Chrysler Concorde Complaints

2,216 consumer complaints on file.

#10048146December 10, 2003
STRUCTURE
A MOLDING PIECE LOCATED ON THE HOOD BY THE WINDSHIELD FLEW OFF IN TRAFFIC. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. THE MOLDING WAS 5 FEET LONG AND 4 1/2 FEET WIDE. THE REASON FOR THE PART COMING UNATTACHED WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK *SCC *JB
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#10050159December 8, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 03V332000 ON 14 NOVEMBER, 2003. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP ON 12/5/03 FOR HOOD LATCH REPAIR. WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR THIS RECALL AND STILL THERE WERE NO PARTS.*AK
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#10050174December 8, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH VEHICLE STALLED, THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE CAMP SHAFT SENSOR. VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN WITHIN 330 MILES. THEN, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE WOULDN'T RESTART. IN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE COMPUTER/ FUEL PUMP, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. DEALERSHIP WAS ABOUT TO REPLACE THE TIMING BELT WHEN THEY NOTICED BLACK SLUDGE ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS SLIPPING TIME. *AK
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#10049854December 2, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK
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0
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#10049855December 2, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK
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0
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#10049884December 2, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. *AK
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#10049930December 2, 2003
STRUCTURE
A LONG PIECE OF PLASTIC IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND THE HOOD. WHEN WIND GETS UNDER THE PLASTIC AT HIGH SPEEDS IT CAN FLY OFF AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER FEELS THIS PIECE OF PLASTIC SHOULD BE MOUNTED TIGHTER.*AK
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0
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#10044960December 2, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD FLUTTERING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER AND A FEW SECONDS LATER IT STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT SNAPPED. *AK THE DEALER FOUND THE TIMING BELT IDLER TENSIONER BOLT BROKEN OFF IN THE BLOCK AND THE WATER PUMP LEAKING THEY DRILLED OUT THE BROKEN BOLT AND REPLACED THE TIMING BELT AND TENSIONER, THE ENGINE WAS CRANKED OVER AND THE DISCOVERED THAT ALL CYLINDERS THE HAD NO COMPRESSION. PROBABLE CAUSE WAS BENT VALVES. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. *TT *JB
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0
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#10048933December 1, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE V-6 3.2L: BRAKES DROP TO 20% POWER IN COLD WEATHER. NO WARNING. NO BRAKE LITE ON DASHBOARD. 20% BRAKES ARE EFFECTIVE ENOUGH AT AT SLOW SPEED AND INITIAL DEPARTURE FROM PARKING SPOT. LACK OF FULL POWER IS NOT EVIDENT UNTIL FULL POWER IS APPLIED. BRAKES RETURN BACK TO 100% POWER AFTER WARMER WEATHER. AFTER PROLONGED COLD WEATHER, THE BRAKE PEDAL FREEZES IN PLACE. RUBBER BOOT ON PISTON FORWARD OF BRAKE PEDAL COVERED WITH RUSTY DUST & SHOWS POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO INTERIOR WATER LEAK. IN PROCESS OF REPAIRS NOW.*AK
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#10048949December 1, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I PURCHASED A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE IN AUGUST 2003 FROM A USED DEALERSHIP AND THE ENGINE WENT OUT ON 11-22-03 WITH 44,000 MILES ON IT. *AK
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0
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#10047607November 26, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE 2.7 LITER ENGINE. WE HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES AND WE WERE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO MAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SAFELY, WHERE IT FAILED TO START, INSTEAD OF HAVING IT DIE ON THE EXPRESSWAY. *LA
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#10048541November 24, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO COAST VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE DEALERSHIP IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM HAVE PERFORMED A TUNE UP AND REPLACED THE MAIN COMPUTER. THE PROBLEM RECURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. *JB
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0
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#10047471November 24, 2003
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
