1991 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

VEHICLE HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF NUMEROUS NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS PRESENTLY LOCATED IN PROVENCE (FRANCE) WHERE PARTS AND LABOR ARE VERY HARD TO COME BY.....

Mileage: 80,000

VEHICLE HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF NUMEROUS NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS PRESENTLY LOCATED IN PROVENCE (FRANCE) WHERE PARTS AND LABOR ARE VERY HARD TO COME BY.....

Mileage: 80,000

THE DIFFERENCE IN CLIMATE CAUSED CAMSHAFT IN PLUG TO BLOW UT FROM REAR DRIVER SIDE CYLINDER HEAD. THIS CAUSED ALL OIL FROM MOTOR TO SPILL ONTO THE EXHAUST. CONSUMER'S INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED AND INSTALLED A ANTI BLOW OUT PLATE TO KEEP THE IN PLUG IN PLACE FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. PLESE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR MAINTENANCE CHECK FOUND THAT THERE IS A FUEL LEAK. WHICH COULD LEAD TO A FIRE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE YEARS BETWEEN 1996-2000. NLM DEALER REPLACED LEAKING FUEL RAIL AND INJECTOR O-RINGS AND FUEL PRESS./REGULATOR O-RINGS. ENGINE HAD TO BE JUMP STARTED WHEN PICKED UP DIES AT STOPS. HAS TO BE JUMP STARTED. *TT

HEADLIGHT BULBS ARE PREMATURELY BLOWING OUT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK RADIO AND DOME LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING. THE ENGINE HAD FAILED WITHIN JUST TWO YEARS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. SEAT BELTS MALFUNCTIONS. RADIATOR FAN WAS MALFUNCTIONING. EXHAUST SYSTEM FAILED. *YH

HEADLIGHT BULBS ARE PREMATURELY BLOWING OUT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK RADIO AND DOME LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING. THE ENGINE HAD FAILED WITHIN JUST TWO YEARS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. SEAT BELTS MALFUNCTIONS. RADIATOR FAN WAS MALFUNCTIONING. EXHAUST SYSTEM FAILED. *YH

HEADLIGHT BULBS ARE PREMATURELY BLOWING OUT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK RADIO AND DOME LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING. THE ENGINE HAD FAILED WITHIN JUST TWO YEARS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. SEAT BELTS MALFUNCTIONS. RADIATOR FAN WAS MALFUNCTIONING. EXHAUST SYSTEM FAILED. *YH

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED TWICE OIL LEAKAGE FROM THE OIL PAN DUE TO DEFECTIVE DESIGN OF OIL PAN AND CONNECTION TO GASKET. DEFECT HAS CAUSED ENGINE TO BLOW TWICE.*AK

I AM SORRY THAT I DO NOT HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION NECESSARY. I NEVER KNEW HOW TO FILL OUT A COMPLAINT LIKE THIS BEFORE. A FEW YEARS AGO, MY CAR WOULD NOT START AND WHEN IT DID IT STALLED OUT. IT HAD AROUND 80,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. I TOOK IT IN TO BE SERVICED FREQUENTLY. THEN IT BEGAN TO SMOKE WHEN IT WAS DRIVEN. FINALLY, I SPOKE TO A DEALER CONCERNING THESE PROBLEMS AND HE SAID THAT I NEEDED TO BRING IT IN FOR AN OVERHAUL. I EXPLAINED THAT I WAS JUST CALLING FOR A PRICE, APPT FOR A TUNEUP AND HE SAID THAT IF I HAD THE PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE GOTTEN THAT FAR AND IT WAS STILL WORKING THEN IT NEEDED A MAJOR OVERHAUL. THEY ALL DID HE SAID. THAT'S WHEN I STARTED NOTICING THE OTHER MINIVANS ON THE ROAD. THE SLIGHTLY OLDER ONES. ALL OF THEM HAVE WHITISH GRAY SMOKE COMING FROM THE TAIL PIPE. ALL OF THEM EXCEPT FOR THE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THEIR ENGINES AND/OR HAD MAJOR OVERHAULS INVOLVING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE VALVES. NOW MY CAR IS LEAKING OIL AND THE MECHANIC WON'T WORK ON IT ANYMORE EVEN A MINOR TUNEUP BECAUSE HE SAYS THAT THE ENGINE IS GOING TO BLOW UP. I CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE IT. I CAN'T AFFORD TO REPAIR IT. I'VE BEEN DRIVING IT THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE I HAVE NO CHOICE. I HAVE MADE IT A POINT TO SPEAK TO OTHER VAN OWNERS THAT I HAVE SEEN ON THE ROAD. THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. NO MATTER HOW WELL OR HOW BADLY YOU MAINTAIN THE VEHICLE YOU HAVE THE SAME RESULT. I RECENTLY HEARD THAT MITSUBISHI HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED FOR SELLING DEFECTIVE AUTOMOBILES. THE PLYMOUTH VOYAGER HAS A MITSUBISHI ENGINE IN IT. I BELIEVE THE DODGE CARAVAN HAS THE SAME ENGINE AND THE SAME PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS SYSTEM WORKS OR HOW LONG IT TAKES. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THESE ENGINES ARE PUTTING OUT INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF EXHAUST WHICH MUST VIOLATE SOME SORT OF REGULATION. THANK YOU FOR READING THIS. IF I CAN ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'D APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE MOUNTS/BRACKETS SNAPPED IN 3 PLACES WHICH HELD THE MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS KEPT BREAKING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED AT LEAST 4 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS REAPPEARED AGAIN.*AK

