1999 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF TWICE IN ONE MONTH. HAD TENSIONER REPLACED. DID NOT HELP. FOUND THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER OWNERS OF PLYMOUTH VOYEGER IN HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW. VERY DANGEROUS, BECAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER STEERING ON FREEWAY DURING BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE WITH SUSPECTED CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD. THIS VEHICLE HAS 77K MILES AND IS NOW UNDRIVEABLE. THE HEATER DOES NOT WORK NOW, SO I CAN'T DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD. ESTIMATED REPAIR COSTS $900-1,500.*AK MECHANICS TELL ME IT'S CHEAPER TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. I CAN'T AFFORD THIS.

CONSUMER STATED THAT AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON ALL THE TIME. THIS AFFECTED HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL, BOTH DID NOT WORK.*AK

VEHICLE HAD A MAJOR OIL LEAK DUE TO ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. OIL WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BECOME IMMOBILE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ANALYSIS. *AK

I OWN A 1999 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. RECENTLY, OUR AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, THE HORN WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY AS WELL. WE HAVE A FRIEND THAT OWNS A 1998 VOYAGER AND SHE TOLD US THAT SHE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, AND IT WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE CLOCK SPRING. SHE HAD HER VAN REPAIRED AT NO CHARGE BY THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, AS THEY HAD HAD SO MANY COMPLAINTS AND INCIDENTS OF THIS PART FAILING THAT THEY ACTUALLY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY OF THE CLOCK SPRING ON THE 1998 MODEL TO A LIFETIME WARRANTY. WHEN WE TOOK OUR 1999 VOYAGER IN FOR REPAIR, WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT OUR CLOCK SPRING WAS NOT WORKING. HOWEVER, THE WARRANTY WAS NOT BEING EXTENDED FOR THE 1999 MODELS, SO THE REPAIR COST US $198.00. WE WERE TOLD TO KEEP OUR RECIEPT "IN CASE" CHRYSLER EVER ISSUED A RECALL OR CHANGED THE STATUS OF THE PARTS WARRANTY IN THE FUTURE, SO WE COULD GET A REFUND. OF COURSE, I FEEL THERE IS VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF THAT EVER HAPPENING. MY MAIN COMPLAINT IS THAT IF CHRYSLER KNOW THAT THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE, WHY THEY ARE NOT RECALLING THE PARTS INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS THAT THEY SECRETLY EXTEND THE WARRANTY, WHICH GETS THEM OUT OF THE NORMAL NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES THEY HAVE TO DO DURING RECALLS. THIS IS A CLEAR CASE OF KNOWING A PROBLEM EXISTS BUT DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER, AND IT WILL BE HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK STARTED.DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER SAYS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR A ROUTINE CHECK. DEALER STATED" THAT THE STRUT TOWER WAS RUSTED. *AK

THE VEHICLE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ON AT ALL TIMED. THE AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING WAS RECALL BUT THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *CB *NLM

CLOCKSPRING HAS FAILED, CAUSING AIRBAG AND HORN TO BE INOPERATIVE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

HOW MANY LIVES NEED TO BE LOST UNTIL CHRYSLER REPLACES THE GEN3 BELTS? I HAVE A 1999 VOYAGER AND I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CHRYSLER'S LACK OF RESPONSE TO THIS ISSUE. CHRYSLER WOULD NOT BE AROUND IF THEY HAD NOT BEEN BAILED OUT BY THE PEOPLE THEY ARE REFUSING TO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK