2000 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

PRONOUNCED TIRE BOUNCE BETWEEN 45-50 MPH. TOOK TO DEALER ON FRIDAY, 5 OCTOBER. THEY DIAGNOSED 3 TIRES OUT OF ROUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO GOODYEAR AUTO SERVICE CENTER (37 E. NINE MILE RD., PENSACOLA, FL. 32514, PH. 850-479-2007) ON MONDAY, OCT 9, GOODYEAR DIAGNOSED 1 TIRE (RF) OUT OF ROUND AND 3 ALUMINUM RIMS (LF, LR, & RR) AS BEING WARPED. GOODYEAR ORDERED 3 TIRES AND CHRYSLER DEALER ORDERED 3 NEW RIMS FROM ATLANTA. CALLED BOTH THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 11 AND THEY HAD RIMS AND TIRES. PICKED UP THE RIMS AT CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH DEALER AND TOOK THEM OVER TO GOODYEAR FOR INSTALLATION. GOODYEAR MOUNTED THEIR THREE NEW TIRES ON THE THREE NEW RIMS SUPPLIED BY THE CHRYSLER DEALER AND REPLACE THEM ON THE LF, RR, AND LR. STILL HAVE A THE SAME NOTICABLE BOUNCE. MY MAJOR CONCERN IS THE FACT THAT I STARTED VACATION ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 9TH AND OUR PLAN WAS TO HEAD FOR A VISIT TO MICHIGAN. IT SNOWED LAST WEEKEND IN MICHIGAN, AND ALTHOUGH I AM ORIGINALLY FROM MICHIGAN AND DROVE ON THEIR WINTER ROADS FOR 33 YEARS, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOSS OF CONTROL ON SLIPPERY ROADS DUE TO THE WHEEL BOUNCE. THE ORIGINAL TIRES, SER #'S B276272GCW79MMSC, B276261GCW79MMSC, AND B301163GCW79MMSC ARE AT THE GOODYEAR STORE, AND THE ORIGINAL RIMS WERE RETURNED TO THE CHRYSLEY/PLYMOUTH DEALER. I DO NOT KNOW WHICH DEALER OR IF THE RIMS OR WHEELS ARE AT FAULT. I DID NOT KNOW WHERE ELSE TO TURN. WILL CALL CHRYSLER IN DETROIT TOMORROW TO SEE IF I CAN MEET WITH THE FACTORY REP THE NEXT TIME HE IS IN TOWN. HOPE THIS INFO MAY HELP OTHERS. (TIRESIZE: P215/65R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/65R15 )

WHILE ENGINE WAS ON AND PARKING PAWL IN PARK POSITION VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING WITHOUT WARNING, AND CRASHED INTO A GARAGE WITH PAWL STILL IN PARK.*AK

WHEN DEPRESSSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE SOLE OF MY SHOE CATCHES UNDER THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE CONSOLE, HOLDING THE FOOT IN PLACE AND THE GAS PEDAL DEPRESSED, AND IT COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN THE INABILITY TO SLOW OR STOP THE VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION RUNNING WHEN THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS IN REVERSE, CRASHING INTO THE NEIGHBORS GARAGE COMING TO A STOP, VEHICLE WAS STILL IN THE PARK POSITION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER'S TODDLER WAS ABLE TO DISENGAGE VEHICLE FROM PARK TO REVERSE WITHOUT DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS, AND RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, INJURING ONE OCCUPANT OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE . CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. *AK THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN INTERLOCK SAFETY FEATURE. *YH

HEARD LOUD GROWLING NOISE FROM BRAKES WHEN APPLIED,RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LOCKED WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP WAS TOLD BY DEALER THIS WAS NORMAL AS THE MEATERING DEVISE ON THE MASTER CYLINDER WOULD NOT GIVE A 50/50 AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO THE FRONT BRAKES AT THE SAME TIME??????? I WAS SCHOCKED BY THIS STATEMENT,I FEEL AFTER 3 REPAIR ATTEMPTS THAT THE BRAKES FOER A 4,OOO LB VAN ARE TOO SMALL,THIS IS EVEDENT BY THE PAD SMELL AFTER DESENDING A MOUNTIAN ROAD AT A SLOW SPEED,ALSO THE BRAKE PEDAL FADES AFTER 6 STOP AND GO ATTEMPTS AT A SLOW SPEED,ALSO IN THE MORNING THE BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY HARD TO APPLY,THIS THE DEALER TOLD ME WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF MOISURE AND BRAKE PAD DUST WERE IN THE ROTORS AND WILL BURN OFF AFTER A FEW MILES,I HOPE NO ONE PULLS OUT IN FRONT OF ME ON MY STREET.I I HOPE YOU PEOPLE RESHEARCH THE BRAKES ON THESE VANS,YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE A LIFE OR TWO,MY CONFIDENCE IS TOTALTY GONE IN REGARDS TO THE STOPPING OF THIS VAN. *AK

WHEN FASTENING SEATBELT IT LOOSENS UP AND RIDES UP CONSUMER'S NECK. IT'S DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHER SEAT BELTS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS SEAT BELT IS UNSAFE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT STAY ON CONSUMER'S WAIST, IT GOES UP UNDER THE ARM. *AK

VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION : INTERLOCK SYSTEM. VEHICLE CAN BE PLACED INTO GEAR WITHOUT BRAKES BEING APPLIED. MANUFACTURER IS SENDING A WARNING LABEL TO CONSUMERS TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK *ML

WHILE DRVING ABOUT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WOULD STALL. IT HAPPENED FOUR TIMES, AND TWICE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 40MPH AND VEHICLE JUST CUT OFF ON THE FREEWAY CARPOOL LANE, CAR DRIFTED OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE, AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY COVERED THE COST OF TOWING AND REPAIRS. SINCE THEN, IT HAS OCCURRED 3 OTHER TIMES. DEALER HAS NO CLUE TO CAUSE OF PROLBLEM. *AK