1997 PLYMOUTH BREEZE Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

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

THE DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE DRIVER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

THE DRIVER SIDE LIGHTS DON'T WORK. THE BULBS DO NOT NEED REPLACING, I'VE CHECKED. AND AS FOR THE FUSES THEY ALL OK. IT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THERE IS A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO'S HAVING THIS PROBLEM, MY FRIEND WHO HAS THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE(PASSANGER). ON ANOTHER NOTE I GET A SMELL FROM THE HEATER CORE WHEN ITS ON. I HAVE TO KEEP IT ON OTHER WISE THE ENGINE OVER HEATS. I'VE HAD THE THERMOSTATE AND A RADITOR FLUSH TO SEE IF IT WOULD HELP. BUT EVEN WITH ALL THAT'S BEEN DONE FOR REPAIRS IT KEEPS HAPPENING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED BURNING OIL. DEALER FOUND THAT HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

GOOD EVENING, I WANTED TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER. I HAVE A 97 PLYMOUTH BREEZE THAT HAS HAD A HEAD AND A TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 2 SEPARATE TIMES. THE HEAD WAS REPLACED BECAUSE OF HEAD GASKET AND THE TRANSMISSION AFTER IF OVERHEATED ON HIGHWAY USE (5, 2003), GOT STUCK 200+ MILES AWAY FROM HOME. FINALLY I SENT MY LAST PAYMENT LAST MONTH BUT TO MY SURPRISE MY TRANSMISSION IS ACTING UP AGAIN AND THE ONLY SERVICES I GET FROM THE SHOP IS FOR MY TO DRIVE TO THEM (200 MILES AWAY). OTHER ISSUES BRAKES DO NOT LAST AND SUSPENSION IS ON THE FRITZ.. THANK YOU DANIEL RODRIGUEZ [email protected] MIAMI, FL *LA

MULTIPLE OIL LEAKS AND BRAKE PROBLEMS. BOUGHT CAR WITH 14,000 MILES, REPLACED FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS AT 19,000 MILES, REPLACED CAM SEALS AT 32,000 MILES, HAD NEW BRAKES AGAIN AT 39,000 MILES, AND NOW AT 49,500 HAVING SPARK PLUG SEALS REPLACED. ALL MAJOR ENGINE WORK DONE AT NEWBURGH PARK MOTORS, NEWBURGH NY. THIS CAR HAS COST ME MORE IN MAINTENANCE THAN MY CRAPPY 1979 GMC PICK-UP WITH A BILLION MILES ON IT! THE DEALER JUST SHRUGS IT OFF AND SAYS THIS IS TYPICAL AND IT IS THE CUSTOMER'S RESPONSIBILITY. I SAY SHAME ON CHRYSLER FOR MANUFACTURING A SUB-STANDARD PRODUCT AND NOT STANDING BEHIND IT! YOU COWARDS!!!!! *LA

CONSUMER NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM UNDER VEHICLE. TECHNICIAN INDICATED THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER A YEAR OLD, THE SAME OIL LEAKED WAS REPAIRED. *PH *JB

HEAD GASKET OIL LEAK-THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN AS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL-WHY HAS A RECALL NOT BEEN DONE WHEN IT IS SO WELL KNOWN? IT IS VERY COSTLY AND INCONVENIENT TO HAVE REPAIRED WHEN IT SEEMS TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WEAR ON THE VEHICLE. *NLM

OIL LEAK - 1999 - CAR (1997 BREEZE) STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME. DEALER REPAIRED CAR BY REPLACING HEAD GASKET AND CAM SEALS. THREE WEEKS LATER, OIL STILL LEAKING AND RETURNED TO SAME DEALER, WHO AGAIN FIXED CAR. ABOUT A YEAR LATER DURING OIL CHANGE WAS TOLD CAR WAS STILL LEAKING, BUT OUT OF WARRANTY NOW. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY MECHANICS (EVEN AT DEALERSHIPS) THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT NO RECALLS, PLYMOUTH JUST CONTINUED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *TT

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED.*JB

THE HEAD GASKET LEAKED OIL INTO THE COOLANT SYSTEM. WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE CYLINDER HEAD, WATER PUMPAND HOSES. *TS COOLANT ALSO LEAKED FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD. *JB

WE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEAD AND GASKET ON OUR CAR APRIL OF 2001. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY PAID FOR THE PART. NOW WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE HEAD AND GASKET THAT WAS PLACED ON IN 2001 WITH A NEW HEAD AND GASKET AGAIN.*AK

