1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE Complaints

MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME OF NUMEROUS HEAD GASKET OIL LEAKS. I KNOW OF 3 OTHER PEOPLE ALL WITH 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE, ALL HAVE THE SAME HEAD GASKET OIL LEAK. CHRYSLER & DEALER WILLING TO FIX IT AT A REDUCED RATE. *AK

FRONT CONTROL ARM PLASTIC BUSHING HAS POPPED OUT OF PLACE, CAUSING NOISE TO OCCUR WHEN MAKING LEFT AND RIGHT HAND TURNS. *JG *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT, CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER DID RESEARCH ON INTERNET AND DISCOVERED QUITE A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING HEAD GASKET LEAKING OF THIS MAKE OF VEHICLE. *YH

VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT ANY SPEED/DRIVE OR REVERSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. *AK

EXCESSIVE LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. VEHICLE TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND INFORMED OF AN ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING APPROX. 1 QT. OF OIL EVERY 1500 MILES. SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER SAID FAILURE WAS DUE TO INCOMPATABLE METALS. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WAS A DESIGN FLAW, THE DESIGN FLAW WAS IN THE WAY THE GASKET WAS MANUFACTURED USING MULTIPLE LAYERS. AFTER TIME THE LAYERS WILL SEPERATE AND ALLOW LEAKAGE. THE TOTAL COST OF REPAIR IS $451.00, COST OF PARTS IS $136.00 FOR TWO GASKETS (HEAD AND VALVE COVER) AND OIL CHANGE, THE REMAINDER BEING LABOR. I FEEL THIS FAILURE IS FROM A DESIGN FLAW AND NOT FROM NORMALLY WEAR AND THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD BE RESPONCIBLE FOR THE REPAIR, SINCE IT WAS AN ENGINEERING FAILURE.*AK

ONGOING PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATING - ESPECIALLY THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL - WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED FOUR TIMES BUT IT STILL PERSISTS. BRAKES ALSO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE SLIPPING.*AK

STARTED CAR UP, AIR CONDITIONER ON, BACKING UP, PUT IN DRIVE AND INSTEAD OF DRIVE BEING HIGHLIGHTED ON THE DASH, ALL LETTERS WERE HIGHLIGHTED AND THE CAR DROVE IN THE LOWEST GEAR POSSIBLE, CAR DEALER UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. WHEN CARE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED IN WAS OK. *AK

NOTICED OIL LEAK,CONTACTED DEALER SERVICE MGR..I WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO TSB'S ON VEHICLE.LATER FOUND OUT THERE WERE SEVERAL TSB'S ON OIL LEAKS FOR VEHICLE.

BRAKE HAVE MADE NOISE SINCE PURCHASE, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER FOR RECALL 99V244 BUT DEALER SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MAKE NOISE WHILE BRAKING. NLM