1997 Plymouth Breeze: Reliability Data

203
Total Complaints
73,000mi
Median Mileage
Engine
Top Issue
10
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

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

56,010 25th Percentile
73,000 Median Mileage
95,750 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

Engine
54
Gasoline
17
Frontal
9
Unknown Or Other
8
Foundation Components
8
Automatic Transmission
8
Engine And Engine Cooling
7
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
6
Vehicle Speed Control
4
Front
4

Severity Assessment

10
Crashes
10
Fires
9
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS NOT WORKING AT ALL. *AK"
"CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER. CONTACTED DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT; DEALER STATED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM (RECALL#97V095000) PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK"
"DRIVING ABOUT 15MPH WHEN BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE; BREEZE THEN HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEADON; UPON IMPACT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ANOTHER VEHICLE REARENDED BREEZE. *AK"

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 54 complaints
25th: 24,750 mi Median: 45,400 mi 75th: 56,450 mi

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

NY: 22 OH: 17 CA: 16 FL: 13 MI: 11 NC: 10 PA: 10 WI: 8 MN: 8 TX: 7

Who Files Complaints?

34.5%
Original Owners
65.5%
Second+ Owners

Plymouth Breeze — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

YearComplaintsCrashes
199626825
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