1997 Plymouth Voyager: engine overheating

7 of the 343 complaints about the 1997 Plymouth Voyager describe engine overheating.

owner complaints: 7
of this car's complaints: 2%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 24 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine overheating by model year

1999
4
1998
5
1997
7
1996
10
1995
2
1994
5
1993
2
1991
3
1990
1

What owners say

Filed Jul 6, 2006 · Engine · 112,000 miles · CO · 1 injury

Driving in the rain/snow causes serp belt to slip off. Over the last 5 years it has slipped numerous times(8+), after careful inspection of the belt and pulleys the belt was reinstalled or replaced. After the belt causing a sensor break, had mechanic troubleshoot and it was deemed the tensioner needed to be replaced and the serp belt replace as well as sensor. After this maintenance, the vehicle continued to lose serp belt. The car has overheated,battery drained and has become very hard to steer or steering appears to lock after losing the belt that controls all accessory functions, alternator, AC, power steering, water pump. Multiple accidents have been avoided due to quick thinking.

Filed Jun 5, 2004 · Engine · 77,000 miles · PA

Driving in rain causes serp. Belt to slip off has happened 3 times causing steering to go out car to overheat and battery to go dead. There is a tsb out on this problem after the 2 time had the work done as described in the service bulletin on may 18th. On june 5th while driving in the rain it happened again causing steering to go out and van overheated. Had to have the bracket replaced as described in the bulletin and it didn't fix the problem. I contacted chysler but to them it wasn't a big enough safety issue. I am unsure what to do now we followed the service procedure and the problem still is not corrected. The date below is the latest of three dates this problem occurred.

Filed Jun 4, 2004 · Engine · 90,000 miles · NY

While driving at 35 MPH vehicle the vehicle overheated and the check engine light illuminated on the dashboard. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop who determined that the radiator had sprung a leak. The water and coolant from the radiator leaked into the transmission destroying it. *ak

Filed Dec 10, 2002 · Steering · CA

The belt just comes off and I lose the power steering and the engine overheats. I have tried three belts. Dt

Filed Aug 7, 2000 · Electrical, Engine · UT

Engine head gasket had failed, causing engine to lose power on the freeway. Also,there was a complete loss of coolant. Vehicle overheated & battery had failed. Timing belt tensioner & timing belt had excessive wear & needed replacing.

Filed Aug 2, 1999 · Engine, Transmission · MA

Air conditioner would overheat due to fan going/blowing backwards. The engine had blown the head gaskets at 16,000 miles. The transmission went out. The vehicle had made popping sounds & then broke down.

Filed Feb 1, 1999 · Engine · CA

Radiator overheated. Yh