When van was hit by another vehicle, on the passenger's side at a high rate of speed, there was no deployment of the passenger's front air bag. Also, horn does not work, remote entry on driver's side door does not work, air bag warning light stays on, fuel gauges does not work, A/C heater blink on and off,inside dome light blinks on and off, steering column freezes, cruise control works on and off.
1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager steering complaints
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Clock spring went out causing horn and cruise control not to work and air bag light to illuminate.
I had to replace my power steering pump. My mechanic noticed several cracks on main pulley (s/n or part # on pulley: 5 51630k or 5281 262). The center part is made from metal and pulley is plasitc. Is there any way I can send a digital photo to someone for inspection?
While driving in a mall parking lot, made a turn and heard a loud bang. Steering wheel locked up. I managed to turn the wheel to avoid hitting a parked car and brought the van to a stock. Inspection found that the retaining bolt holding the belt tensioner pulley had snapped off causing the serpentine belt to come off and resulting in power steering failure. Inspection of the failed bolt by aircraft mechanics revealed that the bolt may have had as many as 5 internal stress cracks. Contacted chrysler who took care of the repair,immediately. Repairs were made at the dealers the same day. Damaged parts were taken to the dealer service department. I was surprised to find out that this retaining bolt is not rated for high stress. If the breakage had happened at high speed it could have caused a serious accident. Suggest that these bolts be inspected and replaced at around 30,000 miles. Or replaced with a rated bolt. Locked up. Managed to turn the wheel and bring the van to a stop. Found that the bolt that retains the idler pulley and tensioner had snapped off, causing the serpantine belt to come off, resulting in power steering failure. Examination of the snapped bolt by aircraft mechanics indicated 5 possible stress cra
Veilcle has been experiencing ongoing problems with eletrcal system, which inturn, caused problem with windshield wiper motor,/oor motor, engine check ligh/odometer . Also, steering wheel woud lock up intermittently. Vehicle been in/out of dealer shop on eleven occasions, and no corrections have been done.
Power steering hose failed.
While driving vehicle about 50 MPH when stopping at a red light,did not find steering or braking power. Dealer was contacted.
Abs keeps disabling itself, causing the ABS light to keep coming on. Dealer replaced steering column. Defect is still reoccurring.
Consumer states when it rains and when making sharp turns the power steering will lock up. The dealer has repaired the vehicle.
Rack and pinion steering failed, causing vehicle to shudder.
Consumer was driving approx. 35-40 when he began to feel vibrations in the steering control panel. Consumer has taken vehicle to be repaired 3 times. Finally the dealer told him that there was a bulletin posted for this problem. The bulletin specifies the problem, and the corrective actions to be taken includes the installation of a damper into the steering colmn. The installed damper eliminated some of the vibration , but does satisfy consumer.
When making a turn, the vehicle lost steering power. Please describe.
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