1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

DEALER STATED THAT ROTORS WERE RUSTY AND PITTED. YET THE BRAKE PADS WERE ONLY 25% WORN OUT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 65 MPH, A VIBRATION WAS NOTED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. DRIVER PULLED INTO THE MEDIAN ON US 15, AND THE GRASS AND MUD SLOWED THE WEHICLE TO A STOP. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND DENIED ANY HISTORY OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD DRIVER'S SIDE MIDDLE DOOR WILL SLIDE OPEN. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE THE BABY IS IN THE BACK SEAT. *AK

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED, HAD TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION & REPLACE TORQUE CONVERTER TO A TUNE OF $1340.08. HEAD GASKET BLEW AND HAD TO BE REPLACED TO A TUNE OF $ 810.96. *AK

I HAVE OWNED THREE DIFFERNT PLYMOUTH MINI-VANS AND HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH ALL OF THEM . THIS DATES BACK TO THE FIRST ONE I OWNED IN 1987. DURING THE WINTER ,I HAVE THE OCCASION TO DRIVE THROUGH HEAVY SNOW AND ON THREE SEPARTE OCCASIONS ,I HAVE HAD THE BELT COME OFF THE CAR AS I WAS DRIVING THROUGH SNOW DRIFTS OF ONE TO TWO FEET HIGH . WHEN THIS HAPPENS ,THE POWER SREERING ON THE CAR DOES NOT FUNCTION AND IT BECOMES A SAFTEY ISSUE AS FAR AS TRYING TO STEER THE CAR. IT ALSO STRANDS YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WHEN YOU HAVE NO WAY OF GETTING THE BELT BACK ON WITHOUT THE HELP OF SOME CAN OF ROAD SERVICE. WHEN MY DEALER WAS CONFRONTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM , THEY SAY THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS. ITS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT THIS CAN BE A MAJOR PROBLEM IF YOU LIVE IN SNOW COUNTRY. JUST CURIOUS IF THIS HAPPENS TO OTHER PEOPLE AND HOW OFTEN IT HAS BEEN REPORTED. THANK YOU. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON RURAL ROAD POLICE OFFICER MADE AN ILLEGAL U TURN RIGHT IN FRONT WITHOUT SIGNALING OR ACTIVATING EMERGENCY LIGHTS, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO STRIKE THE FRONT LEFT CORNER OF THE PANEL ON VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND SEAT BELT DIDN'T RETRACT. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THEY FOUND A SHORT IN THE HEATER CONTROL MODULE, WHICH CAUSED COMPUTER FAILURE IN THE BODY CONTROL MODULE, DISABLING THE AIR BAGS. *AK *ML

WHILE TRYING TO GET VAN OUT OF A PARKING SPOT VAN WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR AT FIRST. AFTER THE VAN WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR AND WHEN STARTING VAN AGAIN, VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. VAN WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. THE PLANETARY GEAR WAS REPLACED. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT CHRYSLER CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THE PLANETARY GEAR AFTER THIS VEHICLE WAS MADE, TO ACCOUNT FOR THE PROBLEMS IT HAD BEEN CAUSING. *AK *ML

AT 16,000 SHOWED SIGNS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE, BROUGHT BACK MANY TIMES. DID NOT FIX. PLEASE E-MAIL OR PHONE ME. *AK