1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

VARIOUS PARTS ON THE DASHBOARD WORK INTERMITTENTLY, CURRENTLY, ENGINE STALLED, AND THEN IT WOULD START AGAIN. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, AND SOMEONE COULD BE HURT.*AK

WHILE FILLING UP VEHICLE IT STARTED LEAKING GAS, JUST LIKE IT DID BACK IN MAR.2000 WHEN IT WAS TAKEN IN FOR RECALL ON FUEL TANK. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RECALL, AND THAT TANK BROKE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTING GOING OFF BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN 12 TIMES FOR REPAIR AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS! ON THE HIGH SETTING IN HEAVY RAIN THE WIPERS TEND TO INTERMITTENTLY CUT OUT. PERSONAL RESEARCH HAS DISCOVERED THAT THIS PROBLEM EXISTS IN SEVERAL '96 VOYAGERS. THE CHRYSLER "HOTLINE" HAS LOGGGED THE PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES BUT HAS YET TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION.

WHILE THE FRONT TRANSMISSION SEAL WAS BEING REPLACED, THE MECHANIC WARNED ME ABOUT THE GAS TANK LEAKING GASOLINE. NO VISABLE PUNCTURE HOLES CAN BE SEEN AND THE LEAK APPEARS TO COME FROM THE SEEM OF THE TANK. HE SAID THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE FROM NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND TO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL REPAIRED DUE TO DANGER OF EXPLOSION AND/OR FIRE. WHEN MICHAEL STEAD CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN WALNUT CREEK WAS CONTACTED, I WAS TOLD ON THE PHONE THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE LEAKING GAS TANKS AND THAT THE LEAK IS NOT RELATED TO THE OTHER RECALL ON OUR GAS TANK ASSEMBLY. WE HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS RANDOMLY COMMING ON WHILE DRIVING. WE HAD THE SWITCH REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. AUTOWORLD DEALERSHIP TOLD US THAT THE MANUFACTURER FOR THE WIPERS HAS NOT MADE A REPLACEMENT PART TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THAT IF IT WAS REPLACED WE WOULD JUST HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

IGNITION FREQUENTLY FAILED TO START MY MINIVAN. AFTER A FEW TRIES, IT STARTS. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY DEALER TODAY, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW STARTER MOTOR. THE DEALER FIXED THE STARTER AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $350.00. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN ALL 1996 GRAND VOYAGER MODELS. WHY WAS THERE NO RECALL FROM YOUR OFFICE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED BY CHRYSLER AT THEIR EXPENSE? WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MANUFACTURER'S DEFECTIVE PARTS. PLEASE ADVISE ME ON HOW I COULD GET MY MONEY BACK FROM CHRYSLER. IN ADDITION, I HAVE A FUEL PUMP PROBLEM IN THE SAME CAR; THE DEALER SAID THE FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING, AND FIXED THIS PROBLEM AT MY EXPENSE. THE COST WAS $200.00. OUR MINIVAN IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD, AND ALREADY THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. WHY CAN'T YOUR OFFICE HAVE THESE PROBLEMS FIXED BY CHRYSLER AT THEIR EXPENSE? PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. (E-MAIL: [email protected]. *AK

RECALL 845, PERFORMED ON 2/23/00 PARTIALLY IMPROVED THINGS TEMPORARILY, BUT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM COMPLETELY. PROBLEM HAS INCREASINGLY BEEN GETTING WORSE SINCE JUNE '00. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

WHEN TRYING TO ROLL DOWN POWER WINDOW GLASS ON DRIVER'S SIDE REGULATOR DID NOT WORK. *AK

WHILE USING AIR CONDITIONING IT STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT A WARNING. A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT A/C COMPRESSOR WAS FROZEN. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING THERE WAS A GAS SMELL INSIDE OF VEHICLE. ALSO, GAS WAS LEAKING. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE, BUT PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TWO TRANSMISSION FAILURES. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO HESITATION/SLIPPAGES. ALSO, EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE PADS DUE TO PITTED/CORROSIVE ROTORS. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED? *AK