1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER SE, HEADLAMP LENSES TURN OPAQUE WHEN THEY AGE UNTIL THEY REACH A POINT WHERE IT IS DANGEROUS TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT. I CALLED A DEALER AND HE SAID THEY ARE MADE OF PLASTIC AND IT IS UP TO THE CONSUMER TO REPLACE THEM AT A COST OF $558.00 ($279.00 EACH). I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY DEFECT - THE LENSES SHOULD BE MADE OUT OF A MATERIAL THAT DOES NOT DEGRADE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH AGE. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE REMAINED IN THE LOCKED POSITION. IT CANNOT BE UNLOCKED WITH THE KEY OR FROM THE INSIDE. THIS IS A POWER DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, BUT HE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THIS COMPONENT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER DOES NOT HAVE THE ADDRESS FOR THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER NOTICED A LINE OF RUST UNDER THE HOOD WHERE THE VEHICLE MOUNTS TO THE BODY. FRONT TWO STRUTS MOUNT INTO BODY WHERE THE PLATE CORRODED , AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY PUSH THROUGH. TWO WEEKS AGO REPLACED ONE OF THE STRUTS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BECAUSE IT PUSHED THROUGH PLATES. CONTACTED PLYMOUTH , WHO WAS IGNORING THE PROBLEM.*AK THE UPPER STRUT TOWER CORRODED. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STRUT TOWERS RUSTED PREMATURELY. IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. THE CONSUMER COULD HEAR THE STRUT TOWERS FALLING APART WHILE TRYING TO STOP OR HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER CAN FEEL THE PROBLEM WHEN HE IS DRIVING. THE CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS AND THEY CAN NOT REPAIR THIS UNTIL THERE IS A RECALL WITHOUT CHARGE. THE CONSUMER IS GOING TO HAVE TO BUY THE STRUT TOWERS AND FIX THEM HIMSELF BECAUSE HE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER HAS CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY RESPONDED BY TELLING THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE TOWERS. THIS IS PART OF THE FRONT STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE ON THE SUB FRAME. *JB

1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS WHILE IN REVERSE RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE HITTING A PARKING METER AND A CURB SIGN POST. *MR *NM

DT: HEADLIGHT LENS GETS VERY CLOUDY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. CAN NOT BE REPLACED UNLESS YOU BUY THE WHOLE UNIT AT ABOUT $250.00. CAN NOT GET LENS FROM ANYWHERE BECAUSE ALL OF THE LENSES ARE CLOUDY FOR THAT MODEL. DOES EFFECT VISIBILITY AT NIGHT. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP. *NM *SB

ME AND MY SON WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AND THE RPMS WAS GOING UP TO A DANGEROUS ZONE ,I LET OFF THE GAS TO TRY AND AVOID A ENGINE BLOW UP AND THE RPMS WAS STILL QUITE HIGH, I MANGED TO GET US OFF WITH OUT GETTING RAN INTO FROM BEHIND, I WENT 25 MPH GOING HOME AT THE RATE OF RPMS AT 3 1\2 TO 4 ,I HAVE NO IDEAL AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON BUT A FEW THINGS I HAVE READ SO FAR SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE EMISSIONS OR TRASMISSION, I LIVE ON A FIXED INCOME AND DISABLED ,I WISHED I KNEW ABOUT ALL THE RECALLS AND THE TROUBLES THE VOYAGER HAD BEFORE I BOUGHT IT, WELL SOME ONE WISH ME LUCK , THANKS

1.) 1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 49,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. 2.) HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 3.) HAD VOYAGER TOWED TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN YPSILANTI. REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT THE COST OF $1700. WAS TOLD BY PERSON TOWING THAT HE TOWS SEVERAL VOYAGERS A WEEK FOR PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT DAIMER- CHRYSLER HAS A KIT THAT THEY SEND OUT TO REPAIR THESE TRANSMISSIONS. THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND REPAIRED BY DAIMER-CHRYSLER.

WHILE TURNING AT LOW SPEED FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONCERNS REGARDING ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES ON 1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGERS.*MR THE VEHICLE'S DISTRIBUTOR FAILED. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE ANY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ENGINE FIRES FOR THIS MODEL VEHICLE. *NM