Dt: the contact complained about brake problems. There have been three accidents as a result of the brakes not completely stopping the vehicle. When applying the brakes the vehicle lurched forward. The vehicle has not been inspected to determine the cause of the brake problems.
Plymouth Voyager jerking problems
42 of the 4,779 owner complaints about the Plymouth Voyager describe jerking or lurching, most of them for the 1994 model year.
- owner complaints
- 42
- worst model year
- 1994
- typical mileage
- 71,800
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
Often reported together
Stalling 5Transmission failure 4Loss of power 4Knocking 4Slipping 3Hesitation 3Harsh shifting 2
What owners say
Dt: the contact stated the parking brake will inadvertently release after locking it. This has been happening for over 4-5 years. It has gotten progressively worse over the years. It will click as if it was locked, then it will jerk. It will make a very loud popping noise before it jerked. The dealer told him the car was too old. The manufacturer said it was out of warranty. *ak
While driving on the interstate consumer noticed smoke. Then, vehicle accelerated by itself and jerked forward. Consumer exited off the inter state. Smoke was coming out from under the hood. Vehicle was in flames within seconds. The cause of the fire was due to a fuel leak.
The minivan lurched backward 1-2 ft after it was placed in reverse. If someone had been in back of the van they many have been seriously hurt. The mechanic said it looked like the transmission literally exploded inside.
5 days after purchasing from dealership with 70000 miles, drove 400 miles since purchase and while driving on freeway vehicle started jerking and slowed to 10 MPH. Revved engine and transmission making clunking noises. Dealership says they can't find anything wrong with van. Test drove 15 miles in city/freeway. Cannot duplicate problem. Only code they pulled was from a misfire. Couldn't explain the clunking noice from transmission. Forward has problems but reverse worked perfectly fine.
Vehicle was taken to the dealer for service. Consumer feels that the service was incomplete because, after a week, vehicle started jerking whenever accelerator was pressed. Vehicle was taken to another shop, and consumer was told that transmission fluid was exceptionally low. Less than a week after that diagnosis transmission completely stopped working. The dealer would not make repairs without consumer paying for them.
While driving the vehicle constantly lost power and felt like it was going to stall. The transmission also jerked excessively when changing gears.
I have a plymouth voyager with 47,000 mi. I'd only had it for 4 mos. When the transmission started to act up. I have been told that it is probably on it's way out seeing as chrysler knows not how to make a working product. It is very dangerous for me to try to pull out onto a road when I am not sure whether or not I am going to be able to go. When I do and it doesn't move, I then have to hurry up and gun it so as not to get hit from oncoming traffic. The car then jerks into gear after reving up to around 50 if I take it that far. I usually don't because then engine sounds like it is screaming. Shifting is a problem. It is well known to most chrysler owners that there is a serious problem with their transmissions, yet chrysler does nothing to upgrade or fix the defects. Had I known this information before I had bought the car, I would've bought a different make vehicle.
Experienced uneven response from transmission as driver began to accelerate after going down hill and transitioned to uphill grade. Took vehicle into service dept. And had computer chip replaced and transmission checked and flushed. Still experiencing jerky accerleration when beginning to accelerate uphill after going down hill. Dt
The consumer stated while driving and with no warning, the vehicle jerked, the engine light had come on, and the consumer heard a loud knocking noise. The dealer was notified. Ts. Scc
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Plymouth Voyager jerking
Which Plymouth Voyager years have jerking or lurching problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1994 (8 complaints), 1996 (6 complaints) and 1993 (5 complaints).
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