Plymouth Breeze Complaints

667 consumer complaints on file.

#10160334June 21, 2006
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE. THE CONTACT ASSUMED THAT ONE OF THE TIRES BLEW, SO THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO CHECK THE TIRES. TWO OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND YELLED AT THE CONTACT TO RUN FROM THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO EXPLODE. AS SOON AS THE CONTACT RAN OFF, THE VEHICLE EXPLODED. FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE FIRST RECALL LETTER ABOUT RECALL NUMBER 06V001000. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED OF THE EXPLOSION BUT HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY INFO ON HOW TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160127June 19, 2006
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALERTED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER ON JUNE 17, 2006 NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V001000; STEERING: HYDRAULIC POWER ASSISTS: HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN INFORMED. THE CONTACT REPORTS HAVING NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10159463June 1, 2006
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
1999 PLYMOUTH BREEZE HIGH PRESSURE STEERING HOSE DEFECT. *TS THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE FIRE AND THE ACCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED, WERE DUE TO A DIRECT RESULT OF THE TWO RECALLS THAT WERE ISSUED. AN INSPECTOR WAS SENT TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE AND CONCLUDED THE PROBLEMS WERE NOT A RESULT OF THE RECALLS. *JB UPDATED 01/7/14 UPDATED 02/26/14
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10158571May 30, 2006
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 TO 35 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS BUMPED FROM THE REAR CAUSING IT TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS PRE IMPACT BRAKING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. SEAT BELTS WERE IN USE HOWEVER HEAD AND NECK INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FOR INSPECTION HOWEVER NO INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED ABOUT THE AIR BAG SENSORS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10158244May 25, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
UPON ARRIVING HOME FROM WORK I BACKED THE VEHICLE INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND FOUND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE UNDERCARRIAGE. INVESTIGATION AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE FOUND THE OUTER TIE ROD BALL JOINT HAD SEPARATED AND COLLAPSED. INSPECTION OF THE PART FOUND NO APPARENT LUBRICATION AND RUST APPEARED ON THE BALL SECTION. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MY MECHANICS SHOP AND THE PART REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A NEW UNIT. I ASKED IF THE DRIVERS SIDE TIE ROD WAS ALSO IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT BUT INSPECTION BY MY MECHANIC APPARENTLY FOUND THE UNIT TO BE INTACT. THE REMOVED PART WAS DISCARDED UNFORTUNATELY BUT THE MECHANIC INDICATED HE'S SEEN THE SAME FAILURE ON OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME MANUFACTURER [CHRYSLER CORP] *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10155893April 22, 2006
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, EQUIPMENT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY PLYMOUTH BREEZE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AS I WAS DRIVING IT. MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE CAR WITH ME AND WE BOTH COULD HAVE GOTTEN SERIOUSLY HURT. ALSO, I JUST SPENT $700 ON A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THESE VEHICLES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10155793April 20, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER FRACTURED. THIS CAUSED THE TIMING BELT AND TENSIONER PULLEY TO FAIL AS WELL. THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER HOUSING AND TIMING BELT WAS REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153611March 24, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL WAS NOTICED ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE UPPER HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS ALSO CONSULTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL CHRYSLER VEHICLES, WITH SAME PROBLEM, IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED ON A REGULAR BASIS. UPDATED 4/11/2006 - THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10152922March 16, 2006
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
I HAVE A '99 PLYMOUTH BREEZE, I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY POWER STEERING PUMP RECENTLY. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND FOUND OUT THAT I DID NOT NEED ONE, THE PRESSURE TEST SAID IT WAS NEGATIVE FOR A LEAK. NOW UNFORTUNATELY, FOUR MECHANIC VISITS & $1300 LATER, MY CAR CAUGHT FIRE TODAY! I AM MORE THAN A LITTLE UPSET. HOW, CAN A VEHICLE BE SO DECEIVINGLY DANGEROUS! WHAT AM I TO DO NOW?! *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151557March 1, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS A REPORT MADE BY THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. UPON INSPECTION THE DEALER DETERMINED THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE ELECTRICAL WIRING. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. UPDATED 4/11/2006 - *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151012February 23, 2006
