1996 Plymouth Voyager complaints

SLIDING DOOR HANDLES DO NOT OPEN PROPERLY FROM OUTSIDE OR THE INSIDE, AND BACK HATCH DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY WHICH INDICATES A MALFUNCTION IN THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. ALSO, WIFE CANNOT SIT 10 INCH BEHIND THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AROUND IN THIS VEHICLE FOR THREE TO ALMOST FOUR YEAR WITH A RECALL ON THE FUEL PUMP PARTS PROBLEM WHICH HAS BEEN STATED IN WRITING BY THE DAMILER CHRYSLER CORPORATION HAS CAUSED A UNDER BODY FIRE IF NOT CORRECTED. MY QUESTION IS AND CONCERN WITH THIS IS HOW LONG HAVE I HAD THIS CAR WITH THIS PROBLEM OF A POSSIBLE UNDER BODY FIRE. MY FOUR GIRLS AND I HAVE SMELL SOME KIND OF BURNING CHEMICAL SMELL WHEN DRIVING THE CAR THA COMES FROM UNDER THE HOOD INTO OUR CAR MAKING US ALL SICK COMMING AND GOING IN THIS CAR AND GIVING US ALL MIGRAINE HEADACHES. FOR THREE YEARS WE HAVE SUFFERED WITH MIGRAINE HEADACHES WHEN DRIVING IN THIS CAR ONLY. MY HUSBAND HAS ANOTHER CAR AND WE DO NOT GET SICK IN HIS CAR, OF COURSE WE DON'T SMELL THE FUMES EITHER. IT SEEMS THAT THE CHRYSLER COORPORATION TOOK CARE TO COVER THEMSELVES WITH A RECALL ON THIS PART BUT TOOK NO PART THE FATAL DRIVING CONDITIONS THAT THEY EXPOSED MY FAMILY TO. I AM DEVASTATED EMOTIONALLY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MYSELF AND MY KIDS AROUND IN A POTENTIAL BOMB. I AM NOW HAVING TO TAKE OUT THE TIME TO GET MY KIDS MEDICALLY CHECKED FOR ANY POISONUS CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AND MYSELF. MY AIRBAG DOES NOT WORK AND HASN'T FOR A WHILE AND IS SUPPOSE TO BE SOME KIND OF SAFETY FEATURE. WILL THAT BE THE NEXT RECALL? I DO NOT EXPECT TO HAVE TO TREAT A CORPORATION THAT I TRUSTED TO SALE ME A SAFE CAR TO DRIVE FOR ME AND FAMILY THAT THEY WOULD SALE ME A LEATHEL WEAPON,AND EXPECT TO TAKE OFF WORK TO GE

FAILURE DISABLED AIRBAG AND HORN. VERY DANGEROUS!! CAN'T BLOW HORN TO AVOID ACCIDENT

INTERMITTENT WIPERS COME ON AT ANYTIME WHILE DRIVING, HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE AND FAILED A THIRD TIME, I CALLED CHRYSLER AND ASKED IF THIS WAS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION AND WAS TOLD NO AND THAT ANY REPAIRS THAT I HAVE DONE NOW FALL OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND I AM LIABLE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL REPAIR COSTS. I ASKED IF THERE ARE ANY TSB'S AND WAS GIVEN THE RUNAROUND, WAS TOLD "NOT HANDLED BY MY DEPT"

RECALL 99V216000 WAS PERFORMED IN AUG 31,2000 AT DOUG SMITH CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH IN AMERICA FORK, UTAH. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHEN FILLING FUEL TANK GAS WILL LEAK OUT OF TANK INTO THE EXHAUST AREA. *AK

APPEARS TO BE HEAT SENSETIVE PROBLEM WITH AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING. HIGH TEMPERTURE.

FUEL TANK LEAKS WHEN IT IS FILLED CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENTS. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ONTHE VEHICLE MAKE; HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VIN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

LOCKS ON THE SLIDING DOOR WILL LOCK, BUT WILL NOT UNLOCK. DEALER HAS REPLACED LOCKING MECHANISM 4 TIMES OVER 4 YEARS.*AK

THE BOLT HOLDING TENSION PULLEY IN PLACE BROKE OFF, CAUSING SERPENTINE BELT TO BREAK FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF POWER STEERING , ALL ELECTRICAL, AND POWER BRAKES AT SPEED OF 50 MPH. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED; IN ADDITION TO REPLACING DAMAGED PARTS, HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BATTERY AND POSSIBLY STARTER OR ALTERNATOR WITHIN 7 DAYS OF ACCIDENT.

