Owner-reported complaints naming the exterior lighting system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Plymouth Voyager submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
HEADLIGHTS ARE SO FROSTED/YELLOWED YOU CAN.T SEE AT NIGHT.THE LIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE WERE NOT THAT GOOD WHEN THEY WERE NEW. BUT NOW THAT THE PLASTIC HAS BROKEN DOWN FROM EXPOSURE TO THE ENVIRONMENT, THE LIGHTS ARE USELESS. MY OLDER CARS HAD HEADLIGHTS MADE OF GLASS AND DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH FRONT HEADLIGHT COVERS ARE CLOUDY AND DISCOLORED, WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THE ROAD AHEAD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ON 07/24/06 WHO DETERMINED THAT THE WHOLE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT COST.
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE HEADLIGHTS. BOTH HEADLIGHTS HAVE GLAZED OVER, ALMOST OPAQUE, RESULTING IN EXTREMELY REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING THE NIGHT. THUS, OBSTRUCTING CONSUMER'S VIEW WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP INDICATED NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT, ONLY TO REPLACE EACH HEADLIGHT UNIT. EACH HEADLIGHT UNIT WOULD COST $263.00 AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK
PLASTIC COVERS OF 1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER MINIVAN HEADLAMPS ARE LOSING TRANSPARENCY. MINUTE CRACKS APPEARING ON THE SURFACE OF THE HEADLAMPS ARE MAKING THEM LESS CLEAR AND THUS DECREASING THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE HEADLAMPS AT NIGHT. NOTICED INITIALLY A YEAR AGO , SLOWLY GETTING WORSE. *LA
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS WOULD GET CONDENSATION INSIDE OF THE LENS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LIGHTS TO BECOME DIM. THIS WOULD POSE A HAZARD TO THE DRIVER DUE TO A LACK OF VISIBILITY ON THE ROADS. THERE WOULD BE NO LIGHT REFLECTION WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE OF A LACK OF BRIGHTNESS. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE HEADLIGHT COVERS CHECKED.*AK
HEADLIGHTS ARE DIM, CAN'T SEE VERY FAR DOWN THE ROAD, UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. PREMATURE FAILURE OF FUEL GAUGE SENDING UNIT. DT
OVERALL, A GOOD VEHICLE. IT'S JUST THAT THESE TWO ITEMS ARE SAFETY RELATED AND SHOULD PERFORM BETTER.*AK
I HAVE SEEN ALL OF THE OTHER VEHICLES BE RECALLED DUE TO INADEQUTE LIGHTING BY THE HEAD LIGHTS BUT I STILL DO NOT SEE THE CRYSLER MINIVANS BEING RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. THEY ARE THE WORST. PLEASE CHECK ON THIS AND FORCE CRYSLER TO RECALL THEM. *AK
CRUISE CONTROL, HORN, BACK-UP LIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WASHER FRONT & REAR, AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS WILL ONLY SHINE 45-50 FEET AHEAD OF VEHICLE ON LOW BEAM, DEALER HAS ADJUSTED LIGHTS, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY DEALERSHIP THAT THAT WAS THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE, THE BULBS WERE REPLACED WITH LIGHTER ONES HOWEVER THE PROBLEM REMAINED.*JB
PROBLEMS STARTED WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, THEN THE BACK UP LIGHTS DIDNT WORK, THEN THE HORN QUIT, THEN THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON ALL THE TIME, NOW THE LOCK ON THE SIDE DOOR PASSENGER SIDE IS BEING TEMPERMENTAL. I TOOK IT IN TO DEALER TODAY. KUNKELS IN EXPORT, PA. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 5 MPH STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHITOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER KEPT DRIVING STRAIGHT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT LOCKED AT TIME WHEN VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT. HOWEVER, VEHICLE WAS FINE. *AK PRIOR TO STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP, THE CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS WITH CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGING, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONING AND CHECK THE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND STAYING, BUT HAD ALL FIXED. RECENTLY, THE CONSUMER SAYS THE BACK LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT STEERING WHEEL POSSIBLY LOCKING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. *YH
NOTED THAT BACKUP LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. FUSES AND BULBS ARE OK. SINCE THEN OBSERVED OTHER CHRYSLER/DODGE?PLYMOUTH MINIVANS AND NOTICED SAME PROBLEM IN TWO LATEST MODEL DODGE CARAVANS. *AK
DEFFECTIVE DESIGN OF HEAD LIGHT CAUSES REGULAR AND HIGH BEAMS LIGHTS TO HAVE VERY POOR LIGHT OUTPUT. YH
VISIBILITY OF HIGH BEAM LIGHT HARD TO SEE. ALSO IT IS NOT APPARENT WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT TO BE ABLE TO TELL WHETHER HIGH OR LOW BEAMS ARE ON.
HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM, COLORING IS VERY YELLOWISH AND NOT BRIGHT, NEED TO USE HIGH BEAMS TO SEE AT NIGHT, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT LIGHTS MEET STANDARDS. *AK CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED BY A CHRYSLER REPRESENATIVE THAT RUNNING LIGHTS BE INSTALLED AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE.*JB
LEFT TURN SIGNAL SWITCH MALFUNCTIONS.
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