1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

LIKE SED BEFOR ON A FEW OTHER COMPLANTS I HAVE A 96 PLYMOUNTH GRAND VOYAGER SE AND MY STRUT TOWERS ARE RUSTING OUT AT A FAST PASE AND IS VERY UN SAFE TO BE DRIVING THESE VANS WITH THIS PROBLEM... STRUT TOWER FAILUR CAN LEAD TO CRASH AND DEATH IF AT HIGHWAY SPEED BUY CAUSING DEFENT ROLEOVER THIS PROBLEM SHULD BE FIXED IMEADETLY BY DCX

AFTER HAVING THE WATER PUMP REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME, WHILE DRIVING HOME THE PULLEY FLEW OFF OF THE WATER PUMP, WENT INTO THE AIR, RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. *JB THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE WATER PUMP PULLEY WAS PRESSED ON TO THE SHAFT. AS A RESULT OF THE PULLEY FALLING OFF THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. *TC

THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON. AS A RESULT, THE HORN DID NOT WORK. A RECALL FOR THE CLOCK SPRING WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE'S YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO PASS INSPECTION. *AK *NM

CONSUMER STATED WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER HAD SOME CALLS WITH BEING IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED DURING RAINSTROMS. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER OF THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS MALFUNCTIONING. TO REPAIR VEHICLE WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $700.00. *AK THE WIPER PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR AT STARTUP, WHILE TURNING AND OR WHILE IN MOTION. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD BECOME A PROBLEM AS WELL. *SC

DURING SOME REGULAR MAINTENANCE MY REPAIR SHOP NOTICED THAT THE STRUT TOWERS IN MY 1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER WERE BADLY DETERIORATED AND THE THE STRUTS WERE IN DANGER OF PUSHING THROUGH THE TOP OF THE TOWER AND CONSEQUENTLY THE HOOD. THIS SITUATION WOULD HAVE RENDERED THE VEHICLE UNCONTROLLABLE AND PRESENTED A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF I, OR MY CHILDREN, WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. IF NOT HIDDEN UNDER THE HOOD I WOULD HAVE NOTICED IT SOME TIME AGO, LONG BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. ALSO THIS KIND OF STRUCTURAL FAILURE SHOULD NOT OCCUR IN A VEHICLE THIS YOUNG AND IS INDICATIVE OF A DESIGN FAULT. CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED A TSB NUMBER 23-044-02 ACKNOWLEDGING THIS PROBLEM AND HAS A REPAIR KIT FOR IT. CLEARLY THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND UNINTERESTED IN HELPING PEOPLE WITH A DESIGN FLAW THAT TAKES MANY YEARS TO DEVELOP. THEY WILL NOT HELP CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE BOUGHT A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT UNLESS YOUR AGENCY FORCES THEM TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND I URGE YOU TO DO SO.*AK

THE CLOCK SPRING FAILED, THREE YEARS AGO AND WAS REPAIRED AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE THIS VEHICLE.DUE TO VIN. A MONTH LATER, CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER ,AND WAS TOLD TO SEND A LETTER FOR REIMBURSEMENT, EVEN THOUGH THE RECEIPT WAS LOST. DEALER LOST THE RECORDS, AND THE MANUFACTURER PURGED THE RECORDS AND CONSUMER COULD NOT BE REIMBURSED.*AK

SEVERLY RUSTED STRUT TOWER ON MY 1996 PLYMOTH GRAND VOYAGER. AFTER INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM, I HAVE FOUND THAT NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 1998 AND 2000 GRAND VOYAGERS WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. ESTIMATED REPAIR $4500.00. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN A PARKING LOT. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE, THEN FLAMES COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED, AND THEY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE INSPECTOR INDICATED THAT THE FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY AN OIL LEAK, BUT THEY WERE NOT SURE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

CRUISE CONTROL LOCKED AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO THE SPEED OF 90 MPH. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE VEHICLE WAS TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF. ALSO, THE SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.*AK