1993 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Complaints

ABS FAILURE LIGHT IS ON CONTINUOUSLY AND SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE. HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR 3-4 TIMES BUT PROBLEM NEVER FIXED. HAVE SPENT OVER $500 TRYING TO GET IT REPAIRED. MANUFACTURER/DEALER WILL NOT HELP WITH ADDITIONAL REPAIR COSTS.

GAS LEAKING INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, FUEL ODOR INSIDE OF VEHICLE WHICH MAKES CONSUMER SICK. CONTACT DEALER, AND DEALER COULDN'T FIND WHERE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING. *AK CONSUMER HAD RECALL 98V13 AND EVER SINCE THEN CONSUMER HAS BEEN SMELLING GAS, DEALER CAN NOT FIND WHERE THE PROBLEM IS COMING FROM. *SLC

VEHICLE IS LEAKING GASOLINE AROUND FUEL RAILS. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

I NOW HAVE PERMANENT INJURIES FROM THE ACCIDENT AS WELL AS MY DAUGHTER. WE ARE NOT SURE YET OF HER EXTENT SINCE SHE IN ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG COVER CAME OFF.*AK 3 WINDOW SWITCHES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. CONSUMER REPLACED COMPLETE AIR CONDITIONER UNIT. DRIVER SIDE SAFETY BELT WAS REPLACED. *SLC

THE PASSENGER BUCKET SEAT, INBOARD SEAT-TRACK IS BROKEN. THIS CAUSES THE INBOARD SIDE TO BE LOOSE. THE INBOARD SEAT ASSY CAN MOVE SEVERAL INCHES UP/DOWN. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS SIMILAR TO THE ONE DESCRIBED IN A CHRYSLER "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION" WHERIN THE INBOARD PIVOT BRACKET WAS TO BE REPLACED ON THE DRIVERS SEAT. IN WHAT MAY BE A RELATED PROBLEM THE FORE/AFT POWER SEAT MOTOR IS EITHER BURNED OUT OR DEFECTIVE. IN SHORT, THE PASSENGER BUCKET SEAT TRACK ASSY. IS DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE. THE DEALER PARTS DEPARTMENT STATES THAT THE ENTIRE SEAT TRACK ASSY. MUST BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $450 OR SO IN PARTS ALONE. IN THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT IS UNSTABLE AND THAT THE PROBLEM IS A DEFECT IN MATERIALS OR DESIGN, I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE GROUNDS FOR A RECALL AND NO COST REPAIR. IN ADDITION, BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEAT TRACKS HAVE HAD 6 INCH PLASTIC GUIDES BREAK AND COME LOOSE FROM THE TRACK ASSY. THIS CAUSES THE SEATS TO BE MILDLY UNSTABLE AND LOOSE.

LEFT FUEL RAIL LEAKED SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF GAS WHEN UNDER PRESSURE. FUEL RAIL ASSY AND #4 INJECTOR WERE REPLACED BY DEALER AT A COST EXCEEDING $700. THE FUEL RAIL O'RING RECALL WAS COMPLETED THIS CAR IN 1999. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS FUEL-RAIL LEAKING PROBLEM SUBMITTED TO THE NHTSA. DUE TO THE EXTREME HAZARD, THIS PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL AND A NO-COST REPAIR. I HOPE A RECALL IS FORTHCOMING SOON TO REPLACE THE FUEL RAIL ASSY. FUEL RAIL LEAK WAS NOT CAUSED BY INJECTOR ALTHOUGH ONE INJECTOR WAS REPLACED DURING REPAIR.

HOOD SWITCH IS DEFECTIVE. WHEN CONSUMER LIFTS HOOD UP IT WILL NOT STAND UP ON ITS OWN. HYDRAULIC LIFT IS LEAKING, AND MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT REASON THAT HOOD WAS BROKEN WAS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T USE HOOD ENOUGH. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO CHECK ANYTHING UNDER THE HOOD. *YH

RACK AND PINION BROKE INTO 2 SEPARATE PIECES, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF STEERING AND THE WHEELS TO LOCK, VEHICLE CAME TO REST AFTER ROLLING OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING RACK AND PINION STEERING BROKE WHICH CAUSED WHEELS TO LOCK UP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THE RACK AND PINION WERE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THE MANUFACTURER WITHOUT CHARGE. *YH