1993 Plymouth Grand Voyager defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1993 Plymouth Grand Voyager. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• STEERING COLUMN SEPARATION
  Defect Petition DP03002 · opened May 7, 2003 · closed Jul 22, 2003

  Mr. Larry a. Sackey submitted a petition to the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) by letter dated april 18, 2003, requesting that nhtsafurther investigate the defective collapsible steering shaft system on 1987-1995 vehicles manufactured by the daimlerchrysler corporation.in part because of 49 cfr …

• STEERING WHEEL SEPARATION
  Recall Query RQ00011 · opened May 1, 2000 · closed Apr 1, 2002 · led to recall 96V229000

  There is no summary currently available

• REAR LIFTGATE SUPPORT
  Recall Query RQ99004 · opened Apr 19, 1999 · still open · led to recall 99V213000

  On may 7, 1997, chrysler filed a defect information report to recall 436,000 1992 dodge caravan/grand caravan, plymouth voyager/grand voyager and chrysler town and country vehicles to repair the liftgate supports; safety recall 97v-079.odi had investigation the rear liftgate support problem for 1991-1993 chrysler miniv…

• SAFETY BLT LATCH OPERATION
  Preliminary Evaluation PE96008 · opened Jan 25, 1996 · closed Jun 28, 1996

  There is no summary currently available

• ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILS
  Engineering Analysis EA94028 · opened Jul 29, 1994 · closed Jun 24, 1996 · led to recall 96V099000

  There is no summary currently available

• ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILS
  Preliminary Evaluation PE94024 · opened Mar 7, 1994 · closed Jul 29, 1994

  There is no summary currently available

• LIFTGATE LATCHES
  Engineering Analysis EA94005 · opened Jan 31, 1994 · closed Oct 25, 1995

  Liftgate latches in the subject vehicles have failed in low and moderate speed impacts resulting in occupant ejections, injuries, and fatalities.there are two failure modes associated with latch failure: fork bolt-detent lever bypass, and inertial unlatching.nhtsa analyses of chrysler and peer minivans took the form of…