1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Complaints

THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAYED ON, EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, WHICH DRAINED THE BATTERY. CONSUMER HAD TO REMOVE THE FUSE AS A TEMPORARY FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS STARTING IT. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED. THESE PROBLEMS OCCURRED THIRTY TIMES SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2004. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSED TO CHECK THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR STALLING. *AK

1) DRIVING 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WHEN WEIRD NOISES STARTED. PULLED OFF THE ROAD. STUCK WITH MY (2) CHILDREN IN A HOT CAR UNTIL TOW TRUCK CAME. 2) CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. CALLED CHRYSLER DEALER. THEY SAID THE TENSIONER FOR THE TIMING BELT WAS BROKE. WE FIXED THAT FOR OVER $400.00. THEN THEY RAN A COMPRESSION CHECK. NO COMPRESSION. THEY SAID THE VALVES IN THE ENGINE WERE PROBABLY BENT. LOOKING AT $2,500.00 OR MORE TO FIX OR A RE-BUILT ENGINE FOR $7,000.00. 3) MY HUSBAND HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK HOME. WE ARE TEARING IT APART OURSELVES. (CANT AFFORD CHRYSLER TO DO IT). THE VALVES ARE BENT. WE ARE TAKING THE HEADS TO A LOCAL MACHINE SHOP TO PUT NEW VALVES IN.*AK

RECALL 03 V 035 000/SEAT BACK RECLINING BOLT. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE DRIVER'S SEAT COMPLETELY RECLINED WITHOUT WARNING. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY REPORTED, BUT VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR THIS RECALL APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO. *AK

ONE YEAR LATER AFTER CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL LETTER 03V035000 THE SEAT BACK RECLINER UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE. PASSENGER SUSTAINED A CUT ON THE FOREHEAD, AND KNEE BRUISES WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE DASHBOARD. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LX WITH A 2.7 ENGINE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN AN ACCESS ROAD AT ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN THE CAR STARTED LOSING POWER. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE AIR CONDITIONER BUT WHEN IT STOPPED IT DIED. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON TO TELL HER ANYTHING WAS WRONG. DID NOT NOTICE TEMPERATURE GETTING HOT. HAD IT TOWED TO MECHANIC SHOP. MECHANIC SAID IT HAD WATER IN THE BLOCK WITH THE OIL. SAID IT NEEDED A NEW MOTOR. TO REBUILD MINE, AT HIS COST, WOULD BE $4500.00. THIS IS WITHOUT THE LABOR OF REMOVING AND REINSTALLING MOTOR. OTHER OPTION- WAIT UNTIL A USED ONE BECOMES AVAILABLE. THAT WOULD COST $1700.00-- $2700.00. I HAVE FOUND MANY SIMILAR STORIES ON THIS WEB SIGHT. BDM. *AK

VEHICLE: 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI,PPROXIMATE MILAGE: 50,000 PROBLEM: STEERING WHEEL; RACK AND PINION: ( 1.) THE STEERING WHEEL JAMS AND I HAVE TO JERK THE STEERING WHEEL TO RELEASE IT. ( 2.) THERE IS ALSO 1/2" TO 1" OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL EITHER WAY WHEN IT IS "WORKING PROPERLY". THE PROBLEM STARTED INTERMITENTLY THEN RAPIDLY WORSENED. I SPOKE TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. MY COWORKER IS APPROCHING 50,000 MILES WITH A 2000 CHRYSLER 300M, (AN UPGRADE, BUT BASICLLY THE SAME CAR), HE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED DIAMLER CHRYSLER, BUT HAVE GOTTEN NOWHERE. I AM TAKING IT TO THE SHOP 6/21/04 TO BE FIXED. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PROBLEM AND SEEMS TO OCCURE AT AROUND 40000 TO 50000 MILES, (CHRYSLER SAID THEY WOULD HAVE SPLIT THE COST WITH ME IF THE MILAGE WASN'T SO HIGH). I FEEL THAT THIS PROBLEM SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED UP ON. IT IS A HUGE SAFETY PROBLEM.*AK

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO BUILD UP OF SLUDGE AND BEARING MATERIAL IN OIL FILTER CAUSING TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP AND ENGINE TO FAIL. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED AT THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP, NOT ON THE HIGHWAY, AS MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. HAVE LITERALLY FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET RELATING TO THE CHRYSLER 2.7L ENGINE AND ITS PROPENSITY TO FAIL. OUR 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE HAS LESS THAN 40,000 MILES AND HAS ALWAYS RECEIVED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. WE WERE AMONG THE LUCKY ONES...OUR ENGINE FAILED WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE AUTO SHOP GARAGE...INSTEAD AT 65 MILES PER HOUR GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. INTERESTING HOW THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHTS...NOTHING TO TELL YOU THIS IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. *JB

CAR ENGINE FAILURE AT 90,000 MILES. WAS TRAVELING ON I-75 AT 70 MPH, ENGINE GAVE NO WARNING, JUST HAD CAM SHAFT SENSOR REPLACED AND OIL SENSOR REPLACED, THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME FOR BOTH ITEMS IN THE PAST YEAR. HAVE NOT GAVE AUTHORIZATION TO REPLACE ENGINE, COST ESTIMATED AT 6000.00. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THIS A PROBLEM WITH THE VECHILE. CONTACTED CHRYSLER, WAS TOLD I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A NEW VECHILE INSTEAD OF BUYING A USED ONE. THIS ONLY HAD 50,000 MILES ON IT WHEN PURCHASED, BUT I TRAVEL OVER A HUNDRED MILES TO AND FROM WORK DAILY. ENGINE SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AT 90,000 MILES. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE FAILURE ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE STALLING. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE, AND DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE. *AK