1998 Plymouth Breeze complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED BECAUSE COOLANT LEAKED IN THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

I HAVE A 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE AND THE AIR COMPRESSOR IS BROKEN, THE CLUTCH HANDLE IS GONE AND THE COMPRESSOR ITSELF IS COMPLETELY LOCKED UP. I HAVE SPOKE TO THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS WHO HAVE TOLD ME THAT IF THIS PROBLEM GOES UNATTENDED, IT COULD BE A DANGER TO MYSELF AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD AROUND ME. I SEE THAT CHRYSLER HAS PUT OUT TWO SERVICE BULLETINS TO THE DEALERSHIPS IN REGARDS TO AIR COMPRESSOR FAILURE IN 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZES. ONE WAS PUT OUT IN APRIL OF 98 AND THE OTHER IN NOVEMBER OF 98. I AM CONFUSED, FIRST OF ALL, AS TO WHY THESE ARE NOT MADE KNOWN TO THE PEOPLE WHO PURCHASE THESE VEHICLES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY CHRYSLER KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM. ALSO, I AM CONFUSED AS TO WHY 2 NOTICES HAD TO BE SENT OUT IN THE SAME YEAR THAT THE CAR WAS MADE. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY ARE UNWILLING TO HELP. *NM

HEADGASKET AND CAM SEAL FAILURE ON MY 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE WHICH CAUSED OIL LEAK AND LED TO MY HAVING TO REPLACE BOTH TO STOP OIL LEAK. CAR HAD 44591 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. REPLACED BOTH HEADGASKET AND CAM SEAL. *AK

ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN LARGE TRUCK PULLED ACROSS ROAD. I WAS DRIVING A 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE AND HIT TRUCK AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH. CAR TOTALLED ALL FRONT END DAMAGE INCLUDING HOOD, BUMPER KNOCKED OFF, BOTH FENDERS, ALSO DAMAGE INSIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE IS STILL AT MY HOME AT THIS TIME UNTIL INSUARANCE COMPANY RETRIEVES IT. I HAVE PICTURES OF DAMAGE AND INTERIOR SHOWING THAT THE AIR BAGS ARE STILL INTACT AND DID NOT DEPLOY. APPARENTLY, THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I SEARCHED YOUR WEB SITE AND FOUND SEVERAL OTHER AIRBAG COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME MAKE MODEL AND YEAR CAR. *AK I (DRIVER) HAVE INJURY TO RIGHT KNEE THAT MAY REQUIRE SURGERY

THE DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME ON MY 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE HAS BROKEN COMPLETELY THROUGH ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND 3/4 OF THE WAY THROUGH ON THE LEFT SIDE DURING NORMAL USE. HAD I NOT TAKEN THE SEAT OUT TO DETERMINE WHY I WAS LEANING BACK AND TO THE RIGHT, I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS DEFECT UNTIL THE FRAME BROKE COMPLETELY ON THE LEFT SIDE ALSO, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY HAVE CAUSED ME TO FALL OVER BACKWARDS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET (OR FREEWAY). AS INDICATED BY MY E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE WITH CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE, CHRYSLER DOESN'T SEEM TO BE TERRIBLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT. SYNOPSIS OF OUR CORRESPONDENCE: ** THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FRAME HAS BROKEN COMPLETELY THROUGH ON THE INBOARD SIDE AND ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY THROUGH IN THE SAME PLACE ON THE OUTBOARD SIDE. IS THERE AN UNANNOUNCED SAFETY RECALL ON THIS DEFECT? ** RECORDS INDICATE THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY OUTSTANDING FACTORY RECALLS. IF YOUR VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN ANY FUTURE RECALLS, A NOTICE WILL BE SENT TO YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS. PLEASE CONTACT US WITH ANY FUTURE CHANGES OF ADDRESS. FOR ANY FUTURE COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO THIS EMAIL, PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: REFERENCE NUMBER: 12301388 REPLY LINK: HTTP://WWW.CHRYSLER.COM/WCCSAPP/WCCS/BRAND_FORMS/US/REPLY.JSP?TRK_ID= KMM1308167C0KM& DENNIS SENIOR STAFF REPRESENTATIVE ** SO, WHAT ABOUT THE SEAT FRAME BREAKING? IT WOULDN'T BE VERY SAFE FOR SOMEONE TO BE DRIVING ALONG AND FALL OVER BACKWARDS, NOW WOULD IT? I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS! ** I REGRET YO

