1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE HAD PRODUCED A THICK FILM ON THE LENSES, WHICH IMPAIRED THE CONSUMER'S VISIBILITY. *JB

OVER A YEAR AND 1/2, HAD MULTIPLE (AT LEAST 10) INCIDENTS OF VEHICLE STALLING WHILE SLOWING DOWN, AT TURNS OR TRAFFIC LIGHTS. RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING, BRAKES, AND TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL ONTO NEXT LANE; LUCKILY, NO ACCIDENTS. MULTIPLE TRIPS TO PLYMOUTH DEALERSHIP, ALL INSPECTIONS AND COSTLY EMPIRICAL REPAIRS ARE FRUITLESS, UNTIL AIS (AUTOMATIC IDLE SPEED) MOTOR REPLACED (THROTTLE BODY CLEANED, ALSO). THE MECHANIC STATED HE HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM IN HIS OWN PLYMOUTH! THIS FAILURE HAS NOT RECURRED IN THE 3 YEARS SINCE MAKING THE AIS MOTOR THE LIKELY CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THIS IS SIMPLY A FOLLOW-UP, HOPEFULLY OF SOME USE TO DRIVERS AND MECHANICS. *LA

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED THREE TIMES IN ONE YEAR. THE LAST TIME THE SERVICE SHOP BLAMED THE FAILURE ON THE CRANK SHAFT DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION THUS CAUSING IT TO BREAK. *LA

I HAVE A "96 GRAND VOYAGER WITH 82000 MILES. THE TOWERS WHICH SUPPORT THE FRONT STRUTS ARE BOTH GROSSLY RUSTED AND FATIGUED. WHEN THE STRUT BREAKS THROUGH THE TOWER IT IS INEVITABLE THAT THE TIRE WILL LOCK UP IN THE WHEEL WELL CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND VEHICLE CONTROL. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER REGARDING THIS AND THEY SAY THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT.

I RECEIVED BATTERIES IN 1999, 2000, & 2001 FOR THE SAME VAN FROM THE DEALER BECAUSE THEY ALL LOST POWER. NOW I NEED A NEW WIRING HARNESS FOR THAT VAN BECAUSE ACID FROM THOSE BATTERIES LEAKED INTO THE CURRENT WIRING HARNESS WHICH WILL COST ME OVER $1000. THE DEALER HAS BEEN DOING THE SERVICE ON MY VAN AND I HAVE NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM OF ACID LEAKS INTO THE WIRING ALL OF THOSE YEARS. IN 2002 I BOUGHT A BATERY FROM KRAGEN AUTO PARTS. I DON'T KNOW WHY BATTERIES IN THE VAN LOSE POWER AND HAVE TO BE REPLACED EVERY YEAR. VAN DEFECT? POSSIBLY. NOW THE DEALER SAYS THAT BECAUSE THERE IS SO MANY MILES ON THE VAN, THEY AREN'T RESPONSIBLE. BUT THEY MUST HAVE KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG SINCE 1999. I HAVE A 1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. I FEEL THAT THE PRESENT MILAGE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BATTERY PROBLEM THAT STILL EXIST WITH THE VAN, AND THAT THE DEALER WAS AND STILL IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM.

DEALER REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AT 50,000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 70,000 MILES. *AK THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE PITTED AND THE PADS WERE DOWN AND THE REAR BRAKES WERE LESS THAN 200 MILES. THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND BOTH ROTORS WERE REPLACED, THE DRUMS WERE RESURFACED THE WHEEL CYLINDERS WERE BAD AND WERE REPLACED PER TSB, AND BOTH REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS WAS ALSO REPLACED. THERE WAS A BAD NOISE IN THE LEFT FRONT SIDE AND THE LOUDEST WAS IN THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING AND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING WAS REPLACED. *SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER SAID THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, AND COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

96 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER VAN WITH 80K MILES. BOTH STRUT INSIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ARE EXHIBITING MAJOR METAL FATIGUE. BOTH STRUT TOWERS ARE SHEARING AWAY FROM MAIN FRAME ASSEMBLY. DEALER STATES THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED OR FRONT OF VAN WILL COLLAPSE. THIS STARTED TO OCCUR SEVERAL YEARS AGO BUT DEALER ALWAYS STATED THAT THIS WAS NOT AN ISSUE. IN RESEARCHING THE WEB, I HAVE SEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS OF METAL FATIGUE ON THE CHRYSLER STRUT TOWERS. I CAN PROVIDE VISUAL EVIDENCE IF DESIRED. WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE NHTSA CONSIDER THIS AS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I CAN PROVIDE DIGITAL PICTURES OF BOTH STRUT TOWERS SHEARING THROUGH MAIN CHASSIS FRAME. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT, AND TWO DRIVELINE AXLES WERE REPLACED. *AK *MR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY CONSUMER HEARD A SNAPPING SOUND FROM THE BACK SEAT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND DISCOVERED THAT TRAY SHIELD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE BACK OF THE CHILD SEAT. *AK