1969 Plymouth C Body Other / unspecified Problems

98 VOYAGER EXPRESSO 3.3 ENGINE. DOORS LOCK AT RANDOM, WHEN PUT IN GEAR, WHEN PUT IN PARK, WHILE KEYS IN CAR, WITH CAR RUNNING, THE 15MPH IS TOTALLY IRRELEVENT IN THIS VAN. IT ALSO OVER HEATS EVEN IN WINTER, AND ALL THE LIGHTS BLINK ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AS WELL AS THE HOUSING FOR AC, DEFROST, REAR WIPER, ETC. HAVE HAD TO LOCAL DEALER WHO CLAIMS THERE ARE NO RECALLS AT ALL ON THIS VAN. I HAVE JUST PRINTED OFF 3 PAGES OF SAFETY ISSUES, AND THE ONES I HAVE LISTED ARE VERY IMPORTANT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON IN EXCESS OF 4 YEARS, AND IT ISNT GETTING ANY BETTER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10345162

Incident

Apr 22, 2005

I OWN A 1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AND ON THIS MIN VAN THE WIPERS ACT VERY ERRATIC. THEY WORK WHEN THEY WANT. SOMETIMES THEY WON'T SHUT OFF AND OTHER TIMES THEY WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL OR STOP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR VIEW. I ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE SERPENTINE BELTS POPPING OFF THE DRIVE LINE LEAVING YOU WITH NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES AND COMPLETELY DISABLES THE VEHICLE. I ALSO EXPERIENCE ISSUES WITH THE REAR SHOCKS. THE BOLTS COME LOOSE AND DETACHES THE REAR SHICK FROM THE VAN LEAVING IT QUITE UNCONTROLLABLE WHILE DRIVING. ALL 3 ISSUES HAPPENS ON MANY OCCASIONS. ALL 4 OF THESE DEFECTS MAKE THIS VAN VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE OR TRAVEL WITH. CURRENTLY MY VAN IS SITTING IN MY DRIVE WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION. I HAVE OWNED THE VAN FOR 5 YEARS NOW AND IN 5 YEARS I HAVE BLOWN 3 TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10209285

Incident

Aug 22, 2003

Mileage

116,250 mi

1999 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER THROWS SERPENTINE BELT WHEN DRIVING THROUGH A PUDDLE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10200420

Incident

Aug 20, 2007

MY PLYMOUTH BREEZE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AS I WAS DRIVING IT. MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE CAR WITH ME AND WE BOTH COULD HAVE GOTTEN SERIOUSLY HURT. ALSO, I JUST SPENT $700 ON A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THESE VEHICLES. *NM

NHTSA ID

10155893

Incident

Apr 15, 2006

Mileage

58,002 mi

4TH 1993 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER SE TRANSMISSION. NO WARNING BEFORE COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HAS 1ST GEAR TO ABOUT 15 MPH AND THEN SLIPS OUT OF GEAR. NO REVERSE NO NOTHING. VAN IS SITTING IN MY GARAGE WHILE I DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THIS GIANT BOAT ANCHOR. *JB

NHTSA ID

10149689

Incident

Jun 12, 2005

Mileage

170,000 mi

CAR CONTINOUSLY OVERHEATS. HAVE REPLACE THE RADIATOR CAP AND THE THERMOSTAT.

NHTSA ID

10125224

Incident

Jun 10, 2005

Mileage

114,000 mi

HEAD GASKET FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 32,000 MILES. HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED AT A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND THE NEW HEAD GASKET FAILED AGAIN WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON THE GASKET. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH NEONS AND CHRYSLER HAS YET TO ISSUE A RECALL.