ALL THE DASH PANEL LIGHTS BLINKED OUT, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR CONSUMER TO READ GUAGES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS TURNED ON IT WOULD BLOW WARM AIR & MAKE HISSING NOISES. WOULD ALSO HAVE AN ODOR COMING FROM THE VENT. TOOK TO DEALER TO CHECK AIR CONDITIONER. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT EVAPORATOR CORE WAS THE PROBLEM & NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK

RIGHT SIDE OF SWAY BAR BROKE IN HALF WHERE THE BOLT SECURES SWAY BAR TO THE ARM OFF THE STRUT IT IS DEFINETLY A DEFECT IN THE STEEL OR HARDNESS OR TEMPER OF THE PART NOTE THE BOLT THAT SECURES THE TWO PEICES IS STILL ATTACHED WITH THE TOP BROKEN HALF STILL ON IT I'M GLAD I SAW THIS TODAY WE ARE TO LEAVE ON VACATION ON SATURDAY!

AIR CONDITIONING BLEW OUTSIDE OF PANEL, AND TOOK THE BELT OUT. POWER STEERING WAS GONE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED.

WHILE DRIVING THE VAN IDLING AND THE THERMOSTAT LIGHT AND BELL COME ON, THERE WERE A LOUD POP AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE FRONT OF THE VAN, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE OVERHEATING WAS NOT DUE TO THE RECALL BUT A LEAKY WATER PUMP. *ET

STEEL PIN INSIDE TRANSMISSION LOOSENED AND ROTATED INSIDE TRANS CASE AND BLEW A HOLE 3 X 6 INCHES IN THE TRANS CASE LOSING ALL FLUID AND LOCKING THE TRANS UP. CALL TO CHRYSLER DEALER CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM, TRANS SHOP SAID THEY WERE AVERAGING 1 A MONTH AND THAT OURS WAS THE WORST THEY HAD SEEN TO DATE AND THAT BODILY INJURY WAS PROBABLE HAD MY WIFE BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CHRYSLER WANTED THE TRANS BACK BUT SAID THAT AGE AND MILEAGE PREVENTED ANY REINBURSEMENT WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID WHEN THE WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED , THEY WERE MAN MADE PARTS AND MAN MADE PARTS WEAR OUT. EVERY DEALER /TRANS SHOP I HAVE TALKED TOSAYS THAT THE TRANS ARE GOOD FOR 80000 MILES INTHE NORTHEAST AND ARE PRONE TO FAILURE THEY AREN'T IN THE SOUTH BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. I WASN'T AWARE THAT A 25000 DOLLAR VEHICLE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DISPOSABLE AFTER 80000 MILES UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY 1500 DOLLARS FOR A TRANS AND 510 FOR WHEEL BEARINGS ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MOST POPULAR VEHICLE IN ITS CLASS

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED FOUR YEAR CHILD WAS ABLE TO OPEN DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR WITH THE LATCH IN THE LOCK POSITION. *AK

EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS; CONSUMER NOTICED THAT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED EVERY 15 THOUSAND MILES . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN CHANGING GEARS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED TRANSMISSION AROUND JANUANRY OF 2000, NOW, CONSUMER IS HEARING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. CONSUMER FEELS ITS TO SOON TO BE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE FRONT SEAL IS DEFECTIVE. *AK

OIL IS LEAKING DUE TO ENGINE SEAL FAILURE. YH

WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON INTERMITTENTLY BY THEMSELVES, DO NOT TURN OFF PROPERLY & OFTEN STOP IN MIDDLE OF WINDSHIELD. ENGINE STALLS REPEATEDLY, ESPECIALLY DURING HOT WEATHER OR AFTER HIGHWAY DRIVING. TENSION PULLEY HAS FAILED/IS FAILING RESULTING IN BELT SQUALING AND PREMATURE FAILURE, BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AT OWNERS EXPENSE.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLEY AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THEM IS BY PULLING THE FUSE.*AK *SLC

