Chrysler Concorde Complaints

2,216 consumer complaints on file.

#10135937September 9, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE OF 1999 CHRYLSER CONCORDE 2.7L ENGINE. *NM
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10135509September 7, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE (WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED) WHILE IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER A 2ND RECALL TO FIX WHAT THE 1ST RECALL DIDN'T FIX. NOW THEY WANT A $1000 TO FIX THE VEHICLE BUT CLAIM THAT IT ISN'T UNDER RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM. THE FLOOR SHIFTER/PIN/CABLE ASSEMBLY UNIT. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION PREVIOUS COMPLAINT # AG#200510260. *NM
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No
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No
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0
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#10135375September 6, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM A TRIP FROM FT. LAUDERDALE ,FL. ON LABOR DAY 9/5/05. WHEN MY 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE JUST STOPPED FOR NO APPARENT REASON . I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 4 MONTHS AGO AND I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON IT. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 75,500 MILES ON IT. I HAVE PUT ON 5,000 MILES SINCE I OWNED IT AND HAVE CHANGED THE OIL TWICE ALREADY.*JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10135389September 6, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER CONCORD LIMITED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, THEN IT WENT OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS. THE WARNING SOUND WENT OFF LETTING THE CONTACT KNOW THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TO A SERVICE DEALER ON JULY 15, 2005. THEY STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE AIR BAG. AT THIS TIME THE VEHICLE HAD 31,588 MILES ON IT. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED ANOTHER SERVICE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE CONTROL MODULE. APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR LATER THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. ANOTHER SERVICE DEALER CLEANED THE CONNECTORS TO THE AIR BAG, BUT THIS STILL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT WAS GOING TO CONTACT THEM TODAY.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10135306September 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE-----DUAL BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE ------- DUE TO CORROSION OF METAL BRAKE LINES LEADING TO THE REAR OF VEHICLE IN THE AREA OF THE GAS TANK. BOTH HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES DEVELOPED A LEAK AT THE SAME TIME DUE TO A BRACKET (DIS-SIMILAR METALS) TRAPPED MOISTURE AGAINST THE BRAKE LINES. BOTH BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED FROM THE OUTSIDE INWARD AT THE SAME THE SAME LOCATION. ORIGINAL OWNER, NOT LOCATED NEAR WATER, NEVER UNDERWATER, NORMAL DRIVING USE. REPLACE BRAKE LINES. PARTS AVAILABLE. *JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133656August 21, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES
THE HEADLIGHTS COVERS ARE MADE OF PLASTIC. THIS PLASTIC HAS FILMED OVER REDUCING THE EFFECTIVNESS OF THE HEADLIGHTS. THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO MY CAR. I HAVE NOTICED IT ON ALL SIMULAR YEAR/MAKE/MODEL OF MY CAR. THE DEALER TELLS ME THEY COULD ONLY REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES AT A CONSIDERABLE OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE FOR ME. THIS IS NOT SAFE - IT IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURE DEFECT THAT THE MAKER MUST CORRECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133668August 21, 2005
STEERING
I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT, I HAD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE RITE TO GET OUT. WHEN MY FRONT TIRES CAME OFF THE DRIVE WAY( OR CURB) I HEARD A SNAP. MY TIRES WOULDNT MOVE AFTER THAT. THE STEERIING WHEEL WOULD MOVE BUT MY TIRES WOULDNT. I HAD TO PAY $150 TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A AN AUTO SHOP ($50), HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AND TELL ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED($70), AND HAVE IT TOWED BACK($50). THE AUTO SHOP TOLD ME THAT TWO BOLTS THAT HOLD THE TIE RODS TO THE RACK AND PINION HAD SNAPED IN HALF. THEY WANTED $820 TO FIX IT. I HAD THEM TOW IT BACK TO MY PARKING SPOT. I TOOK THE RACK AND PINION OUT MYSELF AND GOT THE BOLTS OUT. I AM STILL IN THE PROCESS OF FIXING THIS PROBLEM. MY WIFE HAD LOOKED ONLINE TO SEE IF THIS PROBLEM HAD HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE. SHE FOUND THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO QUITE A FEW PEOPLE. