1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager complaints

THE INSURED LEFT THE CAR IDLING TO WARM UP, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE PROBLEM AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. NLM

WHILE DRIVING SMOKE BEGAN COMING THROUGH THE VENTS, THE DRIVER PULLED OVER THEN THE SMOKE STOPPED, AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE LATER IT APPEARED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SMALL FIRE. NLM

SINCE PURCHASE IN 1996, THE ABS FAILURE LIGHT HAS REPEATEDLY COME ON. THERE IS ALMOST ALWAYS SOME TYPE OF "BUZZING SOUND" WHEN THIS OCCURS. THERE HAVE BEEN REPEATED REPAIRS WHICH WERE DONE UNDER WARRANTY AND FOR WHICH I PAID. EACH TIME, IT WAS INDICATEDTO ME THAT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF "YOKE" AROUND THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE FIREWALL WHICH 'HAD TO BE REPLACED'. NOW, WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED, THE BUZZING AND LIGHT EVENT(S) OCCUR INSTANTLY, WITH THE ABS LIGHT STAYING ON WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION. I'VE BEEN TOLD 'NOT TO WORRY' BY THE DEALER SINCE I STILL HAVE BRAKES. YES, I HAVE CONVENTIONAL BRAKES REMAINING, BUT I ALSO HAVE A NOTICABLE DECREASE IN BRAKING ABILITY, ESPECIALLY IN 'SHORT STOP' CONDITIONS. THE ISSUE I HAVE WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SEEMS TO GO HAND IN HAND WITH THIS ABS PROBLEM. THE WIPERS JUST 'COME ON' ON BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY DAYS. I HAVE MADE ALL THE TRIPS I INTEND TO MAKE TO A SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHICH TELLS ME THIS ISN'T COVERED BY WARRANTY. EITHER THERE IS A TRUE DEFECT OR SOMEONE DOES NOT HAVE THE COMPETENCE TO FIX THE PROBLEMS.*AK

DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT "D" RING HAS 3 FRACTURES, ALL IN DIFFERENT PLACES. ONE FRACTURE IS VERY LARGE AND THE OTHER TWO ARE OF GOOD SIZE. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND NO ABNORMAL STRESS HAS BEEN PLACED UPON THIS COMPONET TO CAUSE SUCH FRACTURES. IT IS REASONABLY NEW AND WAS NOT THERE AS OF ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. I JUST DISCOVERED IT ON OR ABOUT 09-05-01.

DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM FAILED. WOULD NOT UNLOCK TO RELEASED DOOR FOR OPENING.NOT ABLE TO UNLOCK DOOR WITH REMOTE CONTROL, BUT CAN LOCK IT. CURRENTLY, EXPERIENCING PROBLEM ON PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR.*AK

AFTER MAKING STOPS CONSUMER COULD SMELL A FUEL SMELL. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED, TECHNICIAN COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. CONSUMER NOTICED FUEL POURING OUT OF FUEL TANK WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY DOWN HILL. *AK FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING FROM SEAM NEAR THE TOP OF THE TANK, DEALER REPLACED THE TANK. *SLC

I HAD BEEN SMELLING GAS 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. THEY RECALLED THE O RINGS AND CHANGED THAT I THOUGHT THAT WOULD RELEAVE THE PROBLEM BUT IT DID NOT. THEN IN JULY I WAS PARK ON A HILL AND GAS STARTED POURING OUT THE TANK SO I MOVED THE CAR LEVELED AND IT STOPED FROM THEN ON THE GAS SMELL WAS SO BAD I STARTED HAVING HEADACHES, ON AUGUST 22, 2001 I TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THE SAID IT WAS CLAPSING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED I TOLD THEM IS THAT THE RESPONSIBLITY OF THE DEALER THEY SAID NO THAT IT WAS WARE AND TEAR AND IT WOULD COST 1079.89. THE SMELL OF GAS WAS SO BAD AND I DID NOT THINK GAS TANKS JUST GO OUT FROM DRIVING! I DRIVE A MINI VAN W/CHILDREN IN IT I DO NOT RACE THIS CAR IN ORDER FOR IT TO GO OUT!*AK

