1995 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Complaints

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..

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

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.

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.

WHILE DRIVING INSTRUMENT PANEL/AIR BAG LIGHT/AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM MALFUCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM, BUT DEALER HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. *AK

AFTER RECALL REPAIR ON FUEL O-RING WAS COMPLETE, FUEL RAIL INLET, THE O-RING AT THE FUEL RAIL INLET HAD SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE, DUE TO VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING LEAKAGE (98V184). *YC

DESIGN LOCATION OF TIE ROD ENDS BEING RIGHT BEHIND THE ENGINE CAUSED THEM TO BURN OFF RESULTING IN STEERING VIBRATION.

WATER PUMP FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT WHICH RESULTED IN THE FAILURE OF TWO HEAD GASKETS, TIMING BELT,ANTIFREEZE OVER FILL BOTTLE TO MELT AND THE VEHICLE TO STOP.

DUE TO DEFECTIVE WATER PUMP VEHICLE SEIZED, LOSING ALL POWER STEERING CONTROL WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE WATER PUMP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FUEL SMELL FROM ENGINE PRIOR TO RECALL, FUEL RAIL REPLACED UNDER RECALL. (98V-184)