1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

BRIEF HISTORY, I AM 36 WITH A WIFE AND TWO BOYS WHO ARE 11 AND EIGHT. BOTH MY WIFE AND I GRADUATED FROM MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE I ALSO GOT MY MBA. I HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS). I WENT ON DISABILITY IN 1997. I AM AT ABOUT AN 8.5 TO 9 ON THE DISABILITY SCALE. ZERO BEING NO SYMPTOMS 10 BEING DEAD. I AM IN A WHEELCHAIR. I HAVE A FEEDING TUBE, A SUPRA PUBIC CATHETER. I WILL BE TRYING AN INTENSIVE CHEMOTHERAPY IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.*AK WE ARE ON A FIXED INCOME FROM SOCIAL SECURITY AND A LONG TERM CARE CONTRACT. I REQUIRE NEARLY 24-HOUR CARE SO MY WIFE CANT WORK. OUR ANNUAL INCOME IS ABOUT $34,000. WE BOUGHT A PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER HANDICAP VAN IN 1998 FOR ABOUT $40,000. THIS WEEK WE HAD THE OIL CHANGED. THE MECHANIC SAID ONE OF THE TWO TOWERS THAT HOLD THE ENGINE IN PLACE WAS RUSTED. HE SAID TO HAVE A BODY SHOP LOOK AT IT IMMEDIATELY. THE BODY SHOP SAID THEY WOULDNT TOUCH IT (PRES KOOL). MY WIFE CALLED CHRYSLER AND AN ARROGANT, IMPATIENT CUSTOMER SERVICE REP NAMED JAY SAID TO TAKE IT TO MAACO (ANOTHER LOCAL BODY SHOP). THEY ALSO TOLD MY WIFE NO WAY WOULD THEY FIX IT. EVERY PLACE MY WIFE TOOK IT SHE WAS TOLD THE VAN HAD WAY MORE RUST ALL OVER THEN A 1998 VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE. ANOTHER MECHANIC SAID NO WAY SHOULD THE TOWER BE RUSTED LIKE IT IS. MY WIFE CALLED CHRYSLER AGAIN AND SPOKE TO ERIKA WHO SAID THERE IS NOTHING CHRYSLER CAN OR WILL DO. OUR WARRANTY IS UP SO WE ARE LEFT WITH OUR ONLY TRANSPORTATION BEING UNSAFE. SHE SAID WE SHOULD TAKE IT TO A CHRYSLER DEALER. WHY WOULD WE TRUST ANYTHING CHRYSLER SAYS WHEN THREE INDEPENDENT BODY SHOPS TOLD US OTHERWISE? I WAS CERTAIN THE VAN WOULD OUTLAST ME. I WISH I COULD SAY I WAS WRONG BECAUSE I GOT BETTER NOT BECAUSE WE BOUGHT A LEMON. WE HAVE CALLED SEVERAL DEALERS AND THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT. WE HAVE PICTURES OF BOTH TOWERS. THE PICTURES ARE STARTLING. THE VAN IS VERY UNSAFE.

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO WORK. RECALL#02V293000. THE MECHANIC WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

MY AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, THE HORN DOESN'T WORK AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK. THIS IS A DOCUMENTED RECALL BUT DAIMLER CHRYSLER SAID THAT THE RECALL IS NOT ON THE YEAR OF MY VAN. *JB

WHILE CLOSING THE LIFTGATE, THE SCREWS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE CAME OUT AND THE LIFTGATE SMASHED THE CONSUMER'S HAND. CONSUMER'S RIGHT HAND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION AND NERVE DAMAGE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE INSPECTED AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STRUT TOWERS WERE RUSTING PREMATURELY. *AK THE LEFT SIDE STRUT TOWER BLISTERED/BUBBLE. EXTENSIVE RUST UNDER THE BLISTERED PAINT AREA. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE RUST HAD BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME UNDER THE PAINT SURFACE. *SC *JB

TWO WEEKS AGO I NOTICED MY AIR BAG LIGHT WAS STAYING ON. WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. WE HAVE CHECKED ALL THE FUSES AND FOUND OUT THROUGH THE MY CAR STATS WEB SITE THIS SAME PROBLEM WAS PART OF A RECALL INVOLVING A CLOCK SPRING PROBLEM. SINCE NO DEALER IN MY AREA WILL HONOR THIS RECALL IT IS STILL BROKEN.*AK

WHEN CAR IS OFF, MY FRONT AND BACK HEADLIGHTS CONSTANTLY CLICK ON AND OFF. I HERE A CLICKING SOUND IN THE FUSE BOX. WITH THE CONSTANT ON AND OFF, MY BATTERY DIES. I AM TAKING MY VEHICLE TO THE SHOP TODAY BUT WAS WONDERING IS THIS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I OFTEN HEARD THAT THE VEHICLES ALWAYS USUALLY HAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. I NEVER NOTED A RECALL OR COMPLAINT BEFORE BUT WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE TO WHETHER THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON. *JB

MY 1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER WENT THROUGH SEVERAL QUARTS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE PAST WINTER. WHEN I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC HE SAID HE HAD WORKED ON SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME MODEL. HE WARNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COULD GO OUT ANY TIME AND THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. A PIN IS COMING LOOSE IN THE TRANSMISSION. AS THERE WAS NEVER A PUDDLE UNDER MY VEHICLE IT TOOK THE VAN FAILING TO ENGAGE INTO P R D N 1 2 TO NOTICE THE PROBLEM. THE FLUID WAS SPRAYING OUT AS I WAS DRIVING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL. *AK

ONE DAY, THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON, HORN WOULD NOT WORK, NEITHER WILL THE CRUISE CONTROL. BAD CLOCKSPRING ON THE STEERING WHEEL IS THE CAUSE. FOUND PROBLEM SIMPLY BY SEARCHING ON CLOCKSPRING AND THIS PROBLEM SHOWS UP PERTAINING TO 1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. CURRENTLY IT IS STILL BROKEN.