WHEN TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT END.VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER HAS YET TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING OUTSIDE OF THE PARKING LOT. AS HE WAS BACKING OUT HE RAN OVER SOMETHING. HE SAW THE TENSIONER BELT HANGING DOWN. CONSUMER PULLED UP THE HOOD, AND THE TENSIONER BELT FELL OFF ONTO GROUND. *AK

THE CYLINDER HEAD/ROCKER ARM SHAFT OF MY ENGINE BROKE CAUSING ALMOST TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. I ALSO HAD A MAJOR FUEL LEAK ( A POTENTIAL ENGINE FIRE HAZARD) AND HAD TO HAVE MY FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY REPLACED.WHEN THE MECHANIC ORDERED THESE PARTS, THERE WERE 160 OF THE ENGINE HEADS AND EVEN MORE OF THE FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY ON BACK ORDER. THE NEW ENGINE HEAD CAME WITH A SPECIAL STUD IN THE SAME AREA WHERE THE OLD PART HAD BEEN BROKEN. MY INVOICE FROM THE REPAIR SHOP INDICATES THESE REPAIRS IN MORE DETAIL. I ALSO STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL PARTS. I CONTACTED CHRYSTLER FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THESE REPAIRS AND WAS TOLD THAT DUE TO THE AGE AND MILAGE OF MY VEHICLE THEY WERE DENYING MY CLAIM. WHEN I ASKED THEM ABOUT THE UNUSUAL NUMBER OF BOTH OF THESE PARTS BEING ON BACK ORDER, IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A CONCERN TO THEM NOR DID THE LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE ITEMS NEEDING TO BE RECALLS.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO LOOSE POWER, SHUT OFF AND DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. DEALER FOUND THE CAMSHAFT IN THE ENGINE TO BE BROKEN IN HALF. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER BROKE OFF SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

ENGINE OVERHEATS, CAUSED ENGINE TO LOCKUP ON FREEWAY ON FOUR OCCASIONS.

VEHICLE STALLS IN TRAFFIC WHEN HOT, FUEL PUMP SYSTEM REPLACED, HOWEVER ENGINE CONTINUES TO STALL.

RADIATOR FAILED.

WATER PUMP FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE'S BELT TENSIONER BROKE, VEHICLE LOST POWER & WATER PUMP ALSO FAILED; TOOK TO MECHANIC & HAD IT REPAIRED; HAD NOTIFIED DEALER & WAS INFORMED PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER DUE TO PROBLEM OCCURRING FREQUENTLY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE'S BELT TENSIONER BROKE, VEHICLE LOST POWER & WATER PUMP ALSO FAILED; TOOK TO MECHANIC & HAD IT REPAIRED; HAD NOTIFIED DEALER & WAS INFORMED PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER DUE TO PROBLEM OCCURRING FREQUENTLY. *AK

THE THERMOSTAT IS NOT TURNING ON, THE ENGINE DOES NOT HEAT, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO REMAIN IN FIRST GEAR. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

INTERMITTENT STALLING. *SD

DRIVE TRAIN RUPTURED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *AK

BELT TENSIONER BROKE WHILE DRIVING, LOST STEERING, CAN NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. TT

THE SERPENTINE BELT FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE 5 TIMES AND THE SIXTH ONE IS ABOUT TO GO. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

PISTON RINGS STUCK IN GROOVES AND SCUFFED PISTONS, RESULTING IN ENGINE NOISE. *AK

#PE95-012 THE STEERING BELT TENSIONER FRACTURED. TT CONSUMER STATES TENSIONER BELT MADE NOISE SOON AFTER VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, DEALER LUBED IT, HOWEVER NOISE WOULD NOT GO AWAY AND IT FINALLY CAME OFF, WATER PUMP FRACTURED, NOW BELT IS MAKING NOISES AGAIN. *SLC

#PE95-012 THE STEERING BELT TENSIONER FRACTURED. TT CONSUMER STATES TENSIONER BELT MADE NOISE SOON AFTER VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, DEALER LUBED IT, HOWEVER NOISE WOULD NOT GO AWAY AND IT FINALLY CAME OFF, WATER PUMP FRACTURED, NOW BELT IS MAKING NOISES AGAIN. *SLC

ENGINE MAKES WHISTLING NOISE. *TT

ENGINE MAKES WHISTLING NOISE. *TT

THE STEERING BELT TENSIONER BROKE . TT DEFECTIVE LIFTGATE LATCH. BELT TENSIONER AND IDLER PULLEY FAILED AND WERE REPLACED. *SLC

POWER STEERING BELT TENSIONER BELT BROKE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND POWER. TT ON INVOICE IT STATES WATER PUMP PULLEY PULLEY BROKE AN CUT BELT. *SLC

TENSIONER AND FAN BELT BOTH REPLACED AT 64,000; MADE AUDIBLE CLACKING NOISES; ENGINE DIES INTERMITTENTLY. TT

TENSIONER AND FAN BELT BOTH REPLACED AT 64,000; MADE AUDIBLE CLACKING NOISES; ENGINE DIES INTERMITTENTLY. TT

#PE95-031 THE BELT TENSIONER BROKE . TT

WHILE PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY, TENSION PULLEY BROKE OFF ENGINE BLOCK; CAUSED LOSS OF POWER STEERING. TT

SENDING UNIT FAILED. *SKD

REPLACED DRIVE BELT/TENSIONER. *AK

REPLACED SERPENTINE BELT. *AK

TENSIONER BELT FAILED. *SKD

MOTOR MOUNTS/TIMING CHAIN FAILED.

THERMOSTAT FAILED TWICE, CAUSING INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK