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1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager engine complaints
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A gas odor on the outside and inside cabin of the vehicle makes the occupants sick. The cause and location of the odor is undetermined, even though the dealership serviced the vehicle 3 times.
Over a year and 1/2, had multiple (at least 10) incidents of vehicle stalling while slowing down, at turns or traffic lights. Resulted in loss of power steering, brakes, and temporary loss of control onto next lane; luckily, no accidents. Multiple trips to plymouth dealership, all inspections and costly empirical repairs are fruitless, until ais (automatic idle speed) motor replaced (throttle body cleaned, also). The mechanic stated he had seen this problem in his own plymouth! This failure has not recurred in the 3 years since making the ais motor the likely cause of the problem. This is simply a follow-up, hopefully of some use to drivers and mechanics.
While driving at various speeds vehicle stalled without warning. Dealer said this was an intermittent problem, and could not determine the cause of the problem.
Purchased voyager 2 yrs ago, dealer showed us he had rebuilt transmission 2 months earlier. After 2 years, I have replaced radiator, "cooling fan relay" x2, the transmission was rebuilt again, the cv joint broke and cracked the transmission case (after it was rebuilt), the radio went out, the AC is completely gone estimated @ $1800 to repair. Brakes are grabbing and/or soft. Is this a "lemon"?
Upon driving at highway speeds of 70-80 MPH, my van lost power suddenly. I was unable to steer because the engine cut off. It was a rapid speed decrease, I watched the tachometer drop in speed. I was in the fast lane and at a dead stop. A few minutes later I was able to restart the van and pull to the left shoulder of the freeway. I took it to a chrysler dealer and they pulled 2 codes from the van's onboard computer. However, they tell me that they cannot pinpoint the problem without it occurring again. The same thing happen 3 years ago, again I was on a road trip traveling 70-80 MPH in hot weather and the van lost power. Upon reaching my destination, I took the van to a chrysler dealership, which at that time, could not pull any codes. After leaving the van for a week, I drove it back home. The van stopped twice, home is 400 miles from my destination. When I arrived home, I took the van to a local chrysler dealer, and they pulled a code that indicated a misfire in cylinder #5. They cleared the code (don't know why...), and they tried to duplicate the code. They could not.... The dealer charged me $50 and told me that since they could not duplicate the error code the car should be fine to drive again. Now, it happens again in the year 2003... Very concerned.
The engine overheated. Coolant had drained out of the radiator. The technician noticed the heater core hose return assembly had rusted. *
The transmission and belt tensioner failed, the axle had broken, the horn, wipers, and cruise control failed. The A/C had gone out along with the condenser. There was fluid leakage in the power steering rack & pinion, the vehicle had gone dead. As a result the computer was replaced. The consumer requested to be reimbursed for the repair costs. Scc
Vehicle will stall out while the consumer is driving. Contacted dealer, and the dealer has replaced a few parts on vehicle, but problem still occurs.
Engine using excessive oil...and I have notice the same in other similar vehicles.
Radiator fan would start working, and out of sudden, just stopped working, causing engine to overheat. Had contacted dealer. Please provide more information.
Whenever vehicle is taken in for a oil change there is never any oil in the crankcase. An independent mechanic diagnosed an internal oil leak in engine. Vehicle is running rough and sluggish. Oil light has just started coming on. Dealer is aware, but would like to diagnose the problem.
Engine consumes too much oil, every one thousand miles has to add a quater of oil ,and was burning oil too fast. Dealer was contacted, and they said that it was fine. Please provide more information.
There is no heat or air conditioning coming through the vents. Vehicle was hesitating, and the gears were slipping. Dealership was aware of problem.
Vehicle intermittently stalls, losing all power. Once vehicle is parked it fails to restart. Dealer was notified.*akvehicle has been to the chrysler dealership eleven times to have this problem fixed. After the initial loss of power, the vehicle will start approximately ten minutes after.
While driving engine overheated without prior warning. Took vehicle to dealer, where they had to replace radiator. Please provide more information.
After refilling vehicle with oil many time had taken vehicle to dealer where they found out a leakage on bottom of the engine. Please provide more information.
While driving at any MPH engine will overheat without a prior warning. Consumer had contacted dealer. Please provide more information.
While insured was driving smoke started pouring out of the engine, when stopped and popped the hood open the engine was engulfed in flames (claim # 53-c745-067).
While insured was driving vehicle caught on fire and completely burned (claim # 35-w700-829).
While insured was driving there was some smoke coming in through the vents when she pulled over the smoke stopped, her husband looked at the vehicle and said it looks like there was a small fire under the hood (claim # 60-c266-977).
Insured left the vehicle idling to warm up as it had engine problems, when the insured returned the vehicle was on fire. (claim # 18-0594 -775).
While driving, the insured smelled smoke, pulled over and raised the hood and found fire, it appears to be a major failure of master cylinder (claim # 11-3849-935).
Consumer states the transmission has failed twice.
Vehicle stalls at highway speed, 8 times at 70-75 MPH. Vehicle taken to dealer, unable to remedy problem.
Serpentine belt tensioner bolt sheared off, resulting in loss of power steering/ engine cooling/ and alternator function. Very difficult to repair as to limited engine compartment clearance.
Consumer had front end problems since purchase, noise mostly. While driving 55 MPH there was a loud bang, vehicle began strut housing bracket that holds the stabiliser link broke off, causing it to cut into tire. No flat. Struts had been replaced twice prior to this .*ak stuts have been replaced a total of six times as well as front coil spring, also when gas tank was full it leaked onto the ground fuel tank was replaced, steering makes a noise when turning, suspension makes a lot of noise, wheel bearing msking a nosie,rack and pinion was replaced, vehicle pulls to right,swayar links were replaced,clock spring was replaced,when A/C is on the compressor engages loud sound,windshield falling apart,rotors were replaced,intermittenly wipers turn on by themselves, engine makes a sever noise,stabilizer bar broke.
The original serpentine belt shredded at 18,000 miles on 1/1/1999. The replacement serpentine belt shredded 6,000 miles later on 11/23/1999. The tensioner and belt were replaced and the belt shredded again 12,000 miles later on 4/14/2001.
Airbag light came on/criuse control stopped working. Dealer replaced clock spring assembly. At same time engine check light came on. Dealer replaced oxygen sensor. Also, transmission went out at 10400 miles, and emergency brake had to be replaced 3 times. *ak
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