1997 Plymouth Breeze complaints

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AND THE WARRENT I BOUGHT FOR IT HASN'T DONE ME ANY GOOD. I KNOW THATS NOT YOUR FAULT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY SPARK PLUG SEALS TWICE AND NOW I AM HAVING TO REPLACE MY CAM SHAFT SEAL. I HAVE HEARD THAT MANY OF THESE TYPES OF CARS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. ONE MACHANIC SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A RE-CALL ON THE CAM SHAFT SEALS SO THAT IS WHY I AM MAKING THIS COPLAINT. I REALLY LIKE THE CAR IT JUST LEAKS OIL ALL OVER THE GROWN. I HEARD THAT PLYMOUTH IS NO LONGER MAKING CARS BUT I REALLY THINK THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THIS TO GET FIXED AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY ME BACK. MY CAR ISN'T THAT OLD TO HAVE ALL THESE PROBLEMS WITH IT. PLUS I ALSO THINK THAT THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM SELLS CRAP CARS. EVERYONE THAT I KNOW OF THAT BOUGHT A CAR FROM THERE HAS HAD TO PAY TO HAVE SOME MAJOR THINGS FIXED ONE EVEN HAD TO HAVE A WHOLE NEW ENGINE IN HER DODGE STATUS. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS AND I HOPE TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE. DARA MEYER

VEHICLE WAS INVOLED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 40 MPH, AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FUEL LINE AND THE FILTER SEPARATED FROM TANK, WHICH STOPPED CAR AND LEAKED GAS. *YD

WHILE DRIVING OIL IS LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET, CONSUMER GOES THROUGH THREE QUARTS OF OIL IN ONE WEEK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30MPH HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT, AND OIL SPILLED OUT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT STILL DID NOT DO ANYTHING FOR CONSUMER.*AK

DRIVER SAYS THERE IS A CONSTANT OIL LEAK. WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A HORRIBLE NOISE THEN A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. VEHICLES SPEED DECREASED, AND WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 35 MPH. TOOK TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED HEAD GASKET NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK

LEEKING OIL, HAD TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET AT COST OF $650, FOUND NUMEROUS CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ON WEBSITE, AGREE THIS SHOULD BE FACTORY RECALL. AUTO REPAIR SHOP REPLACES NUMEROUS GASKETS ON SAME MODEL AND ALSO AGREES SHOULD BE RECALLED. *AK

VEHICLE LEAKS OIL. HEAD GASKETS ARE BLOWN FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT TIME. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THEY FIXED PROBLEM, AND IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING AN OIL LEAK. HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH 1996 DODGE STRATUS WE OWN. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. REPAIR COST IS > $700. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTUERS DEFECT GIVEN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS DEFECT AND THE LOW NUMBER OF MILES THIS FAILURE HAPPENS AT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A HIGHYWAY, STEERING LOCKED UP, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT FROM VEHICLE, BUT FLOORMAT GOT TANGLED UP IN STEERING COLUMN. IT TOOK HER TEN MINUTES TO WORK IT OUT, DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *SLC

HEAD GASKET FAILED AT LOW MILEAGE. *AK

THE OIL IS LEAKING HEAD GASKET NOT WORKING. HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD. MECHANICS AND DEALERS SAY THEY FIX TOO MANY. NEON ENGINE LINE NEEDS RECALL. TOO EXPENSIVE TO FIX AND OIL SPILLING FROM MILLIONS OF VEHICLES. *AK

THE A/C DOES NOT WORK, IT WAS FILLED TWICE WITH FREON BUT STILL DOES NOT WORK. NLM

FEBRUARY 2000, 60,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. STARTED LEAKING OIL AT ABOUT 55,000, KEPT PUTTING OIL IN IT AND FIXED THE SEALS. DIDNT TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. TOOK IT TO DEALER THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM, THEY ADMITTED A PROBLEM WITH THE MAKE OF CAR. THEY WANTED $800.00 TO FIX IT. AFTER COMPLAINING ENOUGH WE PAID ONLY 300.00. NOW JUNE OF 2001. 1 YEAR AND 4 MONTHS, AND 30,000 MILES LATER, IT IS LEAKING AGAIN. STARTED THREE WEEKS AGO, AND NOW IT IS LEAKING A LOT JUST LIKE BEFORE. I WILL BE CALLING THE DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING. AND I WILL BE THROWING A FIT TILL ITS PAID FOR THEN IM GETTING RID OF THE CAR. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS. PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD DISHING OUT THIS TYPE OF MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS CRYSLERS FAULT THAT THEY ARE HIDING BEHIND. PLEASE HELP. *AK

MECHANIC SAIDTHAT CAR WAS TAKEN TO SAYS THAT THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON IN THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE AND THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS ALREADY A RECALL FOR THIS PART DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF REPLACEMENTS THAT HE HAS DONE IN THE PAST ON ORIGINAL HEAD GASKETS.*AK

