NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
1992 Plymouth 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 1992 record →
BENCH REAR RESTRAINTS ON PASSENGER SIDE WILL NOT ENGAGE OR WILL NOT UNBUCKLE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE; HOWEVER DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE OF BUCKET SEATS. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RELEASE BUTTON REMAINS STUCK AFTER PUSHING TO RELEASE SEAT BELT FROM BUCKLE. *AK
AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD CONTINUOUSLY AND STAYED ON, AND RIGHT WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADE CAME OFF IT COMPLETLY, BROKE OFF. *AK
OVER THE YEARS THAT I HAVE OWNED THIS VAN, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HUB CAPS AT LEAST SIX TIMES. IT IS OBVIOUSLY A POORLY DESIGNED WHEEL COVERING AS IN ADDITION TO MY OWN EXPERIENCE, I HAVE NOTICED MANY MANY OTHER PLYMOUTH VANS THAT ARE MISSING THEIR HUBCAPS. I BELIEVE THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE NEW HUBCAPS AND TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THEM STAY ON. I DO NOT DRIVE ON ROUGH ROADS OR ROADS FULL OF POTHOLES.*AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. *AK NUMEROUS PARTS HAD BEEN REPLACED, SUCH AS PLUGS, WIRES, FUEL FILTERS, FUEL INJECTOR CLEANERS, FUEL RELAY, FUEL PUMP AND EVEN THE COMPUTER, BUT THE VEHICLE RUNS FOR A SHORT TIME AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURS. *YH
TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. BACK WIPER WOULD CONSTANTLY RUN MOTOR OUT, FUSE HAD TO BE REMOVED. DRIVER'S SEAT BELT PLASTIC COVER BROKE WHILE TRYING TO USE IT. BRAKES MAKE NOISE WHEN IN USE.*AK
WEIGHT FROM SPARE TIRE IS RUBBING A HOLE IN BRAKE HOSE, AND IT IS MAKING A HOLE IN IT.*AK
SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF THE ABS FAILED, INCLUDING "TONE RINGS" ON FRONT AXLE. *AK
REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED OPERATING. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 15 MPH. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT CLOCK SPRING BROKE AND CAUSED WHEEL TO LOCK UP, AND AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON. *AK *SLC
WAS USING REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER WHEN IT STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. MOTOR WAS CONTINUING TO RUN, BUT NOT THE WIPER. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED THAT WIPER COULD POSSIBLE BE REPLACED DUE TO RECALL ON LEFT PIVOT. *AK
SHIFTER CABLE HAS BROKEN. SHIFTER HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE, AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.*AK
CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS POSSIBLY AFFECTED BY RECALL COMPONENT FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL 92V-147, WHICH CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE BEING DRIVEN, CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF RECALL UNTIL VEHICLE HAD ALREADY CAUGHT FIRE. NLM
UPON RECEIVING RECALL 91V170000 FOR BRAKE PEDAL FAILURE CAR WAS ALREADY IN SHOP FOR ABS PROBLEMS. WHEN TRYING TO PRESS BRAKE PEDAL, IT WOULD NOT MOVE, IT JUST STUCK. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2000. ON AUGUST 30, 2000 PUT DRUMS AND PADS, STILL DIDN'T FIX PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN, AND ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME, INDICATING NO BRAKES. CONSUMER ALMOST WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT. *AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 97V-148 FOR THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES BUT IS STILL WAITING FOR PARTS, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE RECALL WOULD COST $190.00 AND THAT HE'D CALL WHEN THE PARTS CAME IN, THE CUSTOMER HAS NOT HEARD FROM THE DEALER. *SLC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
CONSUMER HAS HAD RECALL 96V099 REPAIR COMPLETE ON VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE ABS SYSTEM HAS FAILED AGAIN AND THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR THE REPAIRS. *SLC
PURCHASED VEHICLE JULY, 1996. 1ST (ORIGINAL) TRANSMISSION WENT BAD LESS THAN A YEAR LATER AT APPROX. 70,000 MILES. 3 YEARS AND APPROX. 35,000 MILES LATER, THE TRANSMISSION THAT THE DEALER REPACED THE FIRST WITH WENT BAD. PAID 1400.00 THE FIRST TIME. THEY WANTED 1800.00 THE SECOND TIME AS THE WARRANTY WAS ONLY FOR 1 YEAR OR 12,000 MILES ON THE REPLACE TRANNY.
