Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Plymouth Breeze submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
CONSUMER STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED THEY ARE STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THERE CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINTS AND IS CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED.PH
THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE DAY ONE.CURRENTLY I'M LOOKING AT REPLACING THE WHOLE RACK IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE!!MY CAR IS 5 YEARS OLD HAS BEEN MAINTAINED PROPERLY AND IS MY FAMILY SEDAN.I AM A 33 YEAR OLD MOTHER AND HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO ABUSE OR NEGLECT THIS VEHICLE.IT LEAKS OIL,THE DOOR SEALS DON'T LINE UP PROPERLY ON THE BACK DOORS AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WON'T LAST THE TERM OF MY LOAN I TOOK OUT TO BUY THIS VEHICLE IN THE FIRST PLACE.I AM SO DISGUSTED WITH CHRYSLER MANUFACTURING SUCH A LEMON AND TURNING AROUND AND SELLING IT TO HAPLESS VICTIMS.PREYING ON FAMILIES THAT CAN BARELY AFFORD THERE VEHICLES.WHEN THAT SALESMAN LOOKED INTO MY 18 MONTH OLD DAUGHTERS EYES AT THE TIME DID IT EVEN MATTER TO HIM THAT HE MIGHT BE PUTTING HER LIFE IN DANGER BY SELLING HER PARENTS A POORLY DESIGNED AND BUILT CAR?OBVIOUSLY NOT.UNFORTUNATELY FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF I CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE THEM TO COURT FOR SELLING ME THIS LEMON AND NEEDING TO WORK EVERY DAY TO GET BY I NEEDED THIS VEHICLE.I HAVE TO DRIVE IT EVERY DAY.IT'S A SHAME THAT CHRYSLER HAS RUINED ANOTHER AMERICAN FAMILIES OPINION ON AMERICAN MADE VEHICLES BECAUSE I WILL NEVER BUY AMERICAN FOR VEHICLES AGAIN.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE WAS VIBRATION. ALSO, VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, RESULTING, IN A CRASH. DEAELR COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK VIBRATION OCCURS BOTH ON DRIVING AND WHILE STOPPED. *YH
CONSUME TOOK CAR IN FOR A TIRE ROTATION, BALL JOINT AND COVERS WERE BENT. CONSUMER START HEARING A SCRAPING NOISE. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS TIE ROD.*AK
VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY AT IDLE. DEALER HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS TOO SMALL FOR VEHICLE, AND THAT CAUSED VIBRATION. *AK
FRONT END NOISE WHEN GOING OVER MINOR BUMPS. TOLD MANY TIMES THAT IT WAS JUST MY STRUTS AND IT WAS NORMAL. NOW HAVE BEEN TOLD THE REAL PROBLEMS AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED AT A COST TO ME. *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
HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSED OIL LEAK. YH
NOTICED LEAKAGE OF OIL UNDER CAR CHASSIS. DEALER DIAGNOSED LEAKING HEAD GASKET AND CAM SENSOR SEAL. DEALER REPORTS WORKING ON SAME PROBLEM REPORTED BY OTHER NEON AND BREEZE OWNERS. PREVIOUS PROBLEM WITH EXCESSIVE CREAKING IN FRONT SUSPENSION WITH ANY JARRING OF SUSPENSION SYSTEM. *AK
HEAD GASKET LEAKS. DEALER REPORTS THAT THE GASKET IS DEFECTIVE. SAME FOR NEON, BREEZE, STRATUS, ETC. ALL MUST BE REPLACED. SHOULD BE RECALLED. REFUNDS SHOULD BE MADE. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND MAKES NOISE WHEN TURNING RIGHT. NOTHING DONE YET.
VEHICLE MAKES NOISE WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT.
SWAY BAR LINKS FAILED CAUSING RATTLING NOISE OVER BUMPS.
THERE IS EXCESSIVE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALER CANNOT REPAIR. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A FORWARD LUNGING WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP/REPLACED BROKEN MOTOR MOUNT/BROKEN ALTERNATOR BOLT/SENSOR FOR IDLE/RACK AND PINION STEERING/HEAD GASKET/EXHAUST LEAK DUE TO LOOSE BOLTS AND BROKEN POWER STEERING CAP. *AK
SWAY BAR FAILURE.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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