1995 Plymouth Voyager complaints

SLIDING SIDE DOOR FALLS OFF OF 1995 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER MINI VAN AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MASS. WHILE STUDENTS ARE GETTING ON BOARD, FORTUNATLY NO ONE IS HURT THANKS TO THE QUICK REFLEXES OF DRIVER WHO CATCHES DOOR BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND!THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME ON 11-28-01 WHILE I WAS PICKING UP MY SON AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE DEFECTIVE PART IS PART#04673202.(ONE OF THE OUTER RACES ON THE ROLLER BEARING WAS DEFECTIVE CAUSING THE HINGE OF THE DOOR TO FLY OFF THE ROLLER BEARING TRACK). COST OF PART IS $72.00. LABOR TO INSTALL PART IS 1-1/2 HOURS @$65/HOUR. I AM ASKING CHRYSLER TO HELP ME WITH THE REPAIR OF THIS SAFETY DEFECT. I AM RECENTLY UNEMPLOYED DUE TO THE AFTER EFFECTS OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AT THIS TIME. CAN YOU HELP? I KNOW THAT THE LAST THING DAEMLER CHRYSLER WANTS IS MORE NEGATIVE PUBLICITY DUE TO DEFECTIVE DOORS ON THEIR MINI VANS. I WILL PROBABLY BUY THE PART MYSELF AND ATTEMPT TO INSTALL IT. DOES ANY ON KNOW HOW?*AK

VEHICLE WAS LOSING FREON, CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND REPLACED IT. PROBLEM HAPPENED 4 MONTHS LATER. FREON WAS CURRERNTLY LEAKING INSIDE OF VEHICLE. *AK *JB

I HAVE AN EIGHT PAGE HISTORY OF THE PROBLEMS I'VE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE.I SENT A COPY OF IT TO DRIVING SPECIALTIES.THEY SUGGEST I SELL THE VEHICLE OR TAKE OFF ALL THE FEATURES THAT WE PAID $16,000.00, FOR THEM TO INSTALL! I WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU A COPY.IT HAS ALL THE DETAILS AND SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. NO SAFETY DEFEC T STATED. *AK

ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON FREEWAY IN SPOKANE,WA. TRAFFIC WAS STOPPED IN MY LANE. I WAS HIT IN RIGHT REAR CORNER AFTER I HAD COME TO COMPLETE STOP. THIS CAUSED US TO BE THROWN COUNTERCLOCKWISE AND FORWARD. MY WIFE'S SEATBACK GAVE WAY, CAUSING HER TO FALL BACKWARDS AND STRIKING HER HEAD ON THE SLIDING DOOR WINDOW. THIS SHATTERED THE WINDOW, FORTUNATELY ONLY CAUSING MY WIFE NECK AND BACK STRAIN, AND NOT CUTTING HER AT ALL. UPON CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER, WE WERE TOLD THE SEAT MECHANISM DID NOT BREAK,BUT BENT WHICH IS WHAT THEY SAID IS AS DESIGNED TO PREVENT NECK AND BACK INJURIES. THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF INJURY MY WIFE SUSTAINED. A COPY OF THE LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER IS AVAILBLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TURNED THE SWITCH TO OPERATE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER. REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED, CAUSING A FAILURE OF REAR WIPERS. ALSO, AIR BAG LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL TO ILLUMINATE. DEALERSHIP CANNOT DETERMINE THE REASON FOR THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS. NOTE: PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION FOR THIS PROBLEM (PE 97 049).*AK

WHEN ENTERING HIGHWAY PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE ON/OFF SWITCH WAS IN OFF POSITION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

LEFT BOLT THAT HOLDS THE LIFTGATE TO BODY OF VEHICLE JUST SHEARED OFF. PART OF BOLT FELL ON GROUND. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING.*AK

DRIVER'S SEAT WAS LEANING MORE THEN NORMAL. TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM MAY BE DUE TO METAL FATIGUE. NOTIFIED DEALER. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT REAR WINDOW GLASS SHATTERED FOR NO REASON. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VERY BAD FUEL LEAK MIDSHIP PASS SIDE. WITH ENIGNE RUNNING FUEL WAS POURING OUT LIKE WATER. SHUT ENGINE OFF, WENT UNDER BODY, FOUND A FUEL LINE FILTER., THE HOSE CLAMPS WERE JUST PLAIN STEEL NOT S.S. CLAMPS, RUSTED OFF. OWNER REPLACED FILTER, HOSES AND CLAMPS WITH S.S. CLAMPS.

