1987 Plymouth Horizon from North America - Comments

Just to be fair, I'll first admit that I purchased this car from a little old lady who barely used it.

This model was carbureted... and one of the first problems I noticed shortly after purchase was the huge billowing white clouds the exhaust belched out.

The car began stalling on me repeatedly... so I had the carburetor replaced (upon Chrysler's advice).

The car continued to stall repeatedly, so I had the carburetor checked out again. Chrysler said the fuel lines were mucked up... so they replaced the lines AND the gas tank.

To this day, my dad believes the car sat too long without being run before I purchased it. This may have caused the interior of the gas tank to either rust or corrode, leaving particulates in the tank (therefore gumming up the fuel lines, carburetor, etc...).

Beyond the bad stuff, when this car was running I actually was quite fond of it. It was comfortable. It ran smoothly, and kept up with traffic when it had to.

When my father took it off my hands after I bought my first new car (Honda Civic Hatchback), and after the correct repairs had been made... it actually served him well for a year or so before he unloaded it. But to this day I view it as an unreliable car... that I look back on kind of fondly (how weird is that?).

Very interesting in that I too bought my son the same car... from an old lady... hardly driven...stalled...etc. This sounds like his car. Please tell me what you did to stop all of these "hair pulling" problems. Did you ever get it totally fixed?? I too have had the gas tank refurbished, new fuel pump and filter, and lots of carb work done. Ron.

I have an 87 Horizon in excellent shape, but all the carbs on these cars were junk. Holleys are usually good, but this particular model that graced the Omnis/Horizons until the advent of standard fuel injection.

I regularly douse mine in STP carb cleaner which seems to keep the stalling/sputtering in check for a while.

It's hard to hate a Horizon. They're just lovable and you can beat them to death and they'll keep going.

Sorry, Ron, but my '87 Horizon never really ran perfect after putting in a rebuilt carburetor, replacing the full tank, and having the fuel pump and lines worked on. It ran better, but not perfect.

I'm the writer of the original review.