1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager Engine Problems

ENGINE WOULD START AND RUN A FEW SECONDS AND THEN GO DEAD. ENGINE WOULD RESTART AND RUN VERY ROUGH FOR A FEW SECONDS AND CONTINUE TO GO DEAD. EVENTUALLY ENGINE WOULD NOT START. CHECKED POWER AT COIL AND THERE WOULD BE POWER FOR A SECOND WHEN SWITCH WAS TURNED ON AND THEN AUTO SHUTDOWN RELAY CLICKS AND POWER IS LOST TO COIL. REPLACED CRANK SENSOR AND PUT A COMPUTER FROM SAME MODEL VAN IN AND STILL WILL NOT START. NO CODES ON SCAN TOOL. THERE IS FUEL PRESSURE ON THE FUEL RAIL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10631951

Incident

May 8, 2014

Mileage

170,000 mi

INCIDENT 1. DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AND THE ENGINE QUITS. PULL OVER, AFTER 20 MIN THE VAN STARTS AND DRIVES FINE FOR ABOUT A MONTH. INCIDENT 2. DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH AND THE ENGINE QUITS. PULL OVER, WAIT 20 MIN. THE VAN STARTS AND DRIVES FINE FOR ABOUT A MONTH. INCIDENT 3. DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY GOING 65 MPH AND THE ENGINE QUITS. PULL OVER AND WAIT 20 MIN. THE VAN STARTS AND DRIVES FINE FOR 7 MONTHS. ALL THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENED IN THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS. *NM

NHTSA ID

10152887

Incident

Jun 10, 2005

Mileage

57,000 mi

AFTER HAVING THE WATER PUMP REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME, WHILE DRIVING HOME THE PULLEY FLEW OFF OF THE WATER PUMP, WENT INTO THE AIR, RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. *JB THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE WATER PUMP PULLEY WAS PRESSED ON TO THE SHAFT. AS A RESULT OF THE PULLEY FALLING OFF THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. *TC

NHTSA ID

10092477

Incident

Apr 12, 2004

Mileage

108,000 mi

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN A PARKING LOT. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE, THEN FLAMES COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED, AND THEY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE INSPECTOR INDICATED THAT THE FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY AN OIL LEAK, BUT THEY WERE NOT SURE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

NHTSA ID

10091873

Incident

Aug 25, 2004

Mileage

120,000 mi

CRUISE CONTROL LOCKED AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO THE SPEED OF 90 MPH. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE VEHICLE WAS TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF. ALSO, THE SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.*AK

NHTSA ID

10089836

Incident

Aug 23, 2004

Mileage

13,000 mi

THE FAN BELT AND TENSIONER WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *AK THE BELT CONTINUED TO MAKE CHIRPING NOISES THEREFORE IT WAS REPLACED AGAIN. *NM

NHTSA ID

10073532

Incident

May 12, 2004

WHILE DRIVING, I HEARD THIS NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, BEFORE I COULD PULL OVER, RADIATOR STARTED STEAMING. AFTER LETTING ENGINE COOL, I NOTICED THAT THE RADIATOR CRACKED. THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE DID NOT ALERT ME TO ANYTHING. RADIATOR FANS WERE NOT WORKING.*AK

NHTSA ID

10067692

Incident

Mar 23, 2004

ABOVE ARE OUR MAJOR PROBLEMS WE RECENTLY HAD WITH OUR VAN. THE MOST SERIOUS ONE THAT HAS TO DO WITH SAFETY IS THE BODY WORK DONE TO THE LEFT SIDE STRUT TOWER DUE TO RUST - WHICH ALSO INCLUDED THE REPAIR OF THE SUSPENSION. I REPORTED THIS TO DAIMLERCHRYSLER UNDER CONCERN#11568602 ASKING THEM FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BUT THEY REFUSED. WE ALSO HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND AIR CONDION FAILURE; HOWERVER, THESE WERE FIXED WITH NO CHARGE DUE WARRANTY (BELOW 100,000 MILES), BUT THE AIR CONDITIONING FAILED AGAIN AS NOTED ABOVE. REGARDING OTHER COSTS: THESE WERE FOR THE FRONT SWAY BAR BUSHINGS AND OUTER TIE ROD ENDS. I PURHASED THIS 1996 VAN IN 11/12/1998 WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 53,841 MILES.

