1996 Plymouth Voyager problems
NHTSA has received 1,111 complaints about the 1996 Plymouth Voyager, and 12% of them involve air bags. After that come engine (12%) and electrical system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,111 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 12% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 40 and 40
- Injuries and deaths
- 45 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 95,000 miles 117 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
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 12 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 26 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 13 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 30 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 11 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 6 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 117 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 95,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 100,000 miles (15 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 40 complaints mention a crash; 40 complaints mention a fire; 45 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1996 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Plymouth Voyager with enough data (682 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 9 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.
Our van only has 65,000 miles. When driving down the street we heard a noise and the van jerked and then made funny noises. We brought it into the shop the told us that we need a new transmission. It exploded inside. There should be a recall on all these vans with bad transmission. I hope some day soon something is done about this problem for the customer. This is not very good customer service providing customers defective vehicles.
5/21/96, my son and I were impacted at left front of our 1996 ply voyager van by a 1987 chrysler. When I applied the brakes, they locked up, we slid slighthly to the right side -- the force from the impact was enough to shatter the transmission housing, the starter, damage the rack and pinion steering, and crumpled the front end in such a way that the passenger door could not be opened. The shoulder harnesses locked up, but neither air bag deployed.
Excessive rust damage to front strut towers. One of them had to be repaired with a cap, the other tower had to be replaced. The tower that was replaced had two cracks, one of them from the top to the bottom of the tower.
Catastrophic failure of the master hydraulic control module (ABS) leaving only 5% braking capability. No brake warning light, no defect code in computer. Occured while in driveway.