CHILD WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BRAKES. *AK
1999 Plymouth Grand Voyager complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1999 record →
HAVE SPENT FOUR MONTHS GOING THROUGH REPAIRS ETC FOR PROBLEM THEY ADMIT EXISTS, AND THEY CAN'T FIX. WE WERE OFFERED A NEW VAN 8/12/99, CORPORATE TOLD THEM TO REPLACE VAN SAME DAY, AND THEY WON'T! WE WENT TTHROUGH CO'S A G AND THE MTR VEHLCE LIC BOARD, WHO TOLD US TO START CIVIL ACTION, AS DID THEIR OWN ARBITRATION CASE ADMINSTR. SINCE IT A NONREPAIRABLE ISSUE WHY CAN'T THEY BE FORCED TO TELL CONSUMERS? *AK
THE HEAD LIGHT SYSTEM IS VERY WEAK TO BE USED AT NIGHT ON THE ROAD. YH
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK POSITION A CHILD WAS ABLE TO PUT VAN INTO DRIVE AND IT TOOK OFF. CHILD WAS WAS NOT TOUCHING THE BRAKES. *AK
BRAKES DO NOT HAVE TO BE APPLIED IN ORDER TO SHIFT GEARS. A CHILD EASILY SHIFTED GEARS WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE LOSING CONTROL AND HITTING A MAILBOX. *AK.ET.
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK WITH MOTOR RUNNING, CONSUMER CAN PUT VEHICLE INTO DIFFERENT GEARS AND THE VEHICLE WILL START TO MOVE. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HIT A BUMP AND THE GEARS JUMPED FROM DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE PUT BACK INTO DRIVE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK
THE HEADLIGHTS ARE DIMMER THAN USUAL AND PRODUCE "SHADOWS" WHICH CAUSE VISUAL DIFFICULTIES. DEALER SAID THEY ARE NEWLY DESIGNED HEADLIGHTS. *AK *YH
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