NHTSA ID

10070949

Incident

Oct 15, 2003

Mileage

114,991 mi

TRANSMISSION PUMP, IS OUT NOW, SPECKLED PAINT ON HOOD AND TOP, SIDES, BACK, VIBRATION IN FRONT END STEERING, LOUD NOISES, CREAKS AND MAKES LOTS OF NOISES, BACK DOOR ON RIGHT SIDE WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK. I NEED HELP WITH ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS. THE ITEMS REPAIRED WAS BY A FRIEND MECHANIC.

NHTSA ID

10069894

Incident

Jan 15, 2003

Mileage

600 mi

ON BRAKES, HAD TO REPLACE THE BREAK DRUMS AND COMPLETE BRAKE JOB. IN DECEMBER HAD TO HAVE COMPLETE R & R HEAD GASKET REPLACED. HAD HEAD REPLACED THERMOSTAT REPLACED AND RECALL OF CLOCK SPRING, WHICH I HAD TO REPLACE BEFORE I RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE.

NHTSA ID

10069764

Incident

Dec 15, 2002

ABS PUMP WENT OUT

NHTSA ID

10069223

Incident

Aug 15, 2002

Mileage

120,000 mi

A GAS ODOR ON THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE MAKES THE OCCUPANTS SICK. THE CAUSE AND LOCATION OF THE ODOR IS UNDETERMINED, EVEN THOUGH THE DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE 3 TIMES.*AK

NHTSA ID

10046058

Mileage

104,000 mi

OVER A YEAR AND 1/2, HAD MULTIPLE (AT LEAST 10) INCIDENTS OF VEHICLE STALLING WHILE SLOWING DOWN, AT TURNS OR TRAFFIC LIGHTS. RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING, BRAKES, AND TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL ONTO NEXT LANE; LUCKILY, NO ACCIDENTS. MULTIPLE TRIPS TO PLYMOUTH DEALERSHIP, ALL INSPECTIONS AND COSTLY EMPIRICAL REPAIRS ARE FRUITLESS, UNTIL AIS (AUTOMATIC IDLE SPEED) MOTOR REPLACED (THROTTLE BODY CLEANED, ALSO). THE MECHANIC STATED HE HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM IN HIS OWN PLYMOUTH! THIS FAILURE HAS NOT RECURRED IN THE 3 YEARS SINCE MAKING THE AIS MOTOR THE LIKELY CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THIS IS SIMPLY A FOLLOW-UP, HOPEFULLY OF SOME USE TO DRIVERS AND MECHANICS. *LA

NHTSA ID

10041726

Incident

Dec 1, 1999

Mileage

60,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER SAID THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, AND COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10038503

PURCHASED VOYAGER 2 YRS AGO, DEALER SHOWED US HE HAD REBUILT TRANSMISSION 2 MONTHS EARLIER. AFTER 2 YEARS, I HAVE REPLACED RADIATOR, "COOLING FAN RELAY" X2, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AGAIN, THE CV JOINT BROKE AND CRACKED THE TRANSMISSION CASE (AFTER IT WAS REBUILT), THE RADIO WENT OUT, THE AC IS COMPLETELY GONE ESTIMATED @ $1800 TO REPAIR. BRAKES ARE GRABBING AND/OR SOFT. IS THIS A "LEMON"?*AK

