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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 →

SeatsCrash
Filed Jan 4, 2001TX

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE REARENDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE PUSHING VEHICLE FORWARD, DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE, AND DRIVER FELL BACKWARDS. IF CHILD WAS IN CAR SEAT DRIVER'S SEAT WOULD HAVE FALLEN ON TOP OF CHILD'S LEGS. CHRSYLER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition › Module
Filed Dec 20, 2000CT

ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE ON HIGHWAY AT 55MPH. I WAS ABLE TO ROLL IN TO A PARKING LOT SAFELY. CAR RESTARTED 10 MINUTES LATER ONLY TO SHUT DOWN AS SOON AS I MOVED. TOWED TO NEAREST DEALER, THEY REPLACED AN ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS COMMON IN THESE VEHICALS, BUT THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS ON TODAYS HIGHWAYS. *AK

Tires
Filed Nov 21, 2000CA

PE00.046; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A HUGE BANGING NOISE. SHE WAS IN FAST LANE, AND POLICE DIRECTED TRAFFIC, SO SHE COULD PULL OVER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. GOODYEAR TIRE.*AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed Nov 15, 2000NC

I HAVE A TWO YEAR OLD THAT PUT THIS CAR INTO DRIVE WHILE I WAS PUTTING MY FOUR YR OLD IN HIS CAR SEAT. I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE HAD I KNOWN THAT THIS VEHICLE COULD GO INTO GEAR WITHOUT HAVING YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I NOW ASK EVERYONE WHO DRIVES ONE OF THESE VANS IF THEY KNEW THAT THEY COULD DO THAT - THEY ARE AS AMAZED AS I AM THAT THIS IS ALLOWED. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I AM ENRAGED AT THEIR NONCHALANT ATTITUDE CONCERNING THIS - THERE SHOULD BE WARNINGS ON THE VEHICLE. I EVEN CALLED THE DEALER TO SEE IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT. HIS RESPONSE WAS WELL YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS ON AT ALL TIMES - THANKS FOR NOT TELLING ME THAT WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR.*AK

Tires
Filed Nov 9, 2000AR

TREAD COME OFF 2 FRONT TIRES (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

Structure › Body › Door
Filed Oct 29, 2000OR

WHEN EITHER SLIDING DOOR IS CLOSING, MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN CAUGHT BY THE ACTION OF THE DOOR CLOSING SHUT. I SUGGEST HAVING THIS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. ALSO, NOT ONLY SHOULD THE DOOR HAVE A SENSITIVITY SENSOR BUT KIDS COULD GET THEIR FINGERS CAUGHT IN THE BOTTOM ROLLER SECTION AND GET THEIR TOES OR FINGERS SEVERED OFF. ALSO THE REMOTE TO OPEN THE DOORS IS TO SENSITIVE. WHEN TOSSING YOUR KEYS INTO A PURSE OR ON THE FLOOR,IT WILL TRIGGER THE DOORS CLOSED WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock SwitchCrash
Filed Oct 17, 2000NJ

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK POSITION WITH ENGINE RUNNING WHEN IT ROLLED BACKWARDS, HITTING A VEHICLE, WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE KEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED . THIS OCCURRED 3 TIMES. VEHICLE WAS NOT REGISTERING PARK GEAR.*AK

Tires
Filed Oct 11, 2000FL

PRONOUNCED TIRE BOUNCE BETWEEN 45-50 MPH. TOOK TO DEALER ON FRIDAY, 5 OCTOBER. THEY DIAGNOSED 3 TIRES OUT OF ROUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO GOODYEAR AUTO SERVICE CENTER (37 E. NINE MILE RD., PENSACOLA, FL. 32514, PH. 850-479-2007) ON MONDAY, OCT 9, GOODYEAR DIAGNOSED 1 TIRE (RF) OUT OF ROUND AND 3 ALUMINUM RIMS (LF, LR, & RR) AS BEING WARPED. GOODYEAR ORDERED 3 TIRES AND CHRYSLER DEALER ORDERED 3 NEW RIMS FROM ATLANTA. CALLED BOTH THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 11 AND THEY HAD RIMS AND TIRES. PICKED UP THE RIMS AT CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH DEALER AND TOOK THEM OVER TO GOODYEAR FOR INSTALLATION. GOODYEAR MOUNTED THEIR THREE NEW TIRES ON THE THREE NEW RIMS SUPPLIED BY THE CHRYSLER DEALER AND REPLACE THEM ON THE LF, RR, AND LR. STILL HAVE A THE SAME NOTICABLE BOUNCE. MY MAJOR CONCERN IS THE FACT THAT I STARTED VACATION ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 9TH AND OUR PLAN WAS TO HEAD FOR A VISIT TO MICHIGAN. IT SNOWED LAST WEEKEND IN MICHIGAN, AND ALTHOUGH I AM ORIGINALLY FROM MICHIGAN AND DROVE ON THEIR WINTER ROADS FOR 33 YEARS, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOSS OF CONTROL ON SLIPPERY ROADS DUE TO THE WHEEL BOUNCE. THE ORIGINAL TIRES, SER #'S B276272GCW79MMSC, B276261GCW79MMSC, AND B301163GCW79MMSC ARE AT THE GOODYEAR STORE, AND THE ORIGINAL RIMS WERE RETURNED TO THE CHRYSLEY/PLYMOUTH DEALER. I DO NOT KNOW WHICH DEALER OR IF THE RIMS OR WHEELS ARE AT FAULT. I DID NOT KNOW WHERE ELSE TO TURN. WILL CALL CHRYSLER IN DETROIT TOMORROW TO SEE IF I CAN MEET WITH THE FACTORY REP THE NEXT TIME HE IS IN TOWN. HOPE THIS INFO MAY HEL

