1999 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

CLOCKSPRING SAFETY RECALL FOR 1999 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER.*MR THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY THAT CONNECTS STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TO THE ELECTRICAL SYTEM ON MINIVAN MAY LOSE THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO THOSE COMPONENTS. THIS COULD CAUSE THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG, HORN SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND/OR STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED RADIO CONTROLS TO BE INOPERATIVE. *BF

ENGINE BECAME VERY HOT WHEN DROVE ACCIDENTALLY THROUGH A PUDDLE AFTER A LARGE RAIN. HAD TO REPLACE THE SERPENTINE BELT, WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT THIS HAPPENS ALOT TO THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE ONE BELT CONTROLLING SO MANY PULLEYS/WHATEVERS IN THE VAN. SHORTLY THERE AFTER THE ENGINE HAD CLICKING NOISES & WAS TOLD THE LIFTERS HAD COLLASPED. THE VAN HAD PLENTY OF OIL & WATER, ALL FILTERS WERE UPDATED TOO. THE VAN DEVELOPED AN OIL AND TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. WE TREATED THIS VAN LIKE A FAMILY MEMBER- WITH LOVING CARE. DRIVING ON TO SEE FAMILY ON EASTER WEEKEND, OUR VAN SUDDENLY LOST POWER. WE WERE STRANDED. THE MECHANIC TOLD US OUR ENGINE HAD SEIZED & DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY SINCE WE HAD PLENTY OF OIL. THE VAN IS TOO YOUNG & HAS MINIMAL MILES ON IT TO HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN!*AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON A WINDING ROAD DOING THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT AND CAUSED A COLLISION. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE T-BONED THE OTHER VEHICLE. IN A DELAYED REACTION, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO SUSTAIN MAJOR CHEST INJURIES. ALSO, TWO OTHER PASSENGER'S SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK *TT

1999 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER, HEAD LIGHT (CLEAR PLASTIC HOUSING ) HAZING BADLY. *BF *JB

DRIVERS SIDE STRUT TOWER HAS DEVELOPED THREE LARGE FATIGUE CRACKS ON TOP OF HOUSING ON FRONT END OF VEHICLE.

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AIR BAG INDICATION LIGHT STAYED ON. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, AND TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT NOT A NEW SPRING WAS NEEDED, AND RIGHT SIDE AIR BAG HAD A SHORT. *AK AFTER HAVING AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE DONE THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON. *TC

RECALL #04 V 48 000/AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING: VEHICLE HAD THE RECALL REPAIRS DONE. WITHIN A WEEK THE CONSUMER STATES, " THAT THE DASHBOARD GAUGES STOP OPERATING, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATE AGAIN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL / HORN BECOME INOPERATIVE . THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE THE CONSUMER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND POSSIBLE CHARGES FOR ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. *JB

04 V 480 000/AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING: AFTER THE RECALL REPAIRS WAS MADE,THE HORN FAILED TO OPERATE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT SOMETHING ELSE WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER IS INSISTING THAT THE HORN WAS OPERATING PROPERLY BEFORE THIS REPAIR WAS DONE. *JB

I PURCHASED A USED 1999 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER 2.4L MINIVAN WITH 54,000 MILES IN APRIL 2001. SIX MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE AND AT ABOUT 58,000 MILES, THE VEHICLE BEGAN LEAKING OIL. THE OIL LEAK HAS BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS, TO WHERE I AM LOSING 1 QUART OF OIL PER WEEK. THE OIL IS SPRAYING THE UNDERCARRIAGE, INCLUDING THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE VAN NOW HAS 88,000 MILES. I TOOK THE VAN IN RECENTLY AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THE HEAD GASKET SHOULD NOT FAIL AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE! THE HEAD GASKET IS BEING REPLACED, AT A COST OF OVER $1000!. ALTHOUGH NO DEATHS, ACCIDENTS, FIRES, DAMAGE, ETC. HAS OCCURRED, THERE WAS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN OIL FIRE FROM THE LEAK. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2.4L ENGINES ON THIS MODEL!!! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT!*AK

A PART HAS BEEN ORDERED FOR MY CAR SINCE OCT 2004. AT THE TIME THE ORDER WAS PLACED I WAS TOLD THERE WERE 1500 ON BACK ORDER FROM CHRYSLER. TODAY I WAS AGAIN TOLD THERE ARE STILL 1500 NATIONALLY ON BACKORDER FROM CHRYSLER. I AM TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THIS PART IS PART OF MY EXHAUST SYSTEM AND THAT MY AUTOMOBILE WILL UNLIKELY PASS STATE INSPECTION AND THAT THE VEHICLE COULD ALSO BE LEAKING CARBON MONOXIDE. CHRYSLER/PLYMOUTH HAS BEEN LESS THAN HELPFUL IN ATTAINING THIS PART AND DOES NOT SEEM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS CAUSING MY AUTO TO LEAK EXHAUST AND CARBON MONOXIDE. I AM TOLD THEY ARE TRYING TO GET A NEW MANUFACTURER FOR THE PART BUT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THE PART WILL BE AVAILABLE. IF THERE IS SOME OTHER AGENCY I SHOULD CONTACT, PLEASE ADVISE. THANK YOU. *AK