1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT "D" RING HAS 3 FRACTURES, ALL IN DIFFERENT PLACES. ONE FRACTURE IS VERY LARGE AND THE OTHER TWO ARE OF GOOD SIZE. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND NO ABNORMAL STRESS HAS BEEN PLACED UPON THIS COMPONET TO CAUSE SUCH FRACTURES. IT IS REASONABLY NEW AND WAS NOT THERE AS OF ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. I JUST DISCOVERED IT ON OR ABOUT 09-05-01.

DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM FAILED. WOULD NOT UNLOCK TO RELEASED DOOR FOR OPENING.NOT ABLE TO UNLOCK DOOR WITH REMOTE CONTROL, BUT CAN LOCK IT. CURRENTLY, EXPERIENCING PROBLEM ON PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR.*AK

AFTER MAKING STOPS CONSUMER COULD SMELL A FUEL SMELL. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED, TECHNICIAN COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. CONSUMER NOTICED FUEL POURING OUT OF FUEL TANK WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY DOWN HILL. *AK FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING FROM SEAM NEAR THE TOP OF THE TANK, DEALER REPLACED THE TANK. *SLC

I HAD BEEN SMELLING GAS 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. THEY RECALLED THE O RINGS AND CHANGED THAT I THOUGHT THAT WOULD RELEAVE THE PROBLEM BUT IT DID NOT. THEN IN JULY I WAS PARK ON A HILL AND GAS STARTED POURING OUT THE TANK SO I MOVED THE CAR LEVELED AND IT STOPED FROM THEN ON THE GAS SMELL WAS SO BAD I STARTED HAVING HEADACHES, ON AUGUST 22, 2001 I TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THE SAID IT WAS CLAPSING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED I TOLD THEM IS THAT THE RESPONSIBLITY OF THE DEALER THEY SAID NO THAT IT WAS WARE AND TEAR AND IT WOULD COST 1079.89. THE SMELL OF GAS WAS SO BAD AND I DID NOT THINK GAS TANKS JUST GO OUT FROM DRIVING! I DRIVE A MINI VAN W/CHILDREN IN IT I DO NOT RACE THIS CAR IN ORDER FOR IT TO GO OUT!*AK

IN JAN OF 2000 I HAD TO TAKE MY MINIVAN IN TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION OVERHAULED. I WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALER WOULDNT PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN, THEY SAID THEY COULDNT DO THAT. NOW HERE IT IS AUG 2001 AND 20,000 MILES LATER AND HERE WE GO AGAIN, I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION, UPON CONTACTING THE DEALER AND HAVING THE VEHICLE CHECKED NOW THEY WANT ME TO PAY $2300 TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION WITH A 3 YEAR WARRANTY. THIS IS WHAT I ASKED THEM TO DO AT 47,000 BUT WAS TOLD THEY COULDNT. HAD THE REPLACEMENT BEEN DONE AT 47,000 MILES AS I HAD ASKED I WOULDNT BE PUTTING ANY MONEY OUT OF MY POCKET. YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.*AK

BRAKES HAS A GRINDING WHEN STARTING TO STOP. HAS NOT HAD A PROBLEM STOPPING.*AK

OUR CLOCK SPRING FAILURE WAS EVIDENCED BY AIRBAG LIGHT GLOWING CONTINUOUSLY.......WE WERE TOLD THAT THE AIRBAGS MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT WORK IN AN ACCIDENT, SO WE WENT AHEAD WITH THE REPAIR....THE AIRBAGS HAD NEVER BEEN DEPLOYED OR REPLACED DURING THE LIFE OF THE CAR......WE WANTED TO BE ASSURED OF SAFETY IF INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.........A NEWS REPORT ABOUT CLOCKSPRING/AIRBAG POTENTIAL DEFECTS ON PLYMOUTH MINIVANS PROMPTED OUR REPORT TODAY. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON/ CRUISE CONTROL, AND HORN WOULD NOT WORK. DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATED AND DETERMINED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CLOCK SPRING WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, AND IT COST $538.71 FOR LABOR AND PARTS TO REPLACE FAILED CLOCK SPRING.*AK

SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER BOLT SHEARED OFF, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING/ ENGINE COOLING/ AND ALTERNATOR FUNCTION. VERY DIFFICULT TO REPAIR AS TO LIMITED ENGINE COMPARTMENT CLEARANCE.*AK

SINCE APPROXIMATELY 10/01/99, WHILE CAR IS OPERATED, AIRBAG, CRUISE CONTROL, AND OTHER ELECTRIC FEATURES CONTROLLED VIA WIRING LOCATED IN THE STEERING COLUMN BECOME INOPERABLE, INDICATED BY THE TROUBLE LIGHTS WHICH COME ON, ON DASHBOARD. FOR ABOUT THE PAST ONE YEAR THE AIRBAGS AND CRUISE CONTROL HAVE CONTINUOUSLY BEEN INACTIVE/INOPERABLE WHENEVER THE CAR IS BEING OPERATED. THERE APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE STEERING COLUMN WIRING SYSTEM, AND RECENTLY HEARD OF MANY OTHER SIMILAR FAILURES, ONES THE NHTSA IS EVEN AWARE OF, ALTHOUGH I CAN FIND NO REPORT OF IT ON THIS WEB SITE IN EITHER RECALLS OR COMPLAINTS. I'M VERY FRUSTRATED AND ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE ALL THIS RE-WIRING WORK DONE, BUT FEEL PLYMOUTH SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A FUNCTIONING AIRBAG SYSTEM AT LEAST. *AK