1997 Plymouth Breeze complaints

HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING ON MY 97' PLYMOUTH BREEZE. I KNOW 6 PEOPLE PERSONALLY THAT HAVE THE SAME ENGINE AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY HAVE BREEZES, NEONS, STRATUSES AND ALL THE 4 CYLINDERS HEADGASKET LEAK. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN MY OPINION. THANKS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT ABOUT 60MPH, VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 20 MPH. CONSUMER FELT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON.

WE HAV EHAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH OUR VEHICLE. WE HAVE HAD STARTERS, TRANSMISSION MODULES, FUEL PUMPS, HEAD GASKETS, AND A LEAK DETECTION PUMP REPLACED SO FAR. ALL CHRYSLER CAN SAY ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOUR OUT OF LUCK. THE DEALERSHIP THREATENED TO USE FORCE TO BEAT ME UP (PAT TERHAR TEH GM AT THE DEALERSHIP) ALL I WANT IS CHRYSLER TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE NUMBER OF PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD, INSTEAD THEY KEEP CHANGING ME HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR REPAIRS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS CARS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS AS I HAVE HAD. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. I AM RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. THANKS!)( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE AT A STOP SIGN VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE FRONT. TAGS WERE RIPPED OFF, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

NOISE IN THE FRONT WAS REPORTED TO DEALER ON APRIL 27, 2000. CAR WAS PUT UP ON RACK, BUT NO DEFECT WAS FOUND BY MECHANIC AT THAT TIME. WHILE TURNING ONTO MAIN ROAD FROM SIDE ROAD, TIE ROD BROKE. REPAIRING MECHANIC ( NOT DEALER) NOTED EXCESSIVE WEAR OF TIE RODS, FOR MILEAGE ON VEHICLE, AND REPLACED BOTH SIDES. HAD I BEEN UP TO SPEED I COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. DEALER OF VEHICLE SUPPOSEDLY DID A SAFETY CHECK BEFORE WE TOOK DELIVERY. *AK

ON GOING PROBLEM WITH STALLING. VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING OR WOULD NOT START OR RESTART INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND SOME REPAIRS WERE MADE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 40-45-MPH ON WET PAVEMENT AND UPON COMING TO A GRAUDAL STOP WITH FOOT DEPRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER STATED ENTIRE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED IN ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

RECALL 97V201000/LOWER CONTROL ARM. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND WAS UNBALE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT TO REPAIR VEHICLE. SEEKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH OIL LEAKAGES; TOWED VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED BY DEALER ON 26 AUG 199898 AT 32,000 MILES. CURRENTLY, PROBLEM REOCCURRED, AND DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS CONSUMER PICKS UP THE CHARGES. *AK *ML

DURING WARM WEATHER, FRONT END NOISE AS YOU GO OVER ANY BUMP IN ROAD SIMILAR TO A SPRING NEEDING OIL. WAS TOLD SWAY BAR PROBLEM WITH NATIONAL BACKORDER AND UNAVAILABLE. DURING COLD WEATHER, GRINDING NOISE WHEN NEGOTIATING LEFT TURN- NOISE AT FRONT END. *AK

ON 1/5/00 I ARRIVED HOME AND AFTER GETTING OUT OF CAR HEARD HISSING NOISE AND POPPED THE HOOD AND THEN RELIZED THAT THE CAR WAS LEAKING OIL ALL OVER THE DRIVEWAY. TOOK CAR TO A TEXACO STATION AND THEY STATED THAT I HAD A CRACKED GASKET AND WOULD FIX FOR AN ESTIMATED COST OF $534.80 (FRONTIER CHEVY DEALER ESTIMATED 600.00, WAS NOT BOING TO BOTHER WITH THE PEOPLE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM SINCE THEY ARE 1 HOUR AWAY AND AM VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THERE SERVIE). ACCORDING TO LEMON-AID UPDATES ON WEBSITE HTTP://LEMONAIDCARS.COM/HOME.HTM UNDER THE NOVEMER 1999 SECTION SECTION 2 STATES THAT SERVICE BULLITON NUMBER 09-05-98, THEY HAVE KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR PAST 16 MONTHS. ADDITIONALLY PER ODI ID 704054 SOMEONE ELSE HAS HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. HOW CAN I GO ABOUT TRYING TO HAVE THEM PAY FOR THE NEW GASKETS AND MANHOURS THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR BECUASE OF THERE POOR PRODUCT. COULD I SUE THEM IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT? *AK

DRIVER'S AIR BAG DIDN'T INFLATE UPON IMPACT. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN OUT, CAUSING OIL AND COOLANT TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE . DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE, AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

NO SUMMARY

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAD CAME ON ,AND VEHICLE KEPT LOSING POWER DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKET TWICE BEFORE. HOWEVER, ENGINE IS LOSING POWER AGAIN. *AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 35 TO 45MPHS THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER SLAMMED ON BRAKES. HOWEVER, WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED HER BRAKES, PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR, VEHICLE SKIDDED TO THE END OF THE LAND ON THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. *AK

