PLYMOUTH Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT WOULD DETACH WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN WHILE RAINING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 96V099000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIRS, THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT REPLACED FIRST. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THE RECALL SUMMARY INDICATED THAT THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT COULD EXPERIENCE WEAR AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECTIVE COMPONENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPAIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 189,556. UPDATED 10/16/12*LJ UPDATED 10/23/2012 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS HE WAS BRAKING TO A STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD CAUSING AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AS HE CONTINUED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 96V099000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK), STATING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL BUT THE FAILURE STILL EXISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT LEFT THE VEHICLE WITH THE DEALER AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED CORRECTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD GIVE HIM A RETURN CALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 243,067.

SINCE PURCHASING THIS VAN USED LAST YEAR 2011, MY VAN HAS A HIGH PITCHED SQUEALING NOISE. DEALERSHIP (3RD PARTY) STATED IT WAS ONLY A WET BELT AND WOULD STOP ONCE THE BELT DRIED. THIS NOISE NEVER STOPPED. MY TEEN DRIVER WAS ALONE WHEN THE BELT SNAPPED CAUSING HER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE STEERING. SEEING OTHER POST OF SIMILAR OR WORSE CASE SCENARIOS I AM LOOKING INTO FURTHER ACTION. NEITHER THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP OR ANY OTHER MECHANIC EVER STATED TO ME THAT THIS ISSUE IS COMMON IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAME TO A JARRING STOP AFTER THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HIT A SMALL RECESSED GAS COMPANY ACCESS COVER, PERHAPS 2" DEEP AND 6" IN DIAMETER. THE FRAME MEMBER BETWEEN THE TWO FRONT WHEELS CRACKED RIGHT THROUGH IN A SHOWER OF RUST. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS OR MAJOR INJURIES COULD HAVE OCCURRED. 12 YEARS SEEMS TOO SOON FOR THIS KIND OF UNDERCARRIAGE WEAR TO HAVE OCCURRED. CAR IS SCRAP NOW BUT HAD BEEN RUNNING WELL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD TO REPLACE THE WINDOW SHIELD WIPER MOTOR THREE TIMES IN A ONE YEAR PERIOD. THE CONTACT FOUND NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 99V189000 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER LINKAGES), WHICH DEALT WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE PIVOT ASSEMBLY. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000. UPDATED 8/8/12 *CN UPDATED 08/14/12

SO FAR THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A LEMON. I HAVE REPLACED EVERYTHING ON IT, FROM FUEL PUMP, SENSORS, STEERING COLUMN, BELT TENSIONER AND PULLEY, ALTERNATOR, WIPER SWITCH THAT SEEMS TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN EVEN THO I REPLACED A NEW SWITCH. NOW MORE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS NOW MESSED UP. ABS LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEP COMING ON ALL MY GAUGES GO FLAT. LIGHTS GO DIM. THEN SUDDENLY LIGHTS WILL FLASH AND THEY WILL ALL COME BACK ON. THEN GO OFF AGAIN. NOW, NOT ONLY DO THEY GO FLAT BUT NOW I HAVE A SHIFTING PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT. IT SEEMS TO BE STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. I REPLACED THE WHOLE BRAKING SYSTEM. EGR VALVE, CAM SENSOR, CRUISE CONTROL, THE BODY. THE GAS PEDAL USE TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. THAT WAS A LITTLE SCARY GOIN DOWN THE ROAD NOT KNOWING WHEN IT WAS GONNA DO THAT. EVERYONE WHO RIDES WITH ME KEEPS JOKING AS IF THE VEHICLE IS HAUNTED. LIGHTS GO WEAK, I'VE REPLACED ALL THE BULBS CLEANED THE HEADLIGHTS. NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK RIGHT ON THIS VEHICLE. I'VE ALREADY INVESTED THOUSANDS. WAY MORE THEN ITS WORTH. I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WHERE THE VEHICLE JUST REFUSES TO START. SOMETIMES NOT A PROBLEM. THEN USUALLY IN THE COLD IT WONT TURN OVER AT ALL. I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY NUMEROUS TIMES CHECKED FOR CODES. AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON. TRANSMISSION HESITATES. SOMETIMES VEHICLE SHUDDERS ACTS LIKE ITS GONNA QUIT.VEHICLE JUST HAS ON GOING PROBLEMS. *TR

I PARKED THE CAR AND WENT INTO THE POST OFFICE. I HEARD PEOPLE STATING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NEEDED FOR A CAR ON FIRE. I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW THE BREEZE WITH SUBSTANTIAL SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I WALKED OUTSIDE AS THE POST OFFICE CALLED 911. HAVING A CLEAR VIEW OF THE CAR, THERE WERE BITS OF MATERIAL WITH FLAMES DROPPING FROM UNDER THE CAR. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE FIRE MARSHALL INDICATED THE FIRE STARTED AGAINST THE FIRE WALL IN THE CORNER OF THE ENGINE NEAR THE DRIVER SEAT. THE CAR WAS TOWED FROM SITE AND IS CONSIDERED A LOSS. *JS

I OWN A 1998 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST INCIDENT THE VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 80,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING I NOTICED THAT A NUMBER OF WARNING LIGHTS SUDDENLY APPEARED AND THAT ALL OF THE GAUGES WERE NOT OPERATING ON THE DASH. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO SCAP JEEP/PLYMOUTH/DODGE DEALERSHIP IN FAIRFIELD CT. THE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT HE HAD NO CLUE WHAT IT WAS AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO TRACE EACH WIRE AND IT WOULD INCLUDE NUMEROUS MAN HOURS. HE ALSO SUGGESTED REPLACING THE MAIN COMPUTER. IF I WANTED TO HAVE THEM FIX IT I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. I FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED JUST FINE, JUST COULD NOT TELL MPH, MILEAGE, AUTO DOOR LOCKS FAILED AND AIRBAG, ANTI LOCK BRAKES, IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER GAUGES. THREE DAYS LATER ALL RETURNED TO NORMAL FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN A REPEAT. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED WITH NO PATTERN FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. DEALERSHIP CLAIMED IT WAS COMPUTERS. IN SPEAKING WITH MY LOCAL MECHANIC, HE HAD ANOTHER CUSTOMER WITH SAME TYPE VEHICLE AND SAME PROBLEM. THIS CUSTOMER SPENT IN EXCESS OF $2000 AT THE DEALERSHIP AND PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. THE LOCAL MECHANIC OPENED THE DASH AND IMMEDIATELY FOUND A WIRE THAT WAS PARTIALLY BROKEN FREE FROM A HARNESS. HE PUSHED THE WIRE COMPLETELY INTO RECEIVER AND PROBLEM SOLVED. DUE TO WIRE BEING FRAYED, HE WENT TO LOCAL JUNK YARD TO GET A USED HARNESS END AND REPLACED SAID PIECE. SAME PROBLEM WAS FOUND WITH OUR VEHICLE. WIRE WAS FIXED AND THE ENTIRE JOB WAS LESS THAN 1 HOUR OF LABOR. HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS SINCE. PLYMOUTH HAS ISSUED NO RECALLS OR EVEN ANY ALERTS OF THE PROBLEM TO ITS DEALERSHIPS. IN PHONE CALLS TO CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY CLAIM THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT TWO VEHICLES IN THE SAME TOWN ARE THE ONLY ONES TO EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM AND HOPE THAT YOU LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AND ORDER ANY RECALLS NECESSARY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY STOP THE VEHICLE AND UPON EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS HAD FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. THE CONTACT APPLIED A TEMPORARY STRAP AS A REMEDY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000.