1995 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA RECALL 99V113000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 818, AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. DEALER STATED PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

THE SLIDING DOOR TRACK UNDERWENT FATIGUE FAILURE, CAUSING THE DOOR TO FALL OPEN UPON INITIATING OPENING THE DOOR. HAD WE BEEN MOVING AND THE DOOR BEEN BUMPED. I HAVE GRAVE CONCERN THE DOOR COULD HAVE BECOME UNHINGED AND BEGUN CARTWHEELING DOWN THE ROAD. WORSE THAN THAT IF THE DOOR DID REMAIN ATTACHED TO THE OTHER TWO HINGES, THE GAP BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE FRAME IN THIS CASE WAS SUFFICIENT FOR SOMEONE TO FALL THROUGH. MY SON TELLS ME A FRIEND OF HIS WHO ALSO HAS A 1995 PLYMOUTH MINI VAN HAD HIS SIDE DOOR COMPLETELY FALL OF AT THE HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. HOUSTON, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM! THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR WHAT I SAW TODAY. PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL. I TOOK PICTURES OF THE FAILURE IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT. I'LL BE TAKING IT TO POMOCO CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH FOR THEM TO FIX TOMORROW (2/14/00). *AK

THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE SAME EVAPORATOR IN THE LH AND MORE EXPENSIVE MODELS BUT NOT ON THE SAME SYSTEM IN MY VEHICLE. WHY?. *AK

RECALL # 99V113000 INTERIOR SYSTEMS:PASSIVE RESTRAINTS: AIR BAG. DEALER IS CHARGING CONSUMER $33.00 TO PUT ON A NEW REAR WIPER BLADE. WIPER BLADE HAS TO BE BROKEN IN ORDER TO REMOVE IT. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE CHARGE SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN MADE. CHRYSLER LATER REIMBURSED OWNER FOR COST. *ML

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, DRIVER TURNED ON REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND THE WIPERS CAME OUT, BUT DID NOT RETURN. ALSO, AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN A RECALL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 45MPH IN A RAIN STORM, GOING DOWN A MOUNTAIN, AND PULLING A POP UP CAMPER, WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES QUIT. SLOWED DOWN TO 15MPH, STUCK HEAD OUT THE WINDOW IN ORDER TO GUIDE HIMSELF DOWN THE ROAD. CONTACTED DEALER. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED.THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. *AK

FOR ABOUT 100 MILES OR SO BEFORE TOTAL FAILURE, WE NOTICED A SLIGHT WHINING SOUND, PLUS SOME INSTANCES OF SLIGHTLY ERRATIC SHIFTING. A CHECK OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID SHOWED IT TO BE AT THE PROPER LEVEL. IT LOOKED CLEAN, AND HAD NO BURNED SMELL. THE TRANSMISSION QUIT WORKING AT ESTELLINE, TEXAS, ON US 287. I HAD TO CALL A TOWING SERVICE, AND WAS TOWED TO CHILDRESS, TEXAS. THER ARE NO PLYMOUTH OR CHRYSLER DEALERS IN CHILDRESS, SO WE WENT TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED IN ABOUT A WEEK , AT A COST OF $1772.50. TOWING WAS $60. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE BUSHING IN FRONT PUMP APPARENTLY BECAME LOOSE AND STARTED SPINNING, CAUSING VERY RAPID WEAR, AND DAMAGE TO OTHER PARTS. HE HAD TO INSTALL NEW FRONT PUMP AND FORWARD DRUM ASSEMBLIES, AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS. I FEEL EXTREMELY UNHAPPY ABOUT THE EXPENSE, AS WELL AS THE CONSIDERABLE PERSONAL INCONVENIENCE THIS INCIDENT CAUSED. I HAVE NEVER ABUSED THE TRANSMISSION, AND HAVE SEEN THAT IT HAD NORMAL MAINTENANCE, AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD FAIL AT ONLY 52000 MILES. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED RIGHT AFTER TURNING ON IGNITION, NO WARNING, NO APPARENT REASON, NO ACCIDENT.*AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE POWER STEERING BELT TENSIONER BROKE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE WILL CUT OFF AT LOW SPEEDS FOR NO REASON. ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS ON.*AK