1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

RANDOMLY A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS DEVELOPED IN THE 1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE DASH BOARD REMAINS ILLUMINATED BUT THE GAUGES DO NOT FUNCTION(SPEED, RPM, GEAR, TEMP,ETC) AND THE VEHICLE DOSES NOT COMMUNICATE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE GEAR. THE BRAKES AND AIRBAG WILL ILLUMINATE ON DASH. THE COMPUTER CODES AND READS ECM FAILURE. TWICE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP DON DRENNAN HOOVER AL. *TR

I OWN A 1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER SE. MY GAUGES (GAS, TEMP, RPM, AND GEAR INDICATOR) ARE ALL OUT. IN READING ONLINE, THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL. I HAVE TO USE A GPS TO BE ABLE TO TELL HOW FAST I'M GOING. I'VE TWICE RAN OUT OF GAS WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL HOW MUCH FUEL I HAVE REMAINING. *TR

TOOK CAR FOR PA STATE INSPECTION AND FAILED DUE TO TECH WOULD NOT LOAD CAR ON LIFT. LEFT FRONT STRUT TOWER IS RUSTED THROUGH. HE WAS AFRAID THAT THE LIFT WOULD PUSH THE STRUT THROUGH THE HOOD OF THE CAR. *TR

APPLIED BRAKES ON STEEP DRIVEWAY AND PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. EXPERIENCED GREATLY REDUCED BRAKING CAPABILITY. FOUND STEEL BRAKE LINE FAILED DUE TO CORROSION (RUST THROUGH) WHERE IT CONNECTS TO BRAIDED STEEL SECTION JUST AFT OF THE ABS PROPORTIONING UNIT. PLAN ON HAVING IT REPAIRED NEXT WEEK. 1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. *TR

MY VAN IS A LEMON. ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS - DEFOGGER SOMETIMES WORK AND SOMETIMES NOT, WINDOWS WON'T ROLL DOWN, STEREO SPEAKERS SOMETIMES WORKS, INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS GO OFF AND ON, DIM YELLOW HEADLIGHTS, ETC. FOUND PIN HOLE IN HEAD...DEFECT IN METAL. VAN OVER HEATED AND GAUGE DID NOT SAY IT WAS HOT. FAN WENT OUT. NOW SOMETHING GOING WRONG WITH FRONT END. OCCASIONALLY SMELL GAS. THE LIFTER HEAD GASKET NOW LEAKS OIL. VAN SOMETIMES JUMPS IN PARK AND ROLLS. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX THIS STUFF... BAIL ME OUT NOT CHRYSLER.... *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. APPROXIMATELY A MONTH LATER, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN FAILING AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND THE MECHANIC STATED EACH TIME THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO THE SPEED SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AFTER EACH VISIT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS SOMETIMES WILL NOT TURN ON. THE REAR WIPER AND BOTH WASHERS WORK FINE. SOME COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED IN 1999, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES. *TR

I HAVE A 98 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, THE DASHBOARD KEEPS GOING OUT WHILE I'M DRIVING-I HAVE PUNCHED THE DASHBOARD WHILE I'M DRIVING AND SOMETIMES THAT HAVE MADE EVERYTHING LIGHT BACK UP, I HAVE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT NIGHT AND ALMOST GOT INTO A ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM; IT EVEN HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS OFF, WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE CAR STARTS AND THAN SHUTS RIGHT BACK OFF, THAN THE CAR DOESN'T START AT ALL, I HAVE REPLACED THE STARTER,IGNITION BOX,ALTERNATOR AND OTHER THINGS. MY CAR IS NOW STRANDED IN A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD THAN MINE. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THE FANBELT KEEPS COMING OFF, I HAVE BEEN DRIVING WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR IN THE RAIN AND IT HAS FALLING OFF, ANOTHER TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS GOING OVER A TRAIN BRIDGE DOWN A HILL WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR AND I HAD TO FORCE THE CAR INTO A NEAR BYE SCHOOL PARKING LOT. I HAVE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A KIT SUPPLIED BY CHRYSLER TO HELP PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, PLEASE HELP ME! *TR

1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER SE. KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST. ON FRIDAY, 02 JANUARY 2009, WE HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE TO A DESTINATION AND THEN UPON TRYING TO GET IN AND START IT, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. WE TRIED TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO RELEASE ANY PRESSURE, WIGGLED THE STEERING WHEEL, ETC UNTIL FINALLY, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOCKED. AT THAT POINT, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WE COULD DO WITH THE VEHICLE. WE WERE BLOCKING THE DRIVE INTO A GLASS REPAIR SHOP SUCH THAT NO OTHER VEHICLES COULD BE MOVED IN OR OUT OF THE BUSINESS, NOT TO MENTION THE WEATHER WAS VERY COLD. WE HAD TO HAVE A TOW COMPANY COME AND RELEASE A LINKAGE UNDERNEATH THE VAN IN ORDER TO GET IT INTO NEUTRAL JUST TO PUSH IT BACK OUT OF THE WAY. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A DODGE DEALER IN BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THE RESULT WAS A FAULTY IGNITION CYLINDER. THE DEALER REPLACED IT AT A COST OF NEARLY $300. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH ONLINE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM ACROSS THE ENTIRE CHRYSLER PRODUCT LINE. THIS FAULT PUTS A PERSON AT RISK OF BEING STRANDED. CHRYSLER SHOULD ANSWER FOR THIS, AS THIS SEEMS TO BE VERY WIDESPREAD. *TR

I OWN TWO CHRYSLER MINIVAN THAT HAVE RUSTED STRUT TOWERS, AND I TOOK THEM TO MY FAVORITE BODY SHOP. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ALMOST EVERY CHRYSLER MINI VAN HAS HAD THIS, AND TO GO TO THE DEALER DUE TO A RECALL. THERE IS NO SUCH RECALL, AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER IT HAS BEEN A ISSUE. *TR