1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THERE WAS A SMELL OF FUEL AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE AIR VENTS. SOMEONE BEHIND THE VEHICLE ALERTED THE DRIVER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE DRIVER PULLED OFF OF THE ROAD AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND WAS TOTALED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE NOTIFIED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE HOOD AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 07/03/06. *JB

SERPENTINE BELT (POWERING THE ALTERNATOR, POWER STEERING ETC.) HAS COME OFF REPEATEDLY. SINCE THE BELT POWERS THE POWER STEERING, THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNSAFE. *NM

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 1997 VOYAGER UP A GRAVEL DRIVEWAY ABOUT 5-10 MPH. BOTH THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THERE WAS NO COLLISION OF ANY KIND. MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER BOTH SUFFERED BRUISING AND FACIAL ABRASIONS FROM THE AIR BAGS. IT IS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE STATING IT IS A MECHANICAL FAILURE. I FEEL THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD COVERED BY CHRYSLER FOR ALL PARTS AND SERVICE. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE STALLS WHEN IDLING FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE DYING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTS AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. NO FURTHER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME. *AK

DRIVER SIDE VISOR RETAINING CLIP BROKE(TWICE). UNTIL REPAIRED, THE BROKEN CLIP ALLOWED VISOR TO DROP INTO STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. THIS IMPEDED TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION. *NM

CORROSION AND FAILURE OF STRUT TOWERS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ADDRESSED BY CHRYSLER TSB#23-044-02 STATING IT IS "COSMETIC". PLEASE VISIT THE ALLPAR FORUMS (HTTP://ALLPAR.COM/FORUMS/)ON MINIVANS AND YOU WILL SEE THE DISCUSSION. TOWER FAILED AND ALLOWED PARTIAL SUSPENSION COLLAPSE. *JB

THE DRIVER SIDE STRUT TOWER HAS RUSTED THROUGH ON TOP AT LEAST HALFWAY AROUND. THE ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR FROM THE DEALERSHIP IS $1200.00. *JB

I HAVE A 1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REGULARLY MAINTAINED AND HAS APPROX. 91,000 MILES ON IT. APPROX. 10 DAYS AGO, THE CAM BROKE AND THE ENGINE (3.3 LITER) SUDDENLY QUIT WHILE I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. POWER STEERING WAS LOST AND FORTUANTELY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST AND BRING THE CAR TO A STOP WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. REPAIR REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE TWO REPAIR SHOPS THAT I SPOKE WITH INDICATED THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL SIMILAR FAILURES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND A SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE IS OBVIOUSLY UNSAFE.

CONSUMER STATES: WAS DRIVING AND CRUISE CONTRAL ACCELERATED ON ITS ON EVEN THOUGH IT WAS TURNED OFF. KEPT PUSHING BRAKES WHILE GOING UP A HILL, GOT IT DOWN TO 30MPH AND KEPT SHIFTING DOWN TO 3RD GEAR. THIS WAS GOING UPHILL IN 1ST GEAR AND JAMMED INTO PARK RIGHT BEFORE THE STOP.*AK

TOOK VEHICLE TO GARAGE TWICE FOR NOISES IN FROM END. MECHANIC FOUND RUSTING AT FRONT DRIVERS STRUT TOWER AND CRACKED METAL FROM AT LEAST ONE OF THE BOLTS TO THE CENTER OF THE TOWER. MECHANIC SAID HE HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE. ALSO SAID HE HAS HAD A NUMBER OF CARAVANS WITH NOISY FRONT ENDS THAT HE HAS NOT FOUND THE CAUSE OF NOISE, AND HAS HAD CHRYSLER DEALER ASK HIM IF HE FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE NOISE FRONT END PROBLEM. FOUND OTHERS ON THE WEB WITH SAME PROBLEM. CANADA HAS SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT WITH DAIMELER TO INSPECT. SEEMS TO ME THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE THAT IS HIDDEN TO MOST OWNERS. *AK