Automatic Transmission Park/neutral Start Switch Problems of Plymouth Voyager

Vehicle was not started. However, gear lever will move on its own. Gears move without placing foot on the brake. Consumer adds, there is a problem w/airbag, because the light is constantly on which prohibits the horn from working. (she concerned because she has small children).

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Checking under hood when vehicle was in park. When turned key to start engine the vehicle "sliiped" into neutral and ran back over me causing major injury. I believe in newer vehicles the interlock has been removed which may have prevented this accident, is this a true statement?.

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Vehicle was in drive when it slipped into neutral. Also, when making a right turn, the gear shifts back to drive, and one mile later lurched forward while stopped. Dealer was unable to duplicate the problem.

Vehicle can be shifted into drive without foot being on brake. Chrysler has not made a decision to add an interlock device to vehicle. Consumer has to pay for the device.

Vehicle was parked with engine running, emergency brake not applied. Consumer left vehicle. Vehicle suddenly went backward, hitting another vehicle. Damage to vehicle unknown at this time.

Child was able to shift gear shifter into drive without applying brakes, causing vehicle to move unexpectedly. Dealer has been notified.

Transmission would shift into gear without being turned on, and had rolled backwards.

My wife stopped to pickup our 6 y/o son from the babysitter. She put the van in park and left the van running. (the rest of the event was seen by my wife and the babysitter) my 3 y/o son climb out of his car seat , from the rear seat. He climbed into the driver seat and put the van in gear without pressing the brake. The van began to move forward down the street, picking up speed. Wife tryed to catch the van to stop it. Luckly my son turned the steering wheel to the left. The van jumped the curb and ran into a mobile home. Every car I have driven, you must press the brake before the car will go into gear. The dealer didn't tell us of this feature. We would have bought another model(we have 3 kids). What I need to know is : being able to put the van into drive without pressing on the break , a safty recall?.

Consumer's 3 year old son was able to disengage park gear which allowed vehicle to roll back through his neighbor's garage door without the use of a key.

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Failure of this part caused the vehicle to violently shift to 1st gear at 45 mph. The speedometer and odometer did not read. Vehicle had to be towed. Dealer stated that this part should not have failed on such a new vehicle. I purcahsed an extended warranty, which covers powertrain, electrical and standard instrument cluster, but was told that this sensor was not covered, eventhough it controls the instrument cluster. I paid $130 for repair. If this had happened in traffic or at highway speed I shudder to think how the vehicle would have reacted, since the sudden, unexpected downshift caused the vehicle to lurch forward violently. The dealer's service rep said that this part did not usually fail, but that in the past month they had replaced more than usual. I have only had this vehicle for 7 months and it has already left me stranded. Overall, my dealer and service rep were very polite and friendly. Please let me know your expert opinion about this incident.

While engine was on and parking pawl in park position vehicle started rolling without warning, and crashed into a garage with pawl still in park.

Solenoid failed. Yh.

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When the van was in the parking gear, with the ignition running, 19 month old child crawled into van and was able to move gear from park to drive, causing van to take off, hitting the side of house and entering the street. Owner will be contacting the dealer.

After putting vehicle into park, while vehicle was turned off, vehicle jumped out of park into reverse, causing it to hit another vehicle.

Solenoid failed.

Transmission failure at 32,000 miles. Was told that transmission failure was anomoly for 3 speed transmission like mine, most Chrysler transmission failures were confined to the a604 electronically controlled transmission. Transmission failed test and was replaced by dealership, but I had to pay labor costs. I was told they would not honor the replacement under warranty, but that the new trans. Came with a 12,000 mi. One year warranty.

While parked 2 year old child put vehicle in gear without applying brakes, and vehicle rolled forward, hitting another vehicle. Dealer contacted.

Consumer is concerned that vehicle can be put into gears by 2 year old without applying brakes. Please give any further details.

Consumer is concerned that vehicle was put into gear without brakes being applied by 3 year old child. Please give any further details.

I have a two year old that put this car into drive while I was putting my four yr old in his car seat. I would have never bought this vehicle had I known that this vehicle could go into gear without having your foot on the brake. I now ask everyone who drives one of these vans if they knew that they could do that - they are as amazed as I am that this is allowed. This is an accident waiting to happen. I am enraged at their nonchalant attitude concerning this - there should be warnings on the vehicle. I even called the dealer to see if it was supposed to be like that. His response was well you just have to make sure the emergency brake is on at all times - thanks for not telling me that when I purchased the car.

Vehicle was in park position with engine running when it rolled backwards, hitting a vehicle, when this happened the key could not be removed . This occurred 3 times. Vehicle was not registering park gear.

Consumer's toddler was able to disengage vehicle from park to reverse without depressing brake pedal, causing the vehicle to roll backwards, and resulting in an accident, injuring one occupant outside of vehicle . Consumer has contacted the manufacturer. This accident occurred because the vehicle is not equipped with an interlock safety feature.

Vehicle does not have automatic transmission : interlock system. Vehicle can be placed into gear without brakes being applied. Manufacturer is sending a warning label to consumers to let them know about this problem.