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN UNDER HOOD FIRE. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED FIRE. INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE CAUSES WERE DUE TO BATTERY ACID LEAKAGES OVER AN ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS. FIRE CAUSEED DAMAGES TO TWO VEHICLES. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFED AT THIS TIME. *AK
FRONT TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER BROKE CAUSING A CRACKING SOUND AS THE VEHICLE MOVED AND A SLOW SPEED OSCILLATION IN THE STEERING. REPAIR WAS MADE AT A FRAME SHOP. IT APPEARS THAT MY CASE WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.
PRIOR TO RECALL 96V099 VEHICLE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY ABS PROBLEMS, AFTER TAKING VEHICLE INTO DEALER FOR THE RECALL THE VEHICLE BEGAN EXPERIENCING NUMEROUS ABS ALERTS AND LOSS OF BRAKING. NLM
LIFTGATE BOLTS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE WHICH CAUSED THE LIFTGATE HINGES TO SNAP ALSO, THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME IT FAILED, DEALER REFUSED REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE.
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65/70 MPH TREAD ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE PEELED OFF. DRIVER DID MANAGE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. 4 OTHER PASSENGER'S WERE IN THE VEHICLE. NO ONE WAS INJURED. TWO WEEKS BEFORE THIS , TIRE ON THE PASSENGER'S FRONT SIDE WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT WARPED IN HIGH HEAT. DOT # HYMOA9AO56. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT TIRE. ATLAS TOOK CARE OF HALF OF THE REPLACEMENT COST ON NEW TIRES. *AK THE PEELED OFF TIRE CAUSED DAMAGES TO THE CUSTOMER'S VEHICLE. TIRE SIZE P205/70R15. *YH
THE SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF BECAUSE THE BELT AND TENSIONER FAILED. NLM
FAULTY OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED. *MJS
VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING UNWANTED ACCLERATION DUE TO THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED REPLACING. ALSO, CHRYSLER NO LONGER MAKES THROTTLE BODY PART. *AK FREQUENT STOPPING CAUSED THE FRONT BRAKES TO OVER HEAT AND GO OUT COMPLETELY. YH
WHEN FRONT PASSENGER'S DOOR WAS OPENED, HATCH WINDOW BLEW OUT. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
SPEEDOMETER PERIODICALLY DOES NOT WORK. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY SPEEDOMETER WILL GO OUT FOR ABOUT 5 TO 20 MINUTES, AND THEN START TO WORK AGAIN. DEALER HAS NO REMEDY FOR PROBLEM. THIS COULD CAUSE AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. *AK
LOOKING FOR CHRYSLER TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT OF DOOR HINGE. *AK
TRANSMISSION PREMATURELY MALFUNCTIONED. TRANSMISSION NO LONGER SHIFTS INTO DIFFERENT GEAR POSITIONS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
AFTER REAR WIPER FAILED, I PULLED THE FUSE BECAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE THE MOTOR WANTED TO KEEP RUNNING IN REAR AND WAS AFRAID IT COULD CAUSE MOTOR TO BURN OUT AND POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. I LEARNED, HOWEVER, FUSE ALSO CONNECTED TO AIRBAG.
