2000 Plymouth Grand Voyager

THE VEHICLE WILL MISS OR TURN OFF AT RANDOM . BOTH WHEN IT IS STOPPED OR IN MOTION AT SPEED. THE TACHOMETER WILL FLUCTUATE ERRATICALLY OR SIMPLY DROP TO ZERO. AS OF YET THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN ACCIDENT (THANKS IN PART TO THE ALERTNESS OF OTHER DRIVERS). THE DEALER HAS TAKEN NUMEROUS READINGS AND EXCHANGED NUMEROUS PARTS, INCLUDING PLUGS AND WIRES, CONTROL MODULES, NEUTRAL SWITCH AND FUEL PUMP AND FILTER ETC. STILL HAS THE PROBLEM. *JB

CHRYSLER GRAND VOYAGER 2000 REAR BRAKE SHOES SEIZE UP AFTER PARKING CAR OVERNIGHT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO SERVICE OUR VEHICLE. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT (NOTE: WE WERE NOT USING THE PARKING BRAKE!) THE REAR BRAKE SHOES CONTINUED TO SEIZE UP BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR MOVING BY DRIVING FORWARD (OFTEN HEARING A SMALL OR LARGE CLUNK) AND THEN REVERSING. SINCE THAT TIME I OPENED THE REAR BRAKE DRUM, INSPECTED THE PADS AND REPLACED ALL THE SPRINGS. THIS LATEST INCIDENT PROMPTED ME TO WRITE THE NHTSA. THE MECHANIC THAT CAME TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO USE A WINCH AND METAL BAR TO RELEASE THE DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE WHICH WAS SEIZED. THE MECHANIC SHARED THAT THIS WAS THE 9TH! SUCH FIX HE HAD TO DO ON A "CARAVAN" THIS SUMMER. WHEN ASKED, OUR DEALER EVEN MENTIONED THAT THESE VEHICLE REAR BRAKES TEND TO SEIZE UP...WHAT IS GOING ON HEAR? THOUGH THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, IT CERTAINLY SEEMS WORTHY OF SOME FROM OF RECALL... SVEN TRENHOLM

THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. HOWEVER, WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTINUOUSLY STAYED ON, BUT ODOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER WERE INOPERABLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. THE INSIDE LIGHTS WILL NOT GO OFF. DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE PART WHICH THEY HAD INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TAKEN BACK AGAIN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A STEEP HILL THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE RED "NO BRAKE" LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS GOING AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND LUCKILY WAS IN THE COUNTRY. I DROVE INTO A FARMERS FIELD AND PUT ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BRAKE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE MASTER CYLINDER EVEN THOUGH NOTHING WAS SHOWING ON THEIR COMPUTER. A FEW DAYS LATER I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND CAME TO A STOP SIGN, PUT ON BRAKES AND THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN. I HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THIS PROBLEM DOESN'T OCCUR ALL THE TIME AND THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM. I AM WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS FROM THE DEALER AND THEIR INSURANCE CO. I WILL ALSO MOST LIKELY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH DAIMLER-CHRYSLER. THIS VEHICLE WAS A LEMON BUY BACK FOR BRAKING PROBLEMS THAT WERE SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IN 2000.*JB

CROSSOVER PIPE CONNECTING MANIFOLD TO EXHAUST DEVELOPED A HOLE BACK IN AUGUST 2004. PART WAS ORDERED FROM CHRYSLER DEALER END OF AUGUST, HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT YET. *BF THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE 1300 CROSSOVER PIPES ON BACK ORDER AND CHRYSLER WAS REDESIGNING THE PART. THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY DANGER OF EXHAUST FUMES COMING INTO THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING OR IDLING. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE THERE APPEARS TO BE AN INORDINATE NUMBER OF PARTS ON BACK ORDER. *TC

FRONT DISC BRAKE PAD (SPECIFICALLY THE EXTERIOR PAD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IN MY CASE) WEARS VERY FAST RELATIVE TO THE REAR AT A RATE OF ONCE EVERY 10K OR FEWER MILES FOR THE FRONT VERSUS ONCE IN 125K MILES FOR THE REAR. MY PROBLEM IS SO SEVERE THAT I HAVE TO WATCH WEAR CLOSELY AND WILL SWAP THE LEFT FRONT PADS WITH THE RIGHT FRONT PADS TO KEEP FROM HAVING TO GET A NEW SET EVERY 10K MILES. CHRYSLER MECHANIC INSPECTED BRAKES AND SAID THAT EVERYTHING WAS MOVING CORRECTLY BUT SUGGESTED I CHANGE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. I TOLD HIM I JUST DID WITHIN THE LAST 10K MILES.. HE SUGGESTED I USE CHRYSLER PRODUCTS. I TOLD HIM THE OE WAS CHRYSLER AND THEY TOO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. HAVE WATCHED OTHER CHYSLE/DODGE MINI-VANS LIKE THE GRAND VOYAGER, VOYAGER AND GRAND CARAVAN ON THE ROAD AND HAVE NOTICED THE SAME WEAR (AS IT PERMANENTLY STAINS THE FRONT HUB CAPS WITH BRAKE DUST AND RUST WHILE OTHER HUB CAPS DON'T GET STAINED) . REAR BRAKES ARE ESSENTIALLY NOT ENGAGING AND STOPPING THE CAR. SAFETY CONCERN- SEVERAL TIMES I HAD TROUBLE STOPPING AS THE FRONT BRAKES OVERHEATED (COULD SMELL THEM SMOKING) AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FADED. HAVE CLIMBED UP ON OTHER CARS AT STOP LIGHTS AS THE CAR DOES NOT STOP IN THE NORMAL DISTANCE. SEVERAL NEAR MISSES ON REAR END COLLISIONS. *NM