1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

REAR LEFT PASSENGER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW STOPPED OPERATING. ALSO, WHENEVER LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS USED IT CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO OPERATE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

OIL LEAKAGE FROM HEAD GASKET WHICH COULD RESULT IN FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HEAD GASKET REPLACED AT OWNERS EXPENSE ON 24 NOV. 99. HEAD GASKET CONTINUES TO LEAK. SERVICE ADVISOR NOTIFIED ON 4 MAR.00. OWNER DOES NOT FEEL OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR 2ND REPAIR AND FEELS ENGINE HEAD GASKET SHOULD NOT HAVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT ALL. VEHICLE IS ALMOST 4 YEARS OLD WITH LESS THAN 60000 MILES. LIFE AND LIMB ARE PUT AT RISK FOR VEHICLE OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS AND POTENTIALLY OTHER PERSONS D/T RISK FOR ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE FROM HEAD GASKET OIL LEAK. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON THIS VEHICLE WITH THIS MILEAGE AND AGE. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD PROBLEMS EVER SINCE IT WAS NEW. I HAVE HAD MAJOR COMPONENTS REPLACED AND IT ISNT EVEN PAID FOR YET. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED WHEN IT HAD LESS THAN 4,000 MILES ON IT. THE WIPERS STILL COME ON BY THEMSELVES INEXPLICABLY - SOMETIMES THE KEY IS NOT EVEN IN THE IGNITION! THEY STILL HAVE NOT REMEDIED THAT PROBLEM. THE MAJOR COMPLAINT I HAVE IS THE ENGINE. I TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS A DANGEROUS VEHICLE. I HAD THE OIL GALLEY PLUG RECALL DONE (SUPPOSEDLY) AND IN SEPTEMBER I HAD TO HAVE A HEAD GASKET JOB DONE ON THIS VAN. IN THE RECALL IT STATES, AND I QUOTE "IN CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD OIL GALLEY PLUG DOES NOT SEAL PROPERLY AND ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD OIL IS NOT ADEQUATELY RETAINED. WELL, THEY TRIED TO TELL ME THE TWO REPAIRS WERE UNRELATED. I DISAGREE. IF MY RECALL WAS DONE PROPERLY, THEN WHY DO MY RECORDS INDICATE I COMPLAINED OF OIL LEAKS AFTER THAT RECALL WAS DONE? AND IF OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE OIL GALLEY PLUG, WOULDNT THAT CAUSE BREAKDOWN OF THE HEAD GASKET OVER TIME? IT WOULD. NOW THE LATEST: YESTERDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2000, THE ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON (I HAD 1/2 TANK OF GAS). I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED, ONCE AGAIN, TO HAVE IT WORKED ON. THIS VAN HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE THAN IT HAS BEEN ON THE ROAD. I COULD NOT, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, EVER SELL IT TO SOMEONE ELSE. SO NOW I FEEL LIKE I AM STUCK WITH A PIECE OF GARBAGE. I WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE EXPENSE OF REPAIRS, PLUS WHAT IT HAS COST ME IN RENTING A VEHICLE TO DRIVE WHILE THEY REPAIRED THIS LEMON. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED. ALSO, WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON, AND WILL SOMETIMES STOP HALF WAY WHEN THEY'RE TURNED OFF. DEALER WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK *ML

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WITHOUT APPLICATION. VAN WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS PROBLEM. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE FORWARD DIFFERENTIAL, WHICH EXPLODED, SCATTERING METAL SHAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE TRANSMISSION. *MJS

REAR DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH PROPERLY UNLESS DOOR IS SLAMMED CLOSE. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN USE, CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN TURNING. *AK

CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. DEALER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIRS, AND USED DIFFERENT PARTS FOR THE TRANSMISSION. BUT, VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT. ALSO, ONCE VEHICLE HAS COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, IT WILL NOT TAKE OFF. IT WILL MOVE IF PUT INTO 2ND GEAR. DEALER HAS OVER AND OVER TOLD THE CONSUMER IT IS SOLUTION. *AK

CONSUMER HAS AN INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN VEHICLE, AND THE CHILD'S HAIR GOT CAUGHT IN IT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. CONSUMER HAD TO TAKE CHILD TO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE BUNCHES OF HAIR HAD BEEN PULLED OUT. ALSO, CHILD SAFETY RESTRAINT HAS BEEN REPAIRED 3 TIMES BECAUSE IT WOULD LOCK UP. MANUFACTURER TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO. THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER TO CALL HERE FIRST AND MAKE A COMPLAINT. *AK