NHTSA ID

10116179

Incident

Mar 1, 2005

Mileage

70,150 mi

THE HOOD SUPPORT STRUTS FAIL AND THE HOOD OF MY 1999 PROWLER COMES CRASHING DONE WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE REPLACED THE HOOD STRUTS 3 TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR - 4 YEARS.*AK

NHTSA ID

10104866

Incident

Apr 10, 2004

Mileage

8,000 mi

MY 2001 CHRYSLER PROWER HOOD SHOCKS DO NOT SUPPORT HOOD WEIGHT. I HAVE HAD THE HOOD CRASH DOWN SEVERAL TIMES, BUT NO ONE WAS HURT. OTHER OWNERS OF PLYMOUTH/CHRYSLER PROWLERS HAVE REPORTED CHANGING THE HOOD SHOCKS SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SOLUTION. SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS HAVE REPORTED BEING HIT ON THE HEAD WHILE LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD, HAVING INJURED THEIR WRISTS AND FINGERS FROM HOODS CRASHING DOWN.*AK

NHTSA ID

10104752

Incident

Sep 12, 2002

ON 11/05/2003 MY CARS HEADGASKET WAS GOING.I PURCHASED MY CAR ON 11/14/2003 THE CAR HAD 59,708. I ONLY PUT ON THE CAR13,000 MILES FROM THE TIME THAT I HAD IT. I DID A CARFAX ON THE CAR AND SAW THAT ON 5/02/2003 THE CAR HAD 96,113 THEN ON 8/06/03 IT HAD 59,294 MILES THERE WAS A 36,819 MILE ROLLBACK.NOW I NEED TO KNOW THE TRUE MILEAGE ON THE CAR BECAUSE IF THE MILES ON THE CAR WERE TURNED BACK THAT MEANS THAT MY CAR HAS OVER 148,000 MILES AND MY MACHANIC SAID THAT BEING THAT THE CAR WAS 7 YEARS OLD THAT CAR WOULD HAVE OVER 148,000 MILES. I NEED TO KNOW THE TRUE MILES THAT WERE ON THE CAR WHEN THE FIRST OWNER SOLD THE CAR.BECAUSE IM GOING TO COURT DUE TO THIS MILEAGE PROBLEM. SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS MILEAGE ISSUE.PLEASEIT WOULD BE VETY HELPFUL BEING THE FIRST OWNER WAS IN NEW YORK . THE DEALERSHIP IS GIVING ME A HARD TIME WITH THE PROBLEM .I TOOK GREAT CARE OF MY CAR ONE MONTH AFTER I GOT THE CAR I GOT AN OIL CHANGE THEN I GOT IT FLUSHED AND FILED W/ THE OIL CHANGE IN MARCH AND EVERY 3,000 MILES AFTER THAT.THEY ASKED ME TO BRING THE CAR TO THEM ON 11/08/2004. APON DOING THAT THE CAR THEN DIED. HAD THE CAR TOWED FROM WERE I BROKE DOWN. MY CAR SAT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE DEALERSHIP FOR 2 DAYS . THEY WERE TO HAVE SOMEONE LOOK AT THE CAR . BUT INSTEAD THEY SENT IT OUT TO GET LOOKED AT . BUT INSTEAD THEY BROKE DOWN MY ENGINE AND I HAVE NOT HAD MY CAR FOR THE LAST MONTH NEXT MONTH WILL BE 2 MONTHS .SO COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME THANK YOU VERY MUCH

NHTSA ID

10104613

Incident

Nov 5, 2004

Mileage

72,920 mi

FIRST WHEN I BOUGHT THE VAN AND HAD TO REPLACE HAD GASKET WHICH I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VAN, YET THERE IS NO RECALL. THEN ON OCTOBER 13TH 2003 I WAS IN A AUTO ACCIDENT WHEN I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT I WAS HIT FROM THE REAR BY A WOMEN DOING 30-35 MPH I HIT PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME AND THE VAN WAS TOTALLED BUT YET THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I STILL HAVE THE VAN, MY WIFE AND I WERE BOTH HURT. CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING.*AK

