Chrysler Concorde Complaints (1995)

219 consumer complaints on file.

#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
#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
#716295December 21, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715957December 12, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
HOOD STRUTS FAIL, CAUSING HOOD TO FALL AND INJURS MECHANIC. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#715862December 9, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715836December 9, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY, STEERING:RACK AND PINION, SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
FRONT END STRUTS WRE REPLACED AFTER REPORTING CLUNKING NOISE IN FRONT END WHEN CAR WAS PLACED IN REVERSE. ONE YEAR LATER, WHILE ENROUTE FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO WASHINGTON ON VACATION, THE STEERING BROKE WHEN BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN AN UNDERGROUND PARKING LOT IN SOUTH BEND, IN. RACK AND PINION WAS REPAIRED BY DEALERSHIP IN SOUTH BEND. STARTED TO SMELL GAS FUMES IN VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING TO WASHINGTON. TRIED TO GET REPAIRS IN SOUTH DAKOTA BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND A DEALERSHIP WHO WOULD REPAIR IT. LOCATED DEALERSHIP IN PASCO, WASHINTON TOREPAIR THE FUEL LINE WHICH WAS NOT CONNECTED PROPERLY AFTER RACK REPAIR, AS I WAS TOLD BY DEALER. BATTERY EXPLODED WHILE IN PARKING LOT AT LOCAL MALL. AIR CONDITIONER STARTED EMITTING MUSTY SMELL. HAD AIR CONDITIONER CHARGED TWICE AND IT STILL DOESNT SEEM TO HOLD A CHARGE. CAR WOULD NOT START ON 12/3/1999. THINKING IT WAS THE BATTERY, TRIED TO JUMP THE CAR BUT WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE IT MIGHT BE THE TIMING BELT. NOW I FIND THE WATER PUMP LEAKED WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A BLOWN GASKET. MECHANIC REPORTS LITTLE COMPRESSION IN THREE CYLINDERS AND 1500.00 ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714391November 5, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AS SOON AS I GET MY CAR BACK I WILL FORWARD VIN TO YOU
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713755October 23, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
TIE ROD END SOCKETS AT STEERING BOX COMPLETELY WORN OUT (ELONGATED). AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED. TRANSMISSION FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849144September 29, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
IN HIGH HUMIDITY CONDITIONS THE A/C CUTS OFF AFTER WORKING FOR AN HOUR AND WILL NOT CUT BACK ON UNTIL ICE MELTS FROM THE EVAPORATOR. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE CONDENSOR TWICE, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712488September 29, 1999
POWER TRAIN, STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
TRANSMISSION STOPPED FUNCTIONING AT 65 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SALEM CHRYSLER/PLYMOUTH IN DAYTON, OHIO. TOW TRUCK DRIVER REPORTED THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD FIVE OTHER CONCORDES IN FOR SERVICE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SERVICE MANAGER AT DEALERSHIP WOULD ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE HAD "SOME PROBLEMS" WITH TRANSMISSIONS IN THE CONCORDE LINE, BUT WAS QUICK TO POINT THAT MY VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. A SALESMAN AT ANOTHER CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN OHIO WAS ADVISED OF MY BREAKDOWN WITHOUT ANY REFERENCE TO THE VEHICLE, WHEN HE RESPONDED, " WHAT DOES HE HAVE, A 95 OR 96 CONCORDE?". THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM AMONG CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712524September 29, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
NO SUMMARY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846413September 2, 1999
INTERIOR LIGHTING
LIGHT BULB IN THE TRUNK IS NOT COVERED AND IS HANGING DOWN, BURNING ITEMS IN THE TRUNK, AND CAUSING FIRE HAZARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846518September 2, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO BRAKE LINING BEING 'TOO THIN" WHICH CAUSED BRAKES TO BECOME SPONGY, AND CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. ALSO A FIRE STARTED IN THE MOTOR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710264August 20, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
