1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER NEEDS 3RD TRANSMISSION. *BF THE FIRST TRANSMISSION LASTED FOUR YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS AND 56K MILES. *SC *JB

I TOOK MY 1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER IN TO HAVE THE EXHAUST REPLACED AS WELL AS AN OXYGEN SENSOR. I ASKED THE MECHANIC TO GIVE IT A GENERAL EVALUATION IN CASE THEIR WHERE ANY OTHER ISSUES. HE TOLD ME THE STRUT TOWERS WERE RUSTING THROUGN AND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WE BOUGHT A PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AND WE HAVE HAD STEADY PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. EITHER THEY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A PATH AND JUST QUIT WORKING. TWO YEARS AGO THEY STOPPED WORKING AT ALL, LUCKILY WE LIVED IN WYOMING WITH LITTLE RAIN. LAST YEAR WE MOVED TO FLORIDA AND THEY WORKED FOR A WHILE AND NOW STOPPED AGAIN. WE HAVE REPLACED THE SWITCH ( AS THE DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED) BUT IT DID NOT HELP, ( 89.00) THEN WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A MOTOR SO WE REPLACED THAT AT 110.00, NO DIFFERENCE, THE RELAYS ARE GOOD AN NOW THEY THINK IT IS THE COMPUTER. 600.00. WINDSHIELD WIPERS SEEM TRIVIAL, BUT WHEN YOU LIVE IN FLORIDA AND CANNOT SAFELY EVACUATE FOR HURRICANES ( AND WE HAVE SEEN 4 IN THE LAST MONTH) BECAUSE DRIVING THE FAMILY VEHICLE IN THE RAIN ENDANGERS LIVES EITHER WAY. ONE OF MY BIG COMPLAINTS IS JUST THAT A 600.00 COMPUTER IS USED TO CONTROL WIPERS THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE USED IN EMERGENCY, THERE IS NO WARNING OR BYPASS THEY JUST WILL NOT WORK. MINIVANS CARRY WHOLE FAMILIES, AND CAN CARRY THEM ALL TO THEIR DEATHS IF THIS HAPPENS IN A DOWNPOUR AND THE WIPERS STOP WITHOUT WARNING. IT IS AN OUTRAGE THAT COMPANIES LIKE DODGE ARE ALLOWED TO PRODUCE VEHICLES LIKE THIS AND NOT OFFER SUPPORT IN FIXING THEM OR EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS FOR SURE. AND SINCE WE JUST SPENT SO MUCH PAYING THIS VAN OFF WE HAVE VERY LITTLE LEFT TO PUT INTO ANY MORE REPAIRS AND NOTHING LEFT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. IS THERE ANYONE I CAN WRITE TO PUT PRESSURE ON DODGE TO QUIT PRODUCING THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES AND TO MAYBE COME UP WITH A BETTER ANSWER TO OUR WIPER PROBLEMS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT COMPUTER CONTROLLED AND OUR LIVES ARE HANGING IN THE BALANCE OF A GLITCH IN SOMETHING SO SIMPLE AS WIPERS BUT SOMETHING SO BASIC AND SO NEEDED? I WILL KEEP LOOKING FOR SOME JUSTICE SOMEWHERE AND SEE IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE WHO CAN HELP MAKE THIS RIGHT BEFORE SOMEONE DIES AS A RESULT. THANK YOU ! TAMMY KANE *AK

AIR BAG LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST. *AK

CLIENT INVOLVED IN LOW SPEED FRONTAL IMPACT. PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, SEVERELY INJURING CLIENT'S CHILD. DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK

VEHICLE HIT A POTHOLE RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE BOTTOM DENTING THE OIL PAN AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYING.*MR WHILE DRIVING ON A DIRT ROAD GOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE VEHICLE HIT A VERY DEEP PIT HOLE. THE VEHICLE BOTTOMED OUT DENTING THE OIL PAN AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONSUMER ADMITS THAT HE HIT THE POT HOLE RATHER HARD BUT THERE WAS NO FRONT END DAMAGE. THE IMPACT OF THE AIR BAG CAUSED THE CONSUMER'S LEFT HAND TO HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND SHATTER IN. AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER'S LEFT ARM WAS BURNED AND BRUISED. THE CONSUMER NEEDS ASSISTANCE GETTING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED BECAUSE THERE IS NO LONGER A PLYMOUTH DEALER IN HIS AREA. *NM

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND BLADES WERE REPAIRED TWICE AND EACH TIME THEY BROKE AGAIN. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING OR THEY JUST STARTED WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER STOPPED THEM BY CUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF. THE DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE THE CONSUMER THIS TIME FOR REPAIRS. BUT THE CONSUMER INSISTED THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR.*AK *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES AND MOTOR COME ON WHILE HE IS DRIVING. HE CANNOT CUT THEM OFF UNTIL HE TURNS VEHICLE OFF. CONSUMER REPLACED THIS PART TWICE. *AK

VEHICLE WILL STALL FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS WILL HAPPEN FROM A STOP, OR WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH. SERVICE TECH COULD NOT REPLICATE, AND REPLACED THE COMPUTER MODULE, VEHICLE STILL STALL FOR NO REASON. *JB