Tl*the contact owns a 2001 plymouth grand voyager. The vehicle has cooper lifeliner touring sle t-rated, size 20570r15 tires. While driving 65 MPH, the driver side rear tire tread separated and wrapped around the wheel. The contact was able to replace the tire with the spare and drive to her residence. The current mileage was 66,338 and failure mileage was 59,395.
Plymouth Grand Voyager tire blowout problems
29 of the 2,395 owner complaints about the Plymouth Grand Voyager describe tire blowout or tread separation, most of them for the 1993 model year.
- owner complaints
- 29
- worst model year
- 1993
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below
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What owners say
Driving home from florida in a 1998 plymouth caravan pulling a hobie cat sailboat on a trailer the left rear tire separated. I have pictures of the tire and still have the original tire. Had to buy a new tire.
Dt*: the contact stated since the vehicle was purchased in 2002 from an independent dealer, the vehicle has been having on going problems with the electrical wiring, alternator, radiator, thermostat, cooling system. Diagnostic testing is needed for gross pollution. The vehicle has failed under fair weather conditions three times since purchase. Events leading up to the failures of the fan, radiator and transmission occurred when vehicle started to run hot, causing transmission to blow out. Service for these components were performed at an independant auto shop.
Vehicle safety issue (chrysler tsb 23-044-02), rust through of upper strut towers 1996-2000 chrysler, dodge, plymouth minivans. Collapse of strut tower would result one or more of the following: 1/ sudden change of steering geometry; total loss of steering; lockup of one of the front wheels, blowout of one of the front tires. This is a problem which chrysler has known about for years. They only issued a tsb once most of the vehicles involved (96-98) were beyond the manufactures rust perforation warranty. This should not be merely a "service" recall, but a "safety" recall. This is due to a manufacturing defect which failed to seal between component panels allowing moisture to penetrate and cause hidden rust issue which reveals itself only when the structural damage is already done. The recommended repair is also questionable -- utilizing only epoxy to afix a cap to the top of the strut. The inner rust perforation is not cut out, only covered up. The treatment is primarily cosmetic. I am very concerned about this issue and feel it has not only endangered life, but devalued the vehicle. I have paid to have the problem repaired but feel that this should be chrysler's responsibility. I would appreciate any follow up you can do on my behalf and that of other minivan owners. (I've no doubt that the vast majority are yet unaware of the condition of their vehicles.) sincerely kelvin ironside mesa az.
Tread separation in tire. The tire was a p205/17r15 with dot u9m0 lbx2701 f01l. The tire name was response rst touring 2000. The tire had 16000 miles and was on the vehicle 16 mar 2002 to 19 sep 2004. The tire was sold and installed by ntb, national tire & battery, stafford, tx. Owner deduced the separation after the defective tire was rotated to the rear of the vehicle and later noticed the bump from the tread separation. Ntb stated that the remaining 3 tires would also fail by tread separation. All four tires were replaced. None of the tires was replaced free of charge.
A mounting bracket on the driver's side front strut tower that secures the upper end of the connecting arm between the strut tower and the front stabilizer bar failed catastrophically. The failure occurred while driving on the freeway at 60 MPH resulting in an immediate, severe dive and pull to the left. Then the free end of the arm, still holding the bracket remnant, swung out and down into the inner tire sidewall resulting in a blow out. It was all that I could do to get the van safely to the side of the road. I consider this failure to be life threatening and structural in nature as there was no sign of corrosion and no warning of the impending event. The break at the strut tower showed very clean metal.
While driving, the left tire experienced tread separation. The consumer did not hit anything. There was no warning. Rode king courier (dayton) t195 - 75r 14 ms, dot#v6karc1, 17608 11r. *ak *jb
1. Tire tread separation with left rear tire, and 2. Left front bead seal blowout.
Rust failure of the rt. Front strut tower with misalignment and tire failure.
Recall97v2000000 concerning tire failure. On prior year for same problem. Engine damage could occur.
Related recalls
Tires: bead
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: passenger minivans equipped with p215/65r15 goodyear conquest tires mounted on steel wheel. The tires can experience a sudden air pressure loss without warning.
- Risk
- Sudden tire failure could result in a loss of driver control of the vehicle.
- Remedy
- Dealers will replace the tires that were mounted on steel wheels.
Recall number 97V200000 · Recall details
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Which Plymouth Grand Voyager years have tire blowout or tread separation problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1993 (7 complaints), 1997 (5 complaints) and 1996 (4 complaints).
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