FRONT BRAKES SQUEEK WHEN APPLIED, REPLACED TWICE HOWEVER STILL CONTINUES. *ET

STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES WHEN CAR IDLES. *ET

BECAUSE OF THE COOLANT BOTTLE SYSTEM FAILURE, THE VEHICLE BUBBLES AND GURGLES AFTER TURNING OFF. ET

DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTION LINE LEAKS, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE. ALSO BRAKING PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#.*AK

OIL HAD GOTTEN INTO THE RADITOR. *AK

BRAKES CONTINUALLY MAKE NOISE, SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE, NOT ABLE TO BE RECTIFIED, SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED FOR SAME PROBLEM (205) 9610 DATE OF BULLETIN 5-9-96 ITEM # SB049907. MJS

CANNOT PROPERLY FILL GAS TANK ON CAR - EVERYTIME I GO TO GET GAS, THE PUMP SHUTS OFF AND THE TANK WILL NOT ACCEPT GAS - IT HAS RUN DOWN THE SIDE O CAR MANY TIMES, SPILLING ONTO ATTENDENTS AND MYSELF. DEALER SAID NO COVERAGE UNDER WARRANTY - CAR IS A PIECE OF CRAP.

HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN OUT AND ARE LEAKING OIL INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE IS VIBRATION WITHIN THE STEERING. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THEY GO HALFWAY TO THE FLOORBOARD, AND CRACK IN HALF FROM OVERHEATING. IN ADDITION, DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS GETTING RUSTY. *AK

STEERING LOCKS UP DUE TO FLOOR MAT GRABBING STEERING COLUMN FROM FLOOR BASE BECAUSE IT IS ALL OPEN. DEALER NOTIFED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT ROTORS EXCESSIVLY WARPED AND HARDENED ORIGINALLY REPLACED AT APPROX 12000 MILES UNDER WARRANTY. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS APPROX 31,000 MILES AND CONDITION OCCURRING AGAIN. BRAKES NO LONGER WARRANTIED, ARE ROTORS GOING TO NEED REPLACEMENT EVERY 15K MILES? *AK

MAJOR OIL LEAK FROM HEAD GASKET, DEALER SAYS COMMON PROBLEM AND WANTS $579 TO REPAIR. FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND CHRYSLER IS PAYING 1/2 COST THROUGH SOME DEALERS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM!

HEAD GASKET LEAKED. NM

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE LEAKING OIL. REPLACED ENGINE HEAD GASKET. CONSULTED 2 DEALERS. BOTH SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. SHOULD A RECALL BE INITIATED? *AK

THE LOBES ON THE ENGINE CAMSHAFT ARE PREMATURELY WEARING, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER. CAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE WEAR IS DUE TO THE IMPROPER SIZE OF THE CAMS DURING INSTALLATION . *AK.ET

WHEN APPYLING THE ABS BRAKES THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BRAKES LOCKED CAUSING VEHICLE TO SPIN. ROADS WERE DRY.

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK FROM ENGINE. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK

CONSUMER HAD BOUGHT USED VEHICLE ON 6-30-98. SHE THEN RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR LOWER CONTROL ARM THAT WAS ISSUED IN 11-97. CHRYSLER TOLD CONSUMER THAT DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED OF RECALL ON 12-97. DEALERSHIP SOLD USED VEHICLE TO CONSUMER WITHOUT DOING RECALL REPAIRS. CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THIS WAS ILLEGAL. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. DURING REPAIRS AND SERVICE DEALER FOUND PIN IN CAMSHAFT SHEARED OFF, AND TWO VALVES NEEDED REPLACEMENT. CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS CONDITION WAS CAUSED BY MANUFACTURER. *AK

CAMSHAFT HAS A SLIGHT INFECTION PER THE DEALER . WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION IT WOULD NOT EXCEED SPEEDS OF 40MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. *AK

IN COLD MORNING STARTS WHEN TRAVELING, THE RPM REACHES VERY HIGH AND THE SPEDOMETER IS NOT WITHIN THE SAME RANGE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK RPMS ARE HIGH WHEN FIRST STARTED, AFTER ABOUT 2 MINUTES, THE RMPS COME DOWN. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN A VEHICLE COLLISION.

VEHICLE STALLED.

TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE BOTTLE KEEPS BUBBLING FOR NO REASON. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE OWNER THAT IT WAS A VACCUM LINE & NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WOULD ALSO HAVE TO ORDER A PIECE FOR THE VACCUM LINE. *AK

BRAKES SQUEAK.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

RECALL WORK DENIED, DEALER DENIED SERVICE BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS NOT PURCHASED AT LOCATION.(LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT).

THERE IS VIBRATION AT IDLE SEAT THROUGH STEERING WHEEL, THE DEALER HAS TEST DRIVEN THE VEHICLE AND CONFIRMED THE VIBRATION. AT THIS TIME THERE IS NOTHING THE DEALER CAN DO TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *AK *JB