1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

BATTERY BLEW UP WHEN VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN PROCESS OF STARTING. THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY AND HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS. THE BATTERY BLEW OFF PART OF THE TOP WITH A LARGE BANG. IF A PERSON HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE ENGINE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. NO FIRE OCCURRED BUT SMOKE DID APPEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABUSED OR OTHERWISE CAUSED TO BE DAMAGED BY THE DRIVER PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING. THE BATTERY HAS A CHRYSLER P/N 4727258 AND APPEARS TO BE ORIGINAL. ADVISE IF THERE IS A NEED TO SAVE THE BATTERY FOR FURTHER CHECKS BY ANYONE.*AK

THIS VAN HAS HAD MANY DEFECTS, THE SERVICE TECH. SAID ALL THE BRAKE COMPONETS WERE GOING TO BE DAMAGED AND I HAD ONLY HEAR THE NOISE FOR TWO DAYS. THE SHOES WERE DAMAGING THE DRUMS AND WERE ATTACHED TO THE DRUM, AND THEY HAD TO BEAT ON THEM FOR AT LEAST A HOUR TO GET THEM OFF, THE SHOES WERE HAD THE RIVETS MISSING ON MOST OF THEM. THEY WERE CAUSING OTHER BRAKE CONPONETS TO COME LOOSE, THIS WAS WAY TO EARLY FOR BACK BRAKE SHOES TO FAIL AND DAMAGE ALL THESE PARTS. IT COULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO HAVE AND ACCIDENT.*AK

SHIFT LEVER CAN BE CHANGED OR MOVED INTO ANY GEAR FROM PARK WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES AND WITHOUT KEY IN THE IGNITION, WHICH COULD CAUSE VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY.*AK

PRIOR TO RECALL FUEL PUMP MODULE SEAL FAILED (99V-216), REPLACED FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION, REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. YH

WHILE USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS THEY STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT ANY INDICATIION. WIPER MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DESPITE SEVERAL DEALERSHIP "FIXES" GAS TANK SHIFTS AND THUMPS WHEN ACCELERATING OR STOPPING SHARPLY. ALL ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ELECTRICAL "VIBRATION"-TYPE NOISES WHEN ACTIVATING. REAR BRAKES HAVE "HUMMED" WHEN LIGHTLY BRAKING SINCE NEW. PROBLEM EVOLVED INTO SURGING. NEEDED A COMPLETE BRAKE JOB AT 40,000 MILES DUE, I BELIEVE, TO LACK OF DEALERSHIP FIX BEFORE HAND.*AK

I WAS STOPPED WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. A TRUCK HIT ME FROM THE REAR AND KNOCKED ME INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY HEAD HIT THE STEERING WHEEL BREAKING A SMALL BONE IN MY NOSE AND BRUSING IT AND MY UPPER LIP AND GUMS. I HIT MY LEFT INSIDE KNEE WHICH WAS BRUISED AND HURT. XRAYED, BOTH MOUTH AND KNEE AND NECK. THE BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN ME. THE SEAT WAS THROWN TO A RECLINING POSITION AND I COULD NOT, AFTER I CAME TO MY SENSES, MAKE THE LEVER WORK TO UPRIGHT THE SEAT. THE OFFICER HAD TO GET IN BACK SEAT AND PUSH IT UP WITH HIS FEET. I HAVE A REPORT WITH THAT OFFICER'S NAME ON IT. THE REPORT DID NOT MENTION THIS PROBLEM. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN THE KIND OF HIT IT WAS. THE VAN IS TOTALED. THANKS FOR ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN SHED ON THIS SO NO ONE ELSE HAS THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU, JM. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD, AND HORN STOPPED WORKING DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL OPEN. IT WAS THE SAME ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH HORN AND AIRBAG. CLOCK SPRING WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT COULD COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY AND STAY ON FOR A FEW SECONDS. THEN GO OFF, AND ONCE AGAIN COME ON. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, COULD NOT MERGE SAFELY INTO TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF SLIP. WOULD WORK O.K. WHOLE VAN WAS COLD, THEN WOULD SLIP AND STAY IN LOW GEAR WHEN VAN WARMED UP./A.C. LEAKING FREON CAUSING INADEQUATE COLD AIR. DEALER REPLACED REAR DISCHARGE HOSE ONLY TO HAVE IT LEAK OUT AGIAN, WHICH TELLS ME THEY DIDN'T EVEN CHECK IT. WHEN THE COMPESSOR FINALLY GAVE OUT AND AFTER AN ESTIMATE OF ALLMOST $900.00, I HAD AN INDEPENDENT SHOP TELL ME THE EVAPORATOR WAS LEAKING. THE DEALER AGREEDED THEY HAD SOME BAD EVAPORATORS AND FIXED THE WHOLE SYSTEM FOR $450.00. *AK