# 1999 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER — STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
> NHTSA complaint `576423` · 2006-03-20 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PLYMOUTH
- **Model:** VOYAGER
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
- **Miles at failure:** 49,065
- **Speed:** 25 mph
## Narrative
ON 12/03/2005,  MY 1999 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER MINI VAN'S TIE RODS FAILED AND MY WHEELS WENT WALL-EYED.  MY CAR SLID INTO AN UNOCCUPIED PARKED VEHICLE CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES.  MY SON-IN-LAW LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND TOLD ME THAT MY TIE RODS BROKE.  I WAS DRIVING AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.  THE REPAIRS WERE:  REPLACED RIGHT FRONT AXLE, LOWER CONTROL ARM AND POWER STEERING RACK, ALIGHMENT AND COLLISION AND BODY WORK.  THIS ACCIDENT COST $2809.33 PLUS MY $500.00 DEDUCTIBLE.  MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT BECAUSE MY CAR SLID INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE CHRYSLER WOULDN'T HONOR MY WARRANTY.  MY VEHICLE WAS 5 YEAR OLD.  I BELIEVE THAT TIE RODS SHOULD NOT FAIL FOR THAT SHORT A TIME.  THE VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 49,000 MILES ON IT.  I CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER TO COMPLAIN ABOUT A POSSIBLE DEFECT.  MY FRIEND IN NEW JERSEY INFORMED ME THAT HIS 2000 DODGE DORANGO WAS RECALLED FOR DEFECTIVE TIE RODS.  CHRYSLER STOPPED MANUFACTURING MY VEHICLE AROUND THE SAME YEAR.  I TALKED TO AN EMPLOYEE OF CHRYSLER, MATT, SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS.  HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY BECAUSE THEY HAVE FULL SUBJUGATION RIGHTS TO TRY TO RECOVER THE COST OF REPAIRS ALONG WITH MY DEDUCTIBLE.  I DID THAT ON JANUARY 18, 2006.  I WROTE TO MS. ELIZABETH BEACH & MS. JENNIFER JONES OF AAA MID-ATLANTIC INSURANCE GROUP.  I GOT NO SATISFACTION FROM CHRYSLER OR FROM MY OWN INSURANCE COMPANY.  MY INSURANCE COMPANY DIDN'T WRITE BACK TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT THEY
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