1998 Plymouth Breeze from North America - Comments

I have a 97 Plymouth Breeze with close to 170k on it. It now leaks oil, and the motor knocks which are both common on any vehicle with such high mileage. I drive it 60 miles to school every day and never have a problem with it. It is a great car, and with the proper maintenance it will go forever. I account all of the other problems that people are having to poor maintenance.

We have a 1999 Breeze - 145,000 KM's - head gasket at 80,000K

- problem with gasket was unusual - leaked where coolant channel passes threw head gasket to upper part of cylinder head - rubber seal bonded to head gasket itself was distorted or compressed off center during torgue down at factory - hope new one doesn't do the same again - very strange - automatic transmission coolant lines to rad are leaking - hope this is the last problem - basically find it a very light duty car - have told my daughter to handle it with care - good luck everyone.

1997 Breeze; leaking oil like a sinking ship, not due to uncared for car. Junk, junk, junk.

I have a 09 Breeze in top notch shape. I take very good care of it.

I bought the car with just under 90k on it in July. I have had to replace the ball joints and now I'm using a quart to every 1k miles I put on it. I don't see it leaking and it doesn't smoke, so I dunno what the deal is. I change the oil every 3k and it's doing this crap.

I like the car, but I'm not happy with how it was made.

Any ideas on what my problem is; email me claytonedberg@gmail.com

Thanks, Clayton.

To the comments about the head gaskets on the Breeze... Most of you probably aren't old enough to remember when Subaru's first started being sold in the U.S.. You had to go to the dealer and have the head re-torqued every 3500 miles, or it would blow the gasket.

Granted, Chrysler dropped the ball on the gasket design problem, but they are NOT the only ones. Now, Felpro has a "new" gasket for these engines that is supposed to solve the leaking problem.

Noisy brakes? You should hear a BMW's brakes.

Fact is the Breeze is a machine, and like ALL machines it is prone to breaking with use. I have owned cars of most makes and models, foreign and domestic and NONE of them went without breaking at one point or another.

I own a 98 Plymouth Breeze. I've had it since 06. It was a salvage by a buddy of mine, so I didn't spend too much on it.

Valve cover leaks oil constantly, so I need to refill about every 1600 miles or so, but the oil light only goes on when I am stopped at a light and all the time, even when freshly filled.

Yesterday it started acting like it was going to quit on me, and I find that there is no oil in it. Today I might need the 2nd water pump I've had on this car replaced in a year, because the antifreeze was literally exploding with a blast radius of about 5 feet. Happened twice today and once a few days ago. The reservoir is still full, so maybe it's a hose? I dunno. I also probably need to replace the oil pump so I can properly read the levels of oil rather than just guessing it needs to be filled unless I check it more often.

I used to take this car on cross country trips (PA to UT and back again) and never had any problems until recently. It's a really comfortable traveling car. I'm just praying it stays alive long enough for us to be able to pay for another car. We've already paid for it twice in repairs.

Back again to update on my Breeze problems mentioned just above. After this past week and a half, I have replaced the radiator cap, thermostat, manifold gasket, intake gasket, radiator, battery, spark plugs, and now the big one, the head gasket. I was in the shop everyday this past week, and every day they thought they fixed it, but it would just overheat the next day I used it. Then other problems cropped up, probably just coincidence.

Total repairs so far: $2000. I might just have them replace the valve cover if it's still leaking oil, if I can sneak it in for no extra cost of labor.