1997 Plymouth Voyager Fuel system Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY STOP THE VEHICLE AND UPON EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS HAD FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. THE CONTACT APPLIED A TEMPORARY STRAP AS A REMEDY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000.

NHTSA ID

10452772

Incident

Mar 14, 2012

Mileage

175,000 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

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

CONSUMER NOTICED EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKAGE. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM FUEL RAIL AND REPLACED IT.*AK

NHTSA ID

10031515

THE FUEL TANK WOULD NOT TAKE MORE THAN A HALF A TANK OF FUEL. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10019393

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FUEL LEAK. *JB THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS NOT WORKED WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING. (WINDOW, BLINKERS, AND THE RADIO) RESTARTING THE VEHICLE SOLVES THE PROBLEM EACH TIME. SCC

NHTSA ID

10014704

Incident

Feb 15, 2003

Mileage

98,000 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

FUEL RAIL HAS A HAIR LINE CRACK ,AND IT LEAKS GAS INTO VEHICLE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SMELL LIKE GAS. PH. *AK

NHTSA ID

10004271

Incident

Jun 12, 2002

CONSUMER NOTICE WHILE TRAVELING FUEL GAUGE MOVING UP AND DOWN GIVING WRONG READING IN RESULT OF FUEL INDICATOR RING WHILE VEHICLE IS FUEL LEVEL IS FULL. MANUFACTURE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

NHTSA ID

10003912

THE FUEL LINE CRACKED CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK ONTO THE MANIFOLD ALLOWING FUMES TO ESCAPE INTO THE VEHICLE. FUEL LINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TT *NLM

NHTSA ID

10001931

Incident

Oct 30, 2002

Mileage

74,000 mi

SAFETY RECALL CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY NAR 1/22/2003 THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A SHORT IN CLOCK SPRING. THE POWER DOOR LOCKS WERE NOT UNLOCKING, BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ANOTHER RECALL REGARDING THE FUEL RAIL WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGED A $50.00 DEDUCTIBLE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10004728

Incident

Mar 1, 2002

THE FUEL LINE FROM THE GAS TANK TO THE FUEL INJECTION PASSED OVER THE MANIFOLD AND DEVELOPED A HOLE DUE TO THE EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION OF THE HEAT AND COLD, WHICH CAUSED THE FUEL TO LEAK ON THE MANIFOLD WHICH WAS HOT AND THE FUMES WAS PUSHED BACK INTO THE VEHICLE.TS *JB

NHTSA ID

8023692

Incident

Oct 30, 2002

Mileage

74,000 mi

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

HEADLIGHTS ARE DIM, CAN'T SEE VERY FAR DOWN THE ROAD, UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. PREMATURE FAILURE OF FUEL GAUGE SENDING UNIT. DT

NHTSA ID

769436

Incident

Aug 1, 2001

CONSUMER STATES WHILE ENTERING THE VEHICLE COULD SMELL GAS FUMES CONSUMER STATES GAS IS LEAKING UNDER VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED GAS TANK AND STRAPS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

NHTSA ID

8021335

Incident

Feb 1, 2000

CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS A FUEL ODOR IN THE VEHCLE SOMETIMES STRONG SOMETIMES FADE.CONSUMER STATES THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL BUT CONSUMERS VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED.

NHTSA ID

8019557

Incident

Oct 26, 2001

CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A SMELL OF GAS IN THE VEHICLE AT TIMES, CONSUMER SAW A REPORT ABOUT A RECALL FOR 1996 THRU 2000 MODELS, REGARDING A GAS LEAK IN THE ENGINE AREA, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS NOT SPECIFIC ABOUT THE RECALL.*JB

NHTSA ID

566483

NHTSA RECALL 00 V 268 000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 895 CONCERNING FUEL LEAKAGE: DEALER: MAROONE DODGE IN DELRAY BEACH, FL; PHONE# 561/278-6362. INDICATED ON WORK INVOICE THAT BOTH CLAMPS AND TUBE WERE REPLACED. CONSUMER STATES THAT BOTH CLAMPS WAS REPLACED, BUT NOT THE TUBE. *AK JLG

NHTSA ID

8011209

Incident

May 4, 2002

STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE THAT SEEMS TO COME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IS PRESENT, BUT NOT CONSISTENTLY. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY COULD SMELL THE GAS ALSO, BUT COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. I THEN BROUGHT THE VAN TO THE DEALER. AFTER HEARING ABOUT A RECALL ON THESES VANS BECAUSE OF A FUEL LINE SEAL PROBLEM, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND CONTACTED CHRYSLER. THE DEALER ALSO COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE GASOLINE ODOR WAS NOT PRESENT THAT DAY. CHRYSLER WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE THE RECALL REPAIR SINCE THE DEALER DID NOT DETECT A PROBLEM AND THE RECALL DID NOT INVOLVE 3.0 LITER ENGINES. SINCE I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM, I CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE IS HAVING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE.*AK

NHTSA ID

761132

CONSUMER RECIEVED RECALL NOTICE 00V-268 FOR THE FAULTY O-RINGS BUT IS UNABLE TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIRS MADE BECAUSE THE DEALER CANNOT GET THE PARTS AND IS NOT SURE WHEN THEY WILL BECOME AVAILABLE. NLM

NHTSA ID

564821

VEHICLE LOCKED UP AND SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. FUEL GAUGE ACKNOWLEDGED A FUEL TANK. BUT THERE WAS NO GASOLINE, AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN.*AK

NHTSA ID

8006081

Incident

Feb 20, 2002

SEVERE FUEL ODOR/FUMES WERE GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE WHILE RUNNING OR DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK *JB

NHTSA ID

8005276

Incident

Jan 15, 2001

VEHICLE COMPLETELY BURNED, CAUSE OF FIRE WAS DUE TO A FUEL LEAKAGE. VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND WAS DRIVEN 45 MINUTES PRIOR TO INCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND INDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

NHTSA ID

8002457

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

755760

Incident

Nov 20, 2001

WHEN TURNING ON VEHICLE CAN SMELL FUEL IN AND ON OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. THERE'S A RECALL FOR SAME PROBLEM, BUT VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUIDED. CONSUMER PLEASE PROVIDE RECALL NUMBER FOR THE RECALL YOUR VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN.*AK

NHTSA ID

894201