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, TURNING STEERING WHEEL AND GOING TO CHANGE GEARS FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, STEERING WHEEL POPPED OFF. VEHICLE SNAPPED AROUND THE BOLTS ON STEERING WHEEL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT GET ANOTHER STEERING WHEEL.*AK

STEERING WHEEL POPPED OFF WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN. VEHICLE SNAPPED AROUND THE BOLTS OF STEERING WHEEL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER AND SHUT DOWN, AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE A LOUD SIREN-LIKE NOISE OCCURRED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PUMP BUSHING WELDED TO THE CONVERTER HUB SPUN IN THE PUMP HOUSING, FILLING THE TRANSMISSION WITH METAL, THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT 90,000 MILES IS TOO SOON TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE FULL COST OF THE REBUIT TRANSMISSION. NLM

WITHOUT WARNING, PUMP BUSHING WELDED TO CONVERTER HUB, SPUN IN PUMP HOUSING, FILLING THE TRANSMSSION WITH METAL AND SHUT DOWN THE VEHICLE. UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD SIREN-LIKE NOISE. TRANSMISSION REQUIRED REBUILDING COSTING $1400.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. (CLAIM #13-7125-571) *YD

THE VEHICLE'S HEATER HAD NEVER PRODUCED SUFFICENT HEAT AND WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT AN INTERMITTENT COOLANT LEAK WAS THE CAUSE FOR INSUFFICENT HEAT, WHICH ITSELF COULD POSSIBLY HAD RESULTED FROM HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. *YH

FRAME HAS SPLIT, CAUSING DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE NOT TO CLOSE .*AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY.*JB

HEAD GASKETS AND CAM SEALS AT 120-123000 / TRANSMISSION AT 73000 / AIR CONDITIONING AT 80000 DESPITE REGULAR MAINTAINENCE AND OIL CHANGES EVERY 3-4000 MILES. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER GOT INSIDE OF VEHICLE AND SAT DOWN SEATBACK COLLAPSED WITHOUT ANY SIGN OF BREAKAGE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MPH VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS ANYMORE. A PRIVATE MECHANIC EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT PIN WHICH HOLDS GEAR INTO POSITION FELL OUT AND PUNCHED A HOLE IN CASING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

I WANT TO CORRECT WHAT I HAD SENT IN ON 05/09/2001. I HAD AN INCOMPLETE MODEL DESCRIPTION. IT SHOULD HAVE READ PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE CORRECT SEARCH ON THE WEB BROWSER OF WWW.GOOGLE.COM AND WWW.ALLTHEWEB.COM IS PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I'M AGAIN DESCRIBING MY PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF OTHERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES AS SHOWN BY THE WEB SITE COMPLAINTS AND BY MY NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCES. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR ROADWAY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION GEARS DISENTIGRATED AAAND PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE CASING. THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND THE FLUID SPLATTERED OVER THE ROADWAY SURFACE. SHE WAS VERY LUCKY NO ONE COLLIDED WITH HER. CHRYSLER HEADQUARTERS AND THE CAR DEALER TOLD ME SINCE THE CAR WS PAST THE 75000 MILE WARRANTY THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME. THEY WANTED 2100 DOLLARS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER AND THE SERICE STATIION THE CAR WAS TOWED TO TOLD ME THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER TRANSMISSIONS. THE WEB SITES M. *AK

