1997 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER
366 complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints by Component
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | 40 |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 31 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | 24 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 15 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 14 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | 13 |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | 8 |
| VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | 8 |
| STEERING | 7 |
| AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | 7 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 7 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 7 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | 7 |
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | 7 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 7 |
Recent Complaints
IN 2005 WHILE ENTERING ONTO THE HIGHWAY GOING HOME FROM SOME PERSONAL APPOINTMENTS A SMALL CAR HIT OUR FULL SIZE VAN FROM BEHIND AND CAUSED US TO FLIP OVER AND ROLL OVER 8 TIMES AND SLIDE AT LEAST 2 CITY BLOCKS BEFORE IT STOPPED. WE WERE NOT EVEN DOING THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN WE WERE HIT. THE FRONT WINDOW SHATTERED AND GLASS WAS IN OUR EYES BUT OUR AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WE WERE STUCK UPSIDE DOWN MY SEAT BELT WAS STUCK AND MY HUSBAND HAD TO PULL ME OUT OF THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. I HAD TO TREAT FO
Mileage: 73,000
IN 2005 WHILE ENTERING ONTO THE HIGHWAY GOING HOME FROM SOME PERSONAL APPOINTMENTS A SMALL CAR HIT OUR FULL SIZE VAN FROM BEHIND AND CAUSED US TO FLIP OVER AND ROLL OVER 8 TIMES AND SLIDE AT LEAST 2 CITY BLOCKS BEFORE IT STOPPED. WE WERE NOT EVEN DOING THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN WE WERE HIT. THE FRONT WINDOW SHATTERED AND GLASS WAS IN OUR EYES BUT OUR AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WE WERE STUCK UPSIDE DOWN MY SEAT BELT WAS STUCK AND MY HUSBAND HAD TO PULL ME OUT OF THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. I HAD TO TREAT FO
Mileage: 73,000
SERPENTINE BELT FALLS OFF ALL THE TIME IT PULLS INWARD TOWARD THE ENGINE SLIGHTLY ANY WHEN IT GETS JUST A LITTLE WET IT SLIPS OFF. THE TENSIONER PULLEY LOOKS LIKE IT NEEDED TO BE COCKED UPWARD JUST THE SLIGHTEST LITTLE BIT AND THEN IT DON'T MOVE GATES AFTERMARKET PRODUCT WORKS PERFECT FOR ALL WHO USE IT CHYRSLER SHOULD BE THE ONES PAYING TO HAVE THIS PART REPLACED NOT US THIS IS WAY TO COMMON OF A PROBLEM . *TR
Mileage: 203,300
SERPENTINE BELT FALLS OFF ALL THE TIME IT PULLS INWARD TOWARD THE ENGINE SLIGHTLY ANY WHEN IT GETS JUST A LITTLE WET IT SLIPS OFF. THE TENSIONER PULLEY LOOKS LIKE IT NEEDED TO BE COCKED UPWARD JUST THE SLIGHTEST LITTLE BIT AND THEN IT DON'T MOVE GATES AFTERMARKET PRODUCT WORKS PERFECT FOR ALL WHO USE IT CHYRSLER SHOULD BE THE ONES PAYING TO HAVE THIS PART REPLACED NOT US THIS IS WAY TO COMMON OF A PROBLEM . *TR
Mileage: 203,300
SERPENTINE BELT FALLS OFF ALL THE TIME IT PULLS INWARD TOWARD THE ENGINE SLIGHTLY ANY WHEN IT GETS JUST A LITTLE WET IT SLIPS OFF. THE TENSIONER PULLEY LOOKS LIKE IT NEEDED TO BE COCKED UPWARD JUST THE SLIGHTEST LITTLE BIT AND THEN IT DON'T MOVE GATES AFTERMARKET PRODUCT WORKS PERFECT FOR ALL WHO USE IT CHYRSLER SHOULD BE THE ONES PAYING TO HAVE THIS PART REPLACED NOT US THIS IS WAY TO COMMON OF A PROBLEM . *TR
Mileage: 203,300
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES WHEN THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. SOON AFTERWARDS, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS FAILURE ON PLYMOUTHS WITH A DIFFERENT SIZE ENGINE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE, RECALL NUMBER, AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.
