1997 Plymouth Voyager Engine Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE ERUPTED INTO FLAMES. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS AND WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES WITH A WATER HOSE FROM A RESIDENTIAL HOME. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS WAITING FOR A RESPONSE TO DETERMINE HOW THE FAILURE OCCURRED AND IF THE VEHICLE COULD BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 98V185000 (CHILD SEAT), 02V076000 (SEAT BELTS), AND 02V293000 (AIR BAGS), BUT THE CONTACT NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF THE RECALLS TO RECEIVE THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO REMEDY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300,000.

NHTSA ID

10779101

Incident

Sep 25, 2015

Mileage

300,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 PYLMOUTH VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 141,321. UPDATED 10/02/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL FILTER LEAKED AND RUBBER O-RING COULD CAUSE A FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. UPDATED 3/9/15 *JS

NHTSA ID

10610743

Incident

Oct 17, 2012

Mileage

138,000 mi

LIGHT RAIN, WET ROADS, TURNING LEFT AFTER A STOP, SERPENTINE BELT SLIPPED OFF AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING CONTROL. MANHANDLED TO A STOP OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THE BELT HAS COME OFF IN RAIN AND LOSS OF CONTROL IS A REAL CONCERN FOR MYSELF AND PASSENGERS AS WELL AS ANY VEHICLES IN THE AREA. 145+ OTHER INCIDENTS NOTED ON THE WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/VIEWCOMMENTS_REVIEW_64215.HTML LINK FOUND BY GOOGLE. SOMEONE WILL EVENTUALLY BE KILLED DUE TO THIS DESIGN DEFECT. *NM

NHTSA ID

10178680

Incident

Jan 14, 2007

DRIVING IN THE RAIN/SNOW CAUSES SERP BELT TO SLIP OFF. OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS IT HAS SLIPPED NUMEROUS TIMES(8+), AFTER CAREFUL INSPECTION OF THE BELT AND PULLEYS THE BELT WAS REINSTALLED OR REPLACED. AFTER THE BELT CAUSING A SENSOR BREAK, HAD MECHANIC TROUBLESHOOT AND IT WAS DEEMED THE TENSIONER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE SERP BELT REPLACE AS WELL AS SENSOR. AFTER THIS MAINTENANCE, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO LOSE SERP BELT. THE CAR HAS OVERHEATED,BATTERY DRAINED AND HAS BECOME VERY HARD TO STEER OR STEERING APPEARS TO LOCK AFTER LOSING THE BELT THAT CONTROLS ALL ACCESSORY FUNCTIONS, ALTERNATOR, AC, POWER STEERING, WATER PUMP. MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN AVOIDED DUE TO QUICK THINKING. *NM

NHTSA ID

10161701

Incident

Jul 6, 2006

Mileage

112,000 mi

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THERE WAS A SMELL OF FUEL AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE AIR VENTS. SOMEONE BEHIND THE VEHICLE ALERTED THE DRIVER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE DRIVER PULLED OFF OF THE ROAD AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND WAS TOTALED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE NOTIFIED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE HOOD AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 07/03/06. *JB

NHTSA ID

10159414

Incident

May 19, 2006

Mileage

86,000 mi

SERPENTINE BELT (POWERING THE ALTERNATOR, POWER STEERING ETC.) HAS COME OFF REPEATEDLY. SINCE THE BELT POWERS THE POWER STEERING, THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNSAFE. *NM

NHTSA ID

10155998

Incident

Apr 22, 2006

Mileage

141,000 mi

DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE STALLS WHEN IDLING FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE DYING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTS AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. NO FURTHER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME. *AK

NHTSA ID

10143329

Incident

Aug 15, 2004

Mileage

45,000 mi

I HAVE A 1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REGULARLY MAINTAINED AND HAS APPROX. 91,000 MILES ON IT. APPROX. 10 DAYS AGO, THE CAM BROKE AND THE ENGINE (3.3 LITER) SUDDENLY QUIT WHILE I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. POWER STEERING WAS LOST AND FORTUANTELY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST AND BRING THE CAR TO A STOP WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. REPAIR REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE TWO REPAIR SHOPS THAT I SPOKE WITH INDICATED THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL SIMILAR FAILURES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND A SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE IS OBVIOUSLY UNSAFE.

