2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Complaints

DT: CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE PLASTIC TRIM BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND HOOD BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE VIBRATION STARTED IN THE CENTER AND THEN THE PLASTIC TRIM CAME OFF. UPON INSPECTION, HE DETERMINED THAT THE PLASTIC CLIP ATTACHED TO THE TRIM OF THE METAL BROKE. THE PLASTIC CLIPS WEAKENED AND DISCONNECTED FROM THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO SEE WHY IT CAME OFF. THE PART HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THE CONTACT TO REPORT THE PROBLEM TO CHRYSLER. *AK UPDATED 11/16/2005. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. WHILE DRIVING IT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC THE TIMING CHAIN WENT OUT AND THE ENGINE WAS TRASHED. THIS OCCURRED ON 9-22-05. THE CONTACT WAS TO HAVE A NEW ENGINE INSTALLED. HE FOUND SOME INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET ABOUT HOW OIL SLUDGE BUILDUP IN THESE ENGINES COULD CAUSE THE TIMING CHAIN TO FAIL, WHICH CAUSES THE ENGINE TO MALFUNCTION. APPARENTLY, THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES. THE CONTACT STATED MERCEDES BENZ AND VOLKSWAGEN HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME ENGINE. THEY HAVE EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTIES TO COVER SLUDGE PROBLEMS BEYOND THE NORMAL WARRANTY PERIOD. HE HAS NOT YET TALKED TO THE DEALER.*AK *NM

NO WARNING THE CAR JUST BROKE DOWN. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC, AND THEY TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN, DUE TO SLUDGE, AND IT WOULD BE ABOUT $5000.00 TO FIX IT. I HAVE NOT HAD THE CAR REPAIRED YET.*JB

DT: THE CONTACT HEARD A TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2005. HE HAD NOT DRIVEN IT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. THEN, HE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY TOLD HIM THEY BELIEVED THAT IT HAD AN ENGINE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME, AND THE NEXT TIME HE TRIED TO START VEHICLE UP BUT IT WOULD NOT START. THE CONTACT TOWED IT TO A DEALER, AND THEY SAID THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED NOW.*AK UPDATED 12/7/2005. *NM

IM NOT TO SURE WHY MY CAR DID THIS. I JUST SHUT OFF IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC LUCKILY, BECAUSE I HAD MY 2YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO START IF BACK UP AND GET HOME. IT DIDNT HAPPEN AGAIN BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN.

1) TIMING CHAIN FAILED @72000 MILES WITHOUT WARNING (CHRYSLER REPAIRED AFTER GIVING ME HELL FOR TWO WEEKS EXTENDED WARRANTY RAN OUT @ 75000 MILES 2)LAST WEEK THE ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT 76000 MILES. CHRYSLER WILL NOT DO ANYTHING THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS OVER. *JB

DT: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30-35 MPH ON A STREET AND THE VEHICLE CUT OFF. THERE WAS NO STALLING LOSS OF ALL POWER. THE STEERING WAS STILL WORKING THOUGH IT WAS HARD TO TURN THE VEHICLE. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET AND CALLED FOR A MECHANIC. A LOCAL MECHANIC CAME AND TOWED VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE REPAIR SHOP. THEE IT WAS DISCOVERED THERE WAS BROWN SLUDGE, AND THIS WAS CAKED UP BEYOND REPAIR. SUGGESTED THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE EXPENSE OF A NEW ENGINE REPLACEMENT. CONTACTED BOTH DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, WHO DID NOT WISH TO REPLACE OR HELP THE CONSUMER WITH THE REPLACEMENT. THIS VEHICLE WAS REGULARLY SERVICED AND MAINTAINED. THIS HAPPENED AT 61, 000 MILES. *AK

DT: CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING OR IDLING. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR CAR BECAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE NOISE WAS. REFERRED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHO HAD 3 TECHNICIANS INSPECT THE VEHICLE. IT WAS SUGGESTED NOT TO DRIVE ANY FURTHER OR THE MOTOR MAY BLOWOUT. A NEW MOTOR WAS RECOMMENDED. THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND SHAVINGS IN THE OIL PAN. CONSUMER WAS NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE FINAL DIAGNOSIS WAS ON THE MOTOR, BUT REMEMBERED THE SLUDGE AND SHAVINGS. CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THE MOTOR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED REGULARLY. CHRYSLER RETURNED CONSUMER'S CALL AND STATED THEY WOULD PAY 50% OF THE BILL FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MOTOR. VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS NOW. *AK *NM

DT: 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORD. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN OPENING THE TRUNK IT FELL DOWN HARD. THE HYDRAULIC LIFTS THAT HOLD THE TRUNK OPEN HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRUNK WAS NOT OPENED OFTEN. BOTH WERE REPLACED, LEFT AND RIGHT LIFTS.*AK

THE CAR WAS PURCHASED USED FROM YANKEE FORD,SO.PORTLAND. WITH 60,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE CAR SEEMED TO IDLE HIGH. YANKEE FORD DIAGNOSTIC COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. IN 2004 FALL, I TOOK IT IN BECAUSE IT WAS RUNNING HOT, THE ENGINE SOUNDED ROUGH. THE OIL CHANGES WERE UP TO DATE. THE OIL WAS CLEAN WHEN THE MECHANIC LOOKED AT IT. HE DID A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. THEN HE LOOKED IN THE ENGINE. IT WAS VERY DIRTY. WHEN THE MACHINE SHOP CLEANED IT, THE MECHANICS SAID THEY NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE IT, IT WAS CAKED WITH SLUDGE. THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE SHOP WHILE THE MECHANIC HAS LOOKED FOR A NEW USED ENGINE. THE COST IS VERY, VERY HIGH AND I STILL OWE $7,000 ON THE CAR. IT HAD LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I TOOK IT IN. *JB