1998 Plymouth Breeze: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 201 complaints
201
Total Complaints
80,000mi
Median Mileage
Engine
Top Issue
23
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

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

62,500 25th Percentile
80,000 Median Mileage
108,500 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

Engine
41
Gasoline
15
Frontal
9
Engine And Engine Cooling
9
Automatic Transmission
8
Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings
7
Steering
6
Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
6
Electrical System
6
Vehicle Speed Control
5

Severity Assessment

23
Crashes
13
Fires
22
Injuries
2
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"FRONT SUSPENSION MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING FRONT END NOISE."
"AFTER STARTING VEHICLE AND SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. SKID MARKS IN ROAD, KNOCKED DOWN STREET SIGN AND NEIGHBORS FENCE, VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERS. *AK *JB"
"WHILE DRIVING HEARD NOISE FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE . ALSO, WHILE MAKING A TURN, HAD DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING VEHICLE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *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 41 complaints
25th: 44,000 mi Median: 63,000 mi 75th: 86,958 mi
Gasoline 15 complaints
Median: 55,000 mi
Engine And Engine Cooling 9 complaints
25th: 65,500 mi Median: 72,325 mi 75th: 78,662 mi

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

PA: 19 TN: 18 CA: 16 TX: 14 NY: 14 FL: 11 IL: 7 MD: 7 OH: 6 MI: 6

Who Files Complaints?

32.8%
Original Owners
67.2%
Second+ Owners

Plymouth Breeze — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

YearComplaintsCrashes
199626825
199720310
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