IN JAN OF 2000 I HAD TO TAKE MY MINIVAN IN TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION OVERHAULED. I WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALER WOULDNT PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN, THEY SAID THEY COULDNT DO THAT. NOW HERE IT IS AUG 2001 AND 20,000 MILES LATER AND HERE WE GO AGAIN, I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION, UPON CONTACTING THE DEALER AND HAVING THE VEHICLE CHECKED NOW THEY WANT ME TO PAY $2300 TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION WITH A 3 YEAR WARRANTY. THIS IS WHAT I ASKED THEM TO DO AT 47,000 BUT WAS TOLD THEY COULDNT. HAD THE REPLACEMENT BEEN DONE AT 47,000 MILES AS I HAD ASKED I WOULDNT BE PUTTING ANY MONEY OUT OF MY POCKET. YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.*AK

BRAKES HAS A GRINDING WHEN STARTING TO STOP. HAS NOT HAD A PROBLEM STOPPING.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON/ CRUISE CONTROL, AND HORN WOULD NOT WORK. DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATED AND DETERMINED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CLOCK SPRING WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, AND IT COST $538.71 FOR LABOR AND PARTS TO REPLACE FAILED CLOCK SPRING.*AK

OUR CLOCK SPRING FAILURE WAS EVIDENCED BY AIRBAG LIGHT GLOWING CONTINUOUSLY.......WE WERE TOLD THAT THE AIRBAGS MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT WORK IN AN ACCIDENT, SO WE WENT AHEAD WITH THE REPAIR....THE AIRBAGS HAD NEVER BEEN DEPLOYED OR REPLACED DURING THE LIFE OF THE CAR......WE WANTED TO BE ASSURED OF SAFETY IF INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.........A NEWS REPORT ABOUT CLOCKSPRING/AIRBAG POTENTIAL DEFECTS ON PLYMOUTH MINIVANS PROMPTED OUR REPORT TODAY. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER BOLT SHEARED OFF, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING/ ENGINE COOLING/ AND ALTERNATOR FUNCTION. VERY DIFFICULT TO REPAIR AS TO LIMITED ENGINE COMPARTMENT CLEARANCE.*AK

SINCE APPROXIMATELY 10/01/99, WHILE CAR IS OPERATED, AIRBAG, CRUISE CONTROL, AND OTHER ELECTRIC FEATURES CONTROLLED VIA WIRING LOCATED IN THE STEERING COLUMN BECOME INOPERABLE, INDICATED BY THE TROUBLE LIGHTS WHICH COME ON, ON DASHBOARD. FOR ABOUT THE PAST ONE YEAR THE AIRBAGS AND CRUISE CONTROL HAVE CONTINUOUSLY BEEN INACTIVE/INOPERABLE WHENEVER THE CAR IS BEING OPERATED. THERE APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE STEERING COLUMN WIRING SYSTEM, AND RECENTLY HEARD OF MANY OTHER SIMILAR FAILURES, ONES THE NHTSA IS EVEN AWARE OF, ALTHOUGH I CAN FIND NO REPORT OF IT ON THIS WEB SITE IN EITHER RECALLS OR COMPLAINTS. I'M VERY FRUSTRATED AND ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE ALL THIS RE-WIRING WORK DONE, BUT FEEL PLYMOUTH SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A FUNCTIONING AIRBAG SYSTEM AT LEAST. *AK

VEHICLE WAS ON A SLIGHT SLOPE WITH THE FRONT END SLOPPING DOWNWARD. NOTICED FUEL LEAKING ONTO GROUND FROM THE AREA OF FUEL TANK. HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY UNDER A RECALL IN OCT 2001 FOR SAME PROBLEM. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC INDICATED LEAKAGE IS FROM A DIFFERENT LOCATION. IT'S ON THE INTAKE HOSE OF THE FUEL TANK. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