Mileage: 87,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING ERRATICALLY. THE HOOD WAS OPENED AND GAS WAS SEEN STREAMING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND A FIRE ENSUED. THE CONTACTS ARMS WERE BURNED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. DAIMLER CHRYSLER STATED THAT THEY WOULD SEND AN INVESTIGATOR TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE, BUT NO ONE EVER ARRIVED. THE DEALER SENT A LETTER FROM THE CUS
VEHICLE FIRE NAR 1/21/2003 5 MINUTES AFTER THE CONSUMERS SON PARKED THE VEHICLE, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. AFTER THE FIRE, THE CONSUMER LEARNED OF A RECALL REGARDING A POTENTIAL FIRE.*JB
DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TS THE VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE LEFT PASSENGER SLIDE DOOR. THE PASSENGER BY THE LEFT SLIDING DOOR WAS KILLED. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 10/15/04. *SC
Mileage: 90,494
DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TS THE VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE LEFT PASSENGER SLIDE DOOR. THE PASSENGER BY THE LEFT SLIDING DOOR WAS KILLED. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 10/15/04. *SC
Mileage: 90,494
WHEN FOOT IS ON BRAKE PEDAL, CAR SURGES FORWARD, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. DEALER HAS FOUND NO CAUSE FOR PROBLEM, WHICH CONTINUES TO OCCUR. (DATE BELOW IS APPROXIMATE FOR ACCIDENT). *NLM
Mileage: 56,500
CONSUMER STATES THAT PASSENGER ENTERED VEHICLE AND SAT ON MIDDLE BENCH SEAT. A PIECE OF SPRING OR COIL BROKE THROUGH THE LEATHER ,CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY TO PASSENGER'S LEG.*AK
PASSANGER SUFFERS TRAMATIC/PERMANENT LEFT EYE INJURY DUE TO RESTRAINT MECHANISM FAILED TO LOCK KEEPING HIM FROM A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE AIRBACK AND HITTING WINDSHIELD.
ENGINE AND AIR CONDITIONER WERE RUNNING. CONSUMER TURNED OFF ENGINE, BUT NOT AIR CONDITIONER. CONSUMER LATER TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE, BUT IT WOULD NOT START. THE CONSUMER HAD GOTTEN OUT, AND SAW FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. THE WIRES UNDER FUSE BLOCK WERE BURNING. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT FIRE OUT. *AK DEALER REPAIRED BURNED WIRING AT PDC AND REPLACED TWO 40 AMP FUSES IN PDC. *SCC
PRIOR TO THE FIRE THERE WAS A PUFF OF SMOKE NEAR THE FIREWALL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, THE CONSUMER DROVE A HOUR AND PARKED THE VEHICLE, SEVERAL HOURS LATER THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE CLAIM # 20-5273-226. NLM
CONSUMER STATES PRIOR TO THE ENGINE FIRE THERE WAS A PUFF OF SMOKE NEAR THE FIREWALL, FIRE IGNITED AFTER VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS (CLAIM # 20-5273-226). *YD
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE COMPARTMET FIRE CLAIM # 42-1373-413. NLM
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE, IT APPEARED TO BE ELECTRICAL, CLAIM # 40-2269-222. NLM
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, IT APPEARED THAT FIRE WAS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM (CLAIM # 40-2269-222). *YD
CONSUMER STATES THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER WAS BYPASSED WHILE A NEW COOLER WAS ON ORDER, FIRE SUSPECTED TO HAVE STARTED IN THIS AREA (CLAIM # 22-V361-586). *YD