1996 Plymouth Voyager Interior & seats Problems

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE REMAINED IN THE LOCKED POSITION. IT CANNOT BE UNLOCKED WITH THE KEY OR FROM THE INSIDE. THIS IS A POWER DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, BUT HE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THIS COMPONENT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER DOES NOT HAVE THE ADDRESS FOR THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10128122

Incident

Jul 1, 2005

DRIVER SEAT RECLINER MECHANISM FAILURE, FRAME OF THE SEAT CRACKED OR BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10034389

Incident

Aug 22, 2003

DOORS UNLOCK ON THEIR OWN. CONSUMER FEELS ITS DANGEROUS BECAUSE SMALL CHILDREN ARE ABOARD. *AK

NHTSA ID

10022379

Mileage

50,000 mi

VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC DOOR HAS A MALFUNCTION. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. PH

NHTSA ID

10006738

Incident

Jun 7, 2002

Mileage

96,000 mi

CONSUMER WAS REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE STOPPED. OTHER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH. THE COLLISION CAUSED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO HIT ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT. THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS COLLAPSED BACKWARD.

NHTSA ID

10004453

Incident

Nov 16, 2001

Mileage

100,000 mi

THE CLOCKSPRING CONNECTOR ROUTES THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG AND HORN WIRING FROM THE ROTATING STEERING WHEEL TO THE STATIONARY COLUMN. IT BROKE, LEAVING BOTH THE AIRBAG AND HORN INOPERATIVE. I NOTICED AN ERRATIC AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FOR 6 MONTHS AND RECENTLY FOUND THE HORN NO LONGER WORKED. I REPLACED THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY AND TOOK APART THE OLD UNIT TO DIAGNOSE. IT DOES NOT USE WIPERS, BUT RATHER A COILED FLAT CABLE WITH ~ 6 FLAT COPPER LEADS. SINCE MY VAN DOES NOT HAVE CRUISE CONTROL, ONLY 3 OF THE LEADS ARE USED. I FOUND THAT THE FLAT CABLE IS FOLDED BACK TIGHTLY UPON ITSELF TO SECURE AT THE INNER ROTATING CONNECTOR. ALL THE LEADS WERE BROKEN AT THIS SHARP BEND. A THIN PLASTIC SHEET IS AGAINST THE CABLE AT THIS TIGHT FOLD IN AN APPARENTLY LAME ATTEMPT AT STRAIN RELIEF. THIS DESIGN IS GUARANTEED TO FAIL AFTER SO MANY TURNS OF THE STEERING WHEEL. TSB 08-010-01 NOTES MANY FAILURES, CLAIMING THEY ARE DUE TO SERVICING ISSUES. SAFETY RECALL 982 FOR FAILED CLOCKSPRINGS IN DODGE PICKUPS. ALL AFFECTED CHRYSLER VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED. I SPENT $80. FOR THE PART AND MUCH TIME FIXING MINE. TS

NHTSA ID

767998

Incident

Aug 1, 2002

WHILE DRIVING INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL START TO ACT UP, SPEEDOMETER WILL START TO JUMP UP AND DOWN IN SPEED, AND ANYTHING ELSE. THEN, VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WITHOUT ANY NOTICE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

NHTSA ID

8018531

Incident

Sep 2, 2002

SLIDING DOOR COULD NOT BE LOCKED. WHEN IT LOCKED COULD NOT BE UNLOCKED WITH THE KEY. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND PROBLEM WAS FIXED, BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

8002344

Incident

Jan 14, 2002

IN 1999, INTERIOR LIGHTS FAILED. 10/2001 HORN FAILED, AND AIRBAG LIGHTS GO ON/OFF :APPARENLTY IT IS THE MODULAR THAT CONTROL ALL THESE ITEMS AND MORE SUCH AS MILEGE, ETC. CALLED DEALER. SAID CHRYSLER HAS RECALL ON AIRBAG BUT NOT FOR MY YEAR.

