1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Complaints

ENGINE CAMSHAFT BROKE - ENGINE COULD NOT RUN - ONLY TWO CYLINDERS FUNCTIONAL - OTHER FOUR CYLINDERS NOT FUNCTIONING DUE TO BROKEN CAMSHAFT . NO SIGNS OF ENGINE OVER HEATING ENGINE ONLY HAD 82,400 MILES. *JB

ALL GAUGES ON VEHICLE DROP TO ZERO EXCEPT THE GAS GAUGE. CAN'T TELL WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING. CAN'T TELL WHAT GEAR I AM IN. AUTOMATIC DOORS LOCKS AND ALARM STOP WORKING. BLOWER WORKS BUT NO AC OR HEAT. WAS TOLD IT WAS THE BODY CONTROL MODULE. *JB

AFTER THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED THE RECALL REGARDING THE AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING RECALL 02 V 293 000, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHIMMY AND LOCKED UP. *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FUEL LEAK. *JB THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS NOT WORKED WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING. (WINDOW, BLINKERS, AND THE RADIO) RESTARTING THE VEHICLE SOLVES THE PROBLEM EACH TIME. SCC

THE VEHICLES CLOCK SPRING FAILED AND CAUSED THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL TO BE INOPERATIVE. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS REPAIR. PH *NLM

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, THE HORN WAS INOPERATIVE, AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE DEALER STATED A NEW CLOCK SPRING WAS NEEDED, HOWEVER CONSUMER DECLINED REPAIRS. THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND BACK UP LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, AND THE BLOWER AND CONTROL MODULE WERE REPLACED. *AK *JB

CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS THAT WERE MADE ON THE MINIVAN'S CLOCK SPRING. *DT *JB

FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR AND TRANSMISSION FRONT PUMP ON A VEHICLE THAT'S JUST AT 6 YEARS OLD, WITH <70000 MILES ON IT. CAR DID NOT RESPOND WHEN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. SHIFTED INTO PARK, THEN REVERSE AGAIN - STILL DID NOT GO INTO GEAR. SHIFTED INTO PARK AND THEN DRIVE, AND THE CAR PROCEEDED TO ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN THE DRIVEWAY (OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T GO INTO GEAR). SHIFTED INTO PARK, THEN REVERSE AND IT FINALLY TOOK. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK. THIS CAR IS ONLY DRIVEN TO AND FROM WORK - WITH NOT MUCH STARTING AND STOPPING. THIS SEEMS LIKE A PREMATURE FAILURE FOR THESE TWO PARTS.

THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCE THE FOLLOWING: NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES, NOISE WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE/UNEVEN IDLE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON/BURNED #5 EXHAUST VALVE-REMOVED HEAD/REPLACED VALVE/REASSEMBLED ENGINE, THE ENGINE IS KNOCKING/INTERNAL ROD KNOCKING-ENGINE HAD AN OIL LEAK/REPLACED GASKET & THE REAR MAIN SEAL IS LEAKING (THE VEHICLE IS GOING THRU 2-3 QUARTS PER MONTH), AND WHEN ENGAGING IN GEAR, THE ENGINE MOVES HARD. SCC

NUMEROUS REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICLE IN THE LAST YEAR. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE AIR CONDITIONER AND HAVE REPAIRED AT LEAST A HALF DOZEN LEAKS CAUSED BY FAILING SEALS. WE HAVE PAID APPROXIMATELY $4500. IN REPAIRS IN THE LAST 9 MONTHS ALONE AND NOW THERE IS ANOTHER OIL LEAK. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF. WE WERE PLANNING TO KEEP THIS VEHICLE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR BUT CANNOT AFFORD THESE REPAIRS. HELP!! WE MAY AS WELL HAVE A CAR PAYMENT. ANY SUGGESTIONS, BESIDES TOYOTA OR HONDA??