Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Plymouth Voyager submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 108 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.
The 25 most recent of 108, in the owner's own words
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, HE SMELLED A FUEL ODOR. THE CONTACT NOTICED A FUEL LEAK FROM THE REAR OF THE FUEL TANK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 92,000.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AN ODOR OF GASOLINE WAS NOTICED AND A PUDDLE WAS SEEN UNDER THE FUEL TANK. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE FUEL TANK, CONFIRMED THE LEAK AND INFORMED THE CONTACT OF RECALL# 69V002000. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER WHERE THE GAS TANK WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT NOTICED ANOTHER LEAK FROM THE FUEL TANK AND RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEALER, WHO REFUSED TO FIX OR REPLACE THE TANK AS THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.
ME AND MY SON WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AND THE RPMS WAS GOING UP TO A DANGEROUS ZONE ,I LET OFF THE GAS TO TRY AND AVOID A ENGINE BLOW UP AND THE RPMS WAS STILL QUITE HIGH, I MANGED TO GET US OFF WITH OUT GETTING RAN INTO FROM BEHIND, I WENT 25 MPH GOING HOME AT THE RATE OF RPMS AT 3 1\2 TO 4 ,I HAVE NO IDEAL AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON BUT A FEW THINGS I HAVE READ SO FAR SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE EMISSIONS OR TRASMISSION, I LIVE ON A FIXED INCOME AND DISABLED ,I WISHED I KNEW ABOUT ALL THE RECALLS AND THE TROUBLES THE VOYAGER HAD BEFORE I BOUGHT IT, WELL SOME ONE WISH ME LUCK , THANKS
CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE AND SHUT IT OFF. THEN CONSUMER CAME BACK TO THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS ON FIRE FROM UNDER THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CALLED THE FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENTS TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE FUEL TANK.*AK
DRIVER WAS SMELLING FUEL INSIDE THE CAB OF VEHICLE. HAD THE CAR PUT UP ON A LIFT AND NOTICED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE GASKETS. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED FUEL GAUGE WARNING LIGHT APPEARED. *AK
I'M HAVING A PROBLEM RIGHT NOW CONCERNING THE VAN'S IGNITION OR FUEL COMPONENT. SINCE JUNE, 2003 THE ENGINE WILL ALL OF THE SUDDENT DIE OR THE COMPRESSION GOES DOWN TO A MINIMUM THAT WILL ALLOW THE ENGINE TO ONLY RUN; THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES. THEN WHEN I LET THE ENGINE COOL DOWN FOR AWHILE, I CAN START IT UP AND IT WILL RUN OK FOR A WHILE. MECHANICS ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY CAN'T TELL WHAT THE PROBLEM IS UNTIL THE PROBLEM SHOWS ITSELF; ALSO THEY SAY IT COULD BE SOME KIND OF IGNITION MODULE OF SOME SORT. ON TWO OF THE OCCASIONS, I WAS ON A MAJOR FREEWAY WITH MY THREE KIDS IN TOW AND WE WERE STRANDED IN THE CAR POOL LANE. IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OF WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE PLEASE LET ME KNOW. ALSO, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS GO ON AT ANY TIME ON THEIR OWN AND MY PAINT PEELS IN THE BACK TOP OF THE VAN ADJACENT TO THE BACK HATCH.
FUEL TANK ROLLOVER VALVE WAS LEAKING FUEL. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHUT OFF. DEALER STATED THAT FUEL PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK
I AM EXHIBITING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY CHRYSLER VOYAGER VAN WITH THE 3.0 V6 ENGINE. I HAVE GAS LEAKS AND CRACKS FROM THE FUEL RAIL. I CALLED CHRYSLER 3 TIMES AND THEY REFUSE TO INCLUDE MY TYPE OF ENGINE EVEN THOUGHT IT IS THE SAME FUEL RAIL AND PROBLEM.. HELP? RECALL 00V268000: FUEL RAIL CRACKS/LEAKS
THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION FAILURE, FUEL RAIL LINE AND TANK. CLOCKSPRING, HEAD GASKET, AND THE WIPERS WILL COME ON WHEN NOT IN USE. SCC PH
THE FUEL SENDING UNIT NEEDLE WILL JUMP FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND THE LIGHT WILL COME ON/OFF INTERMITTENTLY. TS THE CLOCKSPRING WAS INOPERATIVE, THE FUEL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED, THE GAS TANK INDICATOR LIGHT BLINKED AND A TONE SOUNDED. THE VEHICLE SEEMED FINE FOR A WHILE, BUT THE PROBLEM HAD COME BACK CONSTANTLY. SCC
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED, AUSING FUEL TO LEAK WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SMOKE. TS
VANTAGE CONVERSION VAN FUEL LINE FAILURE. SERVICE ORDER READS: "SS RUBBER FUEL LINE WAS INSTALLED BY WHOMEVER INSTALL WHEEL CHAIR CARRIAGE FROM GAS TANK TO FRT OF ENGINE. RUBBER LINE ROTTED AWAY. FOUND FUEL LINE LEAKING FROM TOP OF ENGINE REPLACED LINE FROM FUEL TANK TO FUEL RAIL."
