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1998 Plymouth Breeze: raw data

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vehicle1998 / plymouth / breeze
known issues6 clusters (reviewed 2026-10-07)
complaints183 on file (1998-05-08 → 2019-12-16)
recalls0
investigations2
farsnot identifiable in FARS
indexedyes
licenseCC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

Head gasket oil leakENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING56 complaints1999-10 → 2013-04breeze-1998-head-gasket-oil-leak
  • 10073052 HEADGASKET AND CAM SEAL FAILURE ON MY 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE WHICH CAUSED OIL LEAK AND LED TO MY HAVING TO REPLACE BOTH TO STOP OIL LEAK
  • 10153611 DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL WAS NOTICED ON THE GARAGE FLOOR
  • 10096915 THE VEHICLE LEAKED OIL. CHRYSLER SENT OUT A FIVE PAGE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON SEPTEMBER 17,1999
Shifter and park interlock failurePOWER TRAIN9 complaints1999-08 → 2010-06breeze-1998-park-interlock-shifter
  • 10099315 TWO WEEKS AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED FOR THE FLOOR SHIFT IGNITION THE PART FAILED AGAIN
  • 10092631 THE VEHICLE'S PARK INTERLOCK SYSTEM FAILED PRIOR TO THE CONSUMER RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE
  • 710393 TRANSMISSION CAN BE TAKEN OUT OF PARK WITHOUT USING THE KEY
Brake pedal to floor and brake line failureSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC5 complaints2001-05 → 2006-08breeze-1998-brake-pedal-line-failure
  • 888067 WHILE DRIVING STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND, AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD
  • 10026085 BRAKE LINE ON FRONT WHEEL BURST,LOST MOST BRAKING ABILITY,LUCKLY THERE WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT
  • 8006267 WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDALGOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR
Air bags not deploying in frontal collisionAIR BAGS6 complaints2000-02 → 2010-07breeze-1998-airbag-no-deployment
  • 10005905 FRONT COLLISION AT 35-40 MPH, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED
  • 8008040 FRONT COLLISION AT 50 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED
  • 858658 WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT
Vehicle fire with smoke from door panel or engine bayELECTRICAL SYSTEM8 complaints2000-02 → 2017-11breeze-1998-vehicle-fire
  • 856826 VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON AND CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR
  • 10445851 THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 1 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE FROM THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR PANEL BEFORE CATCHING FIRE
  • 10252081 WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE
Sudden acceleration without accelerator inputVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL5 complaints1998-06 → 2004-09breeze-1998-sudden-acceleration
  • 824486 AFTER STARTING VEHICLE AND SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE
  • 720769 STARTED CAR AND WITH BRAKE PRESSED DOWN, SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WITH NO PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR
  • 10093173 ON 9/21/04 I WAS STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT WAITING TO TURN LEFT

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

countearliest_datelatest_datecrash_flaggedfire_flaggedtop_components
1831998-05-082019-12-162111ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:69; POWER TRAIN:25; STEERING:18; SERVICE BRAKES:15; HYDRAULIC:14

Recalls all years →

none listed

Investigations all years →

action_numberstatussubjectcomponentsopenedclosedrecall_campaignsummary
EA03011closedAUTO TRANS IGNITION-PARK INTERLOCKPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION2003-07-172004-01-3004V021000THE MANUFACTURER REPORTS ABOVE ARE BASED ON DAIMLERCHRYSLER?S (DC) ANALYSIS OF MODEL YEAR (MY) 1998 (POPULATION = 356,384) AND 1999 (POPULATION = 486,948) JA, JX AND LH FAMILY SUBJECT VEHICLE DATA (EARLIER MYS EXCLUDED).THE POPULATION NUMBER INCLUDES ALL MYS.THE PRECISE NUMBER OF DUPLICATES BETWEEN ODI AND DC REPORTS CANNOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO MISSING OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.THE FATALITY INCIDENT INVOLVED AN ELDERLY PERSON WHO ATTEMPTED TO STOP A ROLL AWAY VEHICLE AND RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.ODI ALSO GATHERED INFORMATION ON MY 1997-99 PROWLER VEHICLES IN THIS INVESTIGATION. THE PROWLER VEHI
EA99028closedSTEERING SHAFT BINDINGSTEERING1999-09-102001-07-2601I012000There is no summary currently available

FARS occupant deaths all years →

not identifiable in FARS (absent, not zero)

Cite this

Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.

Wrench.Pro (2026). 1998 Plymouth Breeze vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1998/plymouth/breeze
@misc{wrenchpro_1998_plymouth_breeze_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 1998 Plymouth Breeze},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1998/plymouth/breeze}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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