NHTSA ID

753437

Incident

May 1, 1999

THE DRIVERSIDE SLIDING DOOR LOCK DOESN'T LOCK PROPERLY. SOMETIME THE DOOR LATCH MALFUNCTIONS WHICH PREVENT ME FROM CLOSING THE DOOR.*AK

NHTSA ID

747066

Incident

Mar 20, 1999

SLIDING DOOR ON LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE CANNOT BE UNLOCKED FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE OR WITH POWER REMOTE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK RIGHT DOOR CAN BE UNLOCKED MANUALLY BY HAND. *SLC

NHTSA ID

889972

Incident

Apr 1, 2001

EFECTIVE COMPONENTS INCLUDE: SPARK PLUG WIRES/ SLIDING DOOR MOTOR/CIRCUIT BOARD//DOOR HANDLES/BATTERY/IGNITION SWITCH/MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH, DOOR LOCK MOTOR/ WINDSHIELD MOTOR/ LATCH DOOR LIFT GATE, AND REAR SHOCK ABSORBER AND REAR STRUTS. PLEASE ATTACH A DESCRIPTION OF EACH OF THESE DEFECTS AND COPIES OF ANY WORK YOU HAVE HAD PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE REGARDING THESE DEFECTS.*AK

NHTSA ID

885520

Incident

Aug 1, 1996

I UNDERSTAND THIS COMPONENT IS DEFECTIVE AND/OR UNDER INVESTIGATION. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

NHTSA ID

742711

SLIDING DOOR HANDLES DO NOT OPEN PROPERLY FROM OUTSIDE OR THE INSIDE, AND BACK HATCH DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY.*AK

NHTSA ID

871730

LOCKS ON THE SLIDING DOOR WILL LOCK, BUT WILL NOT UNLOCK. DEALER HAS REPLACED LOCKING MECHANISM 4 TIMES OVER 4 YEARS.*AK

NHTSA ID

869244

ALL THE DASH PANEL LIGHTS BLINKED OUT, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR CONSUMER TO READ GUAGES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

NHTSA ID

868567

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED FOUR YEAR CHILD WAS ABLE TO OPEN DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR WITH THE LATCH IN THE LOCK POSITION. *AK

NHTSA ID

867697

Incident

Aug 13, 2000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES, (THEY HAVE SINCE I BOUGHT THE VAN) AND FRONT INTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKER. TODAY THE SWITCHES BEGAN TO SMOKE. *AK

NHTSA ID

721848

Incident

Apr 23, 2000

WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED AT LEAST 2 TIMES BY DEALER. PROBLEMS CONTINUE ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. WE NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY WILL ACTIVATE BY THEMSELVES. PARK IN MIDDLE OF WINDSHIELD. RECENTLY PROBLEM DEVELOPED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT ALWAYS TURN ON. ALSO DASHBOARD DISPLAYS GOES BLANK ON INTERMITTENT BASIS

NHTSA ID

719918

REAR DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH PROPERLY UNLESS DOOR IS SLAMMED CLOSE. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

