1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE Electrical System Problems

ON 11/22/2017 A FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DASHBOARD RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE BURNING TO A TOTAL LOSS OF THE VEHICLE. WAS TOWED AND KEPT BY THE TOW TRUCK OPERATOR AFTER WE RELINQUISHED THE TITLE.

Mileage: 97,462

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 1 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE FROM THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR PANEL BEFORE CATCHING FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE BUT THERE HAD BEEN NO RESPONSE FROM THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SPOKANE CITY POLICE REGARDING AN ENGINE FIRE IN AN UNOCCUPIED PARKED CAR THAT WAS REGISTERED IN OUR NAME. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD PUT THE FIRE OUT AND I WAS ASKED TO TOW IT AWAY. THIS WAS ABOUT 6:30 PM WHILE MY WIFE WAS AT AN EVENT 4 BLOCKS AWAY. I DROVE THERE TO MEET THE TWO TRUCK TO BRING THE CAR TO OUR HOUSE WHERE IT IS AT THIS TIME. I COULD SEE WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO BREAK THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW TO OPEN THE HOOD WHERE THERE WAS WHITE RESIDUE EVERYWHERE. THE PAINT ON THE HOOD HAD PEELED DUE TO THE HEAT FROM THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS INCIDENTS LIKE THIS TO THE CAR. THIS WAS A 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE. *TR

Mileage: 126,000

DROVE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES, ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE, I PUT IT OUT. *TR

Mileage: 160,790

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, P0700 & P0725 CODES. THERE ARE RELATED TO TRANSAXLE PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION WILL, AFTER ABOUT 30 MILES OF FREEWAY DRIVING, JERK SLIGHTLY, THEN "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WILL COME ON. TRANSMISSION THEN SHIFTS POORLY, JERKS AND SLAMS ON DOWN AND UP SHIFTS. TRANS WILL THEN GO INTO LIMP MODE, LIMITING SPEED TO 45 MPH MAX. RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE, THERE ARE 1000'S OF SIMILAR TRANSAXLE PROBLEMS REPORTED. SO FAR, HAVE CHANGED TRANS FLUID, TWICE. LAST TIME COST WAS $150+. REPLACED INPUT AND OUTPUT TRANS SENSORS, INPUT REPLACED TWICE. CLEANED ALL UNDERHOOD GROUNDS, RESET COMPUTER BY BATTERY DISCONNECT. TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT SHOP, THEY SAID MAYBE CRANK POSITION SENSOR OR TRANS CONTROL COMPUTER. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY CHECKED AND FOUND FAULTY INPUT TRANS SPEED SENSOR. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 63K MILES, IT SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS MUCH POWERTRAIN TROUBLE. SO FAR SPENT ABOUT $700, STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM, AS 1000'S OF OTHER PEOPLE. MANY REPORTS OF HIT AND MISS REPAIRS, INCLUDING SOLENOID PACKS, TCM REPLACEMENTS, AND TRANS OVERHAULS. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED FOR YEARS BY 1000'S OF OWNERS. THIS IS A POORLY DESIGNED PRODUCT, AND CHRYSLER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *JB

Mileage: 62,500

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE. ON 10-09-05 THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED. IT WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT REPORTED HAVING NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED, AND THEY SAID IT WAS SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL SHORT THAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE POLICE ALSO RESPONDED. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. THE CONTACT HAD LIABILITY INSURANCE ON THE CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A RECALL CONCERNING THE POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: LEVER AND LINKAGE: FLOOR SHIFT. HE RECEIVED THE RECALL LETTER A TTHE BEGINNING OF JULY-2005. HE WAS BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CHRYSLER DEALERS SINCE RECEIVING THE RECALL LETTER BECAUSE THE DEALER SAID THEY NEEDED A RECALL NUMBER AND PAPER WORK FROM THEIR HOME OFFICE CONCERNING THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO GET THE RECALL REPAIRS DONE. *AK

Mileage: 90,000

1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE RECALL REPAIRS TO THE IGNITION.*MR WHEN THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE 12 MILES AFTER HAVING THE RECALL REPAIRS DONE, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. IT STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND ALL THE GEAR INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD A POSSIBLE FUEL PUMP WAS THE PROBLEM BUT THEY WERE NOT SURE. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALER AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THE FUEL WAS NOT PROBLEM. THERE WERE SOME WIRES THAT HAD BEEN SPRAYED AND WERE STICKING TOGETHER, THE WIRES MELTED AND CAUSED FURTHER PROBLEMS. *JB

CONTACT STATED: HIS CAR FOR SOME REASON CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE PARKING LOT. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPOR ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK

Mileage: 100,000

HAVE REPLACED THE BLOWER SWITCH TWICE AND HAS FAILED AGAIN. WILL ONLY BLOW ON HIGH SPEED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE THERE WOULD BE A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE KEY AREA. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

AFTER TURNNG VEHICLE OFF KEY WOULD GET STUCK IN IGNITION SWITCH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON AND CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR . VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WITHIN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR PANEL. E CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS DETERMINE TO BE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT WITHIN THE WIRES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK