.

Standard driver assistance features:

• Rearview camera

Available driver assistance features:

• Rear parking sensors
• Blind spot monitoring
• Rear cross traffic alert

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2020 Chrysler Voyager Versus the Competition 

2020 chrysler voyager vs. 2020 chrysler pacifica.

The Voyager and Pacifica are both minivans produced by Chrysler, but the Pacifica ups the ante when it comes to options and a lavish cabin. The Voyager is a product of lower Pacifica trims, which means they have some commonalities, including the same 287-horsepower V6 engine and similar gas mileage ratings. However, the Pacifica is available with all-wheel drive, which cannot be found in the Voyager and many other minivans . Other options found only in the Pacifica are forward collision warning, adaptive cruise control, leather upholstery, heated second-row seats, a Wi-Fi hot spot, and a 20-speaker Harman Kardon stereo. If you don’t need AWD or some of the features available in the Pacifica, the Voyager remains a decent choice.

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2020 Chrysler Pacifica vs. 2020 Honda Odyssey

The highly ranked 2020 Honda Odyssey is a great option. The Odyssey has more cargo space and a higher-quality cabin than the Voyager, and it has spacious and comfortable seating in all three rows. The Odyssey also boasts a smooth ride and composed handling. These two have similar gas mileage ratings, and neither offer all-wheel drive. Overall, the Odyssey is the better pick, but the Voyager isn’t a bad choice either.

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2020 Voyager Performance

How does the 2020 chrysler voyager drive .

The Voyager’s V6 engine offers sufficient power. This minivan also has a composed ride and competent handling. 

• Engine: 287-horsepower 3.6-liter V6
• Drivetrain: front-wheel drive
• Transmission: nine-speed automatic 

2020 Chrysler Voyager Gas Mileage

The Voyager gets 19 mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway, which is average for a minivan .

2020 Chrysler Voyager Towing Capacity 

The Voyager can tow up to 3,600 pounds when properly equipped.

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2020 Voyager Interior

2020 voyager interior quality.

The interior is where the Voyager falls flat compared to most of its competitors. Cabin quality isn’t bad, as there are several soft-touch surfaces, but there are some hard plastics mixed in. 

How Many People Does the 2020 Voyager Seat?

The 2020 Voyager seats seven people in three rows in its standard setup. The front seats are spacious and comfortable, but the second and third rows aren’t as impressive as those found in rivals. The second row isn’t very spacious, and the third row is tight and best suited for children. 

Standard seating features:

• Cloth upholstery
• Third-row Stow ‘n Go seats
• Second-row bench seat

Available seating features:

• Heated front seats
• Eight-way power-adjustable driver’s seat
• Second-row bucket seats

How Many Child Car Seats Fit in the 2020 Voyager? 

The 2020 Voyager has four complete sets of LATCH connectors, two for the second row and two for the third row.

2020 Voyager Features

The Voyager isn’t as well-equipped as rival vans, but its infotainment system is easy to use. If you’re looking for a van with more infotainment or safety features, the Voyager’s corporate sibling, the 2020 Pacifica , is worth checking out.

On the plus side, the dashboard features physical knobs for the climate control and audio functions, and they’re easy to use while driving.

• Standard infotainment features: a 7-inch touch screen, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, a USB port, Bluetooth, and a six-speaker stereo
• Available infotainment features : a rear-seat DVD player and satellite radio
• Additional standard features: remote keyless entry
• Other available features: tri-zone automatic climate control and remote start

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2020 Chrysler Voyager Dimensions

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The Voyager doesn’t offer as much space as many of its minivan competitors , but there’s still plenty of room to haul the family's gear. This Chrysler has 32.3 cubic feet of space behind the third row, 87.5 cubic feet behind the second row, and a total of 140.5 cubic feet with the second and third rows folded.

The third row comes with Stow 'n Go seats that fold down into the floor. There are also storage options throughout the cabin, including in-floor cubbies, a front-seat umbrella holder, and bins for smartphones, tablets, and bags. Unlike the 2020 Pacifica , the Voyager does not feature second-row Stow ‘n Go seats.

Chrysler Voyager Length and Weight

• Length: About 17 feet long
• Curb weight: 4,330 pounds

Where Was the 2020 Chrysler Voyager Built?

Chrysler built the 2020 Voyager in Canada.

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The Voyager is a vehicle that exemplifies the American minivan. Sure, its look has changed through the years, but the basic shape has remained largely unchanged. That's not necessarily a bad thing, as people in this market enjoy a bit of familiarity. In terms of exterior features, there's not much to write home about. In its default LX spec, the Voyager features automatic quad halogen reflector headlights and a set of 17-inch alloy wheels.

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Minivans are by nature large vehicles, and the Chrysler Voyager is no different. Similar in size to the likes of the Honda Odyssey, the Voyager's dimensions include a total length of 203.8 inches. Width is measured at 79.6 inches, or 90.4 when one includes the mirrors. The overall height is 69.9 inches while the Voyager rolls on a 121.6-inch wheelbase. The curb weight is 4,330 pounds. For those keen on taking the Voyager on some light dirt road adventures, it is good to know that the minivan has a ramp break-over angle of 12.5 degrees, an approach angle of 14 degrees, and a departure angle of 18.7 degrees. That's enough to get up a dirt driveway.

