1997 Plymouth Voyager engine problems

ENGINE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 PYLMOUTH VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 141,321. UPDATED 10/02/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL FILTER LEAKED AND RUBBER O-RING COULD CAUSE A FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. UPDATED 3/9/15

NHTSA complaint #10610743 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

LIGHT RAIN, WET ROADS, TURNING LEFT AFTER A STOP, SERPENTINE BELT SLIPPED OFF AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING CONTROL. MANHANDLED TO A STOP OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THE BELT HAS COME OFF IN RAIN AND LOSS OF CONTROL IS A REAL CONCERN FOR MYSELF AND PASSENGERS AS WELL AS ANY VEHICLES IN THE AREA. 145+ OTHER INCIDENTS NOTED ON THE WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/VIEWCOMMENTS_REVIEW_64215.HTML LINK FOUND BY GOOGLE. SOMEONE WILL EVENTUALLY BE KILLED DUE TO THIS DESIGN DEFECT.

NHTSA complaint #10178680 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS

SERPENTINE BELT (POWERING THE ALTERNATOR, POWER STEERING ETC.) HAS COME OFF REPEATEDLY. SINCE THE BELT POWERS THE POWER STEERING, THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNSAFE.

NHTSA complaint #10155998 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE STALLS WHEN IDLING FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE DYING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTS AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. NO FURTHER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME.

NHTSA complaint #10143329 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

I HAVE A 1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REGULARLY MAINTAINED AND HAS APPROX. 91,000 MILES ON IT. APPROX. 10 DAYS AGO, THE CAM BROKE AND THE ENGINE (3.3 LITER) SUDDENLY QUIT WHILE I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. POWER STEERING WAS LOST AND FORTUANTELY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST AND BRING THE CAR TO A STOP WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. REPAIR REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE TWO REPAIR SHOPS THAT I SPOKE WITH INDICATED THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL SIMILAR FAILURES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND A SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE IS OBVIOUSLY UNSAFE.

NHTSA complaint #10122420 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ENGINE FAN RELAY SYSTEM FAILED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF THE PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA complaint #10081621 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS

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.

NHTSA complaint #10074868 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY

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

NHTSA complaint #10071726 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY CONSUMER HEARD A SLAPPING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE BELT BROKE OFF THE EDGE, AND THE BELT TENSIONER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES.

NHTSA complaint #10061568 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN MAKING A TURN VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALERSHIP HAS SERVICED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND REPLACED PARTS . THEN, RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND.

NHTSA complaint #10044313 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

FAULTY LIFTERS IN MY 1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER ALLOWS OIL TO BE LOST THROUGH THE TAIL PIPE.

NHTSA complaint #10019079 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

ENGINE CAMSHAFT BROKE - ENGINE COULD NOT RUN - ONLY TWO CYLINDERS FUNCTIONAL - OTHER FOUR CYLINDERS NOT FUNCTIONING DUE TO BROKEN CAMSHAFT . NO SIGNS OF ENGINE OVER HEATING ENGINE ONLY HAD 82,400 MILES.

NHTSA complaint #10017002 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCE THE FOLLOWING: NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES, NOISE WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE/UNEVEN IDLE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON/BURNED #5 EXHAUST VALVE-REMOVED HEAD/REPLACED VALVE/REASSEMBLED ENGINE, THE ENGINE IS KNOCKING/INTERNAL ROD KNOCKING-ENGINE HAD AN OIL LEAK/REPLACED GASKET & THE REAR MAIN SEAL IS LEAKING (THE VEHICLE IS GOING THRU 2-3 QUARTS PER MONTH), AND WHEN ENGAGING IN GEAR, THE ENGINE MOVES HARD. SCC

NHTSA complaint #10001959 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS.

NHTSA complaint #10002298 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

THIS AUTO HAS A NUMEROUS/EXPENSIVE REPAIRS, WE HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF RECALLS FOR THIS CAR. HELP WHAT DO WE DO? DT

NHTSA complaint #769444 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

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

NHTSA complaint #8021922 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

TENSION PULLEY BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. VEHICLE CANNOT OPERATE WITHOUT TENSION PULLEY. PRIOR TO VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONING, IT STARTED MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE. PART HAS BEEN REPLACED 6 TIMES ,GOING 7 TIMES. DEALER WAS AWARE AND WAS INSPECTING EHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.

NHTSA complaint #8016913 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS

TENSIONER BROKE , AND SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT. DEALER CONTACTED.

NHTSA complaint #8015601 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSED REPLACEMENT OF RADIATOR. NO RESPONSE FROM MANUFACTURER. TSB 09-05-98 ISSUED NOVEMEBER 6, 1998.

NHTSA complaint #763658 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE RADIATOR DIVIDER BETWEEN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLING LOOP AND THE RADIATOR WATER, THIS RUINED THE TRANSMISSION AS WELL AS THE RADIATOR, THE REPLACEMENT RADIATOR WAS MADE WITH THICKER METAL, CONSUMER FEELS IT IS THOUGHTLESS TO RUN TRANSMISSION FLUID THROUGH A WATER-FILLED RADIATOR KNOWING THAT ANY FLAW OR CRACK IN THE DIVIDING WALL BETWEEN THE TWO ELEMENTS COULD RUIN THE TRANSMISSION. *SLC

NHTSA complaint #562910 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS

BELT THAT HOOK MOTOR TO ENGINE KEEPS COMING OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND HAD REPLACED BELT. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.

NHTSA complaint #8004559 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.