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1994 Plymouth Grand Voyager problems

NHTSA has received 247 complaints about the 1994 Plymouth Grand Voyager, and 20% of them involve transmission. Next are air bags (11%) and body & structure (11%).

At a glance

Complaints
247 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Transmission 20% of complaints
Crashes and fires
19 and 3
Injuries and deaths
26 and 6
Typical mileage
137,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Where the complaints are

Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.

When problems show up

Complaints by mileage, 1994 Plymouth Grand Voyager Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 137,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 4 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 137,000 miles
Based on 18 complaints that include mileage. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles4
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 18 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 137,000 miles.

Safety-related details: 19 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 26 injuries reported; 6 deaths reported.

Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Plymouth Grand Voyager with enough data (104 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.

What owners wrote

A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.

Accelerator pedal became stuck while driving. Tried jarring it loose with foot by tapping on it. Did not return to original position. Hit a snow drift, and then swung into phone pole . Then, hit a tree. Vehicle was totaled. Air bags failed to deploy. Two people were injured in accident. *slc

December 2000 CrashInjury

While driving 70 MPH, the vehicle was involved in a frontal collision. Both frontal air bags failed to deploy and both frontal seat belts failed to lock. This caused the passenger to sustained minor injuries and was transported to the hospital. The vehicle was towed to a garage. The cause has not been determined at this time. Please provide further details.

Reported at 155,975 miles, November 2004 CrashInjury

Cooling system fan broke because of the aluminum bracket that held it in place. The bracket was attached to a steel rod which caused too much stress and eventually resulted in the fan brackets breaking. This problem had occurred twice.

Reported at 80,000 miles, July 2001

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