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1991 Plymouth Voyager problems

NHTSA has received 624 complaints about the 1991 Plymouth Voyager, and 26% of them involve brakes. After that come seat belts (17%) and body & structure (12%).

At a glance

Complaints
624 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Brakes 26% of complaints
Crashes and fires
26 and 7
Injuries and deaths
28 and 3
Typical mileage
108,000 miles 21 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, 1991 Plymouth Voyager Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 108,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 108,000 miles
Based on 21 complaints that include mileage. 10% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Among the 21 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 108,000 miles.

Safety-related details: 26 complaints mention a crash; 7 complaints mention a fire; 28 injuries reported; 3 deaths reported.

Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Plymouth Voyager with enough data (298 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 8 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.

Van was in an accident and the back flew open and two people fell out. One was killed and the other was badly injured. Please describe. Tt

March 1992 CrashInjuryDeath

Front seatbelt failed in an accident resulting in a fatality prior to recall notification. (97v-149) (attorney for client)

Death

When applying brakes, the vehicle made 180 degrees turn on wet surface at 50 MPH twice, once resulting in an accident.

April 1995 CrashInjury

Headlights go out while driving. This reduces the consumer's visibility. When this occurs the headlights lever has to be held in the on position for the headlights to function. Dealership replaced the entire headlight assembly, but problem recurred. This happened because the headlight switch shorted out.

Reported at 10,000 miles, June 2003

Tl* the contact owns a 1991 plymouth voyager. The contact stated while driving at unknown speeds, the anti-lock braking system warning light illuminated on the dashboard. The dealer advised the ABS system was defective and would need to be replaced, the repair was performed on the vehicle, however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer advised they would contact the dealer but would not provide any assistance. The failure mileage was 79,000 and the current mileage was 80,000.

Reported at 79,000 miles, March 2010

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