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AGO, AFTER MAKING A LEFT TURN, I NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE PROBLEM WOULD DISAPPEAR AFTER BACKING UP. AND WAS NOT ALWAYS CONSISTENT. I BROUGHT IT INTO MY GARAGE WHO CHECKED THE BELTS AND FLUID. THEY REPORTED EVERYTHING WAS FINE. YESTERDAY (2/22) LEAVING WORK I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN OUT OF THE PARKING LOT INTO THE EXIT LANE, AND LOST ALL STEERING ABILITY. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STOPPED TO SEE IF I NEEDED HELP. WHEN I TOLD HIM I LOST THE STEERING AGAIN AND ASKED IF HE COULD LOOK. WHEN I OPENED MY DOOR TO GET OUT, FROM HIS HEIGHT HE COULD SEE SOMETHING STICKING OUT UNDERNEATH THE CLUTCH AREA. HE REACHED DOWN AND SAW THAT A CHUNK OF THE CLOTH MAT HAD BEEN SUCKED UP INTO THE STEERING COLUMN AT THE BASE OF THE FLOOR AND WAS WRAPPED FREEZING THE STEERING. IT TOOK HIM A WHILE, BUT HE WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO FREE IT. ALMOST THE ENTIRE, HEAVY CLOTH MAT WAS A GIANT BALL WRAPPED BY THE COLUMN. I WAS LUCKY THAT IT HAPPENED ON THE COMPANY CAMPUS ONLY MOVING A FEW MILES AN HOUR, AND NOT UP ON INTERSTATE 78 I TRAVEL EVERYDAY AT 55 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE STEERING COMPLETELY FROZE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10148515January 25, 2006
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
MY SON BOUGHT A PLYMOUTH BREEZE 2000 AND ONLY HAD IT THREE AND A HALF WEEKS. HE NOTICED THAT POWER STEERING SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE HARDER TO STEER. I NOTICED H CAR SMELLED HOT TWO NIGHTS BEFORE THE FIRE. HE DROVE THE CAR TO A BASKETBALL GAME AND ARRIVED ABOUT 7:20PM. HE PARKED AND LOCKED THE CAR IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT. WITHIN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES THEY WERE ANNOUNCING THE OWNER OF A CAR FROM G AND G AUTO IN MERRILL NEEDED TO REPORT TO THE PRINICIPAL. WE DID NOT YET HAVE OUR NEW LISCENSE PLATES YET. MY SON WENT OUT FIRST TO THE PARKING LOT AND I FOLLOWED A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN THEY WERE STILLL ANNOUNCING A PROBLEM. APPARENTLY THE ENGINE AREA OF THE CAR STARTED ON FIRE AND THE CUSTODIANS AT THE SCHOOL NOTICED IT AND CALLED BOTH THE POLICE LIASON AND THE FIRE DEPARTMETN. THEY SENT FOUR TRUCKS. THEY NEEDED TO EXTRICATE THE HOOD SINCE THE CAR WAS LOCKED. THEY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. WITNESSES SAID THE FLAMES WERE UP SIX FEET. THE ENGINE WAS IN RUINS AND THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED PLUS THE PAINT PEELED AWAY. I DO KNOW ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING COMPONENT AND CRYSLER HAS SENT AN INVESTIGATOR OUT TO THE CAR. I AM AWAITING THEIR RESPONSE. I AM GLAD THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHEN MY CHILD WAS IN THE CAR OR THAT IT HAPPENED IN MY GARAGE WHERE I WOULDN'T HAVE NOTICED IT UNTIL TOO LATE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147306January 9, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT: THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER TOOK VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FLUID FROM THE ENGINE. THE REPAIR SHOP PERSONNEL TOLD HER IT WOULD BE AWHILE BEFORE THEY COULD GET TO HER VEHICLE. SHE NEEDED TO LEAVE, AND THEY TOLD HER IT WOULD BE SAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME AND PARKED. THEN, SOMEONE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. SHE WENT OUTSIDE AND DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK UPDATED 2/24/2006 - *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146210December 28, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
SEVERE OIL LEAK IN MY MOM'S 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON IT IS CAUSING ME CONCERN. THIS OIL LEAK IS CAUSED BY A BAD HEAD GASKET. THE OIL IS LEAKING ALL OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE OIL WILL GET ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND CAUSE A FIRE. I UNDERSTAND FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND PEOPLE IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER ENGINES. I HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THAT IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. OTHER REPUTABLE CAR MANUFACTURES FIX PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. WHY ISN'T CHRYSLER BEING REQUIRED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT??? *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145759December 20, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OIL NOTICED ON GROUND UNDER VEHICLE. MECHANIC SAYS HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL OUT OF ENGINE. HEAD GASKET FAILURE IS CAUSING OIL TO BE LEAKED ONTO GROUND WHICH CAUSES ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE TO OUR ENVIRONMENT PER EPA. THIS WEB SITE DOCUMENTS THIS AS A TREND FOR THIS PLATFORM OF PLYMOUTH VEHICLE. THERE MUST BE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF PETROLEUM OIL BEING SPILLED INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT BY THESE VEHICLES, MAYBE MORE. THESE VEHICLES ARE INJURING US ALL AND SHOULD NO LONGER BE USED UNLESS PROPERLY AND PERMANENTLY FIXED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10139440October 12, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE. ON 10-09-05 THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED. IT WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT REPORTED HAVING NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED, AND THEY SAID IT WAS SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL SHORT THAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE POLICE ALSO RESPONDED. