Tl* the contact owns a 1999 plymouth breeze. While driving 60 MPH, the vehicle decelerated from 60 to 0 MPH before regaining power and returning to normal speed. In addition, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to the mechanic where the map sensor was replaced; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 182,434.
Plymouth Breeze stalling problems
14 of the 667 owner complaints about the Plymouth Breeze describe engine stalls while driving, most of them for the 1998 model year.
- owner complaints
- 14
- worst model year
- 1998
- typical mileage
- 90,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20002
- 19993
- 19985
- 19972
- 19962
Often reported together
What owners say
1996 plymouth breeze had something break from the vehicle. The consumer stated the vehicle stalled and caught fire after coming to a rest on the shoulder. *kb the cause of the fire was undetermined. (ohio traffic crash report)
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 plymouth breeze. While driving 35 MPH the engine stalled and smoke was coming from under the dashboard. The power control module fuse was blown. When he tried to restart the vehicle the fuse blew again. The dealer has not inspected the vehicle. The current and failure mileages were 180,000.
Loss of power and car stalled, unable to run AC or car stalls. Had the car tuned up, mechanic found engine oil in the spark plug well. Causing misfire and loss of power. Replaced o-ring 6/2005. In 6/2006 same problem occurred. Loss of power, unable to run AC. Was going to replace timing belt, mechanic found thick gunky oil resembling lard. Removed the gunk and weeks later the spark plug well has oil leaking into again with weeks. Car ran well for a couple of weeks, back to the loss of power. Car is not able to run with AC engaged or it will stall.
Dt*: the contact stated while traveling 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop, where it was determined the timing belt tensioner fractured. This caused the timing belt and tensioner pulley to fail as well. The timing belt tensioner housing and timing belt was replaced.
Car stalled several times, found out it was the fuel pump, mechanic showed me the fuel pump and the wiring on it had actually burned, this could have resulted in a fire because the fuel pump is in the tank.
Without warning vehicle stalled, causing the driver to pull off the road. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer. Mechanic informed the consumer that the engine head gasket malfunctioned, causing the engine to fail.
Rough idle with higher temp/AC load 2 shops could not fix has stalled out several times LED to o2 sensor failure due to high carbon
While driving at any speed and with no warning the vehicle stalled and was difficult to restart. *nlm.
Vehicle has been repaired repeatedly due to excessive overheating from leaky head gasket. Vehicle has stalled numerous times, and smoke from oil was hitting manifold. Please describe details.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Plymouth Breeze stalling
Which Plymouth Breeze years have engine stalls while driving problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1998 (5 complaints), 1999 (3 complaints) and 1996 (2 complaints).
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