1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED ABOUT 45 DAYS AGO. AIR BAG LIGHT BEGAN COMING ON LAST WEEK. AIR BAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF, BUT IS ON MOST OF THE TIME.*AK

INTAKE OR HEAD GASKET LEAK ALLOWED THE CRANK CASE TO FILL WITH WATER AND COOLANT. THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY SEIZED UP AND DIED. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CROWDED INTERSTATE AT THE TIME, AND LOST ALL POWER, STEERING AND BRAKES. THE ENTIRE ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

THE PIN (ABOUT 1" DIA) IN THE TRANSAXLE BROKE, TRAVELLING AT ABOUT 60MPH, AND LOCKED UP THE FRONT WHEELS OF THE VEHICLE. THE LOCKUP OCCURED BECAUSE THE PIN EXITED THROUGH THE HOUSING OF THE TRANSAXLE AND LODGED ITSELF IN BETWEEN THE BELL HOUSING AND TORQUE CONVERTER. THE TRANSAXLE HAD THREE DIFFERENT HOLES SMASHED IN ITS SIDE FROM THE FAILURE. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE WHICH I CAN EMAIL. I WAS TOLD BY THE GARAGE THAT REPLACED THE TRANSAXLE THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE ON THE PLYMOUTH VOYAGERS ALTHOUGH NORMALLY THE FAILURE DOESN'T OCCUR UNTIL THE 90,000+ MARK. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE CREATED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT SINCE THE FRONT WHEELS SUDDENLY LOCKED UP.

THE POWER WINDOW ON THE DRIVERS SIDE JUST BECAME SLUGGISH AND FINALLY WENT DOWN AND WOULDN'T COME BACK UP, A BRACKET WAS BROKEN, THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR DURING VERY COLD WEATHER AND IT WAS NOT A CONSISTENT PROBLEM TO BEGIN WITH. WHEN YOU PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THEN FINALLY AFTER WARMING UP A FEW MINUTES IT WOULD LURCH FORWARD AND BE FINE. FINALLY THIS PAST WEEK IT BEGAN MAKING A GRINDING NOISE IN REVERSE AND REFUSED TO GO IN REVERSE. THE CAR WAS PUT INTO DRIVE AND THE GRINDING NOISE CONTINUED. JUST FYI WHEN I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORPORATION ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BECAUSE I THINK A CAR SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO AT LEAST 100,000 MILES BEFORE YOU START EXPERIENCING MAJOR PROBLEMS, THE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE REP TOLD ME THAT I WAS UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT MY CAR TO MAKE IT 100,000 MILES. I FIND THIS AMUSING SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST CAR THAT I HAVE OWNED THAT HAS HAD ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS BEFORE 100,000 MILES. MY TRANSMISSION MECHANIC ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE CAN ONLY GUARANTEE MY REPAIRS FOR 90 DAYS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THESE VEHICLES.

BOUGHT VAN JUNE OF 1998 WITH A 3 YAER WARRANTY/36,000 MILES. FEBURARY OF 2001, TRANSMISSION GOES OUT. A PROBLEM WITH THE PIN. 12 MONTH WARRANTY ON REMAN TRANSMISSION. FEBURARY OF 2002, ON EXACT SAME DAY AS LAST YEAR, TRANSMISSION GOES OUT AGAIN. DEALER TRIES TO GET OUT OF THE WARRANTY--CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE--SHOULD BE A THREE YEAR WARRANTY. AGAIN, PROBLEM WITH THE PIN. ANOTHER REMAN TRANSMISSION PUT IN. APRIL OF 2003, TRANSMISSION ACTING FUNNY AND JUMPING SPEEDS WHEN SLOWING. PROBLEM WITH TORQUE. ANOTHER REMAN INSTALLED. APRIL OF 2003, THE NEXT WEEK, TRANSMISSION MAKING FLUTTERING NOISES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. TORQUE PROBLEM AGAIN. ANOTHER REMAN TRANSMISSION.

THE INFO I JUST PROVIDED WAS THE MOST RECENT.I BOUGHT THE VAN USED WITH 22,000 MILES AND SINCE THEN I HAVE LOST 6 SERPENTINE BELTS AND NOBODY WILL HELP ME WITH THE PROBLEM.I HAVE SPENT OVER 1,000$ IN THE ATTEMPTS TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED AND THIS LAST TIME I JUST DID IT MYSELF IS WHY THE COST IS SO LOW.I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY TWO TOP MECHANICS IN MY AREA THAT THE BELT IS NOT LINED UP RIGHT AND THERE IS NO ADJUSTING IT.THE PROBLEM IS FROM THE FACTORY THEY TELL ME.NOBODY WILL HELP ME THOUGH BECAUSE IT IS NOT A RECALL. MAYBE THIS WILL HELP THE NEXT GUY.

THE EVAPORATOR HAS GONE OUT,SO NO COLD AIR - THE MECHANIC SAID THIS HAPPENS OFTEN WITH MY MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE AND SAID I SHOULD COMPLAIN. IF YOU CAN OFER ANYHELP OR SOLUTIONS I WOULD APPRECITATE IT. THANKS, D KOSSOW

ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE HORN STOPPED OPERATING. DEALER DETERMINED THAT AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE TOP OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SHOCK TOWER, AS VIEWED FROM UNDER THE HOOD, IS VERY CORRODED. MECHANIC ADVISED GETTING RID OF VEHICLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OR FACE EXTENSIVE $ REPAIRS FOR SHOCK TOWER AND STRUT. AREA OF CORROSION WAS PROFESSIONALLY RUST PROOFED IN 1998 AND WAS STILL ABLE TO CORRODE. I WONDER HOW BAD THE CORROSION IS ON THESE VEHICLES THAT WERE NOT RUST PROOFED? SHOCK TOWER CORROSION APPEARS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ALL 1996-2001 CHRYSLER, DODGE AND PLYMOUTH MINIVANS. ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE STRUTS START POPPING THROUGH THE HOODS ON THESE VEHICLES, THUS CAUSING ACCIDENTS. ADVISE NHTSA TO INVESTIGATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.*AK

I OWN A 1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. IT HAS 168,900 MILES ON IT. FOR THE PAST 13 MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN AS WE ARE DRIVING, ALL GAUGES WILL SUDDENLY STOP FUNCTIONING. THIS INCLUDES THE SPEEDOMETER. WHEN OUR GAUGES GO OUT, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON, INDICATING THAT SYSTEM WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. ARE OTHER VOYAGER OWNERS EXPERIENCING A SIMILAR PROBLEM? *LA