Chrysler Concorde Complaints

2,216 consumer complaints on file.

#873100October 16, 2000
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
SUN ROOF WOULD OPENED ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING AT LEAST 70MPH. SUCTION WOULD PULL IT UP FROM ATTACHMENT WHICH WAS ONLY GLUED DOWN. HEAD LINER WOULD ALSO BE SUCKED OUT WITH SUN ROOF. SUN ROOF FAILED TO HAVE SCREWS TO KEEP IT DOWN. GLUE KEPT MELTING IN THE SUN. HAVE TALKED TO DEALER AT LEAST 4 OR 6 TIMES ABOUT PROBLEM THAT COULD NOT BE RESOLVED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#733945October 10, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
CAR STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT AND ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON PERIODICALLY, UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I FOUND THAT BOTH TIE ROD ENDS ARE WORE AND VERY SLOPPY. CHRYSLER GARAGE SAID THAT THESE ARE NOT RECALL ITEMS AND THAT I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#733644October 7, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
IN THE 2 YEARS I'VE OWNED THIS VEHICLE IT HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, JUST A LOUD BANG THEN LIKE IT DROPPED INTO NEUTRAL. THE AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR WAS REPLACED IN 1995 BY A PRIOR OWNER AND AGAIN BY ME IN 1998. THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED IN 1999. I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN A PARTIAL REPAIR HISTORY OF A PRIOR OWNER WHICH SHOWS WORK WAS DONE BETWEEN DECEMBER 96 AND SEPTEMBER 97 THAT INCLUDES 3 REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION AND 2 REPAIRS TO THE AIR CONDITIONING. I WAS VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE HAD A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE ABS TRACTION CONTROL CAME ON AND STUCK, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND I LOST SPEED QUICKLY IN THE OUTER LANE OF A 4 LANE HIGHWAY, THE DEALER SAYS THE CAB MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. OTHER NUMEROUS PROBLEMS INCLUDE DIM HEADLIGHTS, WIPERS DO NOT CLEAR THE DRIVER'S WINDOW PROPERLY, REPLACED BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS TWICE, ILL FITTING TRIM INSIDE, A/C LEAKS IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, RATTLES OVER ROUGH ROADS THAT THE DEALER CAN'T FIND AND INSUFFICIENT WINDSHIELD WASHER SPRAY JUST TO NAME A FEW. CHRYSLER HAS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH QUALITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#784487October 7, 2000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAIL WITH ONLY 24,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.*ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#872385October 5, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN CONSUMER STARTED TO TURN VEHICLE INNER TIE ROD WAS DEFECTIVE. ALSO, FRONT WHEEL SHIMMIED AND VIBRATED. THERE WAS NO RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#872190October 4, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
HOOD STRUTS ARE NOT HEAVY TO SUPPORT HOOD, CAUSING HOOD TO FALL ON TOP OF CONSUMER, CAUSING MINOR INJUIRES WITH POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES.AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#555727October 2, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ON RECALL 883 FOR THE POWER SEAT ADJUSTER BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO GET THE SEAT FORWARD TO REMOVE IT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#555716October 2, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
TIE ROD ON THE LEFT FRONT END CAME APART RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, IT TURNED OUT THAT A LOCKING MECHANISM FOR THE INNER TIE ROD ENDS WAS MISSING. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732915September 30, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK
TRUNK HAD BEEN OPENED AND REMAINED SO FOR APPROX. 45 MIN. LIGHT IN REAR WINDSHIELD MELTED, DROPPED HOT MATERIAL ONTO CONTENTS OF TRUNK, AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONTENTS ALL RUINED, TRUNK INTERIOR SCORCHED, BURNED, AND WIRING MELTED. INSIDE, REAR DASH CARPET BURNED, REAR WINDOW (WITH DEFOGGER) BURNED BADLY, UPPER TAILIGHT COMPLETELY MELTED, LEATHER SEAT RUINED FROM HEAT AND SMOKE, LEATHER HARDENED, CONDITION OF SPEAKER SYSTEM IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, ENTIRE INTERIOR FILLED WITH DAMAGING SMOKE PARTICLES. THIS WAS A NON-SMOKING VEHICLE DUE TO RESPIRATORY SENSITIVITY OF DRIVER/OWNER. DAMAGE ESTIMATE INCOMPLETE DUE TO WIRING TRACE NOT YET COMPLETED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871747September 28, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK THE MANUFACUTRER STATED THE CRUMPLE ZONES ABSORB ENOUGH OF THE IMPACT SO THE AIR BAGS COULD NOT DEPLOY. