1999 PLYMOUTH BREEZE Electrical System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PLYMOUTH BREEZE. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED FROM 60 TO 0 MPH BEFORE REGAINING POWER AND RETURNING TO NORMAL SPEED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC WHERE THE MAP SENSOR WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 182,434.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PLYMOUTH BREEZE. AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH FOR TWO MINUTES, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHEN IT WAS PARKED. THE VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PARKED ALL DAY. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS MELTED. THERE WAS NO PRIOR FAILURE OR WARNINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. AFTER THE FIRE, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V001000 (STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PLYMOUTH BREEZE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD. THE POWER CONTROL MODULE FUSE WAS BLOWN. WHEN HE TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE THE FUSE BLEW AGAIN. THE DEALER HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 180,000.

1999 PLYMOUTH BREEZE SHUT DOWN & WOULD NOT START, HAD TOWED TO ARCHER DODGE, FIRST TOLD THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE SHIFTER CABLE. & THAT THERE WAS A RECALL. THEN TOLD THIS WAS NOT THE PROBLEM, THEY NEEDED TO RUN DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THEN TOLD THE PCM WAS THE PROBLEM. CALLED & WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS FIXED, WENT TO PICK IT UP & CAR WOULD NOT START, STILL THE SAME AS IT WAS WHEN TOWED. CAR STAYED IN SHOP. CALLED 2 DAYS LATER & WAS TOLD CAR WAS FIXED, WENT BACK TO ARCHER DODGE TO PICK UP CAR, CAR WOULD NOT START, SAME AS IT WAS WHEN CAR WAS TOWED AGAIN. TOLD NOW THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AGAIN & THIS WILL COST ABOUT $185.00. I ASKED IF THE DIAGNOSTIC SHOW ANYTHING THE FIRST TIME THEY RAN IT, & WAS TOLD NO. I CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE IN AUBURN...

MY 1999 PLYMOUTH BREEZE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE SITTING IDLE AT A FAST FOOD DRIVE THRU. A BYSTANDER RAN UP TO MY WINDOW TO ADVISE THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE, HE SAW FLAMES COMING OUT OF EXHAUST PIPE. I THEN PROCEEDED TO GET MY 2 YEAR OLD AND SISTER OUT OF THE CAR. FIREMEN CAME TO PUT THE FIRE OUT IN THE CAR AND STATED IT WAS SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL FIRE. I HAD NO WARNING OF THIS NO WARNING LIGHTS INSIDE THE CAR WHATSOEVER. *JB

VEHICLE JUST DIED IN TRAFFIC, RESTARTED AFTER WHILE. A CODE COME UP ON INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (NO BUS). HAD A SERVICE TECHNICIAN TO LOOK AT IT AND IT WOULD NOT DELIVER GAS TO INJECTIONS. *AK

WITHIN SECONDS OF TURNING OFF AND EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED BY AN OFFICER THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE, FIRE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED. UPON ARRIVAL THEY TRIED TO OPEN THE HOOD AND EXTINGUISH THE ENGINE FIRE. THE REPORT INDICATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS DUE TO A FAILURE OF EQUIPMENT OR HEAT SOURCE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. *AK (FAULTY EQUIPMENT) CAUSED THE ENGINE TO EXPLODE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED COMPENSTATION FOR THE LOSS. *SC *JB

THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE. *AK *SC