Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Driver assistance reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
8
Latest Sep 27, 2004
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
5%
of 174 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
2
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
1
What this page shows
Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1998 Plymouth Breeze submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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.
Owner reports naming driver-assistance
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
Driver assistance
Filed Sep 27, 2004
ON 9/21/04 I WAS STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT WAITING TO TURN LEFT. AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT PRESSING THE GAS. I USED THE BRAKE TO SLOW TO A NORMAL SPEED TO SAFELY MAKE THE TURN. WITHIN 3 MILES I STOPPED AT ANOTHER TRAFFIC LIGHT PREPARING TO MAKE A LEFT INTO A BUSY ROAD. AS I RELEASED THE BRAKE, THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN SURGED ON ITS OWN. I HAD TO QUICKLY BRAKE BEHIND OTHER VEHICLES AHEAD OF ME. MOMENTS LATER I MADE A RIGHT INTO A CROWDED PARKING LOT THEN TURNING LEFT TO FIND PARKING AT THE LIBRARY. AGAIN THE STEERING WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE CAR SUDDENLY JUMPED FORWARD WITHOUT PRESSING THE GAS. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE TO REDUCE MY SPEED AND THE ACCELERATOR RELEASED ITSELF . ON 9/26/04 I WAS TURNING LEFT INTO A PARKING LOT AND THE STEERING TIGHTENED UP, THE ENGINE SURGED WHEN I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE. I HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO KEEP THE CAR UNDER CONTROL. ONCE THE ACCELERATOR RELEASED I PARKED THE CAR AND TURNED IT OFF. TEN MINUTES LATER I STARTED THE CAR WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND PUT IT IN DRIVE. REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE, THE ACCELERATOR WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE ENGINE RACED. I STEPPED HARD ON THE BRAKE AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, THE CAR STILL DIDN'T STOP. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV ON IT OWN AND I WAS FORCED TO HOLD THE BRAKE TO THE FLOOR WHILE IN NEUTRAL TO STOP THE MOMENTUM OF THE CAR. AFTER SITTING LIKE THAT FOR A MINUTE OR SO THE ACCELERATOR RELEASED AND THE CAR IDLED. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES BEFORE PUTTING THE CAR BACK IN DRIVE. AS SOON AS I RELEASED THE BRAKE THE ENGINE RACED UNCONTROLLABLY. PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, RIDING THE BRAKE TO KEEP THE CAR FROM ENTERING THE ROAD ADJACENT TO THE PARKING LOT. THE ENGINE KEPT RACING, SO I TURNED THE CAR OFF. UPON A RESTART THE ENGINE REVVED UP THE SAME WAY THIS TIME IN PARK WHILE HOLDING BRAKE. CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE. SERIOUS DANGER TO MYSELF AND OTHERS. TWO PEOPLE HELPED PUSH THE CAR INTO PARKING SPOT. (SAME PRIOR ISSUE WITH 1991 PLYMOUTH ACCLAIM). *AK
NHTSA ID
10093173
Incident
Sep 21, 2004
Driver assistanceSteering
Filed May 22, 2001
AFTER TURNING CRUISE CONTROL OFF CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT COME BACK ON UNLESS CONSUMER SHUTS OFF VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER STATES IF HE HAS CRUISE CONTROL ON, AND HE HAS TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN, ONCE HE STARTS DRIVING AGAIN AND PUSHES THE RESUME BUTTON IT SHUTS OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL, CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT COME BACK ON UNTIL THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF. *JB
NHTSA ID
888881
Incident
Mar 1, 2001
Driver assistance
Filed Jan 25, 2001
VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT ANY SPEED/DRIVE OR REVERSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. *AK
NHTSA ID
879051
Incident
Sep 20, 1999
Driver assistance
Filed Mar 29, 2000
Crash reported1 injury reported
STARTED CAR AND WITH BRAKE PRESSED DOWN, SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WITH NO PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE STEERING FELT TIGHT. THE CAR ACCELERATED WILDLY IN REVERSE, MADE A U-TURN AND HIT 3 PARKED CARS. IN PROCESS I TRIED TO STOP IT WITH THE BRAKE BUT IT DID NOTHING THE BRAKE WAS ALL THE WAY, AS FAR AS IT COULD GO. *AK
NHTSA ID
720769
Incident
Feb 9, 2000
Driver assistance
Filed Jun 1, 1999
WHEN APPLYING GAS PEDALVEHICLE WILL MAKE A LOUD NOISE . THE DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE DEFECT. *AK
NHTSA ID
838710
Driver assistance
Filed May 4, 1999
WHEN STARTING OUT FROM A STOP GAS PEDAL STICKS. MANUFACTURER/DEALERSHIP ARE AWARE OF THE SITUATION. THE PROBLEM IS BEING CORRECTED. THE DEALERSHIP ASSERTED SINCE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO RESIDUE BUILDUP ON THE MECHANISM, THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. CONSUMER MAINTAINS THAT THERE MUST BE A DESIGN FLAW BECAUSE THIS CONDITION SHOULD NOT OCCUR ON A SIX MONTH OLD VEHICLE. *AK
NHTSA ID
837421
Driver assistance
Filed Dec 28, 1998
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING INTERMITTENT SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL FOR UNKNOWN REASON. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSEPECTED/REPAIRED BY DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS AND PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE FIRST TIME THE INCIDENT OCCURED, ANOTHER VEHICLE BACKED IN HER VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL, CONSUMER WAS THEN TOLD TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER, BUT WAS TOLD VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH MILES ON IT TO BE CHECKED.*JB
NHTSA ID
832701
Incident
Nov 10, 1998
Driver assistance
Filed Jun 19, 1998
Crash reported
AFTER STARTING VEHICLE AND SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. SKID MARKS IN ROAD, KNOCKED DOWN STREET SIGN AND NEIGHBORS FENCE, VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERS. *AK *JB
NHTSA ID
824486
Incident
May 21, 1998
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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