VEHICLE HIT A DEER AT 30 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. AIR BAG LIGHT TURNED ON, AND RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED ON THIS VEHICLE.*AK
2000 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 2000 record →
THE IGNITION LOCKED ONCE CONSUMER MOVED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT. VEHICLEWAS SERVICED FOR THE PROBLEM, AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. HOWEVER, A RECALL FOR CLOCK SPRING WAS RECEIVED. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILURE, 2000 VOYAGER TRANSMISSION SEIZED WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON MAIN ST., AT 40,000 MILES. REPLACED AT COST OVER $3000. *BF THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING RESTITUTION FOR THESE REPAIR COSTS. *SC
THE TRANSMISSION HAS A FILTER THAT IS HOUSED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE PLASTIC DEVICE THAT HOLDS THE FILTER BREAKS, AND WHILE DRIVING IT FALLS OFF, MAKING THE TRANSMISSION DEFECTIVE. THE O RING AND FILTER WERE REPLACED. IT FELL INTO THE PAN. *AK *SC
I WAS REAR-ENDED ON 10/8/04 AND THE IMPACT WAS HARD ENOUGH TO BREAK THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT. HOWEVER, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *NM
EA 01 007/AIR BAG CLOC SPRING: AFTER ADJUSTING THE STEERING WHEEL, THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERATIVE. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED.
FRONT AND REAR BRAKES ARE WEARING OUT TOO SOON ON MINIVAN. GOT BRAKE WORK DONE ON 10/5/02, 11/5/03, 3/26/04, 8/3/04 AND 9/4/04.*AK *TC
GEARS COULD BE SHIFTED WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. *BF THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS BUMPED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION'S AUXILIARY MODE. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD, HIT THE CONSUMER AND ROLLED OVER HER HIP/THIGH. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. *NM
DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE ELECTRICAL WINDOWS ROLLED UP AND DOWN ON THEIR OWN. CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE FROM THE VENT AREA. DROVE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE MAIN STEERING COLUMN FOR THE WINDOWS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
VOYAGER 2000, VIN#1P4G45G5YB527003, ABOUT JULY 15, SRS LIGHT, CRUISE CONTROL ERRATIC AND EVENTUALLY CEASED TO WORK, HORN DOES NOT WORK, IT IS APPARENT SYMPTOM OF CLOCKSPRING. CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THIS VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER RECALL. WHICH I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE. NOW MY HORN, CRUISE AND SRS SOES NOT WORK. *JB
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED THEM SIX TIMES. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
MY VAN STARTED EMITTING A WHISLING SOUND AFTER THE WARRANTY OF 30,000 MILES RAN OUT AT 40,000 MILES AND EVENTUALLY THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T WANT TO SHIFT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE OWNER SAID THAT HE WILL EAT THE COST BUT I FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD SOLD MY WIFE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. NOW AT 103,000, ITS DOING THE SAME THING OF NOT SHIFTING. THE DEALER SAID THAT WE NEED TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT.*AK
ENGINE MISS, DIAGNOSED AS EXCESS CORROSION OF FUEL LINE, THEREFORE CLOGGINNG INJECTORS.*AK
WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE FUEL CLAMP DISCONNECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED THE FUEL LINE TO LEAK AND AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *NM
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH OUT WARNING VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED THREE TIMES. EACH TIME DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, BUT COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE DEALERSHIPS MECHANIC WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM
I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN 8-03, SECONDHAND FROM A DEALERSHIP IN NY. IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS, I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION LOSING POWER AND STARTING TO LOSE FLUID. IN ROUTE TO A DR'S APPT. WITH MY PREGNANT DAUGHTER AND HER 5 YR. OLD THE TRANS. STARTED TO SLIP AND LUNGE FORWARD. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND CHECKED THE TRANS. WAS EMPTY OF FLUID AFTER 20 MILES FROM HOME. ADDED 4 QTS. OF FLUID ONLY TO GO ANOTHER 10 MILES AND THE TRANS. WAS DOING IT AGAIN. TO THE GARAGE ONLY TO FIND OUT THE TRANS. CASING WAS BLOWN OUT AND NO FLUID. MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANS. TO NO AVAIL, NO TRANS. TO BE FOUND IN NY STATE. TO GET ANOTHER TRANS IT IS GOING TO COST ME $1500-$2000. I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER VOYAGER. I WILL DO BETTER HOMEWORK NEXT TIME. *NM
