1999 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. WHILE DRIVING THE CONTACT STATED THAT A LOUD RATTLING NOISE WAS ON THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STRUT TOWER WAS COVERED WITH RUST. THE DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000. UPDATED 08/31/11 *BF UPDATED 12/105/11

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON AND HAS SINCE FIRST PURCHASED, HORN HAS NOT WORKED FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS, CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING 3 MONTHS AGO. READING OTHER COMPLAINTS IT APPEARS THERE WAS A RECALL STATING THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE COLUMN CLOCK SPRING. IF I COULD RECEIVE A RECALL FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO JUST PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT COLUMN CLOCK SPRING MY NEPHEW WOULD PLACE IT ON THE VAN.

VAN WAS BOUGHT PRIVATELY IN SUMMER OF 2008. DURING THE FIRST ROAD TRIP WITH THE VOYAGER, THE TRANSMISSION WENT AND WAS REPLACED WITH A REBUILD TRANSMISSION. IN SEPTEMBER OF THAT SAME YEAR, FUEL PUMP AND BATTERY HAD TO BE REPLACED. TWO MONTHS LATER, HEAD GASKET BLEW, WAS REPAIRED BUT DAMAGE TO ENGINE WAS UNKNOWN. IN WINTER OF 2008, REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH OIL & BRAKE FLUID LEAKING OUT FROM CALIPERS. BRAKES ALWAYS NEEDED SOME TYPE OF WORK: PADS, DRUMS, BEARINGS, CALIPERS. IN 2009, WATER PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED, YET VAN STILL FELT HOTTER THEN WHAT IT READ. EXHAUST STARTED COMING THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS .IT WAS REPAIRED, BUT STARTED AGAIN. FOUND HOSES GETTING HOLES BURNT THROUGH, AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. IN 2010, REPLACED HEADLIGHTS, BUT NIGHT TIME ILLUMINATION WAS STILL POOR, EVEN WITH HIGH BEAMS ON. BATTERY NEEDED TO BE JUMP STARTED MORE & MORE, AND AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF BATTERY ACID HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM A TERMINAL. THE BATTERY ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BEEN BURNT. MORE LEAKS FOUND CAUSED BY HOLES THROUGH HOSES. YET AGAIN, THE WATER PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED IN JULY. THEN IN OCTOBER 2010, THINGS GOT VERY SCARY, THE SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF FOR THE FIRST TIME WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10KM, WHILE TURNING UP INTO THE DRIVEWAY. I COULDN'T COMPLETE THE TURN DUE TO THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND WAS ALMOST HIT HEAD ON BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE BELT WAS PUT BACK ON. 2 DAYS LATER THE BELT FELL OFF AGAIN, & AGAIN. MECHANIC REPLACED BELT AND PARTS, DROVE AROUND LIKE CRAZY & THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS FIXED. 6 WEEKS AFTER, SERPENTINE BELT FALLS OFF AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, DURING A SNOW STORM, ON A CANADIAN ROCKY MTN HIGHWAY, WITH FULL ELECTRICAL SHUT DOWN OF VAN, LIMITED CELL PHONE SERVICE, AND OUR 4 SMALL CHILDREN. THIS INCIDENT WAS EXTREMELY UNSAFE, DANGEROUS, SCARY, AND EXPENSIVE! 3 WEEKS LATER, HEAD GASKET BLOWS AGAIN, AND THE VAN IS DONE.

SERPENTINE BELT ON 1999 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER 3.8L HAS "JUMPED" OFF 4 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. USUALLY HAPPENS UNDER WET CONDITIONS. CAR HAS HAD TO BE TOWED MULTIPLE TIMES. REPAIRS ATTEMPTED INCLUDE REPLACING TENSIONER, BELT AND SIMPLE REASSEMBLING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING OUR 1999 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER DURING A RAIN STORM THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. THE CAUSE WAS FOUND TO BE THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT HAD SLIPPED OFF OF THE PULLEY. BELT WAS REPLACED AND VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF THIS FAILURE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT BRIEFLY ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND CONTINUED TO DO SO INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID 04V480000 (AIR BAGS). THE DEALER DID NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS NO LONGER VALID. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AT ALL TIMES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE HORN WOULD NOT FUNCTION. WHEN SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE CONTACT DIDN'T MENTION IF THERE WERE ANY INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

1999 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER EXPRESSO DASH PANEL HAS FLAT LINED AND ALL SERVICE LIGHTS REMAIN ON. TACH, SPEEDOMETER, FUEL, TEMP, REAR WIPER, AND MILEAGE NO LONGER WORK. VEHICLE SOMETIMES WON'T START. *TR

LEFT SIDE STRUT TOWER RUSTED THROUGH ON 1999 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER, I NOTICED THIS AFTER WE HAD BOUGHT IT IN 2005 AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED FROM CHRYSLER, FOUND OUT THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE THIS HAD HAPPENED TOO, CHRYSLER MADE THE MISTAKE AND THEY SHOULD STAND BEHIND IT, I WAS GETTING MAINTENANCE WHEN IT FELL APART, LUCKY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF AFTER DRIVING THROUGH LARGE HIDDEN PUDDLE. LOST POWER STEERING AND HAD CLOSE CALL NEGOTIATING AROUND IMMEDIATE CURVE AHEAD. INSTALLED AFTERMARKET GATES KIT DESIGNED TO PREVENT BELT SLIPPING OFF. *TR

TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE 1999 GRAND VOYAGER I DID RESEARCH AND IT SEEMS THAT THIS QUITE COMMON. *TR