1998 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

PROBLEM STARTING CAR WHEN LOW ON FUEL, SERVICE DEPARTMENT INFORMED US THAT THE GAS TANK IS PLASTIC AND IS COLLAPSING AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IT MUST BE REPLACED ALONG WITH FILTER AND PUMP.

EXPERIENCED BELT SEPARATION AND ENSUEING BLOWOUT AT 60 MILES/HOUR. NO OBSTRUCTION WAS HIT.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205/75R14 )

ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THEY RUSTED FROM INSIDE. DEALER HAS ADVISED CONSUMER TO REPLACE ROTORS. PLEASE ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMSTION. *AK

WAS DRIVING AT 45MPH. SAW AN OBJECT ON THE ROAD (LOOKED LIKE TIRE/WHEEL), BUT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO AVOID THE OBSTACLE. MY VAN RAN OVER THE OBSTACLE, AND HIT THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE. WE DID NOT FEEL ANY IMPACT AT ALL. AFTER DRIVING OVER THE OBSTACLE, BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACTED CHRYSLER. THEY SENT A SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR TO CHECK THE VEHICLE. AFTER 1 MONTH, RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHRYSLER DECLINING ANY MANUFACTURING RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS MATTER. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE YOU COULD PROVIDE. THANKS.*AK

RIGHT AND LEFT FRONT BRAKE PADS WORN AWAY/ ROTOR DAMAGE TO BOTH SIDES. WHEN ASKED, THE MECHANIC AT MIDAS STATES VECHICLES THIS NEW AND WITH THIS LOW OF MILEAGE DON'T USUALLY HAVE THIS MUCH BRAKE DAMAGE, BUT LOTS OF PLYMOUTH VOYAGERS 98'S AND 99'S HAVE BEEN COMING IN WITH THIS SAME AMOUNT OR MORE DAMAGE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IN THE RAIN, STARTED TO TURN ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND THEY FAILED. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IT STARTED TO RAIN AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED OR THEY TEMPORARILY WORKED, AND THEN STOPPED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND HE REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS. BUT CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING A PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER IS PLAYING DUMB ABOUT. THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO BLAME THE CONSUMER FOR FAILING TO PURCHASE EXTENDED WARRANTIES, WHEN NO ONE COULD REASONABLY EXPECT A TRANSMISSION TO FAIL AT 40K MILES. CHRYSLER HAS OFFERED TO "PICK UP" THE COST FOR PARTS, BUT ... THAT STILL LEAVES $1,119.00 FOR THE LABOR ON THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ERG VALVE. NEITHER OF THESE COMPONENTS SHOULD HAVE FAILED AT 40K, BUT THE TRANSMISSION IS MY MAJOR CONCERN. *AK

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE IN THESE VANS. THIS PIN IN THE TRANSMISSION BREAKS AND SHOOTS THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD CORRECT. THIS IS GOING TO COST ME $2000.00. WHO'S TO SAY THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.RECALL THESE VANS AND FIX THIS PROBLEM!

NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE ACCIDENT WHEN I HIT A PIECE OF METAL IN THE ROAD. THE OBJECT TORE OFF A BODY FRAME MEMBER AND THEN PUNCTURED THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK. GAS WAS LEAKING EVERYWHERE. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT ANYONE WOULD PLACE A PLASTIC FUEL TANK DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF A FRONT WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE. THE FRONT WHEELS BEING DRIVE WHEELS TEND TO PROPEL OBJECTS BACK AT THE TANKS. CONVERSATIONS WITH MECHANICS HAVE INFORMED ME THAT OVER TIME THE TANK WILL EVENTUALLY START TO LEAK FROM THE STONES THAT WILL BE THROWN BACK FROM THE FROMT WHEEL. I RECENTLLY READ IN THE LOCAL PAPER WHERE A FORD MINIVAN WITH A PLASTIC FUEL TANK DEVLOPED A LEAD WHILE TRAVELING ON A LOCAL ROAD AND HAD TO BE TOWED. IT IS EVEN ORE AMAZING TO ME THAT THESE SYSTEMS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO FAIL AND WILL IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT IN A NEGATIVE WAY ARE LEGAL. IF THE CAR MARKERS ARE GOING TO USE PLASTIC FUEL TANKS THEY SHOULD NOT BE LOCATED IN A DIRECT PATH BEHIND A WHEEL AND THEY SHOULD HAVE A METAL SHIELD. *AK