WITHOUT WARNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEARS SHATTERED AND POKED A HOLE IN THE CASING CAUSING A FULL LOSS OF POWER. LUCKILY MY WIFE WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT. CHRYSLER AND THE DEALER SAY SINCE I AM PAST THE 75000 MILE LIMIT, THEY WILL NOT HELP. IT COST OVER $2100 TO REPAIR. INTERENT SEARCHES USING WWW.GOOGLE. COM AND WWW.ALLTHEWEB.COM WITH THE WORDS PLYMOUTH VAN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS OR CHRYSLER VAN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SHOWED MANY SITES WITH PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH MORE OR LESS MILAGE. IF YOU ARE NOT UNDER WARRANTY YOU ARE OUT OF LUCK. THREE OF MY ACQUAINTANCES HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NEWER CHRYSLER VANS. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED SINCE 1994 TO PRESENT.*AK

VEHICLE WILL SHAKE WHEN CONSUMER TAKES FOOT OFF GAS PEDAL, AND VEHICLE BEGINS TO DOWNSHIFT SUDDENLY, AND WILL CAUSE THIS VIBRATION. DEALERSHIP INFORMED HER THAT THIS WAS NORMAL, AND NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE BEING STOCK IN TRAFFIC REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED AND FELL APART INSIDE OF VEHICLE WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. *AK

WHEN TURNING ON REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER IT BLOWS FUSE, AIRBAG IS ON SAME FUSE. DEALER CANNOT REPLICATE PROBLEM. NOT REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. *AK

BEHIND CATALYTIC CONVERTER THERES A GASKET KIT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO FLEX WHEN DRIVING.THERE'S A DESIGN DEFECT, AND IT CAUSES VEHICLE TO MAKE A RESINATING NOISE. ALSO CAN SMELL FUMES. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIND CAUSE. *AK *SLC

ENGINE IS STALLING, CONSUMER STATES IT HAPPENS ALMOST ALWAYS WHILE THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON AND WHEN VEHICLE SPEED IS REDUCED. *SLC

TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETLY, NO WARNING, I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET IN THE BREAK DOWN LANE. *AK

WINDOW SEALS APPEAR TO BE MELTING. HAVE CONCERN THEY WILL FAIL AND WINDOWS WILL COME LOOSE AND POP OUT.

EXHAUST SYSTEM CRACKS AND GROANS WHEN STOPPING OR ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. *SLC

AFETDRIFTWOOD PAINT IS PEELING IN CERTAIN AREAS (NEED NEW PAINT). NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR FRAME WHERE THE DOOR ATTACHES TO THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE, IS CRACKING AROUND THE HINGES AT THE BODY FRAME. *AK

TRAVELING 40MPH APPLIED GAS PEDAL, BUT VEHICLE HAD NO POWER. WOULD START TO SHAKE. TRANSMISSION GEARS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY. HAD IT REPLACED. THE 2ND TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT NEEDED A TUNE UP. AFTER TUNE UP, VEHICLE STILL NOT PICKING UP POWER. VEHICLE WAS SHAKING & RATTLING. ALSO HAD THE MOUNTS REPLACED & CHECKED THE AXLE. NOTHING WAS WRONG.*AAK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE HER AIR BAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE MODULAR CONTROL BEING STUCK. *SLC

FIRESTONE AFFINITY TIRE(P195 70 R15)EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

DRIVER'S DOOR IS FALLING AWAY FROM BODY OF VEHICLE. FRAME WAS CRACKING. HINGES & ATTACHMENTS WERE OKAY. DEALERSHIP INDICATED WIND CAUSED THE PROBLEM. WHEN CLOSING DOOR, IT WOULD DROP DOWNWARD. THE DOOR FAILED TO CLOSE PROPERLY. WILL BE TAKING TO DEALER. *AK

CAR WAS WOBBLING AND PULLING TO THE RIGHT. I TOOK IT TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME ALL FOUR TIRES WERE SEPARATING. THE TIRES WERE ONE YEAR OLD AND PURCHASED AT SEARS ROEBUCK IN CITRUS HEIGHTS,CA. I TOOK THE CAR BACK AND SEARS REPLACED THE TIRES. I PAID $134. MORE FOR AN UPGRADE AND GOT MICHELIN WEATHERWISE STEEL BELTED RADIALS. I THOUGHT THIS SHOULD BE REPORTED INCASE THERE WERE OTHER YOKOHAMA TIRES HAVING TROUBLE. THANK YOU, LILLIAN ONEAL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P20570T15Y )

