1996 Plymouth Voyager problems
Owners have filed 1,111 complaints about the 1996 Plymouth Voyager with NHTSA. Engine and engine cooling accounts for 14.4% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of air bags at 12.3%.
Complaints1,111
Crashes40
Fires40
Injuries45
Deaths1
What owners report breaking
Engine and engine cooling 14.4% · 160
Air bags 12.3% · 137
Electrical system 11.0% · 122
Fuel system, gasoline 9.3% · 103
Power train 8.4% · 93
Visibility 7.5% · 83
Service brakes, hydraulic 6.2% · 69
Vehicle speed control 4.4% · 49
Severity
Of those complaints, 40 describe a crash, 40 describe a fire, 45 report an injury and 1 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 11 model years of the Plymouth Voyager in this data, 1996 draws the most complaints of any of them.
Filings have fallen off, 5 in the last three years against 15 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 94,785 miles.
In owners' own words
My husband was driving his 1996 Plymouth Voyager van when the engine started racing. He was pulling into a parking spot, and when he tried to stop the van, the brakes could not stop it, and it hit a car in front of it. He put it into reverse, and it kept going forward and hit the car harder. He took the van to a mechanic who ran a diagnostic test on it, and they could not find the cause of the problem. Engine and engine cooling · reported at 128,000 miles
Windshield wipers turn on intermittently by themselves, do not turn off properly & often stop in middle of windshield. Engine stalls repeatedly, especially during hot weather or after highway driving. Tension pulley has failed/is failing resulting in belt squaling and premature failure, belt has been replaced twice at owners expense. Engine and engine cooling
The bolt holding tension pulley in place broke off, causing serpentine belt to break followed by loss of power steering , all electrical, and power brakes at speed of 50 mph. Vehicle had to be towed; in addition to replacing damaged parts, have had to replace battery and possibly starter or alternator within 7 days of accident. Engine and engine cooling
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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