VEHICLE LEAKING OIL WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK *JG

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AND THE WARRENT I BOUGHT FOR IT HASN'T DONE ME ANY GOOD. I KNOW THATS NOT YOUR FAULT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY SPARK PLUG SEALS TWICE AND NOW I AM HAVING TO REPLACE MY CAM SHAFT SEAL. I HAVE HEARD THAT MANY OF THESE TYPES OF CARS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. ONE MACHANIC SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A RE-CALL ON THE CAM SHAFT SEALS SO THAT IS WHY I AM MAKING THIS COPLAINT. I REALLY LIKE THE CAR IT JUST LEAKS OIL ALL OVER THE GROWN. I HEARD THAT PLYMOUTH IS NO LONGER MAKING CARS BUT I REALLY THINK THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THIS TO GET FIXED AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY ME BACK. MY CAR ISN'T THAT OLD TO HAVE ALL THESE PROBLEMS WITH IT. PLUS I ALSO THINK...

WHILE DRIVING OIL IS LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET, CONSUMER GOES THROUGH THREE QUARTS OF OIL IN ONE WEEK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *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

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

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

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

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

HEAD GASKET FAILED AT LOW MILEAGE. *AK

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

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

OIL LEAK FROM HEAD GASKET. *AK

MY 97 PLYMOUTH BREEZE IS LEAKING OIL FROM THE HEAD GASKET, THIS REPAIR IS GOING TO COST ME $250. CHRYSLER NOTES THEY DON'T HAVE TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. CHRYSLER KNEW THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR, I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS PROBLEM, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. I UNDERSTAND PARTS CAN GO BAD, BUT NOT WITH THIS FREQUENT OCCURANCE AND CHRYSLER ACKNOWLEDGING A PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM NOT ONLY COULD POSSIBLY BE A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO CAR FAILURE ON A HIGHWAY, BUT IT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE WITH MOTOR OIL POLLUTING ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS, THEN BEING WASHED INTO THE DRAINS. THERE SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF OIL BEING LEAKED INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT.*AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET. $900.00 TO REPAIR. NO SATISFACTION FROM THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER. I WAS TOLD THIS HAPPENS TO ALL CARS. BUT I DOUBT IT HAPPENS TO "ALL CARS" WITH ONLY 37,000 MILES! *AK

THE GASKETS AND RADIATOR FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. NLM

PURCHASED VEHICLE 9/97 W/23 MILES. ORIGINAL HEADGASKET FAILED AT AROUND 50,000 MILES IN 3/98 , PLYMOUTH OFFERED TO REPLACE 50/50. SECOND HEADGASKET FAILED AROUND 86,000 MILES 12/99 REPLACED AS "GOODWILL" SERVICE; 3/01 VEHICLE HAS AROUND 119,500 MILES AND NEEDS ANOTHER HEADGASKET REPLACEMENT. CHRYSLER NOR DEALERSHIP WILL REPLACE FOR FREE. WILL COST $750.00. I CAN NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE OIL IS LEAKING ALL THROUGH THE ENGINE, SPARK-PLUGS ETC. I NEED HELP DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO!*AK

ORIGINAL HEAD GASKET LEAKED BADLY AND WAS REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT HEAD GASKET IS NOW LEAKING ALSO. THE ODOMETER HAS GONE OUT ALTOGETHER.*AK

CAMSHAFT SENSOR AND HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT

2 HEAD GASKETS CHANGED RUSTING INSIDE OF CAR SEAT BRACKETS. *AK

LOWER CONTROL ARM IS MAKING A POPPING SOUND. ALSO, HEADGASKET BLEW. *AK

A CRACKED ENGINE HEAD CAUSED OIL TO GET INTO WATER OF RADIATOR . *AK

HAVE HAD REPAIRS DONE ON ELECTRONIC MODULE AND NOW THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL VERY BADLY. *AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF HEAD GASKETS, CAUSING LEAKAGE. DEALER HAS REPLACED HEAD GASKETS, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.&*AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

IN MARCH 2000, NOTED A SMALL LEAK OF COOLANT FROM RADIATOR. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR OVERHEATING PROBLEMS OCCURED WHICH WOULD INDICATE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER WHO INFORMED US OF HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSING COOLANT TO ENTER TRANSMISSION AND OIL TO ENTER COOLING SYSTEM. HEAD GASKET REPLACED ALONG WITH DEALER SUGGESTED FLUSHING OF TRANSMISSION AND RADITOR AND REPLACEMENT OF NECESSARY BELTS AND HOSES. IN JULY 2000 ANOTHER LEAK OF COOLANT. DEALER ADVISED US OF COMPLETE RADIATOR FAILURE. BOTH DEALERS STATE THIS FAILURE IS NOT LINKED TO ORIGINAL HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. RADIATOR AND ALL HOSES REPLACED.

