Encountered blown head gasket on 98 plymouth voyager mini-van that was less than 3 yrs. Old with a mileage in the 60000 range. A co-worker has a 98 voyager mini-van with under 50000 miles that encountered the same problem. Has other owners reported any similar problems..
1998 Plymouth Voyager engine complaints
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Serpentine belt keep slipping off the pulley. Dealer contacted. Feel free to provide any further infomation.
Serpentine belt slid off due to a bolt not holding tension. Lack of tension resulted in total steering failure immediately and engine overheating from lack of cooling fan operation. This was second occurrence. Please provide details.
I went to the mechanic he reports that their is oil leakage in the seals of the motor.
Latent defect (casting void) present at delivery, discovered by independent mechanic at 45,209 miles on 03/08/2002 during routine service and inspection. No safety defect listed. *ak there was an oil leak at the left rear corner of the head gasket and the gasket was replaced. The consumer believed the cylinder head was defective.
Head gasket blow out at 44500 miles. Almost caught fire leaking on starter. No warning at all. Not unusual for this engine, is what I have heard from all mechanics I have spoken with.
Vehicle has an exhaust manifold crack.
The vehicle caught on fire, the insured stated the oil was changed the day before. (claim #43-r793-566)
While insured was driving he heard a loud noise and smoke started to come from the vehicle (claim # 53-c872-121).
While attempting to park, another vehicle hit consumer's vehicle on passenger's rear side tire. Child that was sitting in middle seat in rear was thrown to floor because middle seat belt didn't hold. Please provide any further information.
Vehicle experienced engine fire, claim 43-r793-568.
Vehicle was going 10-15mph around a corner when serpintine belt broke, and consumer lost slight control of vehicle. Dealer didn't have an explanation for belt breaking. Consumer went to an independent mechanic for service.*ak belt tensioner broke and belt slipped off. Belt did not break. Consumer almost lost control of vehicle.
Serpentine belt came off the pulley causing over heating and loss of power steering causing loss of control, third time in three year.
Tensioner & serpentine belt replaced 3 times so far and it still is not working correctly. The transmission failed on us while I was driving with my kids but no accident occurred.
The consumer took the vehicle to have the leaking transmission filter gasket replaced and as they were raising the car on the hoist the starter began to burn, the fire was caused by coolant leaking between the head and block, as the mechanic began to disassemble the motor they found one of the head bolts broken off and lying on the head cover, the broken bolt caused the head gasket to leak coolant onto the starter which caused the fire, the consumer believes this was faulty workmanship at the assembly plant. Nlm
Vehicle has had the same problems for 2 1/2 years now, vehicle will not turn on, cooling fans will not shut down once car is off and will then will not turn back on, seatbelts have black tar which has seeped out of the seatbelt housing. Also, headlights flicker on and off while driving, cassette ejects at will during operation.
The head gasket failed, the consumer request reimbursement due to the low mileage and the possibilty of a factory defect as this problem should not occur on vehicles with less than 200,000 miles. Nlm
Air bag light and engine check light illuminated on the dash, also, when driving without prior warning head gasket needed replacing. Please provide any further details.
Both seat belt covers broke. Nlm
Head gasket blewout while driving. When vehicle was taken into dealership was when consumer found out about head gasket blow out.
The goodyear tires had to be replaced at 33000 miles. The engine has been making a clicking noise (sounds like a bad lifter)& using aprox. 1 quart of oil per 1000 miles. I have had the vehicle in for these problems on at least six different occasions with no satisfaction.the service department informed me that there was nothing wrong with the engine,that the oil consumption is not considered excesive and the clicking is normal . *ak (tiresize: p205/75r14)( dot number: tire size: p205/75r14 )
Head gasket failed on this well maintained vehicle with less than 50,000 miles. Many other chrysler vehicles with the same engine and similiar engines have experienced the same problems.
Under wet driving conditions the belt came off causing loss of power steering and overheating of the engine. Nlm
While driving and going through some water fan belt got thrown off and vehicle lost power/ brake/ steering and electrical system, consumer has been to dealer 7 times for the same problem.
While driving at highway speed of 65 MPH brake pressure went to zero and pedal hit floor, causing a longer stopping distance , dealer could not determine cause. Consumer felt defect was caused by a hairline crack in the seal or cylinder head.
Consumer was traveling about 45mph on highway and it was raining. Water on the road, and water splashed up towards the tires that affected the pully, causing belt to come off, and vehicle just shut down. Dealership was aware of problem.*ak the coming off of the belt causes loss of power steering and power brakes.
At 54,000 miles head gasket blewout which caused damage to engine. Please provide further information.
While driving on a road in the rain; traveling through a small puddle of water causes the belt to slip off the engine; as a result the car looses power and power steering; loss of control of car on road; note: this has happen before at one other time.
No summary listed for above vehicle.
Serpentine belt frayed and was replaced twice. The third time the belt snapped while van was traveling on gsp in nj at 65 MPH. Van was towed into service department, where belt and defective (quote from repair order) tensioner were replaced.
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