1992 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER Structure Problems

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE SPARE TIRE FELL FROM UNDER THE VAN. *TR

Mileage: 329,110

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. AFTER PULLING OVER SHE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL RAIL WAS FRACTURED AND PARTIALLY HANGING FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE SLIDING PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WOULD SPORADICALLY COME OFF TRACK AND COULD NOT BE CLOSED PROPERLY. THE DOOR WAS CLOSED USING A CORD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED HER THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE DOOR APART FOR REALIGNMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE, STATING THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 160,000.

Mileage: 160,000

I HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR A VERY SHORT TIME WHEN I STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SLIDING DOOR NOT STAYING CLOSED. AFTER IT IS SHUT IT POPS OPEN IMMEDIATELY. I HAVE HAD THE BOLT ADJUSTED SEVERAL TIMES AND IT WOULD KEEP IT CLOSED, BUT NOT FOR LONG. AFTER IT HAD BEEN OPENED AND SHUT 2-5 TIMES IT WOULD AGAIN POP OPEN. THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM. I HAVE PARKED THE VEHICLE AND WILL NOT DRIVE IT AND FEAR TO SELL IT DUE TO THIS MALFUNCTION OF THE SLIDING DOOR. SOMEONE SHOULD REPLACE THIS FOR FREE, BUT WHO? I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH 4 CHILDREN AND USED TO RELY ON A MINI-VAN.*AK

Mileage: 85,350

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE RECALLS FOR THE ABOVE VEHICLE AND WHAT EXACTLY THEY COVER AND DON'T COVER AND I GO ABOUT GETTING THEM FIXED. MY CAR IS NOW IN THE SHOP FOR FAILURE OF BRAKES. WHILE I WAS OUT DRIVING THE BRAKES SUDDENLY WENT ON ME

WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A LEFT TURN PASSENGER'S DOOR OPENED, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTION IN HINCHES THAT WERE NEVER WELDED.*AK

CONSUMER HAD RECALL97V079000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 730 FOR LIFTGATE SUPPORT BRACKET REPAIRS DONE IN 1997. LIFTGATE FELL, HITTING CONSUMER ON HEAD. CONSUMER COMPLAINED, AND MANUFACTURER SAID THEY COULD BE OF NO ASSISTANCE TO HIM. *AK THE ATTACH BOLT FOR THE LIFT GATE SUPPORT SHEARED OFF WHILE SOME PORTION OF IT REMAINED IN THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. *YH

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. DEALER DIDN'T PUT SCREWS BACK. THE LIFTGATE WILL NOT LOCK & JUST BUMPS AGAINST THE BACK. CONSUMER IS TRYING TO SEE IF THE MANUFACTURER WILL CONTACT THE NEW DEALER TO REPLACE THE SCREWS AT NO CHARGE. *AK

FATIGUE OF THE DOOR HINGE CAUSES IT TO NOT BE ALLIGNED ANY LONGER. THIS IS ABSURD. THEY WANT $300 PER DOOR TO FIX IT. *AK

I HAVE GIVEN UP ON THE DEALER, VAN HAS HAD TRANS REPLACED,CV JOINTS,AC COMPRESSOR, AND MANY MORE ITEMS FALL APART, NO ONE CAN FIND A REASON FOR FRONT HITTING GROUND OVER POTHOLES, REPLACED SHOCKS AND STRUTS DIDN'T FIX WIDOWED MOM WITH 3 YOUNGSTERS CAN YOU DO ANYTHING TO HELP--STILL OWE $$$ON THIS PIECE.

RECALL 97V-O79 000/ LIFTGATE SUPPORT BRACKET: REPORTING REAR LIFTGATE HINGES FAILURE DUE TO BOLTS MISSING. INJURY CAN OCCUR IF LIFTGATE FALLS DOWN SUDDENLY. DEALER NOTIFED, AND INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL DUE TO VIN.CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

HATCHBACK CYLINDER COLLAPSED. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK