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO OWNES A 1994 DODGE INTREPID. MY FRIEND SAID THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIS CAR. HE WAS DRIVING WHEN IT HAPPENED TO HIM, HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS CAR AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. MY WIFE FOUND A STORY OF A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT HAD THIS PROBLEM AND IT ENDED UP TAKING THE LIVES OF THERE 18 YR OLD DAUGHTER AND HER BOYFRIEND. I COULDNT FIND A RECALL FOR IT ON YOUR WEBSITE. I DONT KNOW IF YOU OR THE COMPANY'S WHO HAVE BUILT THESE CARS KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM. IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED IF IT WERE INVESTAGAED. BEFORE IT TAKES ANYMORE LIVES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133541August 19, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT: AFTER PARKING CALLER TRIED TO START VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. CALLER STATED VEHICLE WAS MAKING A TICKING NOISE WHEN HE STARTED IT AND THEN IT WOULD STOP WHEN THE VEHICLE WARMED UP. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133573August 19, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30-35 MPH ON A STREET AND THE VEHICLE CUT OFF. THERE WAS NO STALLING LOSS OF ALL POWER. THE STEERING WAS STILL WORKING THOUGH IT WAS HARD TO TURN THE VEHICLE. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET AND CALLED FOR A MECHANIC. A LOCAL MECHANIC CAME AND TOWED VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE REPAIR SHOP. THEE IT WAS DISCOVERED THERE WAS BROWN SLUDGE, AND THIS WAS CAKED UP BEYOND REPAIR. SUGGESTED THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE EXPENSE OF A NEW ENGINE REPLACEMENT. CONTACTED BOTH DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, WHO DID NOT WISH TO REPLACE OR HELP THE CONSUMER WITH THE REPLACEMENT. THIS VEHICLE WAS REGULARLY SERVICED AND MAINTAINED. THIS HAPPENED AT 61, 000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130038August 19, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT: CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING OR IDLING. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR CAR BECAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE NOISE WAS. REFERRED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHO HAD 3 TECHNICIANS INSPECT THE VEHICLE. IT WAS SUGGESTED NOT TO DRIVE ANY FURTHER OR THE MOTOR MAY BLOWOUT. A NEW MOTOR WAS RECOMMENDED. THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND SHAVINGS IN THE OIL PAN. CONSUMER WAS NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE FINAL DIAGNOSIS WAS ON THE MOTOR, BUT REMEMBERED THE SLUDGE AND SHAVINGS. CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THE MOTOR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED REGULARLY. CHRYSLER RETURNED CONSUMER'S CALL AND STATED THEY WOULD PAY 50% OF THE BILL FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MOTOR. VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS NOW. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133341August 18, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
DT: TH ECONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ENGINE PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME HE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WHEN HE TRIED TO PULL OUT THE ENGINE STALLED. HE WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO START IT BACK, BUT IT MADE A LOT OF NOISE. THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC WHO TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIMING CHAIN. AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED. RECENTLY, THE PROBLEM RECURRED THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AGAIN. THEY TOLD HIM THAT IF THEY FIXED THE TIMING CHAIN THAT IT MIGHT HELP OR THERE MAY BE MORE PROBLEMS. HE HAS NOT HAD THIS FIXED AS OF YET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133365August 18, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
DT: 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORD. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN OPENING THE TRUNK IT FELL DOWN HARD. THE HYDRAULIC LIFTS THAT HOLD THE TRUNK OPEN HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRUNK WAS NOT OPENED OFTEN. BOTH WERE REPLACED, LEFT AND RIGHT LIFTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133114August 16, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON AUGUST 16, 2005 , CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE CONTACT COULD HAVE ENGINE REBUILT WHICH WOULD COST $7000-8000 DOLLARS OR THEY COULD DO IT FOR $2500. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT GIVE THE CONTACT ANY TYPE OF EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE ON VEHICLE IS 64, 200.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10132878August 15, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE CAR WAS PURCHASED USED FROM YANKEE FORD,SO.PORTLAND. WITH 60,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE CAR SEEMED TO IDLE HIGH. YANKEE FORD DIAGNOSTIC COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. IN 2004 FALL, I TOOK IT IN BECAUSE IT WAS RUNNING HOT, THE ENGINE SOUNDED ROUGH. THE OIL CHANGES WERE UP TO DATE. THE OIL WAS CLEAN WHEN THE MECHANIC LOOKED AT IT. HE DID A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. THEN HE LOOKED IN THE ENGINE. IT WAS VERY DIRTY. WHEN THE MACHINE SHOP CLEANED IT, THE MECHANICS SAID THEY NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE IT, IT WAS CAKED WITH SLUDGE. THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE SHOP WHILE THE MECHANIC HAS LOOKED FOR A NEW USED ENGINE. THE COST IS VERY, VERY HIGH AND I STILL OWE $7,000 ON THE CAR. IT HAD LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I TOOK IT IN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10132758August 14, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY CAR'S PERFORMANCE HAD SUFFERED A LITTLE. I WAS COMING UP ON 60000 MILES AND DECIDED TO GET SOME ROUTINE MAINTENANCE DONE. THAT WAS ON AUG 13TH, 2005. I WENT TO START THE CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START. IT WORKED FINE THE DAY BEFORE. I HAD IT TOWED TO A MIDAS REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT IS A JUMPED TIMING ISSUE. BASICALLY IT IS AN INTERNAL ENGINE PROBLEM AND THEY CANNOT FIX IT. I AM HAVING IT LOOKED AT BY ANOTHER AUTO SHOP NOW TO VERIFY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10132111August 9, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
