Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Plymouth Grand Voyager submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE RECALLS FOR THE ABOVE VEHICLE AND WHAT EXACTLY THEY COVER AND DON'T COVER AND I GO ABOUT GETTING THEM FIXED. MY CAR IS NOW IN THE SHOP FOR FAILURE OF BRAKES. WHILE I WAS OUT DRIVING THE BRAKES SUDDENLY WENT ON ME
THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE TENTION PULLEY ARM ON THE ENGINE, BROKE, RELEASING THE BELT FROM ALL OF THE OTHER PULLEYS. THIS CAUSED THE POWER STEERING, WATER PUMP, AND ALTERNATOR TO FAIL. THIS HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
HEAD GASKET HAS A CRACK IN IT. NLM
4TH TIME IN 8 YEARS ENGIN EBELT TENSIONER HAS FAILED -- LOSS OF COOLING/POWR STEERING. *AK
THE FAILURE ON 5/12/97 OF STEERING (DUE TO BROKEN BELT TENSIONER/SERPENTINE BELT) WAS EXTREMELY SERIOUS. MY WIFE LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE CAR AS IT WAS NOT AT ALL STEERABLE. LUCKILY, SHE WAS TRAVELING EXTREMELY SLOWLY, AS SHE HAD JUST LEFT THE DRIVEWAY OF OUR HOUSE, AND THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC. THIS HAPPENED ONLY 18 DAYS AFTER THE CAR HAD BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS (AT PORT JEFF CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH, 5130 NESCONSET HIGHWAY, PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NEW YORK, 11776. PH: (516) 474-3939). *AK
WHEN RAINS OR IN A LITTLE PUDDLE OF WATER THE SERPENTINE FAN BELT GETS WET AND SLIPS OFF OF THE PULLY.. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED.
THE FIRST DEALERSHIP CONSUMER WENT TO KEPT SAYING THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE, AND IT HAS NOT BEEN. THEN SHE WAS AUTHORIZED BY CHRYSLER TO GO TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP, AND THEY ARE REFUSING SERVICE TO THE OWNER. *AK CONSUMER STARTED HAVING ABS LIGHT PROBLEMS PRIOR TO RECALL 96V099, THE DEALER REPLACED THE HYDRAULIC ASSEMBLY, BRAKE SYSTEM, ROTORS , PADS, AND THE ABS MODULE, CONSUMER HAS SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO THE RECALL, DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE ABS PROBLEM, HOWEVER DEALER CAN NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AND CONSUMER CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC SHIFTING. ENGINE WAS NOISY, THERMOSTAT GASKET WAS REPLACED, MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED, SERPENTINE BELT REPLACED. EXHAUST SYSTEM, MUFFLER, AND REAR PIPE REPLACED. REAR SHOCKS REPLACED. SPARK PLUGS REPLACED. FUEL FILTER REPLACED. *SLC
VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT 40 MPH WHEN A BREAKING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED, ENGINE WAS NO LONGER RUNNING AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED BROKEN PISTON ROD, ONE LEAF OF CRANKSHAFT BROKEN AND THE PISTON WAS CRUSHED TO HALF. THERE WERE ALSO HOLES IN THE ENGINE BLOCK.
ANTILOCK BRAKE HYDRAULICS FAILED, CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING.
WHILE DRIVING ON HWY AT APPROX. 55-65MPH, EXPERIENCED ENGINE MALFUNCTIONING WHEN VEHICLE THREW A ROD, THEN CAUSED FIRE TO ERRUPT IN REAR END, DUE TO AN OIL SPILLAGE. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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