FaultScore

Plymouth Breeze airbag problems

44 of the 869 complaints filed about the Plymouth Breeze are about the airbag system — 5% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 1998.

44

Complaints

5%

Share of all complaints

35

Crashes

3

Fires

Airbags complaints by model year

1996 Breeze 11 25.0%
1997 Breeze 9 20.5%

Median failure at 123,000 miles

1998 Breeze 12 27.3%

Median failure at 60,000 miles

1999 Breeze 11 25.0%

Median failure at 64,000 miles

2000 Breeze 1 2.3%

What owners said

1998 Plymouth Breeze at 60,000 miles Nashville, TN Crash

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

30 MPH FRONT END COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

NHTSA complaint #10341786 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Plymouth Breeze Madison, WI

AIR BAGS

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING OR DRIVE OVER ANYTHING, AND BOTH MY DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.

NHTSA complaint #10184424 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1999 Plymouth Breeze at 64,000 miles Twentynine Palms, CA Crash 1 injured

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 TO 35 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS BUMPED FROM THE REAR CAUSING IT TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS PRE IMPACT BRAKING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. SEAT BELTS WERE IN USE HOWEVER HEAD AND NECK INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FOR INSPECTION HOWEVER NO INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED ABOUT THE AIR BAG SENSORS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED.

NHTSA complaint #10158571 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1999 Plymouth Breeze Greenville, SC Crash 1 injured

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS ON EITHER SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED A BROKEN NOSE FROM HITTING HER FACE ON THE STEERING WHEEL. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD TO CONTACT NHTSA.

NHTSA complaint #10111505 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1999 Plymouth Breeze Erie, PA Crash 1 injured

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB UPDATED 2/7/2005. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRONT END DAMAGE.

NHTSA complaint #10099212 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Plymouth Breeze Monroe, LA Crash Fire 2 injured 1 killed

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

WHILE DRIVING,THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD AND NECK INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED OUT BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION EVERYTHING WAS DESTROYED. ONE DEATH AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER NOW WALKS WITH A LIMP. ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND SPRING 1999

NHTSA complaint #10091487 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1997 Plymouth Breeze at 123,000 miles Camden, NJ

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH ON A DRY/SMOOTH ROAD SURFACE BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY. NO INJURY TO REPORT.

NHTSA complaint #10088011 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Plymouth Breeze Nashville, TN Crash 1 injured

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN LARGE TRUCK PULLED ACROSS ROAD. I WAS DRIVING A 1998 PLYMOUTH BREEZE AND HIT TRUCK AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH. CAR TOTALLED ALL FRONT END DAMAGE INCLUDING HOOD, BUMPER KNOCKED OFF, BOTH FENDERS, ALSO DAMAGE INSIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE IS STILL AT MY HOME AT THIS TIME UNTIL INSUARANCE COMPANY RETRIEVES IT. I HAVE PICTURES OF DAMAGE AND INTERIOR SHOWING THAT THE AIR BAGS ARE STILL INTACT AND DID NOT DEPLOY. APPARENTLY, THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I SEARCHED YOUR WEB SITE AND FOUND SEVERAL OTHER AIRBAG COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME MAKE MODEL AND YEAR CAR. *AK I (DRIVER) HAVE INJURY TO RIGHT KNEE THAT MAY REQUIRE SURGERY

NHTSA complaint #10073081 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1996 Plymouth Breeze Duarte, CA Crash 1 injured

AIR BAGS

1996 PLYMOUTH BREEZE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE.*MR THE ACCIDENT WAS THE RESULT OF STEERING PROBLEMS. CONSUME LATER RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTIFICATION FROM CHRYSLER THAT CONCERNED THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER'S SON SUSTAINED INJURIES. INSURANCE COMPANY DECLARED THE VEHICLE TOTALED. THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. DRIVER WAS MAKING A TURN WHEN HE HEAR A CLINKING OR POPPING SOUND. AT THE ENID OF THE TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT STEER THE VEHICLE. HE HIT THE CURB AND HEARD A LOUD SOUND UNDER THE VEHICLE. HE THEN HIT THE SIGN POLE, WHICH BROKE A THE BASE AND CAME THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. HE HAD TO DUCK OUT OF THE WAY AS THE POLE HIT HIS HEADREST AND THEN STRUCK THE WALL. THIS IS WHERE HE INJURED HIS NECK AND BACK, TRYING TO AVOID THE POLE. THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY.

NHTSA complaint #10050207 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1996 Plymouth Breeze International Falls, MN Crash 1 injured

AIR BAGS

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AT 15 MPH WHICH CAUSED SEVERE INJURIES TO CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

NHTSA complaint #10031731 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Plymouth Breeze Spokane, WA

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITH ANY IMPACT.

NHTSA complaint #10019463 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Plymouth Breeze Shreveport, LA Crash 2 injured

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

FRONT COLLISION AT 35-40 MPH, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER HIT HER HEAD ON THE DASH, PASSENGER INJURED AS WELL. VEHICLE IS TOTALED. PH

NHTSA complaint #10005905 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2000 Plymouth Breeze Kimberly, IA Crash

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY SKIDDED ON THE ROAD AND HIT A DITCH, ROLLING TWICE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.

NHTSA complaint #8016566 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1999 Plymouth Breeze Rural Retriet, VA Crash

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH. CONSUMER HIT A POLE AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

NHTSA complaint #8013859 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Plymouth Breeze Seaboard, TN Crash 1 injured

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, WENT OFF THE ROAD, AND HIT TREES. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS UNKNOWN.

NHTSA complaint #8011307 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1996 Plymouth Breeze Onamia, MN Crash

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE MADE A SUDDEN STOP IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, AND IT HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.

NHTSA complaint #8010965 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1999 Plymouth Breeze Parsons, KS Crash 1 injured

AIR BAGS

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 TO 30 MPH ANOTHER DRIVER PULLED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER AND CONSUMER WAS HIT MID DRIVER SIDE, CONSUMER STATES NONE OF THE VEHICLE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE OTHER DRIVER AIRBAGS DID DEPLOY. *JB THERE WAS ONE INJURY.

NHTSA complaint #8008915 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Plymouth Breeze Wolcott, NY Crash 1 injured

AIR BAGS

FRONT COLLISION AT 50 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED BROKEN STERNUM AND RIBS. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. NLM

NHTSA complaint #8008040 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1997 Plymouth Breeze Hickory, NC Crash

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

VEHICLE WAS INVOLED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 40 MPH, AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

NHTSA complaint #8004932 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1999 Plymouth Breeze Bowlingbrook, IL

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

DRIVER'S AIRBAG PANEL LOOSENED, AND HORN STOPPED WORKING. DEALER SAID HE COULD ONLY REPAIR HORN, WAS NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT AIRBAG PANEL.

NHTSA complaint #8001863 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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