IGNITION WASN'T WORKING, KEY WOULD NOT TURN. *PH IT HAS BEEN GOING ON OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. *LA
I HAVE PLYMOUTH VOYAGER SE 2000 6 CYL. HILE I WAS PULLING MY CAR OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. I HEARD SOME NOISE WHICH SOMETHINGS HITTING THE GROUND. IT SOUNDED LIKE METAL HITTING THE GROUND. AFTER I STOP THE CAR, I FOUND OUT THAT WHOLE SYSTEM INCLUDING POWER STEERING WHEEL TENSIONER AND BELT FALLEN APART. I WAS SO SHOCKED BY THE FACT THAT THE BOLT WHICH WAS CONNECTED TO THE CAR BODY COULD BE JUST BROKEN LIKE THAT. I WAS SO TERRIFIED IF THIS THING HAPPENDED WHILE I WAS DRIVING WHAT MIGHT HAPPENED. I PROBABLY BE DEAD BY NOW.*AK
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THERE IS A DELAY BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL STOP. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT CONSUMER NEEDED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE MORE OFTEN. ALSO, ROTORS AND PADS WERE RUSTED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING OVER WATER THE WATER SPLASHED UNDER THE HOOD, AND THE SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF. THIS OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS. VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING, AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. *AK
UPON STARTING VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND PROCEEDED ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE DOWN THE STREET. THE FUEL HOSE BROKE, BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. *AK *MR
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I NOTICED THE SEATBELT HOLDING MY SON'S CARSEAT IN PLACE HAD COME UNLATCHED. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, NOTHING WAS DONE TO CAUSE IT TO OPEN. I OWN A 2000 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER AND RECENTLY READ THAT APPARENTLY, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE AND ITS GENERATION 3 SEATBELTS. I CONTACTED A DEALER THIS MORNING TO REQUEST REPLACEMENT OF THE 7 SEATBELTS AND WAS TOLD THEY DON'T DO THAT. I WAS ASKED IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THEM AND I MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD SPONTANEOUSLY UNLATCHED AND THAT I'D BEEN READING OF PROBLEMS WITH THAT TYPE OF SEATBELT. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THAT WAS A LEGAL ISSUE AND I NEEDED TO CONTACT THE CORPORATE OFFICE, WHICH I WILL DO THIS AFTERNOON. *AK
WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT ONLY HAD 21,486 AT THREE YEARS OLD AND THEY CALLED IT CERTIFIED. WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT THEY REFUSED TO EVEN REIMBURSE US PART OF IT BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. WE HAVE THE POWERTRAIN A THIS POINT UNTIL 70,000 MILES. WE HAVE HAD ENGINE KNOCKING, WHICH OUR MECHANIC ADDED AN ADDITIVE TO AND SEEMED TO GO AWAY BUT NOW AT THE END OF AUGUST SEEMS TO BE RETURNING. THE TIRES WERE TERRIBLE AT WHAT SEEMED TO US TO BE LOW MILEAGE. WE HAD SENSORS THAT WENT AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO DOWNWSHIFT SO OUR MECHANIC REPAIRED. WE HAVE SUBMITTED THAT ONE BILL TO CHRYSLER BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT IT WAS A POWERTRAIN ISSUE ON THAT. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT YET. WHEN THE BRAKES WENT METAL TO METAL TOTALLY WITHOUT WARNING ON AUGUST 23 WE BEGAN TO WONDER IF OUR ODOMETER HAD BEEN TURNED BACK BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT BUT ARE NOW THINKING IT IS JUST A VERY CHEAP,SHODDY VECHICLE AND WE ARE SO SORRY WE HAVE BOUGHT IT AND WASTED THIS MUCH MONEY ON IT. WE WENT BACK TO THE DEALER, SUNCOAST CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH WHEN THE AIR WENT OUT AND THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. WE WENT BACK AGAIN TO THE GENERAL MANAGER AT THE END OF AUGUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS AND GET OUR MONEY BACK OR AT THE VERY LEAST HELP WITH THE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE BRAKE REPAIR AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THE ENGINE DOES NOT SOUND GOOD NOW SO WE ARE EXPECTING ANYTHING TO HAPPEN NEXT.
TWO FAILURES; ONE @ 24000 MILES. ENGINE REBUILT. NOW, @ 75000 MILES, IT HAS AGAIN FAILED!!