NHTSA ID

10097927

Incident

Oct 13, 2003

Mileage

98,000 mi

BRAKES RUST WHEN IT RAINS OR SNOWS. THIS CAUSES BRAKES TO LOCK-UP OR FAIL.*AK

NHTSA ID

10091201

Incident

Sep 12, 2004

TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE, WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR AFTER CAR TURNED ON, MUST WAIT, AND RESTART AT TIMES. SLIPPAGE IN 2ND GEAR, CAR IDLES AND THEN GOES OUT OF GEAR TO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. ON THE HIGHWAY, CAR WILL NOT GO INTO 4TH GEAR PERIODICALLY, CAR REVS TO 4-5 RPMS. WENT TO COTTMAN TRANSMISSION FOR REVIEW OF FAILURE MAY 26, 2004. RECOMMENDED TO GO TO PLYMOUTH DEALERSHIP, WENT TO WEINBERG DODGE, JUNE 1AND AGAIN ON JUNE 16, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD TAKE THE TRANSMISSION APART AND REBUILD IT FOR $1800. CALLED MITCH CRAWFORD DODGE, WHERE THE TRANSMISSON WAS REPLACED AT 93,845, TOLD THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTEE BY 1500 MILES, AND THAT THEY WOULD SELL ME A NEW ONE FOR $1550. I AM ON MY 2ND TRANSMISSION AT 131,000 MILES AND NEED A THIRD. MY LAST PLYMOUTH VOYAGER 1989 LASTED ON ONE TRANSMISSION UNTIL 182,000. THIS CAN BE VALIDATED BY FIRESTONE, OVERLAND PARK, KS. WHO SERVICED BOTH PLYMOUTHS. COTTMAN TRANSMISSION SERVICE CENTER SAID THAT THEY GET CALLS REGULARLY ON THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FOR THE DODGE CARAVANS. BOUGHT A NEW 2004 TOWN/ COUNTRY VAN, DID SO BECAUSE OF THE GREAT SUCCESS WE HAVE HAD WITH THE DODGE PRODUCTS, UP ONTIL THESE RANSMISSION CONSERNS. WERE TOLD AT MITCH CRAWFORD DODGE THAT THEY HAVE PUT NEW TRANSMISSIONS IN THE NEW VANS, ELLIMINATES FEELING THAT THE CAR IS CHANGING GEARS AS YOU ACCELERATE. THEY HAD "ISSUES" WITH THE OLDER TRANSMISSIONS. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION THAT ONLY LASTS JUST PAST THE WARRANTEE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE SAFETY AND FUNCTION OF THIS TRANSMISSION. I CAN'T GET A NEW TRANSMISSION EVERY 40,00 MILES. IF THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE BEING BUILT TO LAST ONLY THAT LONG, DODGE/CHRYSLER HAS A DAMAGED PRODUCT. I WOULD LIKE A RECALL. IT WAS DANGEROUS ON THE HIGHWAY TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR, AND IN AN INTERSECTION NOT TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.*AK

NHTSA ID

10081261

Incident

Jun 16, 2004

BOUGHT REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION, IT STARTED GIVING US PROBLEMS ABOUT 2000 MILES BEFORE WARRANTY WOULD RUN OUT. I FIND OUT THAT THE REPAIR FACILITY THAT PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN WROTE THE WRONG MILEAGE IN. LOCAL DEALER SAID NO PROBLEM, VERIFY MISTAKE IT CAN BE CHANGED, LUCKY FOR US WE HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AT THE SAME TIME TRANS. WAS REPLACED. PROVED CORRECT MILEAGE WITH STATE INSPECTION BOOK. ACCEPTED BY LOCAL DEALER BUT DENIED BY CHRYSLER. I HAVE HEARD LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT CHRYSLER TRANS. SINCE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH OURS AND ABOUT CHRYSLERS FAILURE TO HONOR WARRANTIES. *LA

