21 of the 1,111 complaints about the 1996 Plymouth Voyager are about the lighting — 2% of everything reported for this model year. Half of the failures with a mileage on record happened before 111,500 miles.
21
Complaints
0
Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries
Filed with NHTSA, in their own words.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
THE HEADLIGHT LENSES ON MY 1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER VAN ARE DETERIORATING. YOU COULD SAY THEY ARE FOGGING UP. I LOOKED AT THEM WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE TINY CRACKS. IT IS DEGRADING THE LIGHT EMANATING FROM THE LENSES TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT NIGHT DRIVING IS REALLY DANGEROUS. MY BRIGHTS ARE DIMMER THAN MOST CARS' LOW BEAMS.
NHTSA complaint #10143864 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES
1996 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER SE, HEADLAMP LENSES TURN OPAQUE WHEN THEY AGE UNTIL THEY REACH A POINT WHERE IT IS DANGEROUS TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT. I CALLED A DEALER AND HE SAID THEY ARE MADE OF PLASTIC AND IT IS UP TO THE CONSUMER TO REPLACE THEM AT A COST OF $558.00 ($279.00 EACH). I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY DEFECT - THE LENSES SHOULD BE MADE OUT OF A MATERIAL THAT DOES NOT DEGRADE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH AGE.
NHTSA complaint #10132089 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHT LENS DEGRADATION
NHTSA complaint #10121863 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
DT: HEADLIGHT LENS GETS VERY CLOUDY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. CAN NOT BE REPLACED UNLESS YOU BUY THE WHOLE UNIT AT ABOUT $250.00. CAN NOT GET LENS FROM ANYWHERE BECAUSE ALL OF THE LENSES ARE CLOUDY FOR THAT MODEL. DOES EFFECT VISIBILITY AT NIGHT. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP. *NM
NHTSA complaint #10120764 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING FRONT HEADLIGHT LENS WERE FOGGED, MAKING IT HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE DURING NIGHT HOURS.
NHTSA complaint #10061236 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #765478 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
INTERIOR LIGHTING
IN 1999, INTERIOR LIGHTS FAILED. 10/2001 HORN FAILED, AND AIRBAG LIGHTS GO ON/OFF :APPARENLTY IT IS THE MODULAR THAT CONTROL ALL THESE ITEMS AND MORE SUCH AS MILEGE, ETC. CALLED DEALER. SAID CHRYSLER HAS RECALL ON AIRBAG BUT NOT FOR MY YEAR.
NHTSA complaint #753437 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
EFECTIVE COMPONENTS INCLUDE: SPARK PLUG WIRES/ SLIDING DOOR MOTOR/CIRCUIT BOARD//DOOR HANDLES/BATTERY/IGNITION SWITCH/MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH, DOOR LOCK MOTOR/ WINDSHIELD MOTOR/ LATCH DOOR LIFT GATE, AND REAR SHOCK ABSORBER AND REAR STRUTS. PLEASE ATTACH A DESCRIPTION OF EACH OF THESE DEFECTS AND COPIES OF ANY WORK YOU HAVE HAD PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE REGARDING THESE DEFECTS.
NHTSA complaint #885520 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
IN MARCH MY AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON AND THEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO WORK. I THEN A BURNING ODOR CAME OUT OF THE HEATING UNIT. I BROUGHT IT INTO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP TO GET FIXED. THIS IS THE WORK NEEDED TO REPAIR THE CAR. SWITCH MULTIFUNTION, CLOCKSPRING FOR AIRBAG. COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE BCM DUE TO THE AIRBAG MALFUNTION AND WIPER MALFUNCTION., REPLACED THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. BCM RECONTROLLER REPROGRAMING AND REPLACED CLOCK SPRING TO REPAIR AIR BAG LAMP COMING ON. THE FINAL COST WITH LABOR TOTALED $843.44 I CALLED CHRYSLER TO SEE IF THIS MALFUNCTION WOULD BE COVERED AND I WAS TOLD NO. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT IS RARE THAT THE SYSTEM FAILS IN A CAR WITH MY MILAGE. CHRYSLER WAS VERY NASTY ON THE PHONE AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT CONSIDER ANY RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS THE PAYMENT OF THE DEFECT. I ASKED TO SPEAK TO A MANAGER ETC....AND I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD NOT BE FORWARDED TO ANYONE ELSE. I WAS TOLD BY THE REP ON THE PHONE THAT THE FINAL DECISION WAS MADE. LAST WEEK I HEARD ON THE RADIO ABOUT AN INVESTIGATION ON THE POSSIBLE DEFECTS OF THE VEHICLES CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY WHICH PROVIDES THE ELECTRICITY FOR THE WIPERS ETC....I DID NOT CHECK TO SEE IF IT HAD AFFECTED THE HORN OR CRUISE CONTROL BECAUSE I HAD NOT USED BOTH DURING THAT TIME. IT SEEMS THE FAULTY CLOCKSPRING POSSIBLE BLEW OUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH RESULTED IN THE NEED FOR A REPLACED BCM COMPONENT. I AM HOPING IF THIS IS FOUND TO BE A DEFECT CHRYSLER WILL REIMBURSE THE $843.44 TO ME.
