1998 Plymouth Grand Voyager

MY VAN IS A LEMON. ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS - DEFOGGER SOMETIMES WORK AND SOMETIMES NOT, WINDOWS WON'T ROLL DOWN, STEREO SPEAKERS SOMETIMES WORKS, INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS GO OFF AND ON, DIM YELLOW HEADLIGHTS, ETC. FOUND PIN HOLE IN HEAD...DEFECT IN METAL. VAN OVER HEATED AND GAUGE DID NOT SAY IT WAS HOT. FAN WENT OUT. NOW SOMETHING GOING WRONG WITH FRONT END. OCCASIONALLY SMELL GAS. THE LIFTER HEAD GASKET NOW LEAKS OIL. VAN SOMETIMES JUMPS IN PARK AND ROLLS. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX THIS STUFF... BAIL ME OUT NOT CHRYSLER.... *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD ACTIVATE WITHOUT WARNING AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE DEALER HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE COULD BE ELECTRICAL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 178,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

INTERMITTENT WIPER FUNCTION CEASED WORKING CORRECTLY. WOULD WIPE A COUPLE TIMES THEN QUIT. TURNING IT ON AND OFF CAUSED IT TO WORK A COUPLE MORE TIMES THEN QUIT. DANGEROUS, SINCE ONE RELIES ON THE INTERMITTENT FUNCTION TO CONTINUE TO WORK. PROBLEM CAME AND WENT. MORE NOTICEABLE IN WET WEATHER (WHEN OF COURSE YOU ACTUALLY NEED THE WIPERS) THEN IN THE DEALERS DRY SHOP. FINALLY DEALER REPLACED THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. WORKED BETTER FOR A WHILE, THEN SAME PROBLEM RETURNED. DEALER CANNOT FIND ANYTHING ELSE WRONG. REFUSED TO CONSIDER CLOCK-SPRING PROBLEM.

THE POWER WINDOW ON THE DRIVERS SIDE JUST BECAME SLUGGISH AND FINALLY WENT DOWN AND WOULDN'T COME BACK UP, A BRACKET WAS BROKEN, THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR DURING VERY COLD WEATHER AND IT WAS NOT A CONSISTENT PROBLEM TO BEGIN WITH. WHEN YOU PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THEN FINALLY AFTER WARMING UP A FEW MINUTES IT WOULD LURCH FORWARD AND BE FINE. FINALLY THIS PAST WEEK IT BEGAN MAKING A GRINDING NOISE IN REVERSE AND REFUSED TO GO IN REVERSE. THE CAR WAS PUT INTO DRIVE AND THE GRINDING NOISE CONTINUED. JUST FYI WHEN I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORPORATION ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BECAUSE I THINK A CAR SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO AT LEAST 100,000 MILES BEFORE YOU START EXPERIENCING MAJOR PROBLEMS, THE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE REP TOLD ME THAT I WAS UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT MY CAR TO MAKE IT 100,000 MILES. I FIND THIS AMUSING SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST CAR THAT I HAVE OWNED THAT HAS HAD ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS BEFORE 100,000 MILES. MY TRANSMISSION MECHANIC ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE CAN ONLY GUARANTEE MY REPAIRS FOR 90 DAYS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THESE VEHICLES.

THE REAR HEATER DAMPER ACTUATOR FAILED TO OPERATE THE DAMPER, MELTED DOWN, THEN DUE TO THIS MELTDOWN, IT RUINED THE MAIN CONTROL BOX IN THE DASH BOARD ON THE HEATER CONTROLS......EVIDENTLY SHORTED OUT. THE REAR ACTUATOR-MODE CONTROL, PART 4734026,(COST $45.60) AND THE AE CONTROL- A/C AND HEATER CONTROLS, PART # 467761AE, (COST $375), WITH $150 LABOR. TOTAL COST, $570. QUESTIONS: IS THIS A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD? SHOULD NOT A FUSIBLE LINK, OR FUSE BE INSTALLED IN THE SYSTEM TO KEEP ACTUATOR FROM BEING MELTED DOWN AND CONTROL BOX OVERLOAD PROTECTION? THIS WOULD BE A SIMPLE FIX TO KEEP EQUIPMENT FROM HAVING FAILURE AND MELTDOWN. PLUS SEEMINGLY HIGH PARTS COST, AND ONE WEEK TRYING TO GET THE PARTS.*AK

I HAVE HAD 5 WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURES SINCE ABOUT JUNE 1999 (REMEMBER IT HAS NOT RAINED MUCH IN MARYLAND THIS SUMMER SO THE WIPERS HAVE NOT BEEN USED MUCH). THE CONDITION LASTS FROM 5 TO 10 MINUTES. THE WIPERS WILL EITHER NOT START UP OR WILL FAIL DURING DRIVING. AFTER ABOUT THE 5 OR 10 MINUTES THE WIPERS RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATION AND SO FAR HAVE NOT FAILED AFTER THEY START WORKING. THIS APPEARS TO BE A RANDOM EVENT SINCE I AND THE DEALER HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CAUSE THE PROBLEM TO HAPPEN ON DEMAND. THE DEALER HAS TRIED TO FIND WIRING PROBLEMS ONCE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. ON 31 AUGUST THE DEALER IS TO REPLACE A MODULE TO SEE IF THAT FIXES THE PROBLEM BUT I WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL AFTER IT RAINS AGAIN. IT IS UNSETTLING TO HAVE YOUR WIPER BLADES FAIL WHILE DRIVING AND COULD CAUSE A SERIOULY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF IT HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY.