AI Damage1991 Plymouth Grand Voyager reliability: common problems
Owners of the 1991 Plymouth Grand Voyager filed 164 complaints with NHTSA, most often about service brakes and seat belts. Details by component below, with sources.
Key figures
- Owner complaints
- 164
- involving a crash
- 4
What fails most often
- 1 Service brakes 24% of all complaints
- 2 Seat belts 21% of all complaints
- 3 Powertrain 15% of all complaints
- 4 Structure 10% of all complaints
- 5 Fuel system 8% of all complaints
- 6 Visibility 7% of all complaints
- 7 Engine and cooling 5% of all complaints
- 8 Electrical system 5% of all complaints
- Service brakes: 40 complaints (24% of all), 1 of them with a crash reported by the owner.
- Seat belts: 35 complaints (21% of all), 1 of them with a crash reported by the owner.
- Powertrain: 24 complaints (15% of all).
- Structure: 17 complaints (10% of all).
- Fuel system: 13 complaints (8% of all).
Symptoms owners describe
How many of the 164 NHTSA complaints mention each symptom (automatic count from complaint text; one complaint can mention several).
Components owners complain about
| Component | Owner complaints | involving a crash | Technical service bulletins (TSB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service brakes | 40 | 1 | 0 |
| Seat belts | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| Powertrain | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Structure | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Fuel system | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Visibility | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Engine and cooling | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Electrical system | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Steering | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Air bags | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Equipment | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Exterior lighting | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Seats | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Latches, locks, linkages | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What owners report
Short excerpts of NHTSA complaints in the original wording. These are owner statements not verified by NHTSA; personal data removed.
While driving, vehicle was involved in an rear in collision and the air bag did not deploy, one person was injured ([ref]).
Abs light came on while driving. Vehicle was locking up and jerking when consumer applied brakes for a normal stop at about 45-50 mph/no braking action, pedal felt hard. Consumer hit fence to get vehicle to stop. Damage was $ 2000.
She was seatbelted in9 there were bruises on her chest and neck from the seatbelt. The airbag did not deploy and the seatbelt somehow released and she was found on the side of the road. She fracured 7 vertebrae in her back, left facial bone fractures, small fracure to the right face,& bilateral pnemothoraces.
The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic for routine maintenance where they discovered the fuel leak. The manufacturer was notified of the failure who advised that the vehicle was too old for them to provide any assistance. The failure mileage was 155,000.
On january 9, 2006 the abs warning light illuminated. We had the brakes of our plymouth grand voyager supposedly fixed by crown chrysler in greensboro, nc at this time. We bought the car to the dealership based on nhtsa campaign id number 96v099000 (service brakes, hydraulic; antilock).
I have had to replace the whole exhaust system, the transmission, put in a new fuel pump, a new radiator, now it failed an emissions test and I was smelling fuel when I was driving only to find out my fuel rail is leaking or should I say squirting as onto the engine, which almost resulted in a fire had I had been…
1991 plymonth voyager abs anti lock brake failure.this is the 4th time it is in the garage and at least 2 weeks out of service each time.I am afraid for my family to operate this vehical anymore and I have become disabled and can not afford to trade.they know of the problem and why can they not fix it so it is not…
While traveling on the highway and without prior warning fuel smell was coming though the vents. Independent mechanic found that fuel rail was leaking gasoline.
When owners complained
NHTSA complaints by filing year. The peak shows at what age the problems show up most.
Comparison
By complaint count this model year ranks 2,402 of 32,261 model years in the NHTSA data (top 7% most complained about).
On average one model year of the Grand Voyager has 128 complaints (19 years in the data). This year has 164, above average.
What to check before buying
- Service brakes. Pedal feel, ABS operation, leaks, discs and hoses.
- Seat belts. Belt pretensioners after airbag deployment, SRS codes.
- Powertrain. Shift quality under load, harsh shifts, transmission codes, CV joints.
- Structure. Rails, pillars, panel gaps, signs of pulling or welding.
Other years of this model
- Grand Voyager 19888 sources
- Grand Voyager 198915 sources
- Grand Voyager 199042 sources
- Grand Voyager 1992244 sources
- Grand Voyager 1993254 sources
- Grand Voyager 1994198 sources
- Grand Voyager 199580 sources
- Grand Voyager 1996569 sources
- Grand Voyager 1997261 sources
- Grand Voyager 1998276 sources
- Grand Voyager 1999208 sources
- Grand Voyager 2000110 sources
- Grand Voyager 20024 sources
Questions and answers
What are the most common problems with the 1991 Plymouth Grand Voyager?
Owner complaints to NHTSA most often mention: service brakes, seat belts, powertrain. Total complaints: 164. The most frequent symptoms in complaint texts: seat belts (18%), smoke, burning smell, fire (6%), brake failure (5%).
How many service bulletins (TSB) were issued for the 1991 Plymouth Grand Voyager?
NHTSA lists 0 manufacturer service bulletins for this year. A bulletin tells dealers how to diagnose or fix a known issue; it is not a recall.
Should I buy a 1991 Plymouth Grand Voyager from a US auction?
Owner complaints describe defects, not crash damage. Before bidding, check the components listed above and review the lot photos: VinWind builds a report of visible and hidden damage by VIN.
Other 1991 models
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Sources: public NHTSA data (USA): service bulletins and owner complaints; YouTube: links to videos credited to their authors. Complaints are owner statements not verified by NHTSA, and describe defects rather than crash damage. Data updated 2026-11-07.