NHTSA complaint #742957 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER TWICE , WOULD NOT START, BOUGHT NEW BATTERY. NEXT DAY DEAD AGAIN. DEALER SAID HEADLIGHT STAYED ON THAT CAUSED BATTERY TO BE DRAINED. NEXT NIGHT VEHICLE WAS BURNING, FLAMES AND SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO CUT OPEN HOOD TO GET TO ENGINE, LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE WAS MELTED. VEHICLE AT DEALERS SINCE THEN.
NHTSA complaint #875512 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
WHEN TURNING ON LEFT SIGNAL FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON. SOMETIMES REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL ALSO COME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ABOUT 5 TIMES. EACH TIME THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD FIXED IT, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMING ON, IT WILL DISTRACT THE DRIVER. *AK
NHTSA complaint #861120 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
WHEN THE LEFT SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON, AND DO NOT STOP UNTIL THE SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED AND TURNED BACK OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.
NHTSA complaint #860083 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED AT LEAST 2 TIMES BY DEALER. PROBLEMS CONTINUE ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. WE NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY WILL ACTIVATE BY THEMSELVES. PARK IN MIDDLE OF WINDSHIELD. RECENTLY PROBLEM DEVELOPED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT ALWAYS TURN ON. ALSO DASHBOARD DISPLAYS GOES BLANK ON INTERMITTENT BASIS
NHTSA complaint #719918 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
REAR LEFT PASSENGER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW STOPPED OPERATING. ALSO, WHENEVER LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS USED IT CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO OPERATE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME.
NHTSA complaint #858049 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
INTERIOR LIGHTING
WE FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM IN JUNE OF 1999. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT AND CHIME WOULD GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY, PARTICULARLY ON BUMPY ROADS. WE WOULD CHECK ALL THE DOORS, THEY WOULD ALL BE SHUT. WE TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER WE'D PURCHASED IT FROM. ON 6/28/99 THEY RE-ALIGNED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR TO "FIX THE PROBLEM". EVERYTHING WAS OK FOR AWHILE. WE NOTICED THE PROBLEM AGAIN IN SEPT OF 1999. WE RETURNED TO THE DEALER 10/8/99; THEY REPLACED THE DRIVER-SIDE SWITCH. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. ON 10/21/99 THEY EXAMINED THE CAR AND ORDERED A BODY CONTROL MODULE. AT THIS POINT IT WAS ALMOST CONTINUOUS DINGING AND FLASHING OF THE DOME LIGHTS.THEY REPLACED THE MODULE ON 11/3/99. IT WAS BETTER FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN THE DINGING AND FLASHING STARTED AGAIN. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER, THEY ORDERED ANOTHER MODULE, WHICH WAS INSTALLED ON 12/29/99. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. THEY ORDERED STILL ANOTHER MODULE, WHICH WAS INSTALLED ON 1/11/2000. THE PROBLEM REMAINS. THE DEALER HAS INSTRUCTED ME THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE MODULE AGAIN. I DO NOT FEEL THIS WILL SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THIS VEHICLE. I AM VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE IT IS HAZARDOUS TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT BECAUSE WHEN THE DOME LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF VISIBILITY IS VERY POOR. MY HUSBAND DRIVES THE VEHICLE TO WORK AT NIGHT AND HAS HAD TO PULL THE FUSE FOR THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ON MANY OCCASIONS DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 6 OCCASIONS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE REPLACED THE BODY CONTROL MODULE THREE TIMES. EACH TIME THE PROBLEM REMAINS AND IT GETS NO BETTER.
NHTSA complaint #717533 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON WHEN TURN LEFT SIGNAL ENGAGED WHILE TURNING LEFT OR SOMETIMES NOT COME ON AT ALL: MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH ASSEMBLY CONTROLS OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS.
NHTSA complaint #716603 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD GO ON/OFF BY THEMSELVES. THIS CAUSED A HAZARDOUS PROBLEM FOR DRIVER. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER REPAIRS. SINCE REPAIRS DONE ON WIPERS, THE SIGNAL SWITCH FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY.
NHTSA complaint #853705 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
MULTI FUNCTION WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH DEFECTIVE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.
NHTSA complaint #602796 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CAUSES WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS, DOME LIGHTS, 'DOOR AJAR' LIGHT,DOOR LOCKS, AND TURN SIGNALS ON DASH.
NHTSA complaint #507642 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
INTERIOR LIGHTING
ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CAUSES WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS, DOME LIGHTS, 'DOOR AJAR' LIGHT,DOOR LOCKS, AND TURN SIGNALS ON DASH.
NHTSA complaint #507642 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH REPLACED.
NHTSA complaint #502220 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.