1996 Plymouth Breeze: Reliability Data

268
Total Complaints
72,500mi
Median Mileage
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Top Issue
25
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

54,000 25th Percentile
72,500 Median Mileage
77,450 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
70
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
21
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
19
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
9
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
8
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
8
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
7
SUSPENSION:FRONT
7
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
6
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
6

Severity Assessment

25
Crashes
2
Fires
19
Injuries
1
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"ABS LIGHT STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES. BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY HARD WHEN APPLIED. ON JULY 26 THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED. ALSO NOISE AND VIBRATION WAS EXPERIENCED WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED.*AK VEHICLE ALSO PULLS WHEN BRAKING, ON ONE OCCASION FRONT ROTORS WERE OVERHEATED, DEALER STATED THIS WAS DUE TO AN AB..."
"ABS LIGHT STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES. BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY HARD WHEN APPLIED. ON JULY 26 THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED. ALSO NOISE AND VIBRATION WAS EXPERIENCED WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED.*AK VEHICLE ALSO PULLS WHEN BRAKING, ON ONE OCCASION FRONT ROTORS WERE OVERHEATED, DEALER STATED THIS WAS DUE TO AN AB..."
"ABS LIGHT STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES. BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY HARD WHEN APPLIED. ON JULY 26 THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED. ALSO NOISE AND VIBRATION WAS EXPERIENCED WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED.*AK VEHICLE ALSO PULLS WHEN BRAKING, ON ONE OCCASION FRONT ROTORS WERE OVERHEATED, DEALER STATED THIS WAS DUE TO AN AB..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

When Does Each Component Fail?

Median mileage at complaint for top components.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE 70 complaints
25th: 72,600 mi Median: 72,600 mi 75th: 72,600 mi
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 8 complaints
Median: 54,000 mi

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

CA: 20 OH: 19 FL: 19 GA: 18 PA: 16 WA: 12 WI: 12 NY: 12 VA: 11 MI: 11

Who Files Complaints?

39.9%
Original Owners
60.1%
Second+ Owners

Plymouth Breeze — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

YearComplaintsCrashes
199720310
199820123
199915319
2000421

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28