HEAD GASKET ON MY 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE. NEARLY EVERY CONSUMER REPORT I HAVE READ HAS SHOWN THAT THIS IS A CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH ANYONE WHO HAS ONWED THIS THIS CAR YET THERE IS NO RECALL. WHY? *AK

WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL. *AK

AROUND OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER 2002, AT ABOUT 65,000 MILES OR 98 PLYMOUTH BREEZE STARTED LEAKING OIL, SMALL SPOTS OR DROPS, THEN GRADUALLY MORE, TOOK IT IN TO GET IT CHECKED, THE MECHANIC LOOKED FOR THE ORIGINATION OF THE OIL LEAK AND FOUND IT TO BE LEAKING FROM A HEAD GASKET AND RECOMMENDED WE NOT DRIVE OUR CAR ONLY WHEN NECESSARY AND VERY SHORT TRIPS, CONSTANTLY CHECK TE OIL LEVEL EVERY DAY, AND GET REPARIED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE , COULD ALSO BE A FIRE HAZARD IF OIL BUILDS UP ON ENGINE FROM THE LEAKING. HE ALSO METNIONED HE HAS SEEN ALOT OF OTHER BREEZES, NEONS, STRATUS, VOYAGERS, WITH THE SAME ENGINE AS OURS AND THE NEONS, AND STRATUS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, AND TOLD US THAT THE MANUFACTUER STOP USING THE GASKET THAT WAS ON THE 98 MODELS AND REPLACED IT IT THE NEW MULTI-LAYER STEEL HEAD GASKET BECAUSE THEY KNEW IT WAS DEFECTIVE BACK N 97-98 WHEN THEY BEGIN USING IT ON THE CAR MADE AT THAT TIME. I GUESS IT SAVED THEM A COUPLE OF BUCKS ON THE CARS. I THINK THERE WILL BE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE NEONS, BREEZES ETC. I THINK A RECALL IS IN ORDER. WE STOPPED DRIVING OUR CAR AND HAVE WAITED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BECAUSE IT COST SO MUCH.

AROUND 38,000 MILES WE NOTICED THAT THE BREEZE HAD A SMALL OIL LEAK. THERE WASN'T ALOT OF OIL, SO AS NEEDED WE JUST ADDED SOME OIL NOW AND THEN. IN JUNE 2003 MY CAR OVER-HEATED OUT OF THE BLUE. WE TRIED EVERYTHING, IN OCTOBER I WENT TO HAVE A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE(WHICH WAS DONE EVERY 3,000 MILES) AND WAS TOLD THAT MY HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING AND THE PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED. THE ESTIMATE I RECEIVED WAS ABOUT 1,100$. THE CAR IS 5 1/2 YEARS OLD WITH VERY LOW MILEAGE! AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE CHRYSLER CORPORTATION DOES NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT.

PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD GASKET. OIL MIXING WITH COOLANT CAUSING ENGINE KNOCKING AND A CRACKED HEAD. *AK

AT 87XXX MILES THE CAR STARTED LEAKING OIL. IT WAS FOUND TO BE A LEAKING HEAD GASKET. AFTER SPEAKING TO DEALERSHIP IT WAS FOUND THEY WERE AWARE OF THE GASKET BEING A PROBLEM ON THIS AND SIMILAR VEHICLES. WHEN THE MANUFACTURER WAS COMTACTED DIRECTLY MY WIFE WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE SITUATION, THEY WOULD DO NOTHING TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND THEN HUNG UP ON HER WHEN SHE ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP'S SUPERVISOR.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A GEAR SHIFT PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM PREVENTED THE DRIVER FROM REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