MY PLMOUTH VOYAGER CUTS OFF WHILE MOVING. IT HAS DONE THIS SINCE WE PURCHASED IT. CARMAX WOULD NOT REFUND OUR MONEY OR ALLOW US TO TRADE FAIRLY. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. I CONTACTED PLYOMOUTH, THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO HELP ME IN ANY WAY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CRUISE CONTROL KICKED IN, AND THE BRAKES HAD TO HAVE EXTREME PRESSURE APPLIED IN ORDER TO SLOWDOWN. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TURNED OFF, AND THEN BACK ON IN ORDER FOR CRUISE CONTROL TO DISENGAGE. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE SERVO CRUISE CONTROL CABLE. VEHICLE WAS FIXED.*AK REAR BRAKE DRUMS HAD TO BE TURNED BECAUSE IT WAS AFFECTED BY THE HEAT WHILE TRYING TO STOP. *YH

INTEGRETED CHILD SEAT RESTRAINTS RETRACTED WHILE THE CHILD WAS IN THE SEAT. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED TWO RECALL COMPONENT FAILURES PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION (99V-216) AND THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE POPPED OUT. THIS HAPPENED 5 TIMES IN THREE WEEKS. VAN WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK *ML

AIR CONDITIONER FLASHED HOT AND THEN COLD WHEN TRYING TO OPERATE. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE SUFFERED FROM INTERMITTENT OPERATION SINCE THE CAR WAS NEW. RECENTLY, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE IN THE RAIN. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS (WE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT STATE) FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR VISITS. PROBLEM HASN'T BEEN RECTIFIED.. *AK

TRANSMISSION GEAR WORE OUT. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS. DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON OTHER VEHICLES WITH SAME MAKE/MODEL AND YEAR. *AK *ML

WINDSHIELD WIPERS: INJURY WAS TO MY INFANT SON. I HAD PLACED HIM IN HIS CARRIER, NEXT TO THE VAN, SO I COULD UNLOCK THE DOOR....THERE WAS ICE ON THE WINDSHIELD BECUASE WE DID NOT HAVE A GARAGE IN NC. AS I OPENED THE SLIDING DOOR, THE WIPERS WENT INTO OPERATION, SLINGING ICE ONTO MY BABY WHO WAS IN HIS SEAT ON THE DRIVEWAY. THE KEYS WERE NOT EVEN IN THE IGNITION. I HAVE HAD AND CONTINUE TO STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE WIPERS, AND I ADDRESSED THE DEALER AND CHYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND NEITHER ONE OF THEM ARE WILLING TO REMEDY THE WIPER PROBLEM UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. IT HAS BEEN IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES ( AT LEAST 4) AND IT IS STILL NOT RESOLVED. AS FOR THE ENGINE, IT IS A FIRE HAZARD IN ITSELF....I CONTINUE TO HAVE "CHECK ENGINE" PROBLEMS AT WHICH POINT I HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED FOR FEAR OF DRIVING IT. ITS BEEN HESITATING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON (A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM), THEN A FEWW WEEKS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN (THEY SAID IT WAS HESITATING BECAUSE IT NEEDS A TUNE-UP.). I HAD ALL THAT DONE, TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 1500.00 AND NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN, IT IS HESITATING, SPUTTERING, AND RUNNING TERRIBLE AGAIN. WONDER WHAT THEY WILL SAY IS GOING TO "FIX" IT THIS TIME? IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IT CANNOT BE FIXED....THEY NEED A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM.....THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SERVICE BULLETINS ON IT. PLEASE DO A RECALL ON THE ENGINE. *AK

RECALL # 99V216000 DAIMLERCHRYSLER /FUEL PUMP; VAN HAS BEEN SERVICED UNDER RECALL CAMPAIGN TWICE. THE VAN WAS SERVICED FIRST RIGHT AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, AND SERVICED AGAIN ABOUT 4 OR 5 DAYS LATER. FUEL CONTINUES TO LEAK FROM THE VAN. ALSO HAS PROBLEMS WITH ABS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, A FIRE BEGAN IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 46-0310-461. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION CAUSING OVERHEATING AND ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATION. *MJS (96V-006)

VEHICLE NEEDED FUEL TANK STRAPS. UNABLE TO REPAIR VEHICLE PROPERLY BECAUSE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PARTS WERE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