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHCLE HAD STOP FOR GAS AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE THE DAY BEFORE FROM THE DEALER SHIP WHERE THE RECALL FOR FUEL LEAKAGE WAS DONE, WAS PUMPING GAS WHEN THE GAS SPILLED ALL OVER THE GROUND AT THE GAS STATION. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING FUEL TANK CRACKED, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
FUEL TANK LEAK OCCURRED AT A PLATISC WELD POINT ON THE TOP OF THE TANK WHERE A LINE WENT IN. THIS TANK IS ESSENTIALLY A STATIC COMPONENT AND A LEAK AT A WELD JOINT I CONSIDER IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I'VE TAKEN A FEW AUTOS BEYOND THIS AMOUNT OF MILEAGE AND YEARS WITHOUT ANY FUEL TANKS FAILURES OF THIS TYPE. THIS FAILURE APPEARED DURING VACATION WHEN PARKED ON A GRADE WITH THEFRONT OF THE VAN POINTED DOWNHILL. THIS CAUSED A RATHER LARGE POOL OF FUEL TO SIT ON THE GROUND, ENOUGH FOR THE LOCAL OFFICIALS TO SEND A FIRE TRUCK TO THE SCENE. WHEN I RETURNED TO OUR VAN IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE FIRE OFFICAL THAT IT NOT BE DRIVEN. THE VAN WAS TOWED TO A CHRYSLER DEALER SHIP AND THE NEXT DAY THE LEAK WAS FOUND. THEY COULD NOT SUPPLY A TANK BUT SINCE THE LEAK WAS ON TOP SAID IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AS LONG AS I FILLED THE TANK NO MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS FULL. I PROCEEDED HOME AND HAD THE LOCAL MONCKS CONER DEALERSHIP REPAIR THE VAN. I CALLED THE CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE 800 NUMBER TO SEE IF THIS WAS A COVERED RECALL OR ALERT BULLETIN. IT WAS NOT. THEY WOULD NOT EVEN CONSIDER PAYING FOR A PORTION OF THE REPAIRS. LIKE I SAID BEFORE A FAILURE OF THIS TYPE IS UNACCEPTABLE AND CAN BE VERY UNSAFE DO TO THE GREAT POSSIBLITY OF FIRE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS FOR ME. THANKS LEIF
RECALL 00 V 268 000//FUEL LEAKAGE: DEALER: DODGE OF BELLEVUE, BELLEVUE, WA; PHONE# 425/454-8411, IS UNINTERESTED IN HONORING THE RECALL. BEEN WAITING OVER TWO MONTH AND STILL NO WORD FOR A APPOINTMENT. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
A DISTINCTIVE GASOLINE ODOR OCCURS WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS FILLED TO IT'S MAXIMUM CAPACITY. TEH DEALER WAS AWARE AND INDICATED THE ENTIRE TANK NEEDED REPLACING. CONSUMER SUSPECTS THE PROBLEM WAS ONLY WITH THE O RING AND NOT THE WHOLE TANK. *JG
CHRYSLER DENIED MY CLAIM THAT THIS WAS RELATED TO A RECALL ON 1-17-02. CAN YOU ADVISE ME OF ANY OPTIONS? IT APPEARS THAT YOU LIST THIS PROBLEM AS CAMPAIGN ID 00V268000. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
A GASOLINE ODOR IS DETECTED WHILE RIDING IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE. THIS ODOR CAN ALSO BE DETECTED WHEN STANDING NEXT TO VEHICLE WHILE IT IS NOT IN USE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, BUT CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DOES NOT PERFORM ENGINE WORK, BUT INSTALLED NEW AIR FILTER, CONSUMER IS RELUCTANT TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER DUE TO POTENTIAL CHARGES. *TT
I JUST READ THAT A RECALL IS PENDING ON THIS PROBLEM. WE HAD THE ORIGINAL RECALL WORK DONE ON THE VAN, BUT HAVE EXPERIENCED PERIODIC EPISODES OF RAW FUEL SMELL IN THE CABIN. OUR LOCAL DEALER SAID THEY HAD DONE ALL THE WORK COVERED BY THE ORIGINAL RECALL, HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR MORE WORK, BUT WOULD MAKE REPAIRS AT OUR EXPENSE. THIS IS AMAZING, THE KIND OF IRRESPONSIBLE AND RECKLESS SITUATION I SEE ON 60 MINUTES, BUT HAVE NEVER PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED BEFORE NOW.*AK