AIR CONDITIONING/HEATING UNIT DOES NOT COOL OR HEAT PROPERLY. HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED REGULARLY WITHOUT CHRYSLER DEALER "FINDING" ANYTHING. ON PARTICULAR DATE BELOW IT WAS A VERY COLD MORNING, USED HEAT AND DROVE 3 KIDS 20 MILES. STOPPED FOR HALF HOUR, GOT BACK IN CAR AND CAR SOUNDS LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE - ROUGH AND LOUD. I WAS ALONE WITH THE 3 KIDS. ASKED A COUPLE OF MEN TO LISTEN, THEY THOUGHT CYLINDER(S) WERE GONE AS NOISE LOWERED WHEN ENGINE REVVED. (BY THE WAY, THIS CAR HAS HAD 2 TRANSMISSIONS ALREADY, WITH 73,000 MILES). LIMPED HOME SCARED TO DEATH ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WITH THE 3 KIDS. STOPPED AT SERVICE STATION, TOLD NOT TO DRIVE AS ENGINE WAS FAILING. CALLED AAA AND THEY CAME AND TOWED TO CHRYSLER DEALER. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE DIESEL SOUND AND "FOUND NOTHING WRONG." TODAY IS NOV 24TH 2003 AND THIS MORNING THE SAME SOUND IS BACK IN MY ENGINE. THE HEAT ONLY WORKS WHEN I AM MOVING, NOT AT IDLE, AND LEAVES A VERY ODD SMELL IN THE CAR IF THE CAR IS LEFT IDLING WITH THE HEAT ON. I HAVE A 5 MONTH OLD, A 5 YEAR OLD AND AN 8 YEAR OLD, I AM GETTING VERY FRIGHTENED TO DRIVE THIS CAR WITH THEM IN IT ANYMORE. I DID AN ONLINE SEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS AC/HEAT PROBLEM IS PREVALENT IN THIS MODEL (CHRYSLER CONCORDE 1999) AND CAN CREATE SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE THAT CAUSES SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE. I WANT THIS FIXED AND I WANT YOU TO GET AFTER CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS! *LA
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0
Deaths:
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#10048574November 24, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED ON A SIDE STREET. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER" THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED UP AND A NEW ONE WAS NEEDED". THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB
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#10048126November 18, 2003
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING FAILED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN THE RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR WHICH MUST BE REPLACED, PER THE DEALERSHIP.*AK
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#10048054November 17, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. *AK
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
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#10046986November 15, 2003
STEERING
I HAVE A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI. MY BROTHER IN LAW HAS ONE THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL ALSO. WE BOTH HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE STEERING GEAR BUSHINGS WEAR OUT AND ALLOWS THE STEERING TO WANDER. I HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO HAVING AN ACCIDENT AS WELL AS MY BROTHER IN LAW WHILE GOING AROUND A CORNER AND EXPECTING THE CAR TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF STEERING BUT INSTEAD THE CAR WANTED TO GO STRAIGHT UNTIL THE STEERING GEAR HAD TRAVELED AS FAR AS IT COULD GO THEN THE STEERING REACTED. THIS PROBLEM ALSO CAUSES EXCESSIVE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END LEADING A MECHANIC TO BELIEVE THE ROTORS ARE WARPED WHEN IN FACT IT IS THE STEERING GEAR BUSHINGS. THESE BUSHINGS ARE NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH CHRYSLER. INSTEAD THEY WANT YOU TO PURCHASE A WHOLE NEW STEERING GEAR FOR OVER $1000. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON TO THE 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI AND CHRYSLER SHOULD EITHER MAKE THE PART AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM OR REPLACE THE PART AT THERE OWN EXPENSE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROBLEMS WHERE SOMEONE MAY DRIVE OFF THE ROAD AND GET HURT OR KILLED AND NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW WHY OTHER THAN TO EXPECT THAT IT WAS THE DRIVERS FAULT. *LA
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#10047909November 13, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING 67 MPH MAIN ENGINE BEARING FAILED. DEALER DETERMINED THAT ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047925November 13, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC HAD BEEN NOTIFIED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
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0
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#10047859November 12, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN IT SUDDENLY STALLED. OWNER DROVE VEHICLE TO A GAS STATION, DOING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH. WHEN LEAVING THE GAS STATION, THE MOTOR ACCELERATED VERY HIGH . DRIVER HAD NOT TOUCHED THE GAS PEDAL. DRIVER LATER HEARD A CLUNK IN THE ENGINE THEN MOTOR STALLED AGAIN. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *PH
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