BOUGHT A USED 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE W/2.7 ENGINE 1 YEAR AGO W/51000 MILES ON IT I DROVE IT ONLY 1 YEAR AND ENGINE STOPPED WAS TOLD BY REPAIR SHOP IT WOULD REQUIRE A MAJOR REPAIR JOB AND AROUND $4000.00 TO REPAIR . CHRYSLER KNEW OF THIS ENGINE FAILURE SINCE IT CAME OUT AND SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT RECALLING FOR REPAIRS. THOMA STROWBRIDGE SR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131982August 8, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT: THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. THE ENGINE WENT OUT WITH ONLY 49,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. THIS DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, THEY WERE ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE PRIOR TO THIS. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM A FIRST TIME OWNER HE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY TOLD HIM ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED, AND THAT CAR NEEDED OIL CHANGES OFTEN. THE CONTACT INSISTED THAT DURING THE SIX MONTHS THAT HE OWNED THE VEHICLE HE KEPT UP WITH THE OIL CHANGES, AND DID NOT BELIEVE THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118812August 3, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STRUCTURE, SUSPENSION
THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT CAR SEEMED TO BE PULLING TO THE LEFT/RIGHT. THE CONSUMER HEARD SOMETHING POP AND RATTLE AND THEN PARTS STARTED FALLING FROM THE VEHICLE ON TO THE HIGHWAY. THE CONSUMER PURCHASED MORE PARTS AND THEY FAILED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LINE WAS LEAKING . ANOTHER MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT END WAS COMING PART AND WAS LOOSE. THE FRAME WAS LOOSE AND NOTHING WAS HOLDING IT TOGETHER. AFTER REPLACING ALL THE PARTS, THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY TOLD HER THAT THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. BUT, DIDN'T TELL HER WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, BUT NOW PROBLEM IS WORSE. CAR WAS JUMPING LIKE IT DIDN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR. TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT'S SLIPPING. CONTACT CALLED NHTSA LAST WEEK AND TALKED TO A LADY AND WAS TOLD TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING FLUID LINE. BOUGHT PIECE OF LINE AND WAS TOLD TO BUY A VACUUM PIPE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131022August 2, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
OUR VEHICLE HAS STALLED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHILE IN MOTION. THIS IS UNSAFE, AND COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT, SINCE WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLS THERE IS NO POWER STEERING AFTER THE VEHICLE STALLS. SOMETIMES THE RPMS DROP DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AND THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON BEFORE IT STALLS. OCCASIONALLY THE VEHICLE DOES NOT COMPLETELY STALL, AND THE ENGINE RECOVERS, RESULTING IN A STRONG JERK. ALSO OCCASIONALLY THE CAR JUST JERKS NOTICEABLY TO STRONGLY WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON NOTICEABLY FOR A FEW MONTHS, AND WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS REPAIRS TO OUR VEHICLE THAT HAVE (POTENTIALLY FALSELY) BEEN DIAGNOSED. NONE OF THESE REPAIRS HAVE SEEMED TO AFFECT THE STALLING AND JERKING PROBLEMS. THE DATE GIVEN IS THE DATE OF OUR MOST SERIOUS STALLING EVENTS. IT STALLED SEVERAL TIMES THAT DAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130754August 1, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
DT: IN APRIL 2005 OWNER PUT KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND IT GOT STUCK.THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK MORE AND MORE OFTEN, THEN WOULDN'T TURN AT ALL. THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION, ALLOWING THE CAR TO BE LEFT WITH THE KEY IN IT. ONCE THE KEY WAS STUCK IN THE IGNITION FOR WEEKS, AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED BY A LOCKSMITH. THE LOCKSMITIH ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TYPE OF CARS. IT WAS A 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. THE PROBLEM RETURNED BECUASE THE KEY SOMETIMES GETTING STUCK. OWNER COULD NOT TURN THE KEY OVER.IF CONSUMER FIDDLED WITH THE KEY IT WILL TURN OVER. DEALERSHIP ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THE PIN INSIDE THE IGNITION INTERLOCK BROKE OFF AND THEN IT WONT WORK ANYMORE. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS EVENTUALLY RECALLED 04V021000, BUT DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT IT WAS NOT RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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