PLEASE RESPOND WITH DETAIL(S) OF PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS. THANK YOU. NO SA

CONSUMER HAD FRONT END PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE, NOISE MOSTLY. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THERE WAS A LOUD BANG, VEHICLE BEGAN STRUT HOUSING BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE STABILISER LINK BROKE OFF, CAUSING IT TO CUT INTO TIRE. NO FLAT. STRUTS HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE PRIOR TO THIS .*AK STUTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED A TOTAL OF SIX TIMES AS WELL AS FRONT COIL SPRING, ALSO WHEN GAS TANK WAS FULL IT LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED, STEERING MAKES A NOISE WHEN TURNING, SUSPENSION MAKES A LOT OF NOISE, WHEEL BEARING MSKING A NOSIE,RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED, VEHICLE PULLS TO RIGHT,SWAYAR LINKS WERE REPLACED,CLOCK SPRING WAS REPLACED,WHEN A/C IS ON THE COMPRESSOR ENGAGES LOUD SOUND,WINDSHIELD FALLING APART,ROTORS WERE REPLACED,INTERMITTENLY WIPERS TURN ON BY THEMSELVES, ENGINE MAKES A SEVER NOISE,STABILIZER BAR BROKE.*JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILS TO RESPOND TO THE CANCEL BUTTON AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS OCCASIONALLY ACTIVATE AUTOMATICALLY.

RIGHT REAR SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS REPLACED SENSORS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

EA 01 007/AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING FAILURE: VEHICLE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT REMAINS ON WHILE TRAVELING, AND HORN IS INOPERATIVE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC

COMPLETE FAILURE OF ALL DASHBOARD GAUGES. CHRYSLER AND DEALER UNWILLING TO ADMIT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH THEIR MINI-VANS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING,TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF PLACE & WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS-HAD TO REBUILD & PROBLEM STILL NOT FIXED, AIR CONDITIONER COMPLETELY WENT OUT HAD TO REPLACE WHOLE SYSTEM. INDEPENDENT FRONT TORSION BAR- FRONT SWAY BARS BROKE AT BOLTS-UPPER STRUT BEARINGS DAMAGED-COMPLETELY REPLACED. VERY DISSAPOINTED IN THIS VEHICLE< NOT SAFE TO TRAVEL WITH CHILDREN IN IT!!

ABLE TO SHIFT VEHICLE INTO GEAR WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND WITHOUT DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL. ALSO OCCASIONS OF ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKING. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT HAD COME ON, ALSO HORN STOPPED WORKING. HAD CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY REPLACED. *AK

SEAT BACK FRAME BROKE NEAR HINGE BRACKET; HINGE BRACKET SPOT WELD BROKEN ALSO; FAILED AS DRIVER WAS ENTERING VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT, WITH VERY LITTLE WEIGHT ON SEAT BACK. EVIDENTLY THE SEAT BACK FRAME WAS PROGRESSIVELY CRACKING FOR AWHILE PRIOR TO INCIDENT. PARTS WERE SAVED AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.*AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF PLACE. IT JUMPED INTO NEUTRAL, THEN INTO SECOND GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THESE TYPES OF VEHICLE. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD STAY ON. ALSO, HORN WOULD NOT WORK. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. TECHNICIAN REPLACED CLOCK SPRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

A/C HAS NEVER WORKED FOR OVER A 1 YEAR PERIOD. *AK

GEAR SHIFT LEVER BROKE OFF. UNABLE TO OBTAIN 'NEW' REPLACEMENT PART DUE TO 'NATIONAL BACK ORDER' DUE TO HIGH DEMAND FOR REPLACEMENT STEERING COLUMNS DUE TO METALLURGY PROBLEMS IN GEARSHIFT COMPOSITION.

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, AND CRUISE CONTROL/ HORN WERE NOT WORKING. CONSUMER REPLACED COIL SPRING. DEALERSHIP WILL BE BE NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATES REPLACEMENT OF COIL SPRING WAS $257.00 *JB

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND THERE IS NO HORN/ CRUISE CONTROL IS ALSO INOPERATIVE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS STARTING VEHICLE AND NOTICED AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON. ALSO, TRIED HORN, AND HORN WOULD NOT OPERATE. CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED THIS AT 40 MPH. DEALERSHIP INFORMED HER THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A BREAKING IN CLOCKSPRING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