THER WAS A STRONG FUEL ODOR OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO NOTICED A LEAK AT ROLLOVER VALVES. DEALER STATED THAT ENTIRE FUEL TANK NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK CONSUMER STATED PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN IN EXISTANCE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, ALSO AIR CONDITION NOT COOLING PROPERLY, AND THE FAN MOTOR BLOWER SEEMS TO BE INOPERATIVE.*SLC
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR FIVE YEAR OLD PLYMOUTH VOYAGER MINIVAN IN TOWN AND ANOTHER DRIVER WARNED HER THAT GASOLINE WAS SPRAYING FROM THE VEHICLE. SHE STOPPED IN A PARKING LOT AND LOOKED UNDER THE MINIVAN. GASOLINE WAS GUSHING FROM THE GAS TANK AT A VERY HIGH RATE. HAD THIS IGNITED, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EXPLOSION THAT WOULD HAVE ENVELOPED THE WHOLE VEHICLE. MY WIFE CALLED ME AT WORK. BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUS SAFETY AND EXPLOSION HAZARD, I TOLD HER NOT TO RESTART THE CAR AND I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO OUR LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER (NAYLOR CHRYSLER IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN). THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUND THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD COLLAPSED AND DEFORMED SEPARATING THE FUEL PUMP AND GASKET FROM THE FUEL TANK AND CREATING A LARGE GAP. THE VEHICLE IS A WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE WITH ONLY NORMAL HIGHWAY USAGE AND WITH NO MODIFICATIONS, NO ACCIDENTS OF ANY KIND, AND WITH ALL THE ORIGINAL FACTORY INSTALLED FUEL SYSTEM PARTS. THE NAYLOR CHRYSLER SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE FUEL TANK AND ASSOCIATED PARTS. THE COST WAS APPROXIMATELY $610. I CALLED CHRYSLER CORP. AT (800) 992-1997 AND STATED THAT IF A SAFELY-RELATED DEFECT EXISTS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, THE MANUFACTURE MUST FIX IT AT NO COST TO THE OWNER. THE CHRYSLER REPRESENTATIVE VERIFIED WITH THE DEALER THAT THE TAKN HAD COLLAPSED AND SEPARATED FROM THE FUEL PUMP AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNMODIFIED AND ORIGINAL AND NOT IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CHRYSLER REPORT FILED IS FILE NO. 8907052, DATED JUL 25, 2001. CHRYSLER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR THIS SAFETY REPAIR BECAUSE THA VEHICLE EXCEEDED THE 3 YR., 30,000 MILE WARRANTEE AND THERE WAS NO RECALL. I DO NOT EXPECT A FIVE YEAR OLD, WELL MAITAINED, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, ACCIDENT FREE VEHICLE TO HAVE A SERIOUS FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE THAT COULD EASILY CAUSE A FATAL EXPLOSION. I REQUESTED THE DEALER TO SAVE ALL DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED PARTS AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY CHRYSLER CORP. CHRYLSER CORP. DECLINED TO INSPECT THE PARTS.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH FUEL PUMP. PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN FUEL TANK IS FULL. DEALER RECOMMENDS THAT TANK REMAINS AT HALF TO PREVENT PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
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