CONSUMER WAS MAKING A SLOW RIGHT TURN AT 5 MPH WHEN SHE HEARD SOMETHING POPPING. SHE PULLED OVER, AND SAW FRONT LEFT TIRE TURNED RIGHT, AND FRONT RIGHT TIRE TURNED LEFT. DEALER REPLACED FRONT TIE ROD. FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR PRIOR TO THIS, CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING SOUND EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN MAKING TURNS. DEALER ASSURED HER AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *AK

OIL LEAK FROM HEAD GASKET. *AK

MY 97 PLYMOUTH BREEZE IS LEAKING OIL FROM THE HEAD GASKET, THIS REPAIR IS GOING TO COST ME $250. CHRYSLER NOTES THEY DON'T HAVE TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. CHRYSLER KNEW THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR, I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS PROBLEM, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. I UNDERSTAND PARTS CAN GO BAD, BUT NOT WITH THIS FREQUENT OCCURANCE AND CHRYSLER ACKNOWLEDGING A PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM NOT ONLY COULD POSSIBLY BE A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO CAR FAILURE ON A HIGHWAY, BUT IT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE WITH MOTOR OIL POLLUTING ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS, THEN BEING WASHED INTO THE DRAINS. THERE SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF OIL BEING LEAKED INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP INTERMITTENTLY BEFORE ENGAGING. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THAT VEHICLE AND THAT THERE WERE NO CORRECTIONS FOR PROBLEM. *AK DEALER FINALLY CORRECTED PROBLEM BY REPLACINHG THE MANUAL VALVE SENSOR AND CLEANING THE STICKING VALVES, CONSUMER IS SATISFIED WITH REPAIRS. *SLC

BLOWN HEAD GASKET. $900.00 TO REPAIR. NO SATISFACTION FROM THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER. I WAS TOLD THIS HAPPENS TO ALL CARS. BUT I DOUBT IT HAPPENS TO "ALL CARS" WITH ONLY 37,000 MILES! *AK

WHEN SWITCHING ON THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL, AFTER COMPLETING THE TURN THE SIGNAL LEVER STAYS IN THE RIGHT TURN POSITION UNTIL IT IS MANUALLY RETURNED TO THE OFF POSITION. THIS HAPPENS AT ANY TEMPERATURE BUT IS PREVALENT IN COLDER TEMPERATURES. *AK

STEERING WHEEL BENT IN ACCIDENT AND NEITHER AIRBAG DIPLOYED(FRONT END TOTALED). *AK

PURCHASED VEHICLE 9/97 W/23 MILES. ORIGINAL HEADGASKET FAILED AT AROUND 50,000 MILES IN 3/98 , PLYMOUTH OFFERED TO REPLACE 50/50. SECOND HEADGASKET FAILED AROUND 86,000 MILES 12/99 REPLACED AS "GOODWILL" SERVICE; 3/01 VEHICLE HAS AROUND 119,500 MILES AND NEEDS ANOTHER HEADGASKET REPLACEMENT. CHRYSLER NOR DEALERSHIP WILL REPLACE FOR FREE. WILL COST $750.00. I CAN NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE OIL IS LEAKING ALL THROUGH THE ENGINE, SPARK-PLUGS ETC. I NEED HELP DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO!*AK

ORIGINAL HEAD GASKET LEAKED BADLY AND WAS REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT HEAD GASKET IS NOW LEAKING ALSO. THE ODOMETER HAS GONE OUT ALTOGETHER.*AK

CAMSHAFT SENSOR AND HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT

THE STEERING GEAR FAILED, THE DEALER REPLACED IT BUT INSTALLED IT INCORRECTLY, THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO FIX IT. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS LOSING OIL, OVERFLOW CONTAINER FOR ANTIFREEZE AND WATER HAD TURNED BROWN. ONCE CAR OVERHEATED, AND LET OUT A MIXTURE OF WATER AND OIL. *AK

COMPLAINT OF NOT BEING NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL ALERT FOR THE POWER TRAIN:TRANSMISSION:AUTOMATIC:INTERLOCK SYSTEM. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:98V183000. I WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL WHEN I WAS ON THE INERNET. LOOKING FOR THE BLUE BOOK VALUE FOR RESALE. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO NOW. I HAVE NOTICESD THE SLIGGISHNESS OF THE CAR. THANK YOU.*AK

TRANSMISSION PREMATURELY FAILED AT 45,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. CONSUMER WAS HAVING TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY REPLACED AT OWN COST. *AK CONSUMER WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED COST OF TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. *YH