SPEED CONTROL AND HORN STOPPED WORKING AT APPRXIMATELY THE SAME TIME. THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME. NO ACCIDENT OR ANYTHING ELSE UNUSUAL OCCURRED THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THESE TO MALFUNCTION.*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT. IT ALL STARTED WITH JUST A SMALL OIL LEAK AND TURNED INTO A MAJOR PROBLEM. THEY TOLD US WE WERE LUCKY WE GOT IT THERE WHEN WE DID, OR WE WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED SOMEWHERE ON THE ROAD.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF POWER ASSIST STEERING SYSTEM AT LOW SPEED. HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT MFG. HAS THIS PROBLEM ON A "STAR LIST" BUT NOT CURRENTLY ON RECALL. COST OF REPAIR/REPLACEMENT SIGNIFICANT. POSSIBILITY OF CATASTROPHIC/FATAL ACCIDENT DUE TO STEERING FAILURE SIGNIFICANT. NOT A HAPPY CUSTOMER. MANUFACTURERS CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER NOT HELPFUL IN RESOLVING PROBLEM OF MAJOR EQUIPMENT FAILURE AT RELATIVELY EARLY POINT IN LIFE OF VEHICLE. I INTEND TO RAISE A FUSS.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN STOPPED WORKING.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON, AND HORN/CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK. DEALER REPLACED CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY. *AK AIR BAG AND HORN, THE TWO SAFETY DEVICES FAILE TO WORK. *YH

THE ORIGINAL SERPENTINE BELT SHREDDED AT 18,000 MILES ON 1/1/1999. THE REPLACEMENT SERPENTINE BELT SHREDDED 6,000 MILES LATER ON 11/23/1999. THE TENSIONER AND BELT WERE REPLACED AND THE BELT SHREDDED AGAIN 12,000 MILES LATER ON 4/14/2001.

FRONT SWAY BAR FOUND BROKEN AT BOLT ON DRIVERS SIDE OF VAN. ALSO, UPPER STRUT BEARINGS MAY BE DAMAGED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. MECHANIC WAS SUPRISED THAT THE LOCAL DEALER HAD SWAY BAR IN STOCK, AS THEY USUALLY ONLY STOCK PARTS THAT ARE ROUTINELY REPLACED OR THAT ARE KNOW TO FAIL. MECHANIC STATED THAT IF SWAY BAR HAD BROKEN FREE AT BOLT, IT COULD HAVE PUNCTURED THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE, OR CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

VEHICLE HAD BEEN INCLUDED ON FUEL LEAKAGE NHTSA RECALL 00 V 268 000/ AND MANUFACTURER'S RECALL # 895 THAT STATED FUEL COULD LEAK FROM UNDERHOOD FUEL INJECTION FUEL RAIL, COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE FIRE.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HORN STOPPED WORKING. DEALER REPLACED CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY. ON APRIL 5 2001 DASH WENT BLACK, SPEEDOMETER WENT TO 0, AT DEALER AT THIS TIME. *AK

TRANSMISSION STAYED IN SECOND GEAR, EVEN WHEN ACCELERATING.*AK CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION ALSO SLIPPED, TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT DUE TO INTERNAL CONTAMINATION. *SLC

CONSUMER SMELLED A FUEL ODOR. WENT TO DEALER, WHO STATED THAT HE NOTICED NOTHING WRONG. CONSUMER THEN FOUND OUT ABOUT RECALL ON FUEL RAIL. CALLED CHRYSLER ,WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RECALL NOTICE WOULD BE MAILED IN JULY 2001. ON MAR 30, 2001 CONSUMER FILLED FUEL TANK, AND NOTICED FUEL DRIPPING FROM FUEL RAIL. HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED, CHRYSLER TOLD CONSUMER THEY MAY REIMBURSE HER IN JULY. *AK

SRS LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, AND HORN ASSEMBLY/CRUISE CONTROL WERE INOPERABLE. DEALER HAS REPLACED CLOCK SPRING.*AK *JB

AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. WOULD HAVE ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF HORN, RADIO & WINDSHIELD WIPERS. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT. NLM

SRS LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. ALSO, HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. ALSO, HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE.*AK

I HAVE LEARNED THAT AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY FOR THE PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER DRIVERSIDE AIRBAG PROBLEM. MY AIRBAG HAS DONE EXACTLY WHAT WAS DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT. MY AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND MY HORN NO LONGER WORKS.