1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Complaints

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

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

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

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)

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

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

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE COMPLETELY LOCKED UP. CONSUMER HAD THE FIRST ENGINE 2.7 REPLACED WITH A REBUILT 2.7 LITER ENGINE. IN WHICH SHE WAS TOLD THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO FIT THE VEHICLE. THIS REBUILT ENGINE WAS EXPERIENCING THE VERY SAME PROBLEM AS THE FIRST. CONSUMER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION AND INPUT, OUTPUT SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK

I WAS DRIVING MY 99 CHRYSLER CONCORDE HOME AND IT STARTED KNOCKING AND THEN DIED. MY ENGINE IS GONE. I HAVE 3 KIDS AND I HAVE NO MEANS OF FIXING THIS. AND NOW, NO WAY TO TRAVEL.*AK

1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE 2.7 LITRE ENGINE FAILED. SUDDENLY JUST STOPPED. HAD A RECURRING PROBLEM WHERE THE ENGINE WOULD SHUT OFF AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP, WHETHER I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT OR MAKING A TURN. IM ONE OF MANY THOUSANDS OF CHRYSLER VICTIMS. *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS ON THE ROAD WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED AND WITHIN SECONDS THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED BY OWNER.*AK