My dad had a ‘77 Volare premier station wagon, white with wood paneling on the sides. By 1980 or 1981 the right front fender rotted out. Engine itself and transmission were very reliable.

I owned a brand-new PLY Volare in '76. By '77, I had sold it to my then father-in-law who owned a car service center with approximately 4200 miles on the odometer. That car (225 Slant Six) spent more time in the shop than on the road. Everything from door hinges cracking (metal fatigue) to carb failures kept it on the shop lift. Before that I had owned a '58 Dodge Coronet, a '66 Dodge Dart and a '70 PLY Duster and never had any troubles with those MOPARS such as that Lemon Lawed Volare` had!

I had a 77 Aspen and i drove the hell out of it with no problems

OMG I remember this. Our family had a 1976 Aspen in Pittsburgh and the fenders rusted away. When I say rusted away, there were holes in the front fenders. They replaced both fenders. How strange and cheap. Our Aspen also had starting problems in the winter. All signs Dodge/Chrysler was about to have a few years later with making cheap cars.

My 76 Aspen still has it's original pimple option fenders. They are pimpled as shown in the description but my car has never even seen road salt and has only 8K original miles. The story goes that the original owner of my Aspen asked that he be given the new fenders unpainted and not mounted because he did not want bodywork done to his car. The dealer agreed and I have the two new fenders for it. I also have another set if anyone needs them? Lol

This is in Baltimore! I'm from there (and still living there today as I write this). That Chrysler Plymouth dealership was located on York Road (it was formerly Jerry's Chevrolet, which had relocated to Joppa Road a few years earlier; it's now a body shop). The footage is likely from an old local newscast.

I had a 77 dodge aspen in high school here in Central NC..... The car was rusting out by 1980 rust holes around door handles you could put your fingers through..... It got poor fuel mileage and would sometimes stall at intersections and stoplights apon acceleration..... The half vinyl roof was flaking off and thankfully it's been the most lemon car I've ever owned..... My next car was an 83 chevy camaro automatic with 305 engine, decent fuel mileage and I drove that car 225k miles in 15 year's with the largest repair was having the tranny rebuilt....Front end rebuilt and usual consumables...... Sold it to a teenager for 1500 buck's and the last time I saw him he had put 10k more miles on it..... That was roughly 25 years ago..... The Aspen jilted me at a young age.....

"The Dart and Valiant ran forever, and they should never have been dropped. Instead they were replaced by cars that often started to come apart after only a year or two." Lee Iacocca.

Has someone who lived in the Bay Area, but drove up to Lake Tahoe every month, I was always thankful that I-80 was an early adopter of grit instead of salt...

Many of the survivors are living a much longer and happier life right here in the Sun Belt! Never bring them out in the dead of winter at any time!

These cars were rushed to the public. The older pre-76 cars , the Duster and Darts were better.

I have a 76 Plymoth Volare that has vary little rust and is in great condition

I knew several people that had this happen and their cars were repaired

Why did the '76s and '77s have that unusual rear panel with the scrolls? What was that supposed to be? It looks like random designs on the trunk for no reason.

I had a '76 Aspen coupe... Not a spot of rust on it anywhere... Go figure😀

Today's recalls ( 2024 ) and workmanship is worse . The mid 77 to 80 Aspen/Volares were more reliable. The problem with the Aspen/Volares was Chrysler rushed it into production , so the Aspen/Volares had teething problems .

Till this day when I see any GM Premier labeled vehicle it reminds me of my dads 76 Volare premier wagon with its lean burn 360 it was awful

Did anyone else get freaked out at 0:55 ?lmao

77 Volare, rusted to fvck and never was notified of a recall. Mechanically went to 225K miles but the body was cancerous.

She is beautiful. 🥰

Is this from 1977?

1980 aspen did not have this problem

LOL . These car manufactures lie like an old dog . They knew why and let these cars go out on the lots to be sold . The reason why these cars rotted is because that they put wax foam sound deadening in those fenders and that trapped everything including water . The only way to keep that from happening is to keep your car dry . This means no car washing , Dont drive in rain and most of all and never drive the car on salted roads or even gravel roads . Chrysler should have been forced to buy those cars back . They was complete JUNK .

No wheel well inner liners...much like 70 s amc cars...remember all the gremlin front fenders that caved in....

Dodge = rotbox

Lee Iacocca sold those cars...

68-76 a-body was a good car but these volare & aspen blah.