1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

THE ORIGINAL SERPENTINE BELT SHREDDED AT 18,000 MILES ON 1/1/1999. THE REPLACEMENT SERPENTINE BELT SHREDDED 6,000 MILES LATER ON 11/23/1999. THE TENSIONER AND BELT WERE REPLACED AND THE BELT SHREDDED AGAIN 12,000 MILES LATER ON 4/14/2001.

FRONT SWAY BAR FOUND BROKEN AT BOLT ON DRIVERS SIDE OF VAN. ALSO, UPPER STRUT BEARINGS MAY BE DAMAGED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. MECHANIC WAS SUPRISED THAT THE LOCAL DEALER HAD SWAY BAR IN STOCK, AS THEY USUALLY ONLY STOCK PARTS THAT ARE ROUTINELY REPLACED OR THAT ARE KNOW TO FAIL. MECHANIC STATED THAT IF SWAY BAR HAD BROKEN FREE AT BOLT, IT COULD HAVE PUNCTURED THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE, OR CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HORN STOPPED WORKING. DEALER REPLACED CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY. ON APRIL 5 2001 DASH WENT BLACK, SPEEDOMETER WENT TO 0, AT DEALER AT THIS TIME. *AK

VEHICLE HAD BEEN INCLUDED ON FUEL LEAKAGE NHTSA RECALL 00 V 268 000/ AND MANUFACTURER'S RECALL # 895 THAT STATED FUEL COULD LEAK FROM UNDERHOOD FUEL INJECTION FUEL RAIL, COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE FIRE.*AK

TRANSMISSION STAYED IN SECOND GEAR, EVEN WHEN ACCELERATING.*AK CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION ALSO SLIPPED, TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT DUE TO INTERNAL CONTAMINATION. *SLC

CONSUMER SMELLED A FUEL ODOR. WENT TO DEALER, WHO STATED THAT HE NOTICED NOTHING WRONG. CONSUMER THEN FOUND OUT ABOUT RECALL ON FUEL RAIL. CALLED CHRYSLER ,WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RECALL NOTICE WOULD BE MAILED IN JULY 2001. ON MAR 30, 2001 CONSUMER FILLED FUEL TANK, AND NOTICED FUEL DRIPPING FROM FUEL RAIL. HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED, CHRYSLER TOLD CONSUMER THEY MAY REIMBURSE HER IN JULY. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. WOULD HAVE ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF HORN, RADIO & WINDSHIELD WIPERS. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. *AK

SRS LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, AND HORN ASSEMBLY/CRUISE CONTROL WERE INOPERABLE. DEALER HAS REPLACED CLOCK SPRING.*AK *JB

SRS LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. ALSO, HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. ALSO, HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE.*AK