1999 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. DEALER DIAGNOSED THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB THE CONTROL UNIT WAS COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER IN 1998. FAILURE OF THIS PART COULD ALLOW THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE OUT OF CONTROL. *SCC

WHEN BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR, AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SENOR, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *JB

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT TOOK UP TO ONE MINUTE TO RELEASE. SOMETIMES THE BUTTON HAD TO BE PRESSED UP TO 15 TIMES BEFORE THE BELT WOULD RELEASE. PH *NLM

2ND REPLACEMENT OF IGNITION/ LOCK IN STEERING COLUMN. CAR HAS 52,000 MI. NOT COVERED UNDER MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. CAR HAD TO BE DRAGGED BACKWARDS OUT OF GARAGE TO GET IT INTO THE TOW BED, VERY BAD FOR TRANSMISSION, IF THIS FAILURE OCCURRED AT LATE NIGHT, COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. *JB

THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND HAS CAUSED THE HORN AND CRUISE. CONTROL TO BE INOPERATIVE .THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING A DEFECTIVE CLOCK SPRING . HOWEVER MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. *NLM

ON FEBRUARY 7 2003 MY WIFE DROVE MY 1999 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER HOME JUST DOWN THE STREET AND HEARD A BANG UNDER THE FLOOR BOARD DRIVERS SIDE. THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS THAT OUR TRANSMISSION HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT COST US AS MUCH AS WE HAVE PAID FOR THE VEHICLE SINCE WE ACQUIRED IT FROM A VERY REPUTABLE CAR COMPANY. *JB

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATE ON THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL TO BE INOPERATIVE. THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED.*JB

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING LOST OF ACCELERATION AND VEHICLE MADE A GRAVELING NOISE AND ENGINE SHUT DOWN. PLEASE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *TS

1999 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER WITH 74,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION DIED COMPLETELY WHEN THE DIFFERENTIAL PIN SHOT THROUGH THE TOP OF THE TRASMISSION, CAUSING US TO HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF APPROX. $2,500.00. CHRYSLER DEALERS ARE WELL AWARE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE VANS. THEY ALL KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS DESCRIBING AND I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPT. AT TEAM GOEWEY DODGE IN LATHAM THAT THIS IS A COMMOM OCCURENCE WITH THESE VANS IN PARTICULAR. ALL OF THE OTHER TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOPS IN THE AREA CONCURRED WITH THIS. I CONTACTED CHRYSLERS CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPT. ON 1/27/03 AND THEY WILL NOT DO A THING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE CAR DIED ON A DAY WHEN IT WAS BETWEEN 10 - 15 DEGREES AND -20 WITH WINDCHILLS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THEIR VEHICLE AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING HAD THE SAME DEFECT STATED IN RECALL NUMBER 02 V 293 000. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED CAUSE THE RECALL IS FOR THE EARLIER MODEL. PH