OIL GASKET LEAK. I DRIVE APPROX. 100 MILES A DAY AND MY CAR HAS 174,000 MILES AND I AM GETT READY TO REPLACE MY 4TH HEAD GASKET AND 3RD. MANIFOLD GASKET. EVERY MECHANIC I HAVE BEEN TO SAID IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. CHRYSLER KNOWS IT A PROBLEM (THEY DESIGNED A NEW HEAD GASKET) BUT WILL NOT RECALL THE THOUSANDS OF US OUT THERE THAT HAVE SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. I'M NOT REPLACING THE HEAD GASKET THIS TIME, I'M REPLACING MY CAR.*AK

CONSUMER'S FOUR YEAR OLD SON ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE SHIFT GEAR INTO NEUTRAL CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL BACK AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. NO KEYS WERE IN THE IGNITION WHEN THIS OCCURRED.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ISSUE, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE SOLD THE VEHICLE. *TS *JB

ROUGH IDLE WITH HIGHER TEMP/AC LOAD 2 SHOPS COULD NOT FIX HAS STALLED OUT SEVERAL TIMES LED TO O2 SENSOR FAILURE DUE TO HIGH CARBON

FAULTY HEAD GASKET AND CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE'S INNER AND OUTER TIE RODS ARE DEFECTIVE. HAS HAD TO REPLACE THEM TWICE SINCE VEHICLE OWNERSHIP. 1ST FAILURE AT 40K MILES AND THE 2ND FAILURE AT 111K MILES.

BRAKE LINE ON FRONT WHEEL BURST,LOST MOST BRAKING ABILITY,LUCKLY THERE WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT. THE RUBBER BRAKE LINE TO THE FRONT CALIBER RUBBED THE WHEEL RIM AND CREATED A WEAK AREA THAT BURST. I INSPECTED THE OTHER SIDE CALIBER BRAKE LINE AND FOUND THAT IT WAS ALSO RUBBING THE WHEEL RIM AND ALSO HAD A WORN AREA. THIS RUBBING OCCURED WHEN THE STEERING WAS TURNED ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT.*AK

HAVE REPLACED THE BLOWER SWITCH TWICE AND HAS FAILED AGAIN. WILL ONLY BLOW ON HIGH SPEED. *AK

HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING. HAD IT REPAIRED AND 2 MONTHS LATER IT STARTED TO LEAK AGAIN. TOLD BY REPAIR SHOP THIS WA A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL.*AK

VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL. TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT HEAD GASKET CRACKED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

HEAD GASKET IS CRACKED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITH ANY IMPACT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD A THUMP NOISE, AND THEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CONTROL MODULE. *JB

THE FAULTY HEAD GASKET CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LEAK OIL CONTINUOUSLY. *NLM

THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

I OWN A 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE. MY HEAD GASKET IS BAD, AND EVERYONE: THE LOCAL DEALER REPAIR SHOP AND INDEPENDENT MECHANICS ALL SAY THAT IT WAS A BAD DESIGN IN THE GASKET METAL TYPE. THEY HAVE SEEN MANY OF THESE COME THROUGH THEIR SHOPS, AND NONE ARE CAUSED BY OWNER NEGLECT. IF IT IS A DEIGN ERROR, WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY $600 TO GET IT FIXED? SHOULD DESIGN DESIGN PROBLEMS BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL? *NLM

VEHICLE BEGAN LEAKING OIL DUE TO THE BLOWN HEAD GASKET. PH

FRONT COLLISION AT 35-40 MPH, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER HIT HER HEAD ON THE DASH, PASSENGER INJURED AS WELL. VEHICLE IS TOTALED. PH

WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING A LOUD NOISE COMES FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. TS

