1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC HAD BEEN NOTIFIED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 67 MPH MAIN ENGINE BEARING FAILED. DEALER DETERMINED THAT ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER HAD A CERTIFIED MECHANIC CHECK THE VEHICLE, AND WAS TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE SMELLS LIKE A HORSE AND IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. THE PROBLEM STARTED HAPPENING IN JUNE 2002. THE AIR CONDITIONING EMITTED A FOG. I TOOK THE CAR TO MIDAS WHERE THEY WOULD PUT DYE IN TO THE SYSTEM TO DETECT WHERE THE LEAKAGE WAS COMING FROM. THEY TOLD ME TO RETURN IN TWO WEEKS TO REVIEW. THEY WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS, REFILLED THE COOLANT AND IT WORKED UNTIL APRIL OF 2003, STILL SMELLED LIKE A HORSE. THEN GOT IT LOOKED AT AGAIN IN APRIL 2003, AT A CHRYSLER DEALER - THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG BUT REFILLED COOLANT. IT WORKED UNTIL OCTOBER 2003. I THEN TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AGAIN. I JUST TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND HE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE IN THE EVAPORATED CORE AND ADVISED TO CALL CHRYSLER TO HAVE THEM COVER THE CHARGE. MY CAR HAS 53,000 MILES ON IT AND IS OUT OF WARRANTY. WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST BEGAN HAPPENING, IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT NO ONE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. I AM NOW WORKING WITH CHRYSLER. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN THAT THE DEALER HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AND IT KEEPS COSTING US MORE TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT WITH NO RESOLUTION. I AM WORKING WITH CHRYSLER NOW TO HAVE THEM COVER THIS CHARGE, BUT THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT SINCE I AM NOW OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP ME OUT MUCH IF AT ALL. I CALLED THEIR RECALL DEPARTMENT AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THIS PART OF THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED, BUT I SHOULD LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA TO COMMENCE AN INVESTIGATION TO HAVE IT RECALLED. I CHECKED THE NHTSA WEB SITE AND FOUND THAT I AM NOT ALONE, THERE WERE TWO OTHER COMPLAINTS LODGED FOR THE SAME THING! SO I AM HOPING THAT BY LODGING MY COMPLAINT, SOME ACTION WILL BE TAKEN, AT LEAST INITIATE A DEFECT INVESTIGATION, AND HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL RESOLVE IN A FORMAL RECALL SO OTHERS, AND MYSELF, WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THIS DEFECT CORRECTED. *LA

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S HEATER, ENGINE MAKING KNOCKING NOISES AND SLOW ACCELERATION.*MR THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING INTERMITTENTLY WHICH LEAD TO A BUILD UP OF HEAT IN THE ENGINE CABIN, WHICH IN TURN LEAD TO A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE. DURING ACCELERATION, THE VEHICLE RATTLED AND VIBRATED AND IT DID NOT ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE BLOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS.*TS ALSO THE FRONT WINDOW AND POWER MIRROR WERE INOPERATIVE, THE DEALER FOUND A BAD WINDOW MOTOR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED A TOTAL OF 5 COMPUTERS BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. *TS *NLM

ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING A CHRYSLER CONCORDE 2.7 LITER ENGINE DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN THE ENGINE. NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. *LA

DOOR'S AUTOMATIC LOCKING MECHANISM/ POWER WINDOWS FAILED, AND ENGINE WAS MAKING LOUD NOISE . ALSO, AND FRONT ALIGNMENT MALFUNCTIONED TWICE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

SLUDGE BUILD UP IN VEHICLE'S ENGINE.*MR WHEN THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE AND SLOW ACCELERATION THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER THE ENTIRE ENGINE BLOCK WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE ENGINE COST APPROX $5721.04 IN REPAIRS AND CHRYSLER REFUSED TO COVER THE COST. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT A LOT OF ENGINE REPLACEMENT ARE DUE TO A LATENT DEFECT IN THE CAR FROM THE CHRYSLER WEBSITES AND FEELS THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITIES IN REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. *CB

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE GEAR SLIPPED OUT OF DRIVE AND INTO ANOTHER GEAR VEHICLE. *AK *JB