I WAS PARKED ON A HILL. MY EIGHT YEAR OLD DAUGHER OPENED THE SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR. IT SLID OPEN FAST AND CAME OFF THE TRACK. THE REAR PART OF THE DOOR HIT THE CONCRETE ON THE DRIVEWAY. THE FRONT PART OF THE DOOR STAYED ATTACHED. MY NEIGHBOR HELD THE DOOR WHILE I BACKED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. WE COULD NOT GET THE DOOR CLOSED NOR WOULD IT COMPLETELY COME OFF THE TRACK. I CALLED THE KOONS BODY SHOP. SOME MECHANICS CAME, TOOK THE DOOR OFF AND THEN SOMEHOW REATTACHED IT. IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN STANDING WHERE THE SLIDING DOOR LANDED A SERIOUS INJURY WOULD HAVE RESULTED. THE MANUFACTURER ASSUMED NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. I AM SURE IT IS SOME KIND OF DEFECT IN THE DOOR. I HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR MYSELF. I APPEALED ALL THE WAY TO THE ARBITRATION BOARD BUT THE COMPANY WOULD TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL SINCE I WAS PAST THE 12-MONTH WARRANTY PERIOD. I THINK THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH SOME FREQUENCY WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE THE BODY SHOP REPAIRMAN WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM. I AM ALSO HAVING SOME PROBLEMS CURRENTLY (2/27/99) WITH THE RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR WHICH IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND AN INDEPENDENT REPAIRMAN HAS CONFIRMED THAT HE SEES THIS QUITE OFTEN. I DO NOT THINK DOOR STRUCTURES ON THE BODY OF THIS CAR ARE WELL MADE AND I BELIEVE THEY MAY POSE SOME SAFETY HAZARD.

RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 95I001006 IN THE MAIL. CALLED DEALER & WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME FOR THE DOOR/HINGE ATTACHMENTS. *AK

WHEN LIFT GATE IS RAISED IT WILL NOT STAY UP DUE TO HYDRAULIC ARMS FAILURE.

RIGHT SIDE LIFTGATE SUPPORT SHOCK BROKE, FELL ON OWNER'S WIFE AND PINNED HER TO THE GROUND.

BOLTS ON REAR DOOR FAILED, ALLOWING DOOR TO FALL DOWN CRASHING ONTO OWNER'S BACK AND PINNING HER BETWEEN DOOR AND VEHICLE.

THE SLIDING DOOR FELL OFF THE VEHICLE WHICH ALMOST INJURED THE OCCUPANT. DEALER REPLACED TRACK, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING IN WHICH THE SLIDING DOOR WON'T SHUT PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING. *AK

LIFTGATE PROP ROD PIVOT BOLT FAILED.

THE WELD THAT HOLDS THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE DOOR TOGETHER FAILED, CAUSING THE DOOR TO SAG, AND ALSO THE LATCH DOES NOT WORK. *AK

PAINT ON ROOF AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT IS COMPLETELY PEELING OFF.

LIFTGATE SUPPORT BOLTS/RODS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

MOUNTING BOLT ON REAR HATCH LIFT CYLINDER FAILURE. OWNER UNSURE OF RECALL STATIS.

PROP ASSEMBLY BOLT SHEARED OFF CAUSING LIFTGATE TO FAIL.

THE VEHICLE LIFTGATE IS INOPERATIVE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER WHICH CAUSED THE METAL ROD TO BREAK THE PLASTIC MOLD. *AK

HYDRAULIC CYLINDER BOLT BROKE, CAUSING THE CYLINDER TO HIT REAR LIFTGATE AND THE DOOR TO POP OPEN. *AK

INSIDE OF DOOR IS COMING APART FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR. *AK

THE PASSENGER DOOR WAS MISALIGNED DUE TO IMPROPER WELDING.

THE BOLT ON THE HATCHBACK WHICH ATTACHES THE HINGE TO THE BODY SHEARED OFF. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *AK

BOLT SHEARED OFF OF THE STRUT HOLDING THE REAR DOOR.

SIDE PASSENGER'S SLIDING DOOR CAME OFF HINGE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT UPON OPENING THE REAR HATCH OF HER MINI VAN, THE BOLT THAT ATTACHES TO THE STRUT BROKE, CAUSING REAR WINDOW TO CRACK. *AK

PASSENGER'S DOOR HINGE ASSEMBLY WELD IS BREAKING AND STARTING TO RUST. *AK

THE WELDS ARE BROKEN ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WHICH CAN CAUSE MISALIGNMENT OF THE DOOR NOT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO CLOSE PROPERLY. PLEASE GIVE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

THE WELDS ARE BROKEN ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WHICH CAN CAUSE MISALIGNMENT OF THE DOOR NOT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO CLOSE PROPERLY. PLEASE GIVE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

LIFT GATE SUPPORT ROD BROKE.