2000 Plymouth Voyager problems
NHTSA has received 214 complaints about the 2000 Plymouth Voyager, and 15% of them involve transmission. After that come engine (13%) and brakes (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 214 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Transmission 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 23 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 23 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 107 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 | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 25 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 19 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 23 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 10 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 107 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 60,000 miles. For transmission specifically, the median reported mileage is about 62,000 miles (13 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 23 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 23 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 2000 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Plymouth Voyager with enough data (144 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
Tl* the contact owned a 2000 plymouth voyager. While driving 30 MPH, the driver crashed into a wall and the air bags failed to deploy. The driver was fatally injured. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000.
While driving over 35 MPH, vehicle accident occured. However, vehicle impacted a tree and air bags did not deploy. There were injuries.
While the consumer initiated a right turn at a stop light the vehicle suddenly went to full throttle and would not respond to the brakes. Two avoid oncoming traffic the driver steered the vehicle into a gas station driveway and hit three yellow barricade post which tore off the right front wheel. Then the vehicle hit chain link fence which stopped it. The engine continued to race therefore the consumer had the battery disconnected which stopped the engine.
While driving over water the water splashed under the hood, and the serpentine belt came off. This occurred on two occasions. Vehicle lost power steering, and had to be towed to the dealer.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 chrysler voyager. The engine serpentine belt was replaced july 2009 when the vehicle was taken to the garage for routine maintenance. Less than one month later, the serpentine belt failed. One month later, the belt completely fractured from the vehicle while driving 25 MPH. The vehicle was towed to a local mechanic where the serpentine belt was replaced. The failure mileage was 95,000 and the current mileage was 111,000.