2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Complaints

IN AUGUST OF 2003. MY CHRYSLER CONCORDE FAILED DUE TO A FAULTY TENSIONER, 66,000 MILES. THIS CAUSED ENGINE DAMAGE(VALVES BENT, ETC..) ENGINE REBUILT COST $2500. ON SEPTEMBER 6TH 2004 82,000 MILES, I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO GET FOOD. APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE OR LESS FROM MY HOME, MY CAR DIED. OIL WAS SLUDGY WHEN VIEWING IT THROUGH OIL ENTRANCE ON ENGINE. AWAITING REPAIR ESTIMATES FROM REPAIR SHOP.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH PLASTIC MOLDING UNDER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME OFF. THIS MOLDING STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD, WENT OVER THE VEHICLE AND STRUK A VEHICLE BEHIND THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. *AK THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. *NM

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE BLEW UP, HEARD A LOUD CLANGING NOISE. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. *AK

THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE INTERSTATE. THE MANUFACTURE STATED THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTED BECAUSE OF FAULTY MAINTENANCE. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI. *MR (PROTECTS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS) THE 5-1/2 FOOT LONG SECTION BROKE LOOSE FROM THE CLIPS THAT HOLD IT IN PLACE, FLIPPED OVER THE VEHICLE ROOF CREATING A VERY SEVERE TRAFFIC HAZARD TO THE VEHICLE IN THE BACK OF THE CONSUMER. THE CLIPS WERE STILL IN PLACE WITH THE BROKEN PLASTIC STILL IN PLACE. *SC *JB

THE ENGINE STOPS RUNNING LIKE IT IS OUT OF GAS. AFTER SAFELY STOPPING PULLING OVER ETC. I CAN RESTART THE CAR BUT THIS IS NOT SAFE FOR A YEAR 2000 AUTOMOBILE.

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD A SCREECHING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. WHILE THE NOISE WAS PRESENT VEHICLE REVVED SEVERELY. AFTER AWHILE THE NOISE SUBSIDED, AND THE RPMS WOULD LOWER SIGNIFICANTLY. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A DISCOURAGING SOUND. ENGINE SOUNDED AS IF THERE WAS A HAND FULL OF TACKS BEING GROUNDED UP. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE TIMING CHAIN SNAPPED, AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER DIDN'T HAVE THE $5900. TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE SO THEY TRADED IT IN. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE DECELERATED THEN ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. TVEHICLE REACTED AS IF THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED, AND THEN THE ACCELERATOR. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN TWENTY TIMES SINCE MAY OF 2004.*AK

DRIVING OUR 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE ALONG ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESSWAY OIL LIGHT CAME ON, WE WENT TO PULL OFF ROAD IMMEDIATELY AND ENGINED DIED. WE HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE , MECHANIC INDICATED SLUDGE IN ENGINE AND ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES.WE HAD NO WARNING OF THIS UNTIL OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINED DIED IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT CAME ON. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET THE VEHICLE ONTO THE SHOULDER. *AK