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. THE CONTACT HAD LIABILITY INSURANCE ON THE CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A RECALL CONCERNING THE POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: LEVER AND LINKAGE: FLOOR SHIFT. HE RECEIVED THE RECALL LETTER A TTHE BEGINNING OF JULY-2005. HE WAS BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CHRYSLER DEALERS SINCE RECEIVING THE RECALL LETTER BECAUSE THE DEALER SAID THEY NEEDED A RECALL NUMBER AND PAPER WORK FROM THEIR HOME OFFICE CONCERNING THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO GET THE RECALL REPAIRS DONE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10138188September 29, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH EVERYONE THAT OWNS A PLYMOUTH BREEZE MUST REPLACE A HEAD GASKET. I KNOW THIS MAY NOT BE A SAFETY CONCERN IN GENERAL, BUT AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD IS APPARENT. CONSIDERING THE ANTI-FREEZE AND OIL THAT IS DUMPED ON THE GROUND AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT. IT IS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR TO MAKE, AND IS VERY COMMON AMONG OWNERS OF THESE CARS. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT EVERYONE KNOWS THE SOURCES TO GO THROUGH TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS. I AM BRINGING IT TO YOU IN HOPES THAT YOU WILL INVESTIGATE THIS DEFECT. THE AVERAGE WORKING CLASS FAMILY CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THESE TYPES OF DEFECTS WHILE DAMILER CHRYSLER SEEMS TO GET AWAY WITH THIS OBVIOUS PROBLEM. NO ONE TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAS DIED, GOTTEN INJURED, OR CRASHED DUE TO THIS DEFECT, BUT THINK OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS DUE TO THIS VEHICLE CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF OIL AND ANTIFREEZE DUMPED ON OUR HIGHWAYS EVERY DAY. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE CHRYSLER HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. BEING THAT MY HUSBAND MUST COMMUTE TO WORK EVERY DAY, OUR CAR IS DESPERATELY IN NEED TO BE FIXED. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WILL COST US $700 TO FIX THE BLOWN HEAD GASKET. WE ARE STILL SAVING UP TO FIX THIS PROBLEMATIC CAR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10136831September 17, 2005
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR CRUNCHING NOISE. 45.000 MILES DUE TO LENGTHY RESEARCH IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS DEFECTS IN THE STEERING SYSTEM OF MANY DAIMLER CHRYSLER VEHICLES. AFTER 27 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH 14 VEHICLES (MOSTLY GM AND FORD) I HAVE NEVER HAD AS MANY DRIVETRAIN/SUSPENSION/STEERING FAILURES AS WITH THIS PLYMOUTH BREEZE. THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT CHRYSLER DOES NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY (FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY) FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DEFECTS. THEY SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AND PAY FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR AND THEN FIND SUPPLIERS WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. I CONSIDER THE BREEZE UNUSABLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, SUCH AS ANYTHING OVER 30 MPH. FOR HAVING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DESIGN THIS SITUATION IS JUST SAD. PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO CHRYSLER AS I AM IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING A SMALL CLAIMS COURT CASE. IF YOU CAN FORWARD THIS TO CHRYSLER PLEASE TELL THEM THAT WE JUST WANT RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION, NOT HAVING OUR LIVES AT STAKE. YOU SEE - IF YOU HIT A TREE OR SOMETHING SOLID - ALL OF THE EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM IS GONE. WAKE UP CONSUMERS - READ THE VEHICLE REPORTS BEFORE YOU BUY. BEAUTY MUST BE MORE THAN SKIN DEEP.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10138789September 16, 2005
WHEELS
CONSUMER INQUIRY REGARDING THE DEFECT IN THE HUBCAPS ON THE PLYMOUTH BREEZE AND THE DODGE STRATUS.*MR *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131666September 6, 2005
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
DT: THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT PRIOR TO HIM PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT THE TIE ROD END WAS BENT AND THE TIRES BALD. THE CONSUMER COULD SEE PAINT ON THE HEADLIGHTS WHERE THEY PAINTED THE FENDER. NOTICED THIS 7-30-05. THE DEALER WILL ONLY PAY FOR HALF OF ONE TIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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