PLYMOUTH Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THERE WAS A SMELL OF FUEL AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE AIR VENTS. SOMEONE BEHIND THE VEHICLE ALERTED THE DRIVER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE DRIVER PULLED OFF OF THE ROAD AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND WAS TOTALED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE NOTIFIED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE HOOD AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 07/03/06. *JB

NO KNOWN EVENTS OTHER THAN USE AND RUST LEAD TO FAILURE.. THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED WHEN PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE BEGAN RUBBING WHEEL WELL. PLEASE HELP, BOTH LEAF SPRINGS SNAPPED/BROKE ON OUR 1994 VOYAGER! PLEASE BE ADVISED, BE ON WATCH FOR ANY OTHER DODGE/PLYMOUTH VANS DOING THIS, COULD CAUSE DANGEROUS LOSS OF CONTROL AND OR ACCIDENT/INJURY! THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED! WARNING! THIS PART # 80556PN/1504* MAIN LEAF SPRINGS IS DEFECTIVE AND AMAZINGLY BROKE COMPLETELY INTO AT THE FRONT MOUNTS. I HAVE MANY PICTURES TO SEND. PLEASE RECALL ASAP. VIN: RR809177 MILEAGE: 184000 I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD BE JUST THE "TIP OF THE ICEBERG" AND MANY VANS COULD HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS IF LEAF SPRINGS BREAK AT HIGHWAY SPEED! YOU FOLKS NEED TO GET AFTER THIS ASAP! I GOT A GOOD USED 95 WHOLE AXLE WITH LEAFS AND HAD THE OLD AXLE REPLACED WITH THE USED ONE. OLD PARTS/LEAF SPRINGS WITH OLD AXLE HAVE BEEN SAVED AND ARE AVAILABLE. *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING THE POWER DOOR LOCKS AND THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WINDOW PROBLEMS. *TS THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE MOTOR HAD FAILED. *JB

1999 PLYMOUTH BREEZE HIGH PRESSURE STEERING HOSE DEFECT. *TS THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE FIRE AND THE ACCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED, WERE DUE TO A DIRECT RESULT OF THE TWO RECALLS THAT WERE ISSUED. AN INSPECTOR WAS SENT TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE AND CONCLUDED THE PROBLEMS WERE NOT A RESULT OF THE RECALLS. *JB UPDATED 01/7/14 UPDATED 02/26/14

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 TO 35 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS BUMPED FROM THE REAR CAUSING IT TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS PRE IMPACT BRAKING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. SEAT BELTS WERE IN USE HOWEVER HEAD AND NECK INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FOR INSPECTION HOWEVER NO INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED ABOUT THE AIR BAG SENSORS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED.

UPON ARRIVING HOME FROM WORK I BACKED THE VEHICLE INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND FOUND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE UNDERCARRIAGE. INVESTIGATION AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE FOUND THE OUTER TIE ROD BALL JOINT HAD SEPARATED AND COLLAPSED. INSPECTION OF THE PART FOUND NO APPARENT LUBRICATION AND RUST APPEARED ON THE BALL SECTION. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MY MECHANICS SHOP AND THE PART REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A NEW UNIT. I ASKED IF THE DRIVERS SIDE TIE ROD WAS ALSO IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT BUT INSPECTION BY MY MECHANIC APPARENTLY FOUND THE UNIT TO BE INTACT. THE REMOVED PART WAS DISCARDED UNFORTUNATELY BUT THE MECHANIC INDICATED HE'S SEEN THE SAME FAILURE ON OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME MANUFACTURER [CHRYSLER CORP] *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE PRESENT IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE FUEL RAILS WERE LEAKING. ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, THE FUEL RAILS WERE NOT REPLACED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL # 98V130000 REGARDING THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED TWO WEEKS AGO AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO MAKE A BANGING NOISE WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED OFF THE ROAD AND PLACED INTO PARK, THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR SHIFTED OUT OF PARK . HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ACCORDING TO THE CONTACT THIS TRANSMISSION WAS NOTORIOUS FOR ITS HIGH RATE OF FAILURE AND POOR QUALITY. THE CONTACT FELT THE SELLER KNEW ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS AND FAILED TO SOLVE THEM. THE CONSUMER CHECKED THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THERE WERE OVER 1,000 IRATE PEOPLE WHO HAD SIMILAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND ISSUE A RECALL. UPDATED ON 05/30/2006. *AK

FRONT STRUT TOWER CORROSION PERFORATING ATTACHMENT SURFACE ON 1996 CHRYSLER GRAND VOYAGER. ATTACHMENT POINT DETERIORATES CAUSING THE FRONT SUSPENSION TO COLLAPSE MAKING THE VEHICLE UNABLE TO STEER CAUSING COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE OR OBJECT UNAVOIDABLE. *NM

SERPENTINE BELT (POWERING THE ALTERNATOR, POWER STEERING ETC.) HAS COME OFF REPEATEDLY. SINCE THE BELT POWERS THE POWER STEERING, THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNSAFE. *NM