BRACKET BOLT CAME OFF GAS TANK, DROPPING THE GAS TANK AND BRACKET TO THE GROUND. *AK

HORN WOULD STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. FINALLY, IT STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY WITHOUT A WARNING. *AK

I HAD CONTACTED DEALER ABOUT PROBLEM WHILE VEHICLE WAS ON EXTENDED WARRANTY, I WAS TOLD THAT AIR BAG FAILURES WERE NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED COVERAGE NOR COVERED BY MANUFACTURER BECAUSE OF NTSA ISSUES. I NOW DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT I CONSIDER UNSAFE TO BE IN BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPAIRS. ISN'T THIS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT THE NTSA SHOULD FORCE THE MANUFACTURE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR??? *AK

COMPLAINED ABOUT NOISE AND EXCESSIVE BELT LOAD FROM FIRST YEAR ONWARD.*AK

TRANSMISSION BROKE DOWN COMPLETELY AFTER A SUDDEN BIG NOISE CAUSED BY THE EXPLOSION FROM INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THERE IS A BIG HOLE FROM UNDERNEATH. TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK AND VEHICLE IS NOW NON-DRIVEABLE.*AK

RECALL COMPONENT FUEL PUMP MODULE(99V-216) REPAIR COMPLETED AND FAILED AGAIN. YH

WHEN TURNING ON LEFT SIGNAL FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON. SOMETIMES REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL ALSO COME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ABOUT 5 TIMES. EACH TIME THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD FIXED IT, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMING ON, IT WILL DISTRACT THE DRIVER. *AK *ML

GAS TANK SEAL FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-216 CAUSING LEAKAGE. NLM

CONSUMER WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR RECALL REPAIRS 99V-216 OF THE FUEL PUMP MODULE SEAL AND NUT THAT FAILED PRIOR TO NOTICE, MANUFACTURER IS DECLINING REQUEST BECAUSE THEY FEEL THE VEHICLE HAS NOT MET THE REQUIRED CONDITIONS OF THE RECALL. NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES, (THEY HAVE SINCE I BOUGHT THE VAN) AND FRONT INTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKER. TODAY THE SWITCHES BEGAN TO SMOKE. *AK

PRIOR TO A RECALL NOTICE, THE RADIATOR FAN RELAY FAILED.*ET

MY ENGINE HAS HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS, AND EVERY TIME THEY "FIX" IT, SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS. IT IS STILL SPUTTERING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN EVEN AFTER I SPENT 650.00 TO HAVE IT FIXED A FEW WEEKS AGO. NOW, YESTERDAY THEY DID YET ANOTHER FUEL SYSTEM RECALL, AND TODAY (4/15/00) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT IS SPUTTERING AGAIN. I AM SICK OF SINKING MONEY INTO THIS VAN AND IT IS NOT EVEN PAID FOR. ALSO, THE NUMBER OF FUEL SYSTEM AND ENGINE RECALLS THEY HAVE HAD IS DANGEROUS. MOST OF THEIR RECALLS HAVE HAD TO DO WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THE VAN CATCHING FIRE. I HATE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO MY CHILDREN WHILE RIDING IN THIS VEHICLE. THEY NEED DESPERATELY TO PUT OUT A RECALL ON THE HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL. I HAD TO HAVE A $1,000.00 HEAD GASKET JOB AT 60,000. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. I THINK IT WAS DUE TO IMPROPER REPAIR OF THE OIL GALLEY PLUG RECALL, BUT THEY SAY THAT IS NOT RELATED, EVEN THOUGH IN THE RECALL NOTICE IT STATES THAT "ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD OIL GALLEY PLUG DOES NOT SEAL PROPERLY AND ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD OIL IS NOT ADEQUATELY RETAINED. INADEQUATE SEALING AND RETENTION OF THE PLUG CAN RESULT IN OIL LEAKAGE..." HOW CAN THEY SAY MY VAN LEAKING OIL FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD WAS NOT RELATED? PLEASE RESPOND. I NEED SOME HELP ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHEN THE LEFT SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON, AND DO NOT STOP UNTIL THE SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED AND TURNED BACK OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL 9V216000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 845/ FUEL PUMP FAILURE. DEALER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. AFTER FILLING VEHICLE WITH FUEL CONSUMER NOTICED A FUEL LEAKAGE. ALSO VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR 25 DAYS, SO FAR PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCURRED. *AK.ET.