1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

FUEL TANK LEAKS WHEN IT IS FILLED CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENTS. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ONTHE VEHICLE MAKE; HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VIN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

LOCKS ON THE SLIDING DOOR WILL LOCK, BUT WILL NOT UNLOCK. DEALER HAS REPLACED LOCKING MECHANISM 4 TIMES OVER 4 YEARS.*AK

THE BOLT HOLDING TENSION PULLEY IN PLACE BROKE OFF, CAUSING SERPENTINE BELT TO BREAK FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF POWER STEERING , ALL ELECTRICAL, AND POWER BRAKES AT SPEED OF 50 MPH. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED; IN ADDITION TO REPLACING DAMAGED PARTS, HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BATTERY AND POSSIBLY STARTER OR ALTERNATOR WITHIN 7 DAYS OF ACCIDENT.

ALL THE DASH PANEL LIGHTS BLINKED OUT, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR CONSUMER TO READ GUAGES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS TURNED ON IT WOULD BLOW WARM AIR & MAKE HISSING NOISES. WOULD ALSO HAVE AN ODOR COMING FROM THE VENT. TOOK TO DEALER TO CHECK AIR CONDITIONER. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT EVAPORATOR CORE WAS THE PROBLEM & NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK

RIGHT SIDE OF SWAY BAR BROKE IN HALF WHERE THE BOLT SECURES SWAY BAR TO THE ARM OFF THE STRUT IT IS DEFINETLY A DEFECT IN THE STEEL OR HARDNESS OR TEMPER OF THE PART NOTE THE BOLT THAT SECURES THE TWO PEICES IS STILL ATTACHED WITH THE TOP BROKEN HALF STILL ON IT I'M GLAD I SAW THIS TODAY WE ARE TO LEAVE ON VACATION ON SATURDAY!

AIR CONDITIONING BLEW OUTSIDE OF PANEL, AND TOOK THE BELT OUT. POWER STEERING WAS GONE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED.

WHILE DRIVING THE VAN IDLING AND THE THERMOSTAT LIGHT AND BELL COME ON, THERE WERE A LOUD POP AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE FRONT OF THE VAN, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE OVERHEATING WAS NOT DUE TO THE RECALL BUT A LEAKY WATER PUMP. *ET

STEEL PIN INSIDE TRANSMISSION LOOSENED AND ROTATED INSIDE TRANS CASE AND BLEW A HOLE 3 X 6 INCHES IN THE TRANS CASE LOSING ALL FLUID AND LOCKING THE TRANS UP. CALL TO CHRYSLER DEALER CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM, TRANS SHOP SAID THEY WERE AVERAGING 1 A MONTH AND THAT OURS WAS THE WORST THEY HAD SEEN TO DATE AND THAT BODILY INJURY WAS PROBABLE HAD MY WIFE BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CHRYSLER WANTED THE TRANS BACK BUT SAID THAT AGE AND MILEAGE PREVENTED ANY REINBURSEMENT WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID WHEN THE WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED , THEY WERE MAN MADE PARTS AND MAN MADE PARTS WEAR OUT. EVERY DEALER /TRANS SHOP I HAVE TALKED TOSAYS THAT THE TRANS ARE GOOD FOR 80000 MILES INTHE NORTHEAST AND ARE PRONE TO FAILURE THEY AREN'T IN THE SOUTH BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. I WASN'T AWARE THAT A 25000 DOLLAR VEHICLE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DISPOSABLE AFTER 80000 MILES UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY 1500 DOLLARS FOR A TRANS AND 510 FOR WHEEL BEARINGS ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MOST POPULAR VEHICLE IN ITS CLASS

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED FOUR YEAR CHILD WAS ABLE TO OPEN DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR WITH THE LATCH IN THE LOCK POSITION. *AK