2000 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Complaints

CONSUMER WAS SITTING IN LINE TO PAY HER TOW FEE. AFTERWARDS SHE STOPPED IN LINE TO LET ANOTHER VEHICLE GET IN FRONT OF HER. AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, A TRACTOR TRAILER HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE AND TWISTED AND THEW HER BETWEEN PASSENGER'S SEAT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

SERPENTINE BELT BROKE, AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS OR POWER . VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN DRIVING MY VAN THE DASH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON, AND THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON. WHEN STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT THE RPM, ODOMETER, AND FUEL GAUGES DROP OFF AS IF YOU HAVE SHUT THE CAR OFF. THESE GAUGES WILL NOT COME BACK ON UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE TAKEN OFF AND REACHED SPEEDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH. INTERMIDENTALLY THE GAUGES INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER WILL QUIT AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON UNTIL BASICALLY IT GETS READY TO YOU NEVER KNOW 1 MINUTE OR 5 MINUTES. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT DRIVING THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN THESE LIGHTS ARE COMING ON BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM OR IF THEY ARE ON BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VALID REASON TO BE ON. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE FRANK FLETCHER DODGE FOR REPAIR AND THEY CHANGED A COMPUTER THE 2ND TIME AND TOLD ME THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM FOR MOST OF THE ISUES. I TAKE THEM FOR A DRIVE AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET CHRYSLER TO SHOW ANY REAL CONCERN OTHER THAN TELL ME I SHOULD BE PATIENT WITH ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. MY PATIENCE HAS EXPIRED AND I AM WORRIED ABOUT DRIVING AN UNSAFE CAR. IF YOU COULD PLEASE HELP ME I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.*AK

VEHICLE CAN BE PUT INTO GEAR WITHOUT DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTATCED FOR PROBLEM, AND STATED THAT IT WAS NORMAL UNTIL THEY VIEWED THE MANUAL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

TRANSMISSION GEARS CAN BE SHIFTED WHITOUT DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CAR WAS PARKED FOR 6 HOURS AND AN ELECTRICAL FIRE STARTED. FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A FUSE RELATED TO STOP LAMPS/ AIRBAGS AND MEMORY FUSE.*AK

CONSUMER IS ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES WHEN VEHICLE IS SITTING AT IDLE. *AK *JB

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN LOSS OF STEERING OCCURRED. CONSUMER CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON EXAMINATION, FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD CRACKED. A PRIVATE MECHANIC HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND HAS YET TO DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE DATE GIVEN. THE OTHER PARTY INVOLVED PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. I HIT HER AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THE MAIN IMPACT WAS AROUND THE LOCATION OF MY LEFT HEADLIGHT, DRIVER'S SIDE AND FRONT. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, MY SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK AND RESTRAIN ME AND MY BACK SEAT COLLAPSED UPON IMPACT. CHRYSLER HAS SENT AN ENGINEER TO LOOK AT THE VAN AND I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. THE ESTIMATE IS STILL NOT COMPLETE BY STAN'S AUTO BODY AND THE TOTAL IS ALREADY CLOSE TO $5000. I HAD TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT DUE TO THE SAFETY FEATURES NOT PERFORMING. I WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A CONCUSSION, A CONTUSION AND A MINOR NECK INJURY.AS OF TODAY I HAVE HAD A SEVERVE HEADACHE AND SOME MEMORY LOSS SINCE THE ACCIDENT.*AK

JUST A MINUTE OR SO AFTER ENTERING THE MASS TURNPIKE, WE HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG, FOLLOWED A FEW SECONDS LATER BY A SIMILAR BANG. WE KNEW THERE WERE NO POTHOLES ON THE MASS TURNPIKE, SO AFTER I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE TURNPIKE, I INSPECTED ALL FOUR TIRES, WHICH WERE FINE. I THEN NOTED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS POURING ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED FROM THE HIGHWAY TO THE GARAGE. TODAY I LEARNED THAT A PIN IN THE DIFFERENTIAL/ TRANSMISSION UNIT HAD COME LOOSE, AND THAT A LARGER PIN THEREFORE FELL INTO THE DIFFERENTIAL / TRANSMISSION UNIT, WHERE IT WAS SHEARED IN TWO AND TORE THE ALUMINUM CASING AROUND THE DIFFERENTIAL / TRANSMISSION UNIT TO SHREDS. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT HE HAS SEEN AT LEAST TEN VEHICLES WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS, AND THE DEALERSHIP PEOPLE INDICATED THAT THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN PROBLEM WITH DODGE CARAVANS. IF SO, WHY HASN'T DAIMLERCHRYSLER HAD TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES??? I FEEL FORTUNATE ONLY IN THAT IT WAS ME RATHER THAN ONE OF MY TEENAGERS WHO WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS OCCURRED.*AK