1999 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

PARKING PAWL COULD BE MOVED WHEN VEHICLE IS ON AND WITHOUT STEPPING ON BRAKES PEDAL. *AK

DIFFERENTIAL CAME APART AND KNOCKED A WHOLE IN TRANSFER CASE, CAUSING CAR TO STALL AND DIE AT 70 MPH. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 T0 40 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO, UPON IMPACT, BOTH REAR SEATS BROKE AWAY FROM THE SEAT TRACKS WHICH CAUSED A CHILD TO BE NEARLY THROWN FROM VEHICLE. *AK

WHENEVER FILLING UP GAS TANK GAS MILEAGE STARTES TO DETERIORATE SLOWLY. CONSUMER NOTICES A DROP IN MILEAGE. *AK

THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BROKE OFF. ALL STUDS WERE SNAPPED WITH ONLY ONE LUG NUT LOCATED. THE VAN HAD BEEN TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE TWICE DUE TO THE NOISE IN THE FRONT SECTION OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS. I WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. SECONDS BEFORE THE WHEEL SNAPPED THE STEERING COLUMN AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN VIOLENTLY SHAKING. THE STEERING WHEEL AND IGNITION LOCKED UP 3 TIMES RECENTLY SHORTLY AFTER I HEARD NOISES IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE IGNITION AND STEERING COLUMN MUST BE REPLACED. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VAN. I FEEL IT IS UNSAFE. CHRYSLER WILL NOT RELEASE ME FROM MY LEASE. THE DEALER WILL TRADE BUT IT WILL COST ME AN ADDITIONAL $200 A MONTH. I AM TOLD I MUST PAY FOR THIS VAN IN ORDER TO TRADE. WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR A LEMON?

AT ANY TIME VEHICLE WILL HESITATE, AND ON ONE OCCASION CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL, BUT QUICKLY RESTARTED.DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE, AND CANNOT COME UP WITH CODES. *AK

WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A STOP SIGN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ROLL IN ANY DIRECTION AND ENDED UP HAVING TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ADMIT THAT THE PROBLEM IS A DEFECT EVEN THOUGH DOZENS OF CASES ARE DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET AND THE GUIDEBOOK LEMONAID LISTS THE TRANSMISSIONS AS HAVING PROBLEMS FOR THESE VEHICLES. *AK

OCT. 2000 DURING RAINSTORM THE SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF ALL PULLEYS, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND OVERHEATING. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY REPLACED TENSIONER AND BELT. JAN. 10, 2001 DRIVING IN RAIN AGAIN, SAME THING HAPPENED: LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND OVERHEATING. TOWED TO DEALER, AGAIN REPLACED TENSIONER AND BELT, OTHER VANS IN FOR SAME PROBLEM. WHAT IF DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND/OR CURVING ROAD IN RAIN ? COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND LIVES ! AM NOW UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE IN RAIN DUE TO OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW.

MY VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ONCE MY HUSBAND DISCOVERED THE OIL LEAK. REPLACING A HEAD GASKET AT THE CURRENT MILES LISTED IS UNHEARD OF. I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER AND THE DEALERSHIP KNEW OF THE PROBLEM BUT NEVER MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO CONTACT ONWERS AND ADVISE THEM OF THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER DID REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR $333.10 AND SAID IN THEIR RESPONSE THAT THEY SPLIT THE COST WITH ME. THIS PROBLEM IF NOT DISCOVERED BY MY HUSBAND COULD HAVE LED TO MORE SERIOUS PROBLEMS AND EXPENDITURES OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN. THIS PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO A POOR DESIGN AND DEFECTIVE WORKMANSHIP AT BEST. MY HUSBAND HAS OWNED A HONDA SINCE 1987 AND HAS NEVER HAD ANY SUCH PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT CHYSLER AND GARY MATHEWS MOTORS HAVE VICTIMIZED HONEST CONSUMERS SUCH AS MYSELF. THE DEALERSHIP WAITED UNTIL THE PROBLEM SURFACED AND PROFITED FROM SOMETHING THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF. THE DEALERSHIP SEEM TO THINK THEY HAVE DONE ME A FAVOR BY ONLY CHARGING ME $300.00 FOR REPAIRS ON A VEHICLE JUST OVER A YEAR O

FAILURE OF THIS PART CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VIOLENTLY SHIFT TO 1ST GEAR AT 45 MPH. THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER DID NOT READ. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. DEALER STATED THAT THIS PART SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED ON SUCH A NEW VEHICLE. I PURCAHSED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, WHICH COVERS POWERTRAIN, ELECTRICAL AND STANDARD INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, BUT WAS TOLD THAT THIS SENSOR WAS NOT COVERED, EVENTHOUGH IT CONTROLS THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. I PAID $130 FOR REPAIR. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC OR AT HIGHWAY SPEED I SHUDDER TO THINK HOW THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE REACTED, SINCE THE SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED DOWNSHIFT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD VIOLENTLY. THE DEALER'S SERVICE REP SAID THAT THIS PART DID NOT USUALLY FAIL, BUT THAT IN THE PAST MONTH THEY HAD REPLACED MORE THAN USUAL. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR 7 MONTHS AND IT HAS ALREADY LEFT ME STRANDED. OVERALL, MY DEALER AND SERVICE REP WERE VERY POLITE AND FRIENDLY. PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR EXPERT OPINION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT.