Chrysler Concorde Complaints

2,216 consumer complaints on file.

#717848January 25, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
MY CAR HAS BEEN EATING WATER PUMPS JUST ABOUT EVERY 10,000 MILES WITH DIDTRESSING REGULARITY, STARTING WITH THE ORIGINAL PUMP AND NOW SEVERAL OTHER REPLACEMENT UNITS. THERE IS EITHER A DESIGN DEFECT IN HTE PUMP, OR THERE IS SOMETHING PECULAR TO MY ENGINE THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCOVERED AND CORRECTED THAT KEEPS KILLING THESE PUMPS ON A REGULAR BASIS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717885January 25, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
LEFT TIE ROD END PULLED THE HOLDDOWN BOLT OUT OF THE GEAR ASSEMBLY, LEADING TO A COMPLETE SEPERATION OF THE LEFT TIE ROD FROM THE RACK AND PINION GEAR. THE RACK AND PINION GEAR AND BOTH FRONT TIE RODS WERE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855426January 24, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, PARKING BRAKE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
AT LOW SPEED 20MPH IN PARKING LOTS OR HEAVY TRAFFIC WITH A/C ON ALL GAUGES THE INSTRUMENT ON PANEL WOULD GO OFF IMMEDIATELY AND THE HEATER COMES ON BLOWING AT FULL SPEED. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER NO WARRANTY FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THEY SAID VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW IGNITION SWITCH. REPLACED AT CONSUMER COST. ALSO WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, AND THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AT HEAVY BRAKING. DEALER'S RESPONSE NO WARRANTY, DIAGNOSIS SHOWED IT NEEDED NEW COMPUTER. 3 MONTHS LATER, ABS CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER SAID IT NEEDED ABS BRAKE RELAY, EMERCENCY BRAKE INOPERATIVE (1993), EVAPORATOR CORE RUPTURED, HEAD GASKET WARPED FROM OVERHEATING CAUSING LEAKAGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717773January 23, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 25 MILES. ENGINE STOPPED AND STEAM CAME OUT FROM RESERVE NO STEAM FROM THE WATER PUMP AREA. DEALER AND CHRYSLER SAY CAR WAS DRIVEN WITH NO COOLANT AND THAT WATER PUMP HAD FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BLOW. CHRYSLER WILL NOT HELP. COST OF ENGINE IS $4500+ SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM APPEAR ON YOUR SITE. SOMEHOW, COOLANT IS BEING LOST THROUGH THE ENGINE AND NOT BY ANY VISIBLE SIGNS SUCH AS DRIPPING ON THE DRIVEWAY. . COOLANT WAS CHECKED THREE DAYS BEFORE. NO LEAKAGE OR DRIPS ON DRIVEWAY. CHRYSLER WILL NOT HELP. FOUND SEVERAL OTHER SIMILAR PROBLEMS ON THE NHTSA SITE. COST OF REPAIR IS $4500+
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855091January 19, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AROUND OR ABOUT 50-60 MPH VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT, CAUSING POOR STEERING CONTROL. CONSUME HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER NOTICED TSB FOR THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM. DEALER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BY INSTALLING A SMALL BOLT TO SUPPORT THE LARGE BOLT STRUTS. CONSUMER STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550430January 18, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (98V-184) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE CAUSING GAS LEAKAGE. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717382January 15, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE, I HAVE TO SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT TO MAKE IT SHIFT CORRECTLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550408January 13, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
POWER AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FAILURE CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE AND RESULTED LOSS OF POWER. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550564January 11, 2000
INTERIOR LIGHTING
TRUNK LIGHT DOES NOT GO OFF WHEN CLOSED, RESULTED IN BURNING ITEMS STORED IN THE TRUNK AREA. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550318January 10, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
ONE TIE ROD END WORN UNEVENLY CAUSING BANGING NOISE IN THE RIGHT FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717161January 10, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT, STEERING:RACK AND PINION
I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MY 1999 CAR (5) TIMES. MY COMPLAINT REGARDING THE "FRONT LEFT" HAS BEEN THE SAME EACH TIME THE CARE WAS IN FOR SERVICE. EACH TIME THE "SYMPTOM" WAS NOT FIXED. THIS TIME THE RACK AND PINION IS BEING REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716822January 3, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
BOLT IN STEERING RACK BROKE IN HALF, CAUSING COMPLETE STEERING LOSS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716755January 2, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
PROBLEM: LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET SEPARATES FROM ENGINE CRADLE, CAUSING HALF-SHAFT TO PULL OUT OF TRANSAXLE. FIX: REINFORCE ENGINE CRADLE AT CONTROL ARM BRACKET.. VEHICLE OWNERS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE NOTIFIED IN DEC. OF 1999. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED. I FOUND THIS IN MICHIGAN BUSINESS BRIEFS. SEPT. 18 , 1999. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ACTION ON THIS, BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP THIS CAR A WHILE LONGER. THANK YOU. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550106December 29, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENS COVER BECAME CLOUDY CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716635December 29, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
THE GAS STRUTS WEAKENED IN COLD WEATHER, ALLOWING THE HOOD TO FALL ON MY HEAD CAUSING PERSONAL, BUT FORTUNATELY NOT SEVER, INJURY. NO PRIOR INDICATION OF WEAKENING. THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILED DURING A LOW-SPEED PARKING LOT MANEUVER, CAUSING MY WIFE TO LOSE CONTROL. FORTUNATELY SHE STOPPED. REQUIRED RACK REPLACEMENT AND POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE. CAR ESSENTIALLY UNSTEERABLE. IF IT HAD HAPPENED AT SPEED, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WOULD SURELY HAVE OCCURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716532December 28, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
RECALL -PROBLEM LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET SEPARATED FROM ENGINE CRADLE, CAUSING HALF-SHAFT PULLED OUT OF TRANSAXLE. FIX: REINFORCED ENGINE CRADLE AT CONTROL ARM BRACKET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716565December 28, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#716464December 26, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AT JUST 43,000 MILES I EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE REPAIR COST OVER $1400. NOW, 13,000 MILES AND 14 MONTHS LATER I AM EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME TROUBLE. THIS ESSENTIALLY EQUATES TO AN ADDITONAL $100 PER MONTH IN OPERATING EXPENSES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716295December 21, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854095December 16, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY WHEN VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC PART OF FRAME ON LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD SEPARATED DUE TO CRACK. MANUFACTURER INFORMED OWNER, AFTER BEING NOTIFIED, THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON VEHICLE. CONSUMER CALLED BACK & WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A RECALL ON VEHICLE BUT NO NOTICE WENT OUT AS OF YET. RECALL #99V215000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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