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock SwitchCrash
Filed Sep 13, 2000PA

WHILE ENGINE WAS ON AND PARKING PAWL IN PARK POSITION VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING WITHOUT WARNING, AND CRASHED INTO A GARAGE WITH PAWL STILL IN PARK.*AK

Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal
Filed Sep 12, 2000NC

WHEN DEPRESSSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE SOLE OF MY SHOE CATCHES UNDER THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE CONSOLE, HOLDING THE FOOT IN PLACE AND THE GAS PEDAL DEPRESSED, AND IT COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN THE INABILITY TO SLOW OR STOP THE VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Sep 11, 2000PA

VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION RUNNING WHEN THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS IN REVERSE, CRASHING INTO THE NEIGHBORS GARAGE COMING TO A STOP, VEHICLE WAS STILL IN THE PARK POSITION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock SwitchCrash1 injured
Filed Jul 27, 2000TX

CONSUMER'S TODDLER WAS ABLE TO DISENGAGE VEHICLE FROM PARK TO REVERSE WITHOUT DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS, AND RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, INJURING ONE OCCUPANT OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE . CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. *AK THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN INTERLOCK SAFETY FEATURE. *YH

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jul 10, 2000MA

HEARD LOUD GROWLING NOISE FROM BRAKES WHEN APPLIED,RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LOCKED WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP WAS TOLD BY DEALER THIS WAS NORMAL AS THE MEATERING DEVISE ON THE MASTER CYLINDER WOULD NOT GIVE A 50/50 AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO THE FRONT BRAKES AT THE SAME TIME??????? I WAS SCHOCKED BY THIS STATEMENT,I FEEL AFTER 3 REPAIR ATTEMPTS THAT THE BRAKES FOER A 4,OOO LB VAN ARE TOO SMALL,THIS IS EVEDENT BY THE PAD SMELL AFTER DESENDING A MOUNTIAN ROAD AT A SLOW SPEED,ALSO THE BRAKE PEDAL FADES AFTER 6 STOP AND GO ATTEMPTS AT A SLOW SPEED,ALSO IN THE MORNING THE BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY HARD TO APPLY,THIS THE DEALER TOLD ME WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF MOISURE AND BRAKE PAD DUST WERE IN THE ROTORS AND WILL BURN OFF AFTER A FEW MILES,I HOPE NO ONE PULLS OUT IN FRONT OF ME ON MY STREET.I I HOPE YOU PEOPLE RESHEARCH THE BRAKES ON THESE VANS,YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE A LIFE OR TWO,MY CONFIDENCE IS TOTALTY GONE IN REGARDS TO THE STOPPING OF THIS VAN. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed May 19, 2000MD

WHEN FASTENING SEATBELT IT LOOSENS UP AND RIDES UP CONSUMER'S NECK. IT'S DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHER SEAT BELTS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS SEAT BELT IS UNSAFE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT STAY ON CONSUMER'S WAIST, IT GOES UP UNDER THE ARM. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed Mar 23, 2000DE

VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION : INTERLOCK SYSTEM. VEHICLE CAN BE PLACED INTO GEAR WITHOUT BRAKES BEING APPLIED. MANUFACTURER IS SENDING A WARNING LABEL TO CONSUMERS TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK *ML

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Mar 17, 2000CA

WHILE DRVING ABOUT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WOULD STALL. IT HAPPENED FOUR TIMES, AND TWICE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Mar 14, 2000CA

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 40MPH AND VEHICLE JUST CUT OFF ON THE FREEWAY CARPOOL LANE, CAR DRIFTED OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE, AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY COVERED THE COST OF TOWING AND REPAIRS. SINCE THEN, IT HAS OCCURRED 3 OTHER TIMES. DEALER HAS NO CLUE TO CAUSE OF PROLBLEM. *AK

Visibility › Windshield
Filed Sep 22, 1999IL

WHEN LOOKING OUT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD THERE IS DISTORTION. THE WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. DISTORTION IS STILL A PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

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