THE PROBLEM STARTED IN MAY OF 2003, ORIGINALLY. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE A 2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER FROM A DEALERSHIP IN JUNE 2003. IT HAD 52,400 MILES ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED IT. I TRAVEL A LOT MOSTLY HIGHWAY AND PUT APPROXIMATELY 7800 MILES ON THE VEHICLE SINCE I BOUGHT THE VAN. I NOTICED A LEAK ON THE GROUND IN MID-OCTOBER. BEFORE THIS I HAD NOTICED ON THREE OCCASIONS MOSTLY IN THE MORNING THAT THE VAN WOULD HESITATE AND NO GO FORWARD WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS, THEN IT WOULD LUNGE FORWARD, THE SAME HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN I TRIED TO GO IN REVERSE. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE I HAD NOT WARMED THE VAN UP IN THE A.M. THEN I NOTICED THE LEAK AND I TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST GARAGE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A TRANSMISSION LEAK. THEY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID IT HAD BEEN FIXED BEFORE AND THAT MY ENGINE WAS SOAKED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE CLAMPS THAT WERE ON THE HOSES WERE TWO BIG AND THE TRANSMISSION PAN WAS NOT PUT IN CORRECTLY. I CALLED THE CHRYSLER DEALER SHIP AND THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME ANY DOCUMENTS REGARDING THE REPAIRS THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD DONE. HOWEVER, THE SERVICE MAN DID SAY THAT THEY HAD THE VEHICLE IN MAY OF 2003 BECAUSE OF LEAKS FROM THE HOSES OF THE TRANSMISSION. THEY PUT NEW CLAMPS ON AND THAT SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE DAY AFTER I HAD THE CLAMPS DONE IN OCTOBER THE VAN WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR, THEN IT WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. I WOULD TRY TO GO FORWARD AND IT WOULD GO BACKWARDS. I NEARLY GOT IN TO ACCIDENTS GETTING IT TO THE DEALER. I TOOK IT TO THE CHRYSLER DE
MY VAN (PLYMOUTH VOYAGER 2000) STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. I WAS UNABLE TO START IT AND HAD TO BE TOWED IN TO AN AUTO CENTER. AFTER A REVIEW, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TENSIONER UNIT THAT HOUSED THE TIMING BELT BROKE INTO PIECES. THE SHOP CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY KNEW OF THE DEFECT AND HAS ALREADY CONSTRUCTED A REPLACEMENT UNIT FOR THE VAN. WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE DEFECTIVE PART, THEY WERE TOLD NO. MY HUSBAND CALLED TWO DEALERSHIPS AND WAS TOLD THE SAME BY BOTH. "AS OF YET, THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE DEFECTIVE PART." I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT PART. THE TOTAL COST OF THE WORK DONE WAS $836.77. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE TO PAY FOR A PART THAT IS KNOWN BY THE MANUFACTURER TO BE DEFECTIVE.*AK
A NOISE WAS HEARD WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE NOISE WAS CAUSED BY THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR CLUTCH AND COIL BURNING OUT. AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK
I PURCHASED A NEW 2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER MINIVAN IN NOVEMBER OF 1999. IN JANUARY 2002, AT 38,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, STRANDING ME ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. A LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE AS A FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER. THE TORQUE CONVERTER, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS, WERE REPLACED. IN JANUARY 2003, AT 55,000 MILES, A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK WAS NOTICED. THE SAME DEALER REPAIRED TRANSMISSION FLUID LINES AND SEALS, AND CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILTER. IN NOVEMBER 2003, AT 75,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN, LEAVING MY CHILDREN AND I STRANDED ON THE ROADSIDE AT NIGHT. ANOTHER CHRYSLER DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A SECOND FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER. *NLM
FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW GLASS SLID DOWN INTO THE DOOR. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN THE ELECTRIC WINDOW MOTOR. THE PART COULD NOT BE REPLACED DUE TO A 1800 PART BACK ORDER, PER DEALERSHIP.*AK
AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE HORN STOPPED OPERATING. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF A RECALL FOR THE AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING, BUT THE RECALL WAS NOT FOR THAT MODEL YEAR. *AK
VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE BY IT SELF AFTER IDLING IN PARK FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, IT ROLLED BACK CAUSING THE DRIVER'S DOOR (WHICH WAS OPEN) TO HIT THE BUMPER OF A PARKED CAR THUS DAMAGING THE DOOR AND THE LEFT FRONT FENDER.*AK I PERSONALLY SAW AND HEARD THE MOMENT THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, I WAS ABOUT 20 FEET AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN I SAW THE BACK UP LIGHTS COME ON AND THE VEHICLE START TO ROLL BACK.
