1997 PLYMOUTH BREEZE Complaints

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

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

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

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