NHTSA ID

10081118

Incident

Jun 15, 2004

I BOUGHT THIS CAR 3 WEEKS AGO AND HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE REAR MAIN SEAL AND PUT A NEW OIL SENDING UNIT IN. NOW I AM TOLD IT IS THE HEAD GASKET FOR WHICH IS ESTIMATED AT $800 TO FIX.MY 1999 NEON ONLY HAS 55,000 MILES ON IT!THIS CAR OF MINE IS STILL LEAKING OIL AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE ANY WHERE WITH MY SON, IN FEAR THAT I WILL BE STRANDED SOME WHERE AND NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO! I AM A SINGLE MOM AND CANNOT AFFORD THIS....WHY AREN'T THE DEALERSHIPS RECALLING THESE CARS TO FIX RIGHT. I THINK THIS IS WRONG AND MAKES THEM LOOK BAD WHY DON'T THEY REDEEM THEIR REPUTTAION AND FIX THE PROBLEM IN THESE NEON.I AM A VERY UNHAPPY NEON OWNER!!!*AK

NHTSA ID

10072834

Incident

May 14, 2004

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO HAVE ALL NHTSA ISSUED SAFETY RECALLS COMPLETED ON MY VEHICLE SERVICE REPAIR CENTER MANAGER. STATED THEY ONLY APPLIED TO CERTAIN NEON'S NOT ALL OF THE 2000'S. I HAVE YET AS OF THIS DATE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH NHTSA RECALL ID#99V043000, #99V114000 NOR HAVE I EVER RECEIVED THE ADDENDUM REFERRED TO IN NHTSA RECALL ID #00V366000. IN RECOGNITION OF THE RECENT PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED W/MY VEHICLE, OVERHEATING, INOPERABLE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW, HORN & AIRBAG SYSTEM AND MY HAVING ALSO EXPERIENCED BRAKE PROBLEMS, I FEEL THESE RECALLS ARE ESSENTIAL. HOWEVER, THEY ARE GOING UNRECOGNIZED BY ANNAPOLIS TATE DODGE. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10013719

Incident

Mar 31, 2003

AXLE WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES-NOW IT'S MAKING NOISE AGAIN. TECHNICIAN CHECKED AND FOUND TRANS/ DIFFERENTIAL PROBLEM. LOOSENESS IN DIFFERENTIAL SECTION OF TRANS CAUSED PROBLEM W/AXLE. ALSO RECOMMEND REPLACING TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR MOUNTS. TOO MUCH PLAY IS CAUSING STRESS ON AXLE. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10005705

Incident

Jan 7, 2003

Mileage

145,943 mi

I JUST HAD MY THIRD MOPAR REBUILT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED TWO WEEKS AGO IN MY 97 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER--3 SPEED AUTOMATIC--3.0 LITRE. I BOUGHT THIS 97 PLY GRAND VOYAGER WITH 30K MILES FROM A REPUTABLE DEALER. THIS ORIGINAL TRANS WENT AT 75K. I THEN HAD THE FIRST MOPAR REBUILT INSTALLED AND REPLACED WITHIN 3,000 MILES DUE TO A FLATLY TORQUE CONVERTER. THE SECOND, AND THIRD WERE REPLACED, AT 85K AND 97K, RESPECTFULLY, DUE TO THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS TORQUE CONVERTER, "SHUTTERING", PROBLEM IS THE MAIN SYMPTOM. MOPAR HAS REPLACED THE TRANSMISSIONS, PARTS AND LABOR, WITHOUT DELAY. MY QUESTION---WHY IS THIS HAPPENING SOOOOOOO OFTEN? THE WARRANTY IS GOOD OF 36/36,000 MILES, WHICH EXPIRES AT 111,000. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE TO THIS SITUATION? IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS? WAYNE EFFERSON. *JB

NHTSA ID

10005112

Incident

May 3, 2001

I CAN'T PINPOINT THE MONTH OR TIME IT HAPPENED, BUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT THE GAS MILEAGE IN MY 1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER HAD DROPPED CONSIDERABLY. IT ONLY GETS ABOUT 15 MPG AROUND TOWN AND ONLY 18 TO 19 MPG IN HIGHWAY DRIVING. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY PERFORMED THEIR 'DIAGNOSTICS' AND TOLD ME NOTHING IS WRONG AND SENT ME BACK HOME WITH THE MINI-VAN STILL GETTING LOUSY GAS MILEAGE.

NHTSA ID

10000099

Incident

Jul 5, 2000