NHTSA Complaint #721506 — 1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER

MY ENGINE HAS HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS, AND EVERY TIME THEY "FIX" IT, SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS. IT IS STILL SPUTTERING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN EVEN AFTER I SPENT 650.00 TO HAVE IT FIXED A FEW WEEKS AGO. NOW, YESTERDAY THEY DID YET ANOTHER FUEL SYSTEM RECALL, AND TODAY (4/15/00) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT IS SPUTTERING AGAIN. I AM SICK OF SINKING MONEY INTO THIS VAN AND IT IS NOT EVEN PAID FOR. ALSO, THE NUMBER OF FUEL SYSTEM AND ENGINE RECALLS THEY HAVE HAD IS DANGEROUS. MOST OF THEIR RECALLS HAVE HAD TO DO WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THE VAN CATCHING FIRE. I HATE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO MY CHILDREN WHILE RIDING IN THIS VEHICLE. THEY NEED DESPERATELY TO PUT OUT A RECALL ON THE HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL. I HAD TO HAVE A $1,000.00 HEAD GASKET JOB AT 60,000. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. I THINK IT WAS DUE TO IMPROPER REPAIR OF THE OIL GALLEY PLUG RECALL, BUT THEY SAY THAT IS NOT RELATED, EVEN THOUGH IN THE RECALL NOTICE IT STATES THAT "ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD OIL GALLEY PLUG DOES NOT SEAL PROPERLY AND ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD OIL IS NOT ADEQUATELY RETAINED. INADEQUATE SEALING AND RETENTION OF THE PLUG CAN RESULT IN OIL LEAKAGE..." HOW CAN THEY SAY MY VAN LEAKING OIL FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD WAS NOT RELATED? PLEASE RESPOND. I NEED SOME HELP ON THIS MATTER. *AK