PLYMOUTH Complaints

THE #16 FUSE- IGNITION FEED WAS BLOWING INTERMITTENTLY BUT NOW DOES IT AS SOON AS YOU TURN THE KEY ON RUN POSITION. SHORT CANNOT BE FOUND PLEASE HELP ME. I AM ON FIXED INCOME AND CANT AFFORD ANY MORE EXPENSES AFTER TOWING IT 3 TIMES IN ONE WEEK. *TR

1. PURCHASED USED 1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER IN 2006. 2. OVER 3 MONTH PERIOD IN 2006-7, DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BACK WELDS BEGAN TO BREAK AS SEAT BACK WAS ADJUSTED FOR NORMAL DRIVING. DRIVERS WEIGHT WAS UNDER 200 LB. SEAT NOT RECLINED OR EXCESSIVE WEIGHT PLACED ON BACK. ALL WELDS FINALLY BROKE. 3. USED NYLON STRAP TO HOLD UP SEAT BACK UNTIL FRAME COULD BE REWELDED. OBSERVATION - RIGHT FRONT SEAT HAD BEEN REPAIRED IN SIMILAR FASHION BEFORE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THIS WAS NOT REVEALED AT TIME OF SALE. POTENTIAL INJURY/DEATH IF IN ACCIDENT OR IF SEAT HAD FAILED IN CRITICAL DRIVING SITUATION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 PLYMOUTH LASER. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE HUBCAPS ON THE VEHICLE BEGAN SPINNING AND INEVITABLY CUT THE VALVE STEM OFF OF HIS TIRE. SPEED WAS NOT A FACTOR DURING THE FAILURE. THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS LOST AND THE RISK OF A SERIOUS CRASH WAS INCREASED. PEP BOYS STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIR. THE EQUIPMENT INFORMATION AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 220,000. UPDATED 3/11/09 *CN THE VALVE STEM WAS FAULTY WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO FAIL. UPDATED 03/16/09. *JB

REPORTS ON DEFECTIVE PARTS MADE BY CHRYSLER WITH REGARD TO 1998 PLYMOUTH NEON ENGINE OVERHEATING AS A RESULT OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR FAN RELAY, COOLANT RESERVOIR AND/OR THE COOLANT CAP. *NJ

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PLYMOUTH NEON. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE CONTACT CHANGED GEARS INTO REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. SHE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTED INTO PARK; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. THE BRAKES FAILED TO WORK WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO PARK, BUT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF A FEW MINUTES LATER. SHE WAITED A WHILE BEFORE RESTARTING THE VEHICLE AND IT RETURNED TO NORMAL. SHE WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

DAVES AUTOSALES OWNER DAVE MALMFELDT 801-560-2754 OR 801-562-8884 NEVER INFORMED US OF A SAFETY RECALL ON E23 HIGH POWER STEERING HOSE WHICH RESULTED IN A FIRE AND TOTAL LOSS OF 1999 PLYMOUTH BREEZE .THE DEFECT AND RECALL INFORMATION ANALYSIS SAFETY ASSURANCE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ON FINAL APPROVAL SHOULD BE NOTIFIED AND ALL VEHICLES REPAIRED WITHIN A 120 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE. SAFETY RECALLS COMPENDIUM,MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT IN ACCORDANCE SWITCH TITLE 49 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE CHAPTER 301 AND SUPPORTING FEDERAL REGULATIONS. DAVES AUTO SALES HAD NO INSURANCE ON HIS DEALERSHIP TO COVER THE LOSS OF THE CAR,SO HE REPLACED IT AND THEN SAID WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE CAR,AGAIN,WE ALL READY PAID $1300.00 DOWN PAYMENT 20 MONTHS OF PAYMENTS OF $166.00 LOSING 2 MORE PAYMENTS .ACCORDING TO LAW HIS DEALERSHIPS INSURANCE SHOULD OF COVERED THE LOSS OF CAR AT NO COST TO SHANE E ALLEN.SO DAVE BEAT UP THE DAUGHTER WHO WEIGHS 90 LBS 17 YRS OLD AND TOLD BACK THE CAR HE REPLACED HER ,SATURN,THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT TAKEN AND WE WERE TOLD TO TAKE THE CAR BACK IT BELONGED TO US SO WE DID. WE WANT DAVES LICENSED REVOKED AND ARE CIVILLY AND CRIMINALLY CHARGING HIM IN COURT. THIS MAN IS A THREAT TO SOCIETY. WE NEED THE TITLE MAILED TO US TO LICENSE THE CAR. *TR

FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS SOMETIMES WILL NOT TURN ON. THE REAR WIPER AND BOTH WASHERS WORK FINE. SOME COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED IN 1999, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES. *TR

VEHICLE IS A 2000 CHRYSLER GRAND VOYAGER. BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUSHED DURING NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION AND PEDAL BECAME "SOFT" WITH NO RESISTANCE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY AND DIAGNOSIS INDICATED RUSTY BRAKE LINES WERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. *TR

I HAVE A 98 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, THE DASHBOARD KEEPS GOING OUT WHILE I'M DRIVING-I HAVE PUNCHED THE DASHBOARD WHILE I'M DRIVING AND SOMETIMES THAT HAVE MADE EVERYTHING LIGHT BACK UP, I HAVE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT NIGHT AND ALMOST GOT INTO A ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM; IT EVEN HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS OFF, WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE CAR STARTS AND THAN SHUTS RIGHT BACK OFF, THAN THE CAR DOESN'T START AT ALL, I HAVE REPLACED THE STARTER,IGNITION BOX,ALTERNATOR AND OTHER THINGS. MY CAR IS NOW STRANDED IN A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD THAN MINE. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THE FANBELT KEEPS COMING OFF, I HAVE BEEN DRIVING WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR IN THE RAIN AND IT HAS FALLING OFF, ANOTHER TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS GOING OVER A TRAIN BRIDGE DOWN A HILL WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR AND I HAD TO FORCE THE CAR INTO A NEAR BYE SCHOOL PARKING LOT. I HAVE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A KIT SUPPLIED BY CHRYSLER TO HELP PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, PLEASE HELP ME! *TR

1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER SE. KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST. ON FRIDAY, 02 JANUARY 2009, WE HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE TO A DESTINATION AND THEN UPON TRYING TO GET IN AND START IT, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. WE TRIED TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO RELEASE ANY PRESSURE, WIGGLED THE STEERING WHEEL, ETC UNTIL FINALLY, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOCKED. AT THAT POINT, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WE COULD DO WITH THE VEHICLE. WE WERE BLOCKING THE DRIVE INTO A GLASS REPAIR SHOP SUCH THAT NO OTHER VEHICLES COULD BE MOVED IN OR OUT OF THE BUSINESS, NOT TO MENTION THE WEATHER WAS VERY COLD. WE HAD TO HAVE A TOW COMPANY COME AND RELEASE A LINKAGE UNDERNEATH THE VAN IN ORDER TO GET IT INTO NEUTRAL JUST TO PUSH IT BACK OUT OF THE WAY. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A DODGE DEALER IN BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THE RESULT WAS A FAULTY IGNITION CYLINDER. THE DEALER REPLACED IT AT A COST OF NEARLY $300. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH ONLINE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM ACROSS THE ENTIRE CHRYSLER PRODUCT LINE. THIS FAULT PUTS A PERSON AT RISK OF BEING STRANDED. CHRYSLER SHOULD ANSWER FOR THIS, AS THIS SEEMS TO BE VERY WIDESPREAD. *TR