THE KEY WILL NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION. ALSO, VEHICLE IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE WHEEL BEARINGS.*AK
THERE WAS A DELAY IN ENGAGING GEARS. VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD OR BACKWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, DEALER STATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACING. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO GET STIFF. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. *AK TSB#090600. DURING HEAVY RAIN, THE CONSUMER LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER AND APPLIED THE BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISION. WHEN THE CONSUMER CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD, HE SAW THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT HAD COME COMPLETELY OFF. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER REMOVING THE SHIELD THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE INCIDENT. *SCC *JB
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER FOR AIRBAG LIGHT PROBLEM. DEALER STATED IT WAS THE CLOCKSPRING. IT COST $275.14 TO REPLACE THE CLOCKSPRING. THE FAULTY CLOCKSPRING ALSO AFFECTED THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL. *AK *TS *NLM
BALL JOINTS FACTORY INSTALLED WITH NO GREASE FITTINGS DRIED OUT WITH NO WAY TO LUBRICATE. CAUSING POPPING, KNOCKING NOISE UNDER FRONT END OF PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THIS WAS FOUND AFTER AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE WAS OFF IN A DITCH. MECHANIC HAD OVERLOOKED THIS ISSUE EARLIER AND THE JOINT BROKE ON THAT CUSTOMER. THIS WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF MY ACCIDENT BUT MECHANIC HAD SEEN IT BEFORE AND SPOTTED IT IMMEDIATELY. I COULD NOT LOCATE ANYTHING ON THE WEB SITE REGARDING THIS ISSUE. I DO NOT FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR. CHRYSLER SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED 4 TIMES CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. *JB
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S BATTERY, MASTER CYLINDER, TENSIONER, AIR CONDITIONER AND SERPENTINE BELT.*MR THE MAIN PROBLEM WAS THE AIR CONDITIONER. ALL THE EXPENSES WERE VERY FRUSTRATING, ESPECIALLY WITH LOW MILEAGE. IN ADDITION, CONSUMER FELT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 2001, 2002, AND 2003 VOYAGERS WITH AIR CONDITIONER PROBLEMS, SHOULD'VE BEEN EXTENDED TO 2000 VOYAGERS. *PH *JB
WHEN USING THE TURN SIGNAL, THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS STAYED ON, AND THE SWITCH BECAME STUCK. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SWITCH, AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE OTHER REPAIRS, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *AK THE LEFT SIGNAL DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE SIGNAL FLASHED 2-3 TIMES THEN STAYED ON WITH NO WAY OF TURNING IT OFF, EVEN WITH THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION THE LEFT LIGHT STAYED ON AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS SWITCH FAILURE. *SCC *JB
TRANSMISSION ACTING SLUGGISH WHEN AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON FELT LIKE SLIPPING. TOOK IN SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG (WHILE UNDER WARRANTY). AFTER WARRANTY- TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, HAD TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION. 8 MONTHS LATER TRANSMISSION OUT AGAIN OVERHAUL TRANSMISSION.*AK
WHILE THE CONSUMER INITIATED A RIGHT TURN AT A STOP LIGHT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT TO FULL THROTTLE AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE BRAKES. TWO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC THE DRIVER STEERED THE VEHICLE INTO A GAS STATION DRIVEWAY AND HIT THREE YELLOW BARRICADE POST WHICH TORE OFF THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. THEN THE VEHICLE HIT CHAIN LINK FENCE WHICH STOPPED IT. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE THEREFORE THE CONSUMER HAD THE BATTERY DISCONNECTED WHICH STOPPED THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT NEITHER OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED FRACTURED RIBS, A PUNCTURES LUNG, BRUISED KNEE AND BRUISED CHEST. *AK *CB *NLM
AIR CONDITION IS LEAKING COOLANT INSIDE THE VEHICLE ON THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING A BAD ODOR. *AK
VEHICLE UNDER HOOD FIRE. 2000 CHRYSLER VOYAGER. *MR
THE AIR-CONDITIONING SWITCH DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. WHEN ENGAGED, SWITCH CUT ON AND OFF BY ITSELF. *TT
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE GENERATION 3 SEAT BELTS RECALLED IN THE CHRYSLER CARS AND VANS AS THE LATCHES PROTRUDE AND MAY BE UNSAFE. *NLM
I OWN A 2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE SEAT BELT IN MY MIDDLE SEAT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE SPONTANEOUSLY RELEASES. THIS IS THE SEAT I HAD MY 6 MONTH OLD INFANT IN. AFTER THE 4TH TIME IN A 3 WEEK PERIOD I SWITCHED MY SON TO A DIFFERENT SEAT. *NLM
I OWN A 2000 CHRYSLER MINI VAN AND ON TWO OCCASIONS THE SEAT BELT HAVE RELEASED WHILE I WAS STILL PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. ON BOTH OCCASIONS I WAS REACHING OVER TO GET SOMETHING FROM THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THE BUCKLE CAME UNDONE. I THOUGHT I HAD NOT SECURED IT PROPERLY BECAUSE MY ARM HIT THE LOCK ON THE SEAT BELT. NOW I FIND OUT TODAY THAT I MAY HAVE HIT THE BUCKLE BUT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE POPPED OPEN AS THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE SEAT BELT. EVEN THOUGHT IT IS A 2000 MODEL I DO NOT HAVE THE GEN 4 TYPE OF BELTS IN THE FRONT. THE VAN MUST HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED IN THE LATE 1999. *NLM
A PIN SLIPPED FROM THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH CAUSED IT TO FAIL. *JB
THE DRIVERS SEAT RECLINED BACKWARDS WHILE DRIVING.*JB
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