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1994 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER — Complaint #599631

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NHTSA Complaint about VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES filed October 16, 2006

NHTSA complaint #599631 (ODI reference 10170885) concerns a 1994 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER and was filed on October 16, 2006. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 15, 2006. The vehicle had 140,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as visibility:windshield wiper/washer:linkages, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER cohort independently describe similar visibility:windshield wiper/washer:linkages failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1994 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
1994 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER
Component
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
State
Texas
Mileage
140,000 mi

Complaint Description

NHTS CAMPAIGN 99V189000 CONCERNS A FAILURE OF WINDSHIELD WIPER LINKAGES ON 1993 PLYMOUTH VOYAGERS LEADING TO TOTAL LOSS OF WIPER FUNCTION. THIS HAPPENED TO MY DAUGHTER TODAY DURING A STORM, FORCING HER TO RETURN HOME VERY SLOWLY. NO ACCIDENT, NO ONE HURT. (NOTE THAT I AM A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER.) UPON HER RETURN, I INSPECTED AND FOUND THAT: 1. THE WIPER MOTOR WAS RUNNING AND COULD BE AUDIBLY HEARD WHILE THE WIPERS SAT MOTIONLESS. 2. THE TWO WIPERS WERE LINKED TOGETHER AND COULD BE MOVED EASILY BY HAND. 3. THE RUNNING WIPER MOTOR WOULD NOT MOVE THE WIPERS. AT THAT POINT I REMOVED THE 3 BOLTS HOLDING THE WIPER MOTOR IN PLACE AND LOOKED INSIDE THE WIPER ARM CAVITY. I FOUND WIPER DRIVE ARM TO BE DETACHED FROM THE ROTATING ARM ON THE DRIVE MOTOR SHAFT. I HAVE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM. THE REASON FOR MY REPORT IS THIS: THE VAN WHICH THIS HAPPENED TO IS A 1994 GRAND VOYAGER, SAME BODY STYLE AS THE 1993. HOW DOES ONE SUGGEST THAT

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 599631
ODI Number 10170885
Date Filed October 16, 2006
Failure Date October 15, 2006
VIN 1P4GH44R3RX

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.