1997 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

THE INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEATS ARE FAULTY. *MR RECALL# 97I001000. *SC *JB

PURCHASED VEHICLE USED A YEAR AGO, AFTER 1 FUEL FILL UP SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SMELLED FUEL STRONGLY IN THE BACK. NOTICED RAW FUEL LEAKING ONTO THE LEFT REAR TIRE& WHEEL WELL. TOOK TO DEALER FOR TESTS, THEY FOUND LEAKS FROM LDP TO THE TANK AT A RUBBER ELBOW WITH A RAW FUEL LEAK AT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FILLER NECK AND ROLLOVER VALVE. TOLD WE NEED FUEL TANK REPLACED TO FIX THE PROBLEM COSTING MORE THAN $700!

INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT FAILED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED. WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER THEY AGREED TO PAY A PORTION OF THE REPAIR, BUT LATER THEY RESCINDED THE OFFER. *JB

SEVERE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES, HEADLIGHTS STAY ON, DASHBOARD LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE OVERHEATS, A/C STOPS WORKING. THIS HAS BEEN THE ABSOLUTE WORST VEHICLE EVER OWNED. IT COST TOO MUCH TO KEEP REPAIRING, PLEASE ADVISE ON THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM POSSIBILITIES. THANKS. *AK

VIN #P4GP44R9VR169548 '97 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO BOTH D & E DODGE IN WILMINGTON, NC AND TO NATIONAL DODGE IN JACKSONVILLE, NC FOR REPAIRS TO THE BRAKES, AND THE BRAKES STILL DO NOT WORK. THE BRAKE SYSTEM FLUID, DRUMS, ROTARS, MASTER CYLINDER - EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE OK, THEY SAY, WHEN WE PICK IT UP, BUT, WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES, BRAKES ARE "SPONGY" AND SOMETIMES THERE ARE NO BRAKES AT ALL. IT SEEMS PRETTY FAIR FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN BECOMES INCREASINGLY WORSE. THIS HAS BEEN APPEARING FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR. PLEASE RECOMMEND SOMEONE IN THE CHRYSLER ORGANIZATION THAT CAN FIX THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND WE ARE TIRED OF THIS PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID MY FAMILY IS GOING TO BE KILLED AND PERHAPS KILL SOMEONE ELSE, TOO. THE CAR HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY PURCHASED AT THE TIME THE CAR WAS RESOLD TO US, WHICH THE DEALERSHIPS SAY DOES NOT COVER THE BRAKE SYSTEM. HOWEVER, IT DOES COVER AT LEAST SOME PART OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE THING IS, WE HAVE PAID OUT MONEY FOR ITS REPAIR AND HAVE HAD TO DO WITHOUT THE CAR FOR DAYS AT A TIME AND STILL HAVE A BRAKING SYSTEM THAT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON THAT IS DEFINITELY A "SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT" THAT NO ONE CAN FIND AS YET. *JB

STARTED WHEN I WOULD TAKE OFF IN FIRST GEAR, IT WOULD VIBRATE REALLY HARD, LIKE A MANUAL TRANSMITION DOES WHEN IT NEEDS TO DOWN SHIFT. THEN I WAS ALMOST IN A COLLISION, WHEN I WAS STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF A HILL, AND WENT TO PULL OVER, AND TO MY SURPRISE I ROLLED BACKWARDS, AS IF IN NUTRAL. MY TRASMISSION WAS GONE. AFTER A VERY LARGE TOW BILL, AND 1500 REBUILT TRANSMISSION, MY DIM LIGHTS ONLY WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO, THE PASSENGER WINDOW IS TO THE POINT WHERE IT ALMOST WONT GO UP.....THERE'S ALMOST TOO MUCH MORE TO GO ON. *JB

IF THE VAN GOES THROUGH A PUDDLE IN THE ROAD AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR BELT SLIDES OFF ENGINE. WHEN THIS OCCURS VFEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING AND STALLS BECAUSE THE BATTERY IS DRAINED. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING MOST OF THE TIME. HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL HAS STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY.*AK

VEHICLE HAS BROKEN SERPENTINE BELT 11 TIMES SINCE PURCHASED IN AUGUST 1997. VEHICLE LOOSES POWER STEERING AND ALTERNATOR WHEN THIS HAPPENS. BRACKETS, PULLEYS, TENSIONERS AND BELTS HAVE ALL BEEN REPLACED AGAIN AND AGAIN BUT PROBLEM WORSENS. LAST BELT LASTED ONLY 2 MONTHS AND 1500 MILES. *JB

1997 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER TIE ROD END FAILURE. THE TIE ROD END BALL JOINT SEPERATED. THIS WAS A "LIFETIME" LUBRICATED PART WITH NO GREASE FITTING. THERE WAS NO GREASE LEFT IN THE BALL JOINT, RUST AND CORROSION APPEARS TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE. THESE JOINTS ARE OF POOR DESIGN AND SHOULD NOT FAIL TO THE POINT OF COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.. HAPPENED WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE, IF IT HAD SEPARATED ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEED COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.*AK