1998 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

AM ABOUT TO HAVE VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, BUT HAVE RESEARCHED SEVERAL SIMILAR INCIDENT WHERE CHRYSLER TRIED TO DENY RESPONSIBILITY FOR A TRANSMISSION THAT GOES OUT AFTER ONLY 58,000 SO I'M CREATING CASES, JUST IN CASE. *AK

I HAVE REPLACED SO MANY TIRES ON THIS VAN I HAVE TOOK IT TO BE LINED UP AND THEY TELL ME THAT IT CANT BE LINED UP BECAUSE THERE IS A PROBLEM UNDERNEATH AND I HAVE CONTACTED TRAID DODGE AND THEY TELL ME THAT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS VAN WAS WRECKED WHEN I PURCHASED IT. IT KEEPS EATING UP THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE ON THE OUT SIDE AND THEN INSIDE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE. ALSO THE POWER WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE JUST WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOUR HELP. *TS ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***761109

I WENT TO THE MECHANIC HE REPORTS THAT THEIR IS OIL LEAKAGE IN THE SEALS OF THE MOTOR. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIRBAG ILLUMINATED, THEN CONSUMER STATES THE HORN DOES NOT WORK, WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL THERE IS A CLICKING GRINDING NOISE. CONSUMER FOUND A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ON CLOCKSPRING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. NLM

WHILE DRIVING SMELLED FUEL FILLING VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SOME MONTHS IN 1998 AFTER PURCHASING NEW VAN THE BATTERY DIED. AFTER JUMP STARTING IT THE LOW GAS LIGHT,AND RINGER KEPT GOING ON. AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED I WAS TOLD THE BATTERY WAS DEFECTIVE. IN JANUARY OF 2002 I HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY. AFTER I DID THIS AGAIN THE LOW FUEL LIGHT, AND RINGER KEPT GOING OFF. A VISIT TO TWO SERVICE DEPTS., AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER HAD ONLY TO BE RESET. AFTER BRINGING MY VEHICLE IN FAR SERVICE I WAS THAN TOLD I HAD A BAD FUEL MODULE, AND TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED WERE ON BACKORDER. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A DEFECT DUE TO THE NUMBER BACKORDERED, AND ALSO THAT IF THE CONSUMER HAS TO REPLACE THE BATTERY AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRES HE NOW HAS TO INCUR ADDITIONAL COST FOR A DEFECTIVE SYSTEM PROBLEM EVERY TIME YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE BATTERY. 2300 BACKORDERED MODULES (PER SERVICE MANAGER RICHARD BIUNNO) SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT!!*AK

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED NUMEROUS TIMES - REPLACED BRAKES, ROTORS, AND CALIPERS. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM UNTIL I HAD SPENT OVER $1200 ON THE PROBLEM IN THE COURSE OF SIX MONTHS. I WENT TO THREE DIFFERENT AUTOMOBILE REPAIR CENTERS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM INCLUDING FIVE STAR DODGE (DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR), PRECISION TUNE CENTERS, AND SEARS AUTOMOBILE CENTER. ALL OF THESE CENTERS REPLACED PADS AFTER I INITIALLY PURCHASED THE FIRST SET BECAUSE THEY WERE ON WARRANTY. HOWEVER, EACH TIME I HAD TO REPLACE AN ADDITIONAL PARTS LIKE ROTORS ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR. ULTIMATELY SEARS SAID THE CALIPHERS WAS THE PROBLEM. AGAIN I HAD TO REPLACE PADS AND ROTORS, AND NOW CALIPHERS. AFTER 3 TIMES COMING BACK FOR WARRANTY SERVICE AT SEARS AFTER THE CALIPHERS WERE REPLACED THEY DECIDED TO BUY THE PARTS AND WARRANTY BACK ON THE CAR AND HAVE IT TOWED TO ANOTHER SERVICE CENTER. THIS HAPPENED IN A 2 MONTH PERIOD OF TIME. MY BRAKES WENT OUT A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES ON THE LEFT SIDE. I WAS RIDING ON THE ROTORS. THE PADS JUST BROKE APART OR WORN OUT ON THESE OCCASIONS. WHEN MY CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP THEY STATED THEY DID NOT KNOW OF ANY MECHANICAL DEFECT IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. UPON INSPECTION OF MY CAR IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BRAKE HOSE HAD COLLAPSED ON THE CAR. I HAD TO HAVE PADS, ROTORS, AND A BRAKE HOSE REPAIRED ON THE CAR AT THE COST OF $500 ON THIS TRIP. THIS WAS ALSO THE DEALER I HAD DEALT WITH AT FIRST WHEN MY CAR HAD THE PREVIOUS TROUBLE WITH THE BRAKES. THIS TIME I COULD TELL THEM IT WAS NOT THE BRAKE PADS, ROTORS OR CALIPHER BECAUSE I HAD THOSE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED. THIS PROMPTED THEM TO LOOK FURTHER FOR A SOLUTION. SO FIVE SET OF BRAKES LATER, MY CAR HOPEFULLY IS FINALLY SAFE.*AK

LATENT DEFECT (CASTING VOID) PRESENT AT DELIVERY, DISCOVERED BY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AT 45,209 MILES ON 03/08/2002 DURING ROUTINE SERVICE AND INSPECTION. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK AT THE LEFT REAR CORNER OF THE HEAD GASKET AND THE GASKET WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE CYLINDER HEAD WAS DEFECTIVE. *YH

WHILE DRIVING 28MPH HAD A HEAD-ON ACCIDENT WITH A TRUCK, DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATED, HOWEVER PASSENGER AIRBAG CAME OUT NOT INFLATED. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED. *AK *YD

BRAKE COMPONENTS CONTINUE TO FAIL INTERMITTENTLY, THE PADS AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES DUE TO WEAR AND THE CALIPERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE. NLM