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#871633September 27, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE STOPS WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. DEALERSHIP IS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE OWNER'S CONCERN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731955September 20, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM CHRYSLER REGARDING A POSSIBLE DEFECT IN THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER SEAT. I INSPECTED THE SEAT ASSEMBLY AND FOUND THAT NO PROBLEM EXISTED AT THIS TIME . THE INSTRUCTIONS INDICATE FOR ME TO KEEP THE RECALL NOTICE IN THE EVENT THE COMPONENT FAILS AT A LATER DATE. WHILE INSPECTING THE RAILS THAT THE SEATS SLIDE ON, I DISCOVERED THAT THE PLASTIC WEAR PADS THAT THE UPPER RAIL SLIDE ON THEN MOVING THE SEAT FOREWARD OR REARWARD WERE BROKEN. I CHECKED THE PASSENGER SIDE ASSEMBLY AND FOUND THE SAME PIECES WERE BROKEN. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER REGARDING THESE BROKEN PIECES AND EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD AND INQUIRED IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER REPLACING THESE BROKEN ITEMS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR HAS VERY LOW MILEAGE. THEY REFUSED TO CONSIDER REPLACING THESE ITEMS EVEN THOUGH BOTH SEATS ROCK SIDE TO SIDE AND FORWARD IF PUSHED FROM BEHIND. I CHECKED WITH THE PARTS DEPARTMENT TO ORDER REPLACEMENT WEAR PADS TO INSTALL IN THE RAILS AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT AVAILABLE. THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IS TO BUY THE ENTIRE POWER SEAT MECHANISMS FOR BOTH SEATS. THE COST FOR THIS IS WELL OVER ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE, AND BELIEVE IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT ANY RANDOM SAMPLE OF LIKE VEHICLES, YOU WILL FIND NEARLY EVERY ONE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THESE BROKEN COMPONENTS COULD CAUSE THE SEAT TO TILT WHILE CORNERING AND CAUSE THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870482September 14, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
BECAUSE VEHICLE WOULD WANDER ALL OVER THE ROAD WHILE DRIVNG AT ANY SPEED, IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. AT THE DEALERSHIP, BOTH TIE ROD ENDS WERE REPLACED. ONE OF TIE ROD BUSHING WAS GONE, AND THE OTHER BUSHING WAS WORN OUT. *AK THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE STATES THAT IT IS UNUSUAL FOR THE TIE ROD TO WEAR PREMATURELY AND THINKS IT IS A DEFECT IN THE FRONT END THAT CAUSED IT. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870051September 8, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, IT WOULD STALL OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. MECHANIC INDICATED THE PROBLEM WAS BROKEN WATER PUMP. WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED IN 1996, & CURRENTLY ITS 2000, AND SAME STALLING PROBLEM HAS REAPPEARED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554398September 7, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
THE INNER TIE RODS, BUSHINGS AND THE STEERING GEAR FAILED CAUSING EXTREME VIBRATIONS WHILE DRIVING. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730684September 7, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
NUT HOLDING TIE ROD FELL OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT NUT LEFT LOOSE ON ASSEMBLY LINE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730061September 4, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
THE TENSIONER PULLEY THAT RUNS THE TIMING BELT IS MADE OF PLASTIC. THE PULLEY MELTED CAUSING THE TIMING BELT TO SEIZE AND THE WATER PUMP TO FAIL. MY MECHANIC CALLED THE CHRYSLER DEALER IN MY AREA AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE CONCORDE. THE REPLACEMENT PULLEY IS MADE OF METAL. IF THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT THAT CAUSES SUCH EXTENSIVE/EXPENSIVE DAMAGE, WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL? THE REPAIR COST ME $879.00.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869390September 1, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING AUTOMOBILE CUT OFF COMPLETELY/ LOST ALL POWER. IT QUICKLY STARTED BACK UP AGAIN AFTER CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THEN 2 DAYS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO CONSUMER'S WIFE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729365August 28, 2000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
THIS CAR HAS HAD 2 TRANSMISSION FAILURES PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE NOTIFIED THE DEALER OF PROBLEMS GETTING THE CAR IN GEAR AT TIMES AND THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS. THE AXLE FINALLY BROKE AND THE FRAME RIPPED WHICH A FEEL IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE PREVIOUS PROBLEMS. NO ACCIDENTS INVOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868805August 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE RESERVOIR FOR THE ABS EXPERIENCE A FAILURE; PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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