1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager

TAKATA RECALL,SERPENTINE BELT HAS SHREDDED AT LEAST SIX TIMES AND JUST CAME OFF THREE TIMES ,TENSIONER REPLACED THREE TIMES,IDLER PULLEY TWICE,WHEN BELT SHREDS WIRES SEVER AND VAN STOPS ABRUPTLY,WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP ABRUPTLY HESITATING BEFORE RESUMING,SWAY BAR LINKS NEED REPLACED,O2SENSORS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON,CV AXLES FAILING REPLACED RIGHT TWICE,HUB ASSEMBLY AND BRAKE CALIPERS MISS ALIGNED,ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED AND NEEDED,REPLACED,AIRBAG AND ABS LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD PANEL FUSE BLOWING,TAILLIGHTS POSSIBLE SHORT CAUSING BRAKE LIGHT TO FAIL,BATTERY NEEDING TO BE DISCONNECTED. TO SAVE BATTERY FROM DYEING DUE TO BRAKE LIGHTS STAYING ON CONSTANTLY, TRANSMISSION JERKING AND HESITATING IN REVERSE AND FIRST GEAR,PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW NOT OPERATING POSSIBLE PROBLEM,BACK WINDOWS OPEN BUT WILL NOT ALWAYS SHUT,HORN NOT WORKING,REPLACED FUEL PUMP DUE TO GAS LEAK,WHEN BRAKING VAN LURCHES FORWARD,FRONT END SHAKES, TIE BAR ENDS REPLACED,HEATER BLOWS COLD ON PASSENGER SIDE AND NOT COOLING,MOST PROBLEMS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING,REPLACED STOP BRAKE SWITCH, BRAKE LIGHT DRIVERS SIDE ILLUMINATED, BUT NOT WHEN BRAKE PETAL PUSHED,TRANSMISSION LEAKING BY CV AXEL,TURN SIGNALS AND PANELS INSIDE BY DASH NOT ALWAYS OPERATING,ONLY WHEN NEGATIVE TERMINAL IS READJUSTMENT,LIGHTS FLASHING AS IF PANIC MODE WAS ACTIVATED WHEN CAR IS NOT ON,RATTLING. SOUND FROM FRONT OF VAN POSSIBLE CV AXEL OR SUSPENSION.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE YEARS I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE LENSES THAT COVER THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 1997 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZED, OR FOGGED OVER. THE HAZING HAS CAUSED THE LIGHT TO BECOME SO DIFFUSED, THAT DRIVING AT NIGHT HAS BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT BEST. IF THE WEATHER IS BAD (RAIN, OR HEAVY SNOW) AT NIGHT IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE PROPERLY. I HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF OTHER PLYMOUTH VOYAGERS THAT APPEAR TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT THE TYPE OF PLASTIC USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES WAS UNSUITABLE FOR A SAFETY PART THAT IS EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS AS CAR (VAN) HEADLIGHTS ARE. I WOULD HOPE THAT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT SO THAT NOBODY IS INJURED OR KILLED AS A RESULT. *NM

FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE LENSES COVERING MY HEADLIGHTS ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE HAZED. THIS IS NOT DUE TO ANYTHING I HAVE DONE ON MY PART. THE HAZING HAS CAUSED THE LIGHTS TO BECOME SO DENSE THAT NIGHT DRIVING IS BECOMING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I AM NOW VERY CAUTION AND LIMIT MY NIGHT DRIVING WITH THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE ALSO BEGAN TO NOTICE OTHER GRAND VOYAGERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DIFFICULTY. THIS HAZING IS NOT FROM MY OWN ABUSE THROUGH AUTOMATIC CAR WASHES OR FROM NEGLECT. IT IS A DEFECT. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP WHO TRIED TO IMPROVE THE HAZING BUT IT WAS ONLY MINIMALLY AFFECTIVE. TO HAVE THESE LENSES REPLACED WILL COST OVER $600! MY HUSBAND'S 1987 HONDA CIVIC'S LIGHTS AND LENSES ARE OUTSTANDING. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THIS HEADLIGHT/LENS. *JB