1996 PLYMOUTH BREEZE Complaints

PAST HX:AIR CONDIONING COMPRESSOR/RACKINPINION STEERING/HEAD GASKET AND FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

ON 2/8/00, NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL ON MY DRIVEWAY UNDER THE BREEZE. CHECKED OIL--OVER A QUART LOW. REFILLED OIL AND HAD THE CAR CHECKED THE NEXT DAY. TRUSTED MECHANIC SAID HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING BADLY. TOOK TO LOCAL CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH DEALER (LADD-HANFORD OF LEBANON, PA). THEY REPLACED HEAD GASKET FOR $50 DEDUCTIBLE. CALLED CHRYSLER CONSUMER HOTLINE, BUT CHRYSLER REFUSED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SERVICE HISTORY OF 1996 BREEZE. MY SEARCH FOR INFORMATION LED ME TO THIS WEB SITE, WHERE I DISCOVERED 1996 BREEZE HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. IS THIS A POOR CAR TO OWN? *AK

VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ABOUT 20MPH, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

THE FRONT TIE ROD BROKE, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE PAINT PEELS OFF , IT HAS BEEN PAINTED SEVERAL TIMES . THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN YOU STOP,IT VIBRATES AND IS VERY NOISY. ALSO, BRAKES SQUEAL IN THE FRONT, THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. *AK

ON THE WAY TO WORK NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD, SMELLED OIL BURNING. CONTINUED TO WORK, AND PARKED VEHICLE IN PARKING LOT. AFTER WORK, SAW OIL ON THE GROUND, AND PUT MORE OIL IN VEHICLE. TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER. WAS TOLD THAT IT NEEDED A NEW HEAD GASKET, AND THAT THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF REDESIGNING, WHICH MEANT THAT THIS PART WAS ON BACKORDER. *AK

MY PLYMOUTH BREEZE HAS DEVELOPED A HEAD GASKET LEAK. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE 2.0 LITER ENGINE. I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE LEAK BEGAN, ONLY THAT AS OF ABOUT 2 OIL CHANGES AGO, MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOW ON OIL. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES LEFT CALIPER BROKE IN HALLF, RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKES. DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS/ CALIPERS AND PADS. RIGHT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED DUE TO STICKING/ EATING INTO THE ROTORS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ABS LIGHT STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES. BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY HARD WHEN APPLIED. ON JULY 26 THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED. ALSO NOISE AND VIBRATION WAS EXPERIENCED WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED.*AK VEHICLE ALSO PULLS WHEN BRAKING, ON ONE OCCASION FRONT ROTORS WERE OVERHEATED, DEALER STATED THIS WAS DUE TO AN ABS PROBLEM, CONSUMER FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE MASTER CYLINDER 96V075, THERE WAS ALSO A RECALL ON THE ABS 96V074. TRANSMISSION MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, VEHICLE'S GEARS SHIFTED ON THEIR OWN. STEERING WHEEL SQUEAKS WHEN MAKING TURNS. *SLC