While driving down the interstate doing about 70 MPH I heard a loud noise. Looked at speedometer and it registered 0. I had no power. Barely managed to get van off the road. Got out and looked under it, there was transmission fluid everywhere. Had it checked out by personal mechanic. He then told me that there have been numerous complaints about this year of plymouth grand voyagers. I only have 86,000 miles on it. Also the sliding door locks have failed, windshield washers have failed, A/C has failed, not to mention the airbag light, fuel line and all of the numerous other recalls it has had on it.
1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager: doors won't lock, open or latch
26 of the 562 complaints about the 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager describe doors won't lock, open or latch.
- owner complaints
- 26
- of this car's complaints
- 5%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Doors won't lock, open or latch by model year
- 19995
- 19984
- 19972
- 199626
- 19951
- 19943
- 19931
What owners say
Door locks,actuator/solenoid/motor-electic door locks. Locks have been inoperative and fixed 4 times, they are inoperative again
Lights flash,bells chime,door locks activate repeatedly, dash gauges go dead very distracting and scary for my wife.
Door lock failures: repeated failures required new mechanisms, also affected the fuel tank door. Transmission failure: occurred in parking lot fortunately. Required $2200 in repair. Dealer (hershberger motors in woodburn, or) failed to correctly seal the transmission. When returned to dealer for this, they broke the right bearing hub, another $400 to repair. Body control module failure: wipers stopped working - an absolute necessity in oregon! Bcm repaired by sending out existing unit by dealer (town & country chrysler, milwaukie, or). Did not correct problem ($450 repair costs). Presently in for correcitve action. Signed - unhappy customer.
Airbag light on, no horn , no cruise control. Wiper on itself sometimes when turning. Door lock sometimes doesn't lock.
Driver's side sliding door locking mechanism failed. Would not unlock to released door for opening.not able to unlock door with remote control, but can lock it. Currently, experiencing problem on passenger's side sliding door.
Right rear sliding door opened while driving. Dealer has replaced sensors prior to incident. Please provide additional information.
Despite several dealership "fixes" gas tank shifts and thumps when accelerating or stopping sharply. All electric door locks had to be replaced due to electrical "vibration"-type noises when activating. Rear brakes have "hummed" when lightly braking since new. Problem evolved into surging. Needed a complete brake job at 40,000 miles due, I believe, to lack of dealership fix before hand.
Automatic door locks will not lock the passenger side sliding door. Dealer has replaced the sliding door solenoid twice.
The windshield wipers go on whenever they want to, and the windshield wiper speed varies when set on low or medium, this has been a problem since the day we purchsed this car. The windshield wiper switch has been replaced 3 times. 2 times the car was under warranty this last replacement chrysler paid for the part as goodwill, and the dealer charged me $68.00. The wiper speed still varies (the problem has not been fixed). We have also had the weather stripping replaced 3 times and it is still falling off. The blower motor for the fan does not work on all speeds the fan motor was replaced once under warranty and again on 11/24 for which chrysler paid for the parts and the dealer charged me $102.00. Both sliding doors can not be opened from the inside. The door latches have been replaced 6 times, 5 times under warranty, and the last time on 11/24 chrysler paid for the parts as goodwill and the dealer charged $102. There has been other repair work done to the sliding doors in total my car has been serviced 23 times. Alltogether it has cost me $352 to fix things that have been wrong since day one and that other voyager owners also seem to have the same problem with.
Power door lock actuator failed. Mjs
The rear sliding door locks siezed. Nlm
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager door locks
Is doors won't lock, open or latch a common problem on the 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager?
26 of 562 owner complaints about the 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager (5%) mention doors won't lock, open or latch. The model year with the most reports is 1996.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager
Airbag light 55Wipers 42Adaptive cruise 41Fuel leak 34Transmission failure 32Stalling 28Loss of power 18Fuel smell 17Fuel pump 16ABS 14Power steering loss 13Fire or smoke 10Brake failure 8Coil spring 7Grinding brakes 6Overheating 5Slipping 5Steering noise 5
VIN decoder
See the problems and recalls for an exact car
Buying a used 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager?
Check the exact car before you pay: accidents, salvage or flood titles, odometer readings and previous owners.
Check its history