Chrysler Concorde Complaints

2,216 consumer complaints on file.

#10117621April 7, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMNET. CONSUMER LEARNED LATER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE, BUT SHE WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117591April 6, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
1999 CHRYSLER CONCORD BRAKE EQUIPMENT BECAME INOPERATIVE DURING OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. *MR THE CONSUMER PLACE THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE "TOOK OFF." THE ACCELERATOR STUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *SC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10115412April 6, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE 2.7 LITER ORIGINAL ENGINE FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE WOULD KNOCK. CONTACTED THE DEALER. THIS ENGINE WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW REDESIGNED ENGINE. DEALER SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO TEST THE SLUDGE. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117441April 5, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE ENGINE FAILED. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER, WHERE THE OWNER LEARNED THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117493April 5, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLLED. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HA DIT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117385April 4, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117395April 4, 2005
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AIR CONDITIONER HAS TO BE RECHARGED PERIODICALLY DUE TO A LEAK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116374April 4, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I SUFFERED MAJOR LOSS IN VALU,E AND MY HUSBAND WAS IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE 1999 CONCORD ENGINE. Y 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORD HAD UNDER 57,000 MILES, AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS NEEDING A REPLACEMENT ENGINE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. DESPITE PROVIDING CHRYSLER WILL OIL CHANGE RECORDS SHOWING THE TIMELINESS OF MAINTENANCE TO MY ENGINE, THEY CLAIMED NO RESPONSIBILITY. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY ENGINE AND THAT IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $9000!!! MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED SMOKING, BOGGED DOWN AND STARTED TO "DIE". IN ORDER TO AVOID A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT, HE HAD TO IMMEDIATELY DRIVE OVER THE SHOULDER AND THROUGH THE GRASS SO HE COULD SAFELY GET THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY AND ONTO THE SIDE OF THE FEEDER ROAD.*AK THE COST TO REPLACE OR REPAIR THE ENGINE WAS MUCH MORE THAN THE BLUE BOOK VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. IN FACT, THE BLUE BOOK VALUE WAS DEFLATED AT LEAST IN PART TO FAILING ENGINES OF THE CONCORD. I HAD LITTLE CHOICE BUT TO SELL MY CAR "AS IS" FOR A MERE $1000!!! MY CAR WAS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION PRIOR THE ENGINE FAILURE AND I BELIEVE THE BLUE BOOK VALUE WAS APPROXIMATELY $7000
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116222April 1, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WENT TO CREDIT CARS TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE KIND-OF LAST MINUTE. THEIR SALESMAN "ALFREDO" TOLD ME I NEEDED SOME ONE TO SIGN FOR "JOB LIABILITY." I TOLD HIM I DID NOT HAVE NOR WANT A CO-SIGNER. HE ASSURRED MY FRIEND/JOB LIABILITY SIGNER, CANDACE GULICK, THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE A CO-SIGNER. WE LATER FOUND OUT THAT HE LIED. WHEN I DROVE MY CAR OFF THE LOT, CREDIT CARS AND I HAD AN AGREEMENT TO FIX THE NON-OPERATING GAGES. THEY ATTEMPTED TO FIX THEM 4 TIMES.(1 AT CREDIT CARS, 3 AT CAL-RICH AUTOMOTIVE) AFTER 4 ATTEMPTS AND NO LUCK, THOMAS FROM CREDIT CARS TOLD ME TO FIX THE 2 PROBLEMS WITH MY OWN MONEY, AND BECAUSE IT WAS ELECTRICAL HE DIDN'T HAVE TO FIX IT. WE HAD AN AGREEMENT BEFORE I BOUGHT THE CAR. (THE 2ND PROBLEM WAS I OPENED MY SUNROOF ONCE AND IT NEVER CLOSED AGAIN.) BECAUSE OF THE SUNROOF NOT CLOSING MY UPHOLSTERY MOLDED AND WAS RUINED. I DECIDED TO TAKE A TRIP A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES AWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT 10/15/2004 AND LEFT ME STRANDED. THIS WAS ONLY AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR ALMOST 2MOS. I HAD A PRE-PAID LAWYER SERVICE WRITE THEM A LETTER AND ALL I RECEIVED WERE HARRASSING PHONE CALLS AT MY LAST JOB. I SPENT ALMOST $700.00 OF MY OWN MONEY TO TRY AND GET HOME WHEN THE "NEW" CAR LEFT ME STRANDED. MIND YOU THAT I AM A 21YR OLD FEMALE AND I WAS ALONE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117196March 31, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FUEL IS LEAKING OUT OF THE GAS TANK. