1993 Plymouth Grand Voyager: fuel pump failure

Filed Dec 24, 2005 · Engine · 102,000 miles · NV

I own a 1993 plymouth grand voyager le 3.3l v6 that has a problem with stalling. It is very dangerous and has occurred several times while driving on the freeway. It seems to happen only after the engine has reached operating temperature and while of either apply the brakes or sitting at a dead stop. Several mechanic shops have not been able to diagnose the problem or simply do not know what the cause is. After doing research into this matter, I have found that several plymouth grand voyager owners have had these same exact problems. The fuel pump and filter have been changed and various sensors as well. This is a hazard not only to myself and my family, but to all other drivers that may be on the road and around my vehicle when this occurs. With the number of reports that I have seen, I think that daimler/chrysler should check into this problem, issue a recall, and fix this problem before someone gets hurt or possible killed.

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Brakes, Engine · GA

Air conditioner quit working, problem is evaporator under dash. Repair to be $1200 estimated. Fuel pump failed. Paint began peeling at 40,000 miles. Just finished repainting whole vehicle at own expense. Both front seatbelts would not unroll and were replaced. Transmission failed at 68,000 miles, dealer repaired at no charge. Abs no longer works. Wheels lock up when hard braking.

Filed Sep 29, 1999 · Fuel system · TX

The van lost all power while traveling at 65+ MPH on an interstate highway. This occurred suddenly with no warning after the van hit a slight bump in the road. After putting the vehicle in neutral and coasting to a stop on the side of the highway, the van was restarted and driven to a dealership. The dealership ran a computer diagnostic that found no problems (since the van lost all power nothing was registered in the onboard computer memory). We got back on the road and 1.5 hours later the same thing happened. This time it was at night, on an extended section of interstate with no shoulder. We were lucky that no one was following closely behind. Again, after placing the van in neutral and coasting to a stop, the van was restarted and driven to a motel. The vehicle was repaired at a service station, the mechanic said he had seen a similar problem on 6-8 + vans over the past several years. Though no diffinitive diagnostic could be run to detect a short circuit in the electric fuel pump, the pump was replaced and no further problems occurred. Failure of the fuel pump and loss of all power is a serious malfunction at high speeds. I question whether the problem is more widespread and indicative of a defect in design or manufacture.

Filed Sep 22, 1999 · Fuel system · CA

After leaving san diego 06/24/1999 in route to phoenix az. My family and I had 5 highspeed engine shutdowns at 70 plus MPH. Causing braking and steering failure.after several attempts of restarting engine it would restart after approximitaly 5 minutes. The weather was hot at about 110 and this accured at about 3:pm . We finally made it to our destination and spent the night. Next morning took van to independent repair facility and they could not reproduce stalling. They mentioned vapor lock ? Kept traveling to next destination which was going to be in new mexico and highspeed stalling accured again between phoenix and flagstaff.returned to phoenix and went to plymouth dealership { petre dealership}.they ran several tests and thought it was the o2 sensor and dirty throttle plates. 480$ later back on road heading for flagstaff az. Highspeed shutdown again about 60 to 80 miles into trip.decided to try to make it to flagstaff az. And experienced one more shut down before arriving. Next morning took van to flagstaff dealership for further diagnoses but could not get van in untill next day because of volume of business. Said most likely cause was malfunctioning fuel pump after showing him the repair work from phoenix. Advised keeping fuel tank full and proceed to next distination of albuquerque n.m.. Took advise because we were on time schedule and made it to within 20 miles of destination and van did another highspeed shutdown on downgrade almost causing loss of control . Stayed night in albuquerque nm and found dealership {zangara dodge ) open on sat. Gave history of events and they replaced fuelpump and fuel pump harness. No other shutdowns accured on rest of trip to illinois and back to california.

Filed Jun 9, 1998 · Fuel system · MD

Fuel pump failure.