2 HEAD GASKETS CHANGED RUSTING INSIDE OF CAR SEAT BRACKETS. *AK

LOWER CONTROL ARM IS MAKING A POPPING SOUND. ALSO, HEADGASKET BLEW. *AK

THE CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW AND BECAUSE OF HEALTH IT WAS SOLD TO SON. IT ONLY HAD 27,000 MILES ON IT WHEN LEAK WAS NOTED. TOOK TO DANVILLE CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH IN DANVILLE IND. THEY SAID THE CAR HAD JUST RUN OUT OF WARRANTY . SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE CAR. I T COST 633.00 TO REPAIR. STILL LEAKED AND TOLD IT WAS A SPRING THAT HAD LOST TENSION NEAR INTAKE GASKET. AM WATCHING TO SEE IF IT STILL LEAKS. BAD WEATHER HAS HINDERED THAT. NOT MANY MILES FOR A HEAD GASKET TO BE BLOWING.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY DRIVER'S SIDE RESTRAINT WILL NOT BUCKLE, CAUSING DRIVER TO BE UNRESTRAINED. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK

A CRACKED ENGINE HEAD CAUSED OIL TO GET INTO WATER OF RADIATOR . *AK

HAVE HAD REPAIRS DONE ON ELECTRONIC MODULE AND NOW THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL VERY BADLY. *AK

I HAVE SMASHED FRONT END OF THIS CAR TWICE AND BOTH TIMES AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH REARENED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING HEAD/SHOULDER INJURIES, EVEN WITH SEATBELT WORN. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS.*AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF HEAD GASKETS, CAUSING LEAKAGE. DEALER HAS REPLACED HEAD GASKETS, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.&*AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH TIE ROD AND BALL JOINT FAILURES. DEALER HAD REPLACED BOTH TIE ROD AND BALL JOINT THREE TIMES EACH, AND PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE REOCCURRING. DEALERSHIP DENIED RECALL 97V201 STATING THAT ALL PARTS WERE OKAY, THE INITIAL PROBLEM WAS AN ONGOING FRONT END NOISE AND VIBRATION. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCING AN OIL LEAKING PROBLEM, THE HEAD GASKET HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES. A CHIPPED DRIVE CHAIN CAUSED MOTOR VIBRATION. *AK *SLC

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WHEELS SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO FALL OFF WHENEVER CONSUMER HIT A BUMP. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS COMING ON, AND CONSUMER WAS CONSTANTLY PUTTING OIL IN VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID VEHICLE WAS BURNING OIL AND MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. LEFT AND RIGHT TIE RODS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

IN MARCH 2000, NOTED A SMALL LEAK OF COOLANT FROM RADIATOR. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR OVERHEATING PROBLEMS OCCURED WHICH WOULD INDICATE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER WHO INFORMED US OF HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSING COOLANT TO ENTER TRANSMISSION AND OIL TO ENTER COOLING SYSTEM. HEAD GASKET REPLACED ALONG WITH DEALER SUGGESTED FLUSHING OF TRANSMISSION AND RADITOR AND REPLACEMENT OF NECESSARY BELTS AND HOSES. IN JULY 2000 ANOTHER LEAK OF COOLANT. DEALER ADVISED US OF COMPLETE RADIATOR FAILURE. BOTH DEALERS STATE THIS FAILURE IS NOT LINKED TO ORIGINAL HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. RADIATOR AND ALL HOSES REPLACED.

ON TWO SEPERATE OCCASSIONS, 6/11/98 & 3/3/98I WENT TO LAWRENCE CHRYSLER PLY. IN RICHMOND TO INSPECT FOR PROBLEMS THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY FOUND NOTHING. FIRESTONE SERVICE 7/26/99 VALVE COVER GASKET INSTALLED AT $99.31,7/3 00 VALVE COVER GASKET SET AND SPARK PLUG SEAL AND MORE FOR $264.38 9/21/00 CAM SENSOR SEALAND SERVICES FOR $106.20 AND THE PROBLEM ONLY GETS WORST . I AM CURRENTLY HAVING TO PUT OIL IN EVERY TIME I WANT TO DRIVE SOME WHERE.

I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE 1998 . WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR IT HAD 28,000 MI. ON IT. JUST WHEN THE NEXT 36,000 MI ROLLED OVER YHE HEAD GASKET BLEW. NOW ANOTHER 30,000 MI IT BLEW AGAIN. I CALLED THE ORIGINAL DEALER THEY SAID THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2.0 LITRE ENGINES HEAD GASKET BUT THERE IS NO RECALL AT THIS TIME. HOME OFFICE REFUSES TO MAKE A CALL. *AK

MUFFLER - LOUD RATTLE, BRAKES - LOUD SCRATCHING SOUNDS/ REPLACED PADS STILL SCRATCHING

HEAD GASKET BROKE ON PLYMOUTH BREEZE

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN OUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK