1999 Plymouth Breeze problems
The 1999 Plymouth Breeze has 153 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (18%) concerns engine. After that come electrical system (14%) and transmission (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 153 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 19 and 30
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 76,000 miles 50 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 16 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 8 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 50 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 76,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 73,000 miles (10 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 19 complaints mention a crash; 30 complaints mention a fire; 19 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 96% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Plymouth Breeze with enough data (94 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
The car went into a curve and would not steer out,then for no reason the driver side airbag deployed, knocking the driver out temporaily,causing the car to then proceed off the road, up onto a gaurdrail which then sent the car airborne onto the side of a concrete bridge which then flipped the car head-on into the conrete wall of the oncoming side of the bridge.
Consumer states while traveling at 25 to 30 MPH another driver pulled in front of consumer and consumer was hit mid driver side, consumer states none of the vehicle airbags deployed. The other driver airbags did deploy. There was one injury.
Radio expired before warranty july 2000--no replacement by chrysler transmission sensors at 52,000 april 2001-- no replacement or help of any kind from chrysler, head gasket now at 76,000, january 2003 no help or replacement from chrysler, was told not their problem since warranty expired.
My plymouth breeze completely shut down as I was driving it. My daughter was in the car with me and we both could have gotten seriously hurt. Also, I just spent $700 on a blown head gasket. Something really needs to be done about these vehicles.