1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

IN NOVEMBER 1999 HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED. CURRENTLY, TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. IN DECEMBER 2000, HEADGASKET BLEWOUT. *AK

"O" RINGS REPLACED IN 1998, 1 WEEK LATER STILL LEAKING. AS A RESULT, ENTIRE FUEL FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. DECEMBER 2000, "O" RINGS LEAKED AGAIN, REPAIRED AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE. SAME PROBLEM AS IN RECALL 00V268000, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

FIRE ORIGINATED FROM ENGINE AREA. WE WERE PULLED OVER BY ANOTHER DRIVER WHO SAW FLAMES UNDER THE MINI-VAN. AS I (DRIVER) EXITED AUTO, I WAS HIT BY EXPLOSIVE FLAMES THAT ORIGINATED FROM ENGINE EXITING BEHIND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. FLAMES ALSO EMITTED FROM PASSENGER FRONT (RT) SIDE.DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER RECEIVED 2ND AND 1ST DEGREE BURNS. AUTO WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES WITHIN 5 MINUTES. TOTAL LOSS. INSURANCE COMPANY INVESTIGATED - PRELIMINARY CONCLUSION FUEL LEAKAGE. *AK

I WAS SLOWING VEHICLE AS I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN. AT ABOUT 20M.P.H. I HEARD A VERY LOUD "BANG". I PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND OBSERVED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND A LOANER WAS PROVIDED. MECHANIC DISCOVERED QUATER-SIZED HOLE IN TRANSMISSION CAUSED BY UNKNOWN PART BEING PROPELLED THROUGH CASE. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO COOPERATE WITH ME OR DEALER. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURE FLAW WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN INJURY TO MYSELF, FAMILY OR OTHER DRIVER IF LOCATION OR SPEED WERE DIFFERENT. *AK

VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN NORMALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED. DETECTED FIRE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE. WHEN STOPPED, ENGINE STILL RUNNING AND FLAMES ENGULFED VEHICLE FROM UNDER FRONT PORTION JUST REAR OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT, QUICKLY SPREADING TO REAR AND INTERIOR. *AK

CONSUMER IS INVESTIGATING DEFECT ON THIS VEHICLE. IT APPEARED THE FIRE CAME ON IN FUEL PUMP. THERE WERE OTHER CHRYSLER MINIVANS WHICH HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY PAID FOR THE IGNITION AND THE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACEMENT. THEY PAID $1,000 OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE TOTAL BILL FOR THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS $2500. *AK

MY WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN LEFT THE HOUSE IN OUR 1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER MINIVAN AT APPROXIMATELY 8:05AM ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1999 TO TRAVEL TO SCHOOL. AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 1 AND 1/2 MILES, THEY BEGAN TO SMELL GASOLINE. AFTER TRAVELING ANOTHER 1/2 MILE, MOTORISTS BEHIND THE VAN BEGAN HONKING. ONE OF OUR SONS LOOKED AND SAW FLAMES OUT OF THE BACK OF THE VAN. MY WIFE PULLED THE VAN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, AND REMOVED THE KEYS. EVERYONE QUICKLY GO OUT OF THE VAN THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS AND THE RIGHT SIDE SLIDING DOOR. AT THIS POINT, FLAMES WERE COMING OUR FROM UNDERNEATH THE VAN IN THE REAR AND ON BOTH SIDES. A TRAIL OF FLAMES ON THE ROAD WAS STILL BURNING WHERE THE VAN HAD TRAVELED. BYSTANDERS CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE FLAMES EVENTUALLY COMPLETELY ENGULFED THE VAN BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD ARRIVE AND EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. NO GASOLINE WAS FOUND IN THE GARAGE WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE NIGHT BEFORE. NO OBJECTS WERE RUN OVER ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL. A FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT IS AVAILABLE.

HAD LET VEHICLE IDLE A WHILE BEFORE MOVING. SHIFTED INTO REVERSE & STARTED TO BACK OUT. ENGINE STALLED OUT. NO PRIOR WARNING. TOOK TO DEALER 1ST TIME & HAD MAP SENSOR REPLACED. 2ND TIME THROTTLE SENSOR WAS REPLACED. 3RD TIME CONTROL MODULE. 4TH TIME MECHANIC TOOK ENGINE APART & FOUND WIRES UNDER THE HOOD HAD MELTED TOGETHER & ALL THE ELECTRICAL WIRES NEEDED REPLACING. THIS WAS DUE TO THE WIRES BEING TOO CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN 4 INCHES OR MORE OF WATER THE POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY FAILS. THE BELT CAN BE HEARD SLIPPING AND THEN RE-ENGAGES. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP TIGHTENED THE BELT ONCE BUT AFTER THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT THEY STATE NOTHING ELSE CAN BE DONE EXCEPT FOR THE DIRVER TO "GO SLOWER". ALSO, REAR BRAKES DO THE SAME.*AK