I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE 1998 . WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR IT HAD 28,000 MI. ON IT. JUST WHEN THE NEXT 36,000 MI ROLLED OVER YHE HEAD GASKET BLEW. NOW ANOTHER 30,000 MI IT BLEW AGAIN. I CALLED THE ORIGINAL DEALER THEY SAID THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2.0 LITRE ENGINES HEAD GASKET BUT THERE IS NO RECALL AT THIS TIME. HOME OFFICE REFUSES TO MAKE A CALL. *AK

HEAD GASKET BROKE ON PLYMOUTH BREEZE

THE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN OUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING ON MY 97' PLYMOUTH BREEZE. I KNOW 6 PEOPLE PERSONALLY THAT HAVE THE SAME ENGINE AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY HAVE BREEZES, NEONS, STRATUSES AND ALL THE 4 CYLINDERS HEADGASKET LEAK. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN MY OPINION. THANKS. *AK

WE HAV EHAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH OUR VEHICLE. WE HAVE HAD STARTERS, TRANSMISSION MODULES, FUEL PUMPS, HEAD GASKETS, AND A LEAK DETECTION PUMP REPLACED SO FAR. ALL CHRYSLER CAN SAY ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOUR OUT OF LUCK. THE DEALERSHIP THREATENED TO USE FORCE TO BEAT ME UP (PAT TERHAR TEH GM AT THE DEALERSHIP) ALL I WANT IS CHRYSLER TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE NUMBER OF PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD, INSTEAD THEY KEEP CHANGING ME HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR REPAIRS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS CARS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS AS I HAVE HAD. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. I AM RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. THANKS!)( DOT NUMBER: )

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH OIL LEAKAGES; TOWED VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED BY DEALER ON 26 AUG 199898 AT 32,000 MILES. CURRENTLY, PROBLEM REOCCURRED, AND DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS CONSUMER PICKS UP THE CHARGES. *AK *ML

ON 1/5/00 I ARRIVED HOME AND AFTER GETTING OUT OF CAR HEARD HISSING NOISE AND POPPED THE HOOD AND THEN RELIZED THAT THE CAR WAS LEAKING OIL ALL OVER THE DRIVEWAY. TOOK CAR TO A TEXACO STATION AND THEY STATED THAT I HAD A CRACKED GASKET AND WOULD FIX FOR AN ESTIMATED COST OF $534.80 (FRONTIER CHEVY DEALER ESTIMATED 600.00, WAS NOT BOING TO BOTHER WITH THE PEOPLE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM SINCE THEY ARE 1 HOUR AWAY AND AM VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THERE SERVIE). ACCORDING TO LEMON-AID UPDATES ON WEBSITE HTTP://LEMONAIDCARS.COM/HOME.HTM UNDER THE NOVEMER 1999 SECTION SECTION 2 STATES THAT SERVICE BULLITON NUMBER 09-05-98, THEY HAVE KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR PAST 16 MONTHS. ADDITIONALLY PER ODI ID 704054 SOMEONE ELSE HAS HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. HOW CAN I GO ABOUT TRYING TO HAVE THEM PAY FOR THE NEW GASKETS AND MANHOURS THAT I HAD TO PAY...

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN OUT, CAUSING OIL AND COOLANT TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE . DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE, AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAD CAME ON ,AND VEHICLE KEPT LOSING POWER DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKET TWICE BEFORE. HOWEVER, ENGINE IS LOSING POWER AGAIN. *AK

HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN OUT AND ARE LEAKING OIL INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

HEAD GASKET LEAKED. NM

MAJOR OIL LEAK FROM HEAD GASKET, DEALER SAYS COMMON PROBLEM AND WANTS $579 TO REPAIR. FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND CHRYSLER IS PAYING 1/2 COST THROUGH SOME DEALERS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM!

VEHICLE LEAKING OIL. REPLACED ENGINE HEAD GASKET. CONSULTED 2 DEALERS. BOTH SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. SHOULD A RECALL BE INITIATED? *AK