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT A FIRE COULD OCCUR. ALSO, BRAKES ARE MAKING NOISE AND CAUSING THE WHEELS TO SHAKE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117339March 30, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1997 CHRYSLER CONCORDE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH DASH BOARD GAUGES AND LIGHTS BLINKING AND BECOMING INOPERATIVE.*MR *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109071March 28, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE STALLED, WOULD NOT RESTART, AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE ENGINE WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE.*AK THE TENSIONER WENT BAD IN THE ENGINE ALLOWING THE TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP TIME, RESULTING IN THE VALVES BEING BENT INTO THE HEAD AND DESTROYING THE ENGINE. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114722March 25, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
DEALER HAD FIXED RECALL C45 - FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION/PARK INTERLOCK ON 93 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. PICKED UP CAR FROM DEALER AND RETURNING HOME AT 40 MPH (RT 124 MD) WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE HOOD POPS OPEN AND SLAMS AGAINST THE FRONT WIND SHIELD WITH A LOUD BANG. WINDSHIELD NOT DAMAGED. SOMEHOW MANAGED TO PULL THE HOOD AWAY FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. HOOD DISTORTED AND CRUMPLED. HOOD SHOCKS AND HINGES RIPPED. HOOD SUDDENLY OPENING WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE HOOD LOCK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114453March 22, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAVE A 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORD [XXX] WHICH I BOUGHT USED FROM BUD BROWN CHRSYLER. THE MILEAGE AT THE TIME I HAD BOUGHT WAS 55286. I HAD CHANGE THE OIL REGULAR. AT ABOUT MILEAGE 62400 MY ENGINE FAIL. I COME TO FIND OUT PRICING TO REPAIR THE ENGINE. MY CAR ENGINE IS KNOW TO GO OUT (2.7L). FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD WHEN BUILT THE OIL PUMP WASN'T BIG ENOUGH TO CIRCULATE THE OIL AND CAUSE A SLUDGE BUILT UP. I WAS DRIVING BACK TO WORK WHEN MY WENT OUT AND WAS WITH OUT MY CAR FOR AN MONTH.*AK *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114456March 22, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORD WITH 62566 MILES ON IT. THIS CAR HAS THE 2.7L ENGINE IN IT AND IT IS NOW DEAD DUE TO LACK OF COMPRESSION. MY LITTLE SISTER WAS DRIVING THIS CAR WHEN THE ENGINE COMPLETELY DIED. A THREE YEAR 36 THOUSAND MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY IS UNACCEPTABLE. I OPENING A COMPLAINT WITH CHRYLSER BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET FROM OTHER CONSUMERS IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY RECOURSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115549March 22, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114438March 21, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WITHOUT ANY WARNING, MY CHRYLSER CONCORDE 2.7L ENGINE SUFFERED A COMPLETE FAILURE. REPAIR COSTS ARE NEAR $5000 AND UPON RESEARCH, I FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ON CHRYSLER 2.7L ENGINES FROM 1998 TO 2000. CHRYSLER DENIES ANY ALLEGATIONS OF THE ENGINE BEING FAULTY AND THAT THEY ARE FAILING DUE TO IMPROPER MAINTENANCE. THE MOST THAT ENGINE EVER WENT BETWEEN OIL AND FILTER CHANGES WAS 4200 MILES AND THAT WAS A ONE TIME OCCURRENCE. THE REST OF THE CHANGES WERE DONE AT OR BEFORE 3000 MILES. CHRYSLERS RECOMMENDATION UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS IS 6500 MILES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115374March 18, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING AND WOULD NOT RESTART. CONSUMER LEFT THE VEHICLE, AND WENT BACK THE NEXT DAY, AND IT STARTED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE THEY DISCOVERED SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE, AND THE ENGINE BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115390March 18, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE PARKING VEHICLE STALLED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115354March 17, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ENGINE INADVERTENTLY STALLED. WHEN TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT STALLING WAS DUE ENGINE SLUDGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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