NHTSA ID

10122420

Incident

May 20, 2005

Mileage

91,450 mi

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ENGINE FAN RELAY SYSTEM FAILED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF THE PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10081621

Incident

May 12, 2004

Mileage

113,000 mi

DRIVING IN RAIN CAUSES SERP. BELT TO SLIP OFF HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES CAUSING STEERING TO GO OUT CAR TO OVERHEAT AND BATTERY TO GO DEAD. THERE IS A TSB OUT ON THIS PROBLEM AFTER THE 2 TIME HAD THE WORK DONE AS DESCRIBED IN THE SERVICE BULLETIN ON MAY 18TH. ON JUNE 5TH WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN IT HAPPENED AGAIN CAUSING STEERING TO GO OUT AND VAN OVERHEATED. HAD TO HAVE THE BRACKET REPLACED AS DESCRIBED IN THE BULLETIN AND IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. I CONTACTED CHYSLER BUT TO THEM IT WASN'T A BIG ENOUGH SAFETY ISSUE. I AM UNSURE WHAT TO DO NOW WE FOLLOWED THE SERVICE PROCEDURE AND THE PROBLEM STILL IS NOT CORRECTED. THE DATE BELOW IS THE LATEST OF THREE DATES THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED.*AK

NHTSA ID

10074868

Incident

Jun 5, 2004

Mileage

77,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD SPRUNG A LEAK. THE WATER AND COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION DESTROYING IT. *AK *NM

NHTSA ID

10071726

Incident

Apr 28, 2004

Mileage

90,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY CONSUMER HEARD A SLAPPING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE BELT BROKE OFF THE EDGE, AND THE BELT TENSIONER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. *AK

NHTSA ID

10061568

Incident

Feb 22, 2004

Mileage

65,000 mi

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN MAKING A TURN VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALERSHIP HAS SERVICED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND REPLACED PARTS . THEN, RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. *AK

NHTSA ID

10044313

Mileage

63,000 mi

FAULTY LIFTERS IN MY 1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER ALLOWS OIL TO BE LOST THROUGH THE TAIL PIPE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10019079

Incident

May 21, 2003

Mileage

41,072 mi

ENGINE CAMSHAFT BROKE - ENGINE COULD NOT RUN - ONLY TWO CYLINDERS FUNCTIONAL - OTHER FOUR CYLINDERS NOT FUNCTIONING DUE TO BROKEN CAMSHAFT . NO SIGNS OF ENGINE OVER HEATING ENGINE ONLY HAD 82,400 MILES. *JB

NHTSA ID

10017002

Incident

Mar 22, 2003

Mileage

82,400 mi

THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCE THE FOLLOWING: NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES, NOISE WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE/UNEVEN IDLE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON/BURNED #5 EXHAUST VALVE-REMOVED HEAD/REPLACED VALVE/REASSEMBLED ENGINE, THE ENGINE IS KNOCKING/INTERNAL ROD KNOCKING-ENGINE HAD AN OIL LEAK/REPLACED GASKET & THE REAR MAIN SEAL IS LEAKING (THE VEHICLE IS GOING THRU 2-3 QUARTS PER MONTH), AND WHEN ENGAGING IN GEAR, THE ENGINE MOVES HARD. SCC

NHTSA ID

10001959

HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS. *AK

NHTSA ID

10002298

THIS AUTO HAS A NUMEROUS/EXPENSIVE REPAIRS, WE HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF RECALLS FOR THIS CAR. HELP WHAT DO WE DO? DT

NHTSA ID

769444

Incident

Oct 28, 2002

THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING, THE VEHICLE JERKED, THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON, AND THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. TS. SCC *JB

NHTSA ID

8021922

Incident

Oct 24, 2002

TENSION PULLEY BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. VEHICLE CANNOT OPERATE WITHOUT TENSION PULLEY. PRIOR TO VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONING, IT STARTED MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE. PART HAS BEEN REPLACED 6 TIMES ,GOING 7 TIMES. DEALER WAS AWARE AND WAS INSPECTING EHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8016913

TENSIONER BROKE , AND SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

NHTSA ID

8015601

Incident

Jul 18, 2002

HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSED REPLACEMENT OF RADIATOR. NO RESPONSE FROM MANUFACTURER. TSB 09-05-98 ISSUED NOVEMEBER 6, 1998.*AK

NHTSA ID

763658

Incident

Mar 11, 2002

BELT THAT HOOK MOTOR TO ENGINE KEEPS COMING OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND HAD REPLACED BELT. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

NHTSA ID

8004559

Incident

Sep 3, 2001

CONSUMER STATES 15 MINUTES AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE (CLAIM # 13-7440-839). *YD

NHTSA ID

6901010

Incident

Aug 16, 2001

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE AREA (CLAIM # 13-7512-010). *YD

NHTSA ID

6901009

Incident

Oct 20, 2001