FAILURE OF WIPERS OCCURRED DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM ON I-294 IN THE CHICAGO AREA. WAS ABLE TO MANUEVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709558August 3, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
CAUSED TIMING BELT TO MELT / DEALER HAD 3 OTHERS LINED UP!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708420July 9, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
TWICE IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS MY BATTERY HAS LITERALLY "EXPLODED"
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707335June 8, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
PROBLEM SEEMS TO START WITH THE TRANSMISSION CLUNKING THEN EVENTUALLY YOU WILL START TO HEAR A POPPING NOISE IN YOUR FRONT END, COMING FROM THE TIE ROD. THOUGHT THIS WAS A SUSPENSION PROBLEM BUT TOOK TO DEALER THE FIRST TIME AND THEY REPLACED MY BRAKES AND SERVICED TRANSMISSION. CLUNCKING NOISE STILL EXISTED WHEN YOU LET OFF THE GAS AND THE SLIGHTLY ACCELLERATED. TURNS OUT THE TIE ROD, TRANSMISSION MOUNT AND AXLE WERE TO BLAME. CAN'T TELL YOU ABOUT THE AXLE AS THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD REPLACE BUT DID NOT SHOW UP ON REPAIR. I KNOW THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVE TRAIN AND SUSPENSION IN THE CAR. AS FOR THE DIP STICK, THE HEAT CREATED BY THE ENGINE IS COOKING THE PLASTIC IN THE COLORED DIPSTICK TO THE POINT IT JUST FALLS APART. I RECENTLY HAD THE TIE ROD AND TRANSMISSION MOUNT REPLACED AND NOW HAVE A MUCH WORSE CLUNCKING NOISE THE SAME DAY OF THE REPLACEMENT...CAN I GET SOME HELP AS I FEEL THIS CAR IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WAITING TO HAPPEN..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#838377May 25, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED POWER STEERING FLUID IS LEAKING FROM STEERING RACK AND FROM THE INNER RUBBER BUSHING OF THE TIE ROD. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706248May 5, 1999
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AIR CONDITIONING NOT HOLDING A CHARGE. CAR WAS BROUGHT TO PROFESSIONAL AIR CONDITIONING SHOP SYSTEM EVACUATED AND A DYE PUT IN WITH THE FREON. THE TECHNICHAN INFORMED ME RIGHT AWAY THAT THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION HAS HAD DEFECTS IN THESE SYSTEMS SINCE DAY ONE BUT WILL NOT ADMIT TO IT. HE SAID THAT PRACTICALLY EVERY CONCORDE, INTREPID, CIRRUS, JEEP THAT COMES IN EITHER LEAKS IN ONE OF THE THREE SYSTEM, EVAPORATOR, CONDENSOR, DRYER. CHRYSLER CHARGES $950.00 TO REPLACE THE EVAPORATOR!!!! I CAN'T AFFORD THAT COST AND WILL LOSE SUBSTANTIAL MONEY ON THE SALE OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT A PROPER WORKING AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706037April 27, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAD ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICING DONE AT BOTHUN'S (EAU CLAIRE) ON 3-16-99 INCLUDING TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE. THEY REPORTED NO PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AT THAT DATE. WITHIN THE MONTH I BEGAN HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE. IT WOULD SHIFT ERRATICALLY OR NOT AT ALL. I CALLED BOTHUN ON 4-16-99 AS PROBLEMS GOT WORSE. THEY EXAMINED THE CAR 4-19-99 AND TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION PUMP/TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING BADLY AND NEEDED REPLACING. CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFERED TO PAY 75% OF THE COST AFTER BOTHUN'S CONTACTED THEM ABOUT THE REPAIR. I WAS NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AS I FELT IT WAS A PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION WITH THE CAR HAVING FEWER THAN 50,000 MILES. I AGREED TO HAVE THE WORK DONE AND PAY 25% SINCE I NEED THE CAR,BUT I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD PAY THE REST OF THE BILL. IT DOES NOT SEEM NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IN A 1995 CAR WITH LOW MILEAGE AND GOOD CARE. MY PORTION OF THE BILL WAS $433.36 WHICH I WOULD LIKE REIMBURSED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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