PLEASE REPLY TO NEW EMAIL ADDRESS:[email protected]. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONE DIN SUMMARY. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CHRYSLER IS MANUFACTURING DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS. THEY MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL REPAIRS ON THEIR DEFECTIVE PARTS. THE TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 50,000+ MILES. MANY MINIVAN OWNERS HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. I PERSONALLY KNOW OF TWO FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS WITH MINIVANS WITH LESS THAN 55,000 MILES. *AK

TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT, VEHICLE DOES MOVE, BUT VERY SLOW. VEHICLE MAKES NOISE WHEN SHIFTING. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 44000 MILES BY THE DEALERSHIP. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE. HE HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT HE HAS TO PAY FOR THE TRANSMISSION.*AK

THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN AND AUTO WOULD NOT STOP EVEN WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND COULD ONLY STOP VEHIVLE BY TURNING OFF ENGINE. IT EXCELLERATED SPEED VERY SEVERLY.. I HOPE IT IS FIXED BUT STILL WORRY. IT RIVVED ENGINE UNTIL IT WAS ROARING.

NUT FELL OFF THE FAN BLADE MOTOR, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER; WHO REFUSED TO REPLACE NUT UNLESS THE WHOLE FAN COMPONENT BE REPLACE. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.

THE FAILURE OF THE DOOR MECHANISM JUST HAPPENED TO OCCUR WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR BUT COULD HAVE BEEN POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IF IT HAD OCCURED WHEN DRIVING. THE BODY SHOP THAT FIXED THIS PROBLEM HAS SEEN AT LEAST 10 OF THESE VANS WITH THIS PROBLEM IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS WHICH IN TURN TELLS ME THERE IS A FAILURE OR DESIGN DEFECT

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, TREAD ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE CAME OFF. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. THREE OTHER PASSEGNER'S WERE IN THE VEHICLE. NO ONE WAS INJURED. TIRE SIZE P195/75R14. TIRES WERE ON A 95, PLYMOUTH, VOYAGER. NOT ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT. FIRESTONE WAS SENT AN E-MAIL ABOUT THE TIRE. *AK THE VEHICLE SPINNED CLOCK WISE AND COUNTER CLOCK WISE AND SWERVED FROM ONE LANE TO ANOTHER UNTIL IT STOPPED IN A DITCH, CAUSING DAMAGE TO BUMPER AND MUFFLER. *YH

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED PREMATURELY AND THE MANUFACTURER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE REPAIR COST COULD NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT DEALER. NLM

I'VE HAD TWO OF THESE TIRES FAIL DUE TO SEPARATION. (IN BOTH CASES, I PURCHASED THE SAME TIRE AS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE FAILED TIRE.) IS THERE A HISTORY OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS TIRE? HAS THERE BEEN A RECALL? SHOULD I EXPECT THE MANUFACTURER OR THE DEALER TO REPLACE ALL FOUR OF THESE TIRES WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND OR MODEL?*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P206/70R14 )

WHILE DRIVING RADIATOR FAN BROKE WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT, AND THEN VEHICLE STALL. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. DEALER SAID THAT CONSUMER NEEDS TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR FAN ASSEMBLY. *AK

WHEN THE DOOR MECHANISM FAILED I TOOK IT TO TIMBERLINE AND THEY COULD NOT FIX IT AND SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT FIXED AT A BODY SHOP. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE BODY SHOP THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE APPROX. 6 OF THESE MECHANISM ON THE SAME MODEL OF VAN AS MINE IN THE PAST YEAR. THEY SAID THAT WHEN IT WAS BUILT THE MECHANISM SHOULD HAVE HAD STEEL FRAMEWORK TO ADHERE TO AND THERE WAS ONLY A VERY LIGHT METAL USED TO BUILD IT WITH. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IT ONE OF MY CHILDREN WOULD HAVE HAD THE DOOR COME OPEN OR MYSELF BECAUSE THE LATCH AND LOCK FAILED. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS 3 SPEED AUTOMATIC DEALER SAID MOST FAILURES WERE 4 SPEED TRANSMISSIONS