1999 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

HEADLIGHTS DIM SHARPLY IN COLD WEATHER OR TRAVELING IN WET CONDITIONS. IF I HIT A PUDDLE IN THE ROAD THIS WILL HAPPEN ALSO OR I MIGHT LOSE THEM ALL TOGETHER, FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS. THIS SEEMS TO BE FROM INSUFFICIENT INSULATING OF WIRE HARNESS. COULD CAUSE A FIRE OR SEVERE ACCIDENT, ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY. *JB

STRUT TOWER CORROSION - 1999 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. STRUT TOWER WAS RUSTED THROUGH WITH 103,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. ASKED DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR - THEY WOULDN'T TOUCH IT. RECEIVED SIMILAR ANSWERS FROM OTHER DEALERS IN AREA. ONLY GREEN CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH, EAST MOLINE ILLINOIS WOULD ATTEMPT THE REPAIR. COST WAS $900.00+ LACK OF INSPECTION AND SUPPORT ON THIS ISSUE FROM DEALERSHIP NETWORK IS APPALLING. THERE IS AN INSPECTION PORT ON THE STRUT TOWER - SO THE ENGINEERS KNEW THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROBLEM WHEN IT WAS BUILT. YET THE DEALERSHIPS DO NOT INSPECT. A TOWER DOESN'T INSTANTANEOUSLY CORRODE BETWEEN 99K AND 103K. THERE WAS A PROBLEM PRIOR TO THE 100K BARRIER AND NO ONE PICKED UP ON IT. BUT THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY FOLKS THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. THERE WERE TWO OTHER CARS INTO THE SAME BODY SHOP ALONG WITH MY VEHICLE WITH THE SAME FAILURE! PLEASE CHECK PUBLIC FORUMS ON THE WEB USING GOOGLE OR ANOTHER SEARCH ENGINE. YOU WILL FIND THAT THE PROBLEM IS PREVALENT AND YET...NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO ALERT THE PUBLIC AS TO PROBLEMS. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THAT STRUT TOWER WOULD FAIL WHILE THE VEHICLE IS AT SPEED? HOW MANY MUST DIE BEFORE THERE IS ANY ACTION TAKEN? *JB

DT: CONTACT STATED THE SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF, LEAVING VEHICLE STRANDED. SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED 7 OR 8 TIMES. THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED ON THIS PROBLEM. BUT, CONTACT WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF IT. THE BULLETIN STATED THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL PART TO KEEP THE BELT FROM COMING OFF.*AK

SPEED CONTROL AND THEN THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION FAILED; WHEN IT HAPPENED, I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE; I COULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 25-30 MPH AND CAME VERY CLOSE TO BEOING REAR-ENDED BY A 16-WHEEL TRUCK.

THE LEFT (DRIVER) SIDE STRUT TOWER APPEARS TO BE SPLIT AND RUSTING OUT, WHILE THE RIGHT (PASSENGER) SIDE SHOWS NO SIGNS OF RUST. THERE IS ALSO NO RUST ANYWHERE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING DEFECTIVE WITH THE METAL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. IF THE STRUT TOWER FAILS, I WILL LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I SPOKE WITH ANOTHER OWNER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WHO WORKS IN A BODY SHOP. THEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM ON SEVERAL VEHICLES. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR, THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL, BUT THEY HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE AS IS. IF IT IS NOT SAFE, I FEEL THAT IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY CHRYSLER. I DO HAVE DIGITAL PICTURES OF BOTH STRUT TOWERS. THE DEALER WANTS AROUND $400.00 TO FIX IT AND THEY WILL NOT TELL ME WHETHER IT IS SAFE OR NOT. *NM

ALL OF THE COMPUTERIZED GAUGES ARE INOPERATIVE WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THIS ISSUE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT SEVERAL PROBLEMS. RECENTLY, THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON/THE ODOMETER STOPPED READING MILEAGE, AND THE HORN DID NOT WORK. THE CAUSE OF THESE PROBLEMS HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. ALSO, WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE DRIVER REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE TRANSMISSION DIFFERENTIAL SHAFT CAME OUT AND ROTATED PUTTING A HOLE IN THE TRANSFER CASE, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK AND VEHICLE TO LOSS POWER. *TT

'RECALL CAMPAIGN; DAIMLER CHRYSLER ISSUED FOR CLOCKSPRING. *BF THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SIT AT THE DEALER WHO BEING REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUEST A CHECK FOR THE BLUE BOOK VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. *NM