THE VAN WILL BE RUNNING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDENT THE ENGINE WILL DIE.. AT A STOP LIGHT OR STARTING THE ENGINE.. IN A PARKING LOT.. PULLING AWAY FROM STARTING. *AK
WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, DEALER REPLACED BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. DEALER WILL REINSPECT THE VEHICLE. *AK
IWAS IN A LOW SPEED CAR WRECK HITTING A STOPPED VEHICLE APPROX, SPEED WAS 35 M.P.H., THE DRIVERS AIRBAG DEPLOYED ON IMPACT KNOCKING ME UNCONSCIOUS. I SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES TO MY BACK AND NECK FROM THIS NOW OUTDATED AIRBAG. WHY HAS THIS PRODUCT NOT BEEN RECALLLED AND REPLACED WITH THE NEXT GENERATION AIRBAGS. I KNOW THE FORCE OF THESE OUTDATED AIRBAGS ARE OVERKILL ON PROTECTION AND CAUSE MORE INJURIES AND DEATH THEN NEEDED. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, ESPECIALLY WITH SO MANY OLDER MINIVANS ON THE ROAD WITH THESE OLDER SYSTEMS OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. ITS BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE MY ACCIDENT AND I SUFFER NOT ONLY PAIN FROM MY INJURIES CAUSED BY THAT AIRBAG, BUT ANXIETY AND DISTRESS EVERY TIME I SIT IN A CAR WITH AN AIRBAG. I KNOW OWN A VEHICLE IN WHICH I KNOW THAT I WILL NOT BE KNOCKED OUT AND INJURED BY AN AIRBAG. *AK
PRIOR TO TRANSMISSION FAILING, THE VEHICLE OFTEN LUNGES FORWARD AFTER STOPPING AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. WHILE THE DRIVER WOULD BE STEPPING ON THE GAS TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT INITIALLY MOVE AS IT SHOULD. IT HESITATES AN THEN LUNGES FORWARD.N *AK
HYDRAULIC DOOR SHOCK DURING COLD WEATHER TO WEAK TO SUPPORT DOOR, DOOR FALLS ON HEADS OR CRUSH DOWN SHATTERED BACK WINSHIELDS. STILL NOT FIT YET AND STILL HAPPENING. IT IS VERY UNSAFE TO USE BACK TRUCK DOOR. *AK
THE STARTER FAILED. NLM
BOLT THAT HOLDS THE BACK REST OF DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE BACKWARD WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER IS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDOW. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
THE TRANSMISSION ON THE CHRYSLER HAS FAILED THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME WAS WITH 22K , CHRYSLER REPLACED IT UNDER WARRANTY. THE SECOND TIME WAS WITH APPROXIMATELY 78,000 MILES, CHRYSLER PAID FOR THE PARTS, I PAID FOR THE LABOR. THE MOST RECENT TIME WAS 5/11/00 WITH 119,000 MILES. MY PROBLEM IS THAT IT SEEMS EVERY ONE THAT I SPEAK TO WITH A CHRYSLER MINI- VAN APPEARS TO HAVE TRANSMISSION FAILURES. THIS WILL BE MY FOURTH TRANSMISSION IN EIHGT YEARS. THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH ALL OF CHRYSLER'S MINI VANS AND THE NHTSA SHOULD ADDRESS IT. THANK YOU. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL, CAUSING DRIVER TO DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD TO STOP VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM SEAL ONTO HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT ON A SIDE STREET. TWO MINUTES LATER, A NEIGHBOR KNOCKED ON THE DOOR TO TELL CONSUMER THAT THE HIS VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. FRONT OF THE VEHICLE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS BURNED OUT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH BACK OF WINDSHIELD FELL OFF VEHICLE WITH THE FRAME AND RUBBER. *AK
GAS LINE CONNECTER CORRODED THEN LEAKED. IT' S CLOSE TO EXHAUST TAIL PIPE, AND IF SYSTEM WAS UNDER PRESSURE, IT COULD LEAK TOWARDS EXAUST PIPE AND CAUSE A FIRE. *AK *ML
WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NOT OPERABLE. THEY WORK INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
TRANSMISSION HAS COMPLETELY MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
TRANSMISSION HAS COMPLETELY MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE IN TRAFFIC. NLM
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