MY 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A LEAKING HEAD GASKET. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH OTHER SIMILAR CAR ENGINES, BUT I DID NOT KNOW THIS UNTIL THE REPAIRS WERE BEGUN. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER SEVERAL TIMES ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. I ATTEMPTED TO FOLLOW THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT I HAD BEEN MISINFORMED BY THEIR EMPLOYEES. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS SITUATION IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. IF MORE DETAILS ARE NEEDED, PLEASE CONTACT ME. DT

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE THERE WOULD BE A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE KEY AREA. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

NO SUMMARY. DT

OIL LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET, WAS DISCOVERED DURING INSPECTION OF SHIFTER CABLE WHICH WASNT INSTALLED PROPERLY AFTER REPLACEMENT DUE TO A RECALL. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD RAN OUT THE DAY BEFORE IT WAS NOTICED, ALTHOUGH IT HAD APPARENTLY BEEN LEAKING FOR AWHILE. CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING, WHEN YOU DEPRESS THE BUTTON TO TURN IT ON, THE LIGHT COMES ON BUT THE SPEED CANNOT BE SET AND AFTER A FEW TRIES THE LIGHT WILL GO OUT AND YOU CANNOT GET IT TO COME BACK ON. A/C VENTS, THERE IS A STRANGE SMELL THAT SMELLS LIKE MILDEW OR MOLD THAT COMES FROM THE VENTS WHEN YOU TURN ON THE AIR CONDITIONER OR HEAT, THIS HAS BEEN ADRESSED WITH A DEALERSHIP AND WAS TAKEN CARE OF BUT RETURNED A FEW DAYS LATER. MR

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE,IT WILL JUST START HESITATING TO ACCELERATE, HAD VEHICLE TOWED, DEALERSHIP REPLACED TRANSMISSION, PROBLEM REACCURED, OW THEY ARE REPLACING THE HEAD GASKET. NLM

AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR AND FILTER DRYER HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE SHAFT ON THE COMPRESSOR BROKE.*AK

HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED ONCE AT 70,000 NOW NEEDS AGAIN AT 95,000 ALSO FRONT STABILIZER BAR IS LOOSE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

BEEN DRIVING FOR 53 YEARS AND THIS IS THE FIRST HEAD GASKET I EVER HAD THAT FAILED. ALL SERVICE PEOPLE I TALK TO RECOGNIZE THIS AS A PREVALENT BREESE/NEON PROBLEM.NHTSA SEARCHES SHOW 1996 1988 DODGE NEON FAILURES, 39 PLYMOUTH NEON FAILURES & 20 PLYMOUTH BREEZE FAILURES. I CAN'T BELIEVE THE MFG. HASN'T TAKEN ANY ACTION. HAVE THEY? COST = $800!!!!!.*AK

2.0L ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL, AND LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER WHO REPAIRED A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK *NLM

HEAD GASKET LEAKING AND REPLACED. 1 YEAR LATER HAED GASKET IS LEAKING AGAIN. TOLD BY MECHANIC THIS IS A PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL.*AK

HEAD GASKET LEAK. CONTACTED DEALER, WHO INFROMED CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, WENT OFF THE ROAD, AND HIT TREES. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS UNKNOWN. *AK

WHEN DRIVING HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK.*AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED REPEATEDLY DUE TO EXCESSIVE OVERHEATING FROM LEAKY HEAD GASKET. VEHICLE HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES, AND SMOKE FROM OIL WAS HITTING MANIFOLD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

FRONT COLLISION AT 50 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED BROKEN STERNUM AND RIBS. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. NLM

NONE

HEAD GASKET AND WATER PUMP FAILED. NLM

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDALGOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. *AK

HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END, ALSO COULD BE FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE SWAY BAR LINKS AND BALL JOINT, COULD RESULT IN CONTROL LOST. TO NO AVAIL THESE REPAIRS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SECOND OPION SAID IT WAS THE STEERING RACK. REPLACE RIGHT SIDE MIRROR.