NHTSA ID

857160

Incident

Feb 1, 1999

WE FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM IN JUNE OF 1999. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT AND CHIME WOULD GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY, PARTICULARLY ON BUMPY ROADS. WE WOULD CHECK ALL THE DOORS, THEY WOULD ALL BE SHUT. WE TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER WE'D PURCHASED IT FROM. ON 6/28/99 THEY RE-ALIGNED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR TO "FIX THE PROBLEM". EVERYTHING WAS OK FOR AWHILE. WE NOTICED THE PROBLEM AGAIN IN SEPT OF 1999. WE RETURNED TO THE DEALER 10/8/99; THEY REPLACED THE DRIVER-SIDE SWITCH. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. ON 10/21/99 THEY EXAMINED THE CAR AND ORDERED A BODY CONTROL MODULE. AT THIS POINT IT WAS ALMOST CONTINUOUS DINGING AND FLASHING OF THE DOME LIGHTS.THEY REPLACED THE MODULE ON 11/3/99. IT WAS BETTER FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN THE DINGING AND FLASHING STARTED AGAIN. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER, THEY ORDERED ANOTHER MODULE, WHICH WAS INSTALLED ON 12/29/99. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. THEY ORDERED STILL ANOTHER MODULE, WHICH WAS INSTALLED ON 1/11/2000. THE PROBLEM REMAINS. THE DEALER HAS INSTRUCTED ME THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE MODULE AGAIN. I DO NOT FEEL THIS WILL SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THIS VEHICLE. I AM VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE IT IS HAZARDOUS TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT BECAUSE WHEN THE DOME LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF VISIBILITY IS VERY POOR. MY HUSBAND DRIVES THE VEHICLE TO WORK AT NIGHT AND HAS HAD TO PULL THE FUSE FOR THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ON MANY OCCASIONS DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 6 OCCASIONS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE REPLACED THE BODY CONTROL MODULE THREE TIMES. EACH TIME THE PROBLEM REMAINS AND IT GETS NO BETTER.

NHTSA ID

717533

Incident

Jun 28, 1999

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50-55 MPH, ALL OF A SUDDEN. THE SEAT BACK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE COLLASPED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THE WHOLE SEATBACK ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. DEALER REIMBURSED OWNER FOR REPAIRS. *AK.

NHTSA ID

854020

Incident

Sep 13, 1999

VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP WHEN IT WAS REARENDED. UPON IMPACT, BOTH DRIVER'S & PASSENGER'S SEATBACKS BROKE AND FELL BACK, CAUSING BACK INJURIES. MANUFACTURER STATED IT WAS A SAFETY FEATURE. *AK

NHTSA ID

842767

CIRCUIT BOARD FAILS INTERMITTENT, CAUSING MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS. *YC

NHTSA ID

547353

MIS-LEAD, DECEIVED AND POSSIBLY LIED TO IN A USED VEHICLE PURCHASE INVOLVING A TRADE. THE VEHICLE DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK AND I INJURED MYSELF WHILE TRYING TO LOCK THEM. I CONSIDER THE LOCKS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL AS AN INSURANCE ISSUE. I NOW JUST WANT TO UNWIND THE DEAL AND DESPERATELY NEED HELP IN DOING THIS. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER IN LESS THAN 18 HOURS OF PURCHASE OF THE SITUATION. I NO LONGER TRUST THEM OR THE VEHICLE. I NEED TO ACT QUICKLY IN ORDER TO GET MY TRADE BACK (WHICH I TRUST). I HAVE LEARNED A LOT BUT DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUFFER IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO UNWIND THIS. I WAS ALSO MISLEAD ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF MY TRADE IN ATTEMPTING TO RETURN THEIR VEHICLE TODAY - THEY SAID AT FIRST IT HAD ALREADY BEEN SOLD, THEN CHANGED THE STORY. THAT DRIVE THIS MORNING WAS 1.5 HOURS FROM MY HOUSE YET 1.5 FROM THEIR LOCATION. I SPENT SEVERAL HOURS IN AN UNFAMILIAR CITY (IN THE RAIN) TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS BEFORE RETURNING HOME. AS THEY SAID THEY NO LONGER HAD MY VEHICLE I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE. IN ORDER TO SWITCH VEHICLES I (OR SOMEONE) WILL NEED TO DRIVE 3 HOURS ONE WAY. I WORK FULL TIME, ATTEND COLLEGE AT NIGHT TWICE A WEEK AND AM RAISING A DAUGHTER ALONE. EVEN HEARING ALL THIS IN MY PHONE CALL TO THEM 1/2 WAY THERE THIS MORNING, THE PERSON I TALKED TO INSISTED THAT I WAS BEING UNREASONABLE. I UNDERSTAND IT IS A "BUYER BEWARE" WORLD, BUT AFTER HAVING BEEN DECEIVED DO I HAVE RECOURSE? ANYWAY, I COULD GO ON AND ON... PLEASE HELP!! THANK YOU.

NHTSA ID

704430

Incident

Mar 13, 1999