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Far from being an exotic Italian supercar, the Voyager goes about its business humbly, and that includes the range of exterior colors on offer. The beauty of the Voyager experience is that you'll always fly under the radar, no matter what color you go for, and cops won't be able to tell if you're running the kids to school or prize fighting roosters to Mexico City. For 2023, Chrysler offers the Voyager in five colors. The bases are covered with Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat, Bright White Clear Coat, and Silver Mist. The more exotic colors on offer include Granite Crystal Metallic Clear Coat and Velvet Red Pearl Coat.

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Inside NASA's 5-month fight to save the Voyager 1 mission in interstellar space

After working for five months to re-establish communication with the farthest-flung human-made object in existence, NASA announced this week that the Voyager 1 probe had finally phoned home.

For the engineers and scientists who work on NASA’s longest-operating mission in space, it was a moment of joy and intense relief.

“That Saturday morning, we all came in, we’re sitting around boxes of doughnuts and waiting for the data to come back from Voyager,” said Linda Spilker, the project scientist for the Voyager 1 mission at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. “We knew exactly what time it was going to happen, and it got really quiet and everybody just sat there and they’re looking at the screen.”

When at long last the spacecraft returned the agency’s call, Spilker said the room erupted in celebration.

“There were cheers, people raising their hands,” she said. “And a sense of relief, too — that OK, after all this hard work and going from barely being able to have a signal coming from Voyager to being in communication again, that was a tremendous relief and a great feeling.”

The problem with Voyager 1 was first detected in November . At the time, NASA said it was still in contact with the spacecraft and could see that it was receiving signals from Earth. But what was being relayed back to mission controllers — including science data and information about the health of the probe and its various systems — was garbled and unreadable.

That kicked off a monthslong push to identify what had gone wrong and try to save the Voyager 1 mission.

Spilker said she and her colleagues stayed hopeful and optimistic, but the team faced enormous challenges. For one, engineers were trying to troubleshoot a spacecraft traveling in interstellar space , more than 15 billion miles away — the ultimate long-distance call.

“With Voyager 1, it takes 22 1/2 hours to get the signal up and 22 1/2 hours to get the signal back, so we’d get the commands ready, send them up, and then like two days later, you’d get the answer if it had worked or not,” Spilker said.

The team eventually determined that the issue stemmed from one of the spacecraft’s three onboard computers. Spilker said a hardware failure, perhaps as a result of age or because it was hit by radiation, likely messed up a small section of code in the memory of the computer. The glitch meant Voyager 1 was unable to send coherent updates about its health and science observations.

NASA engineers determined that they would not be able to repair the chip where the mangled software is stored. And the bad code was also too large for Voyager 1's computer to store both it and any newly uploaded instructions. Because the technology aboard Voyager 1 dates back to the 1960s and 1970s, the computer’s memory pales in comparison to any modern smartphone. Spilker said it’s roughly equivalent to the amount of memory in an electronic car key.

The team found a workaround, however: They could divide up the code into smaller parts and store them in different areas of the computer’s memory. Then, they could reprogram the section that needed fixing while ensuring that the entire system still worked cohesively.

That was a feat, because the longevity of the Voyager mission means there are no working test beds or simulators here on Earth to test the new bits of code before they are sent to the spacecraft.

“There were three different people looking through line by line of the patch of the code we were going to send up, looking for anything that they had missed,” Spilker said. “And so it was sort of an eyes-only check of the software that we sent up.”

The hard work paid off.

NASA reported the happy development Monday, writing in a post on X : “Sounding a little more like yourself, #Voyager1.” The spacecraft’s own social media account responded , saying, “Hi, it’s me.”

So far, the team has determined that Voyager 1 is healthy and operating normally. Spilker said the probe’s scientific instruments are on and appear to be working, but it will take some time for Voyager 1 to resume sending back science data.

Voyager 1 and its twin, the Voyager 2 probe, each launched in 1977 on missions to study the outer solar system. As it sped through the cosmos, Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter and Saturn, studying the planets’ moons up close and snapping images along the way.

Voyager 2, which is 12.6 billion miles away, had close encounters with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and continues to operate as normal.

In 2012, Voyager 1 ventured beyond the solar system , becoming the first human-made object to enter interstellar space, or the space between stars. Voyager 2 followed suit in 2018.

Spilker, who first began working on the Voyager missions when she graduated college in 1977, said the missions could last into the 2030s. Eventually, though, the probes will run out of power or their components will simply be too old to continue operating.

Spilker said it will be tough to finally close out the missions someday, but Voyager 1 and 2 will live on as “our silent ambassadors.”

Both probes carry time capsules with them — messages on gold-plated copper disks that are collectively known as The Golden Record . The disks contain images and sounds that represent life on Earth and humanity’s culture, including snippets of music, animal sounds, laughter and recorded greetings in different languages. The idea is for the probes to carry the messages until they are possibly found by spacefarers in the distant future.

“Maybe in 40,000 years or so, they will be getting relatively close to another star,” Spilker said, “and they could be found at that point.”

Denise Chow is a reporter for NBC News Science focused on general science and climate change.