1998 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

1998 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER-SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF PULLEYS WHEN RUN IN WET CONDITIONS. THIS HAS OCCURED THREE TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH. AFTER FIRST TWO TIMES, THE BELT WAS SIMPLY PUT BACK IN PLACE BY DEALER STATING THIS IS A COMMON OCCURENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE. ON THE LAST OCCURENCE, DEALER INFORMED ME OF TSB 07-01-99 DEALING WITH THE SERPENTINE BELT AND REPLACING A BRACKET THAT KEEPS THE BELT IN ALIGNMENT. IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $100.00 TO REPLACE. THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT HAS SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES ESPECIALLY SINCE THE BELT CONTROLS POWER STEERING AND COOLING OF THE VEHICLE. AN OBVIOUS LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AT HIGH SPEEDS CAN HAVE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES. NHTSA SHOULD REQUIRE PLYMOUTH TO RETROFIT ALL OF THESE VEHICLES.

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A FLAPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT TREAD SEPARATED FROM LEFT FRONT TIRE. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. *AK

DRIVING DOWN ROAD ON HASKELL IN DALLAS, TX IM NOT SURE IF I HIT A POT HOLE OR NOT BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN BOTH AIR BAGS STEERING AND DASHBOARD DEPLOYED. *LA

AFTER THE SIGNAL LIGHT TURNED GREEN DRIVER STEPPED ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE ENGINE REVVED, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND VEHICLE IS WORKED PROPERLY. *PH *TS *JB

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE SERVICE WAS INCOMPLETE BECAUSE, AFTER A WEEK, VEHICLE STARTED JERKING WHENEVER ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER SHOP, AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS EXCEPTIONALLY LOW. LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER THAT DIAGNOSIS TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. THE DEALER WOULD NOT MAKE REPAIRS WITHOUT CONSUMER PAYING FOR THEM.*AK

THE HORN ASSEMBLY SOUNDED OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY, WHICH CAUSED A SHORT THROUGH THE VEHICLE. WHILE PRESSING THE HORN THERE WAS ONE MINUTE COMMUNICATION. *AK AT TIMES IT STAYED ON FOR 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED FOR A COST OF $350. WHEN THE DEALER DIAGNOSED IT, THE COST WENT UP TO $1000. AS A RESULT OF THE PROBLEM BEING IN THE STEERING UNIT WHICH HOUSED THE AIR BAG. DEALERSHIP DISCONNECTED THE HORN. *PH. THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE CLOCK SPRING WHICH WAS REPLACED. *JB

THE DIFFERENTIAL PIN BROKE INSIDE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT, TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED, AND BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. WHEN THIS OCCURRED VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT. THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY BRAKE PADS COMING OFF THE BRAKE. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE BRAKE DESIGN THAT CAUSED PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR.*AK

AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FROZE AT EXTREMELY LOW MILEAGE (24,000) CREATING FIRE HAZARD BENEATH HOOD DUE TO RUBBING ACTION OF DRIVEBELT. *AK