NHTSA ID

10028716

Incident

Jan 15, 2003

UPON DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 70-80 MPH, MY VAN LOST POWER SUDDENLY. I WAS UNABLE TO STEER BECAUSE THE ENGINE CUT OFF. IT WAS A RAPID SPEED DECREASE, I WATCHED THE TACHOMETER DROP IN SPEED. I WAS IN THE FAST LANE AND AT A DEAD STOP. A FEW MINUTES LATER I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VAN AND PULL TO THE LEFT SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY. I TOOK IT TO A CHRYSLER DEALER AND THEY PULLED 2 CODES FROM THE VAN'S ONBOARD COMPUTER. HOWEVER, THEY TELL ME THAT THEY CANNOT PINPOINT THE PROBLEM WITHOUT IT OCCURRING AGAIN. THE SAME THING HAPPEN 3 YEARS AGO, AGAIN I WAS ON A ROAD TRIP TRAVELING 70-80 MPH IN HOT WEATHER AND THE VAN LOST POWER. UPON REACHING MY DESTINATION, I TOOK THE VAN TO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, WHICH AT THAT TIME, COULD NOT PULL ANY CODES. AFTER LEAVING THE VAN FOR A WEEK, I DROVE IT BACK HOME. THE VAN STOPPED TWICE, HOME IS 400 MILES FROM MY DESTINATION. WHEN I ARRIVED HOME, I TOOK THE VAN TO A LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER, AND THEY PULLED A CODE THAT INDICATED A MISFIRE IN CYLINDER #5. THEY CLEARED THE CODE (DON'T KNOW WHY...), AND THEY TRIED TO DUPLICATE THE CODE. THEY COULD NOT.... THE DEALER CHARGED ME $50 AND TOLD ME THAT SINCE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ERROR CODE THE CAR SHOULD BE FINE TO DRIVE AGAIN. NOW, IT HAPPENS AGAIN IN THE YEAR 2003... VERY CONCERNED. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10023523

Incident

Jun 11, 2003

Mileage

85,000 mi

THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. COOLANT HAD DRAINED OUT OF THE RADIATOR. THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THE HEATER CORE HOSE RETURN ASSEMBLY HAD RUSTED. * *TT

NHTSA ID

10015984

Incident

Apr 1, 2003

Mileage

126,819 mi

THE TRANSMISSION AND BELT TENSIONER FAILED, THE AXLE HAD BROKEN, THE HORN, WIPERS, AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. THE A/C HAD GONE OUT ALONG WITH THE CONDENSER. THERE WAS FLUID LEAKAGE IN THE POWER STEERING RACK & PINION, THE VEHICLE HAD GONE DEAD. AS A RESULT THE COMPUTER WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. SCC *JB

NHTSA ID

10006177

Mileage

54,000 mi

VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT WHILE THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER HAS REPLACED A FEW PARTS ON VEHICLE, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK

NHTSA ID

8015699

Incident

Jun 2, 2002

ENGINE USING EXCESSIVE OIL...AND I HAVE NOTICE THE SAME IN OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES. *AK

NHTSA ID

762388

RADIATOR FAN WOULD START WORKING, AND OUT OF SUDDEN, JUST STOPPED WORKING, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. HAD CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

8005647

Incident

Mar 13, 2002

WHENEVER VEHICLE IS TAKEN IN FOR A OIL CHANGE THERE IS NEVER ANY OIL IN THE CRANKCASE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED AN INTERNAL OIL LEAK IN ENGINE. VEHICLE IS RUNNING ROUGH AND SLUGGISH. OIL LIGHT HAS JUST STARTED COMING ON. DEALER IS AWARE, BUT WOULD LIKE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

8005390

Incident

Feb 1, 2002

ENGINE CONSUMES TOO MUCH OIL, EVERY ONE THOUSAND MILES HAS TO ADD A QUATER OF OIL ,AND WAS BURNING OIL TOO FAST. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS FINE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8004954

Incident

Mar 4, 2002

THERE IS NO HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONING COMING THROUGH THE VENTS. VEHICLE WAS HESITATING, AND THE GEARS WERE SLIPPING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

8004213

Incident

Jan 1, 2002

VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLS, LOSING ALL POWER. ONCE VEHICLE IS PARKED IT FAILS TO RESTART. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AKVEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP ELEVEN TIMES TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED. AFTER THE INITIAL LOSS OF POWER, THE VEHICLE WILL START APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES AFTER. *JG

NHTSA ID

8003169

Incident

Jan 25, 2002