1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Complaints

I CURRENTLY PURCHASED A 1999 CONCORD WITH THE 2.7 ENGINE AND HAD THE FOR 3 MONTHS . I TOOK IT IN FOR A OIL CHANGE YESTERDAY AND AFTER DRIVING THE CAR BACK TO WORK I LOOKED OUT MY SIDE VIEW MIRROR AND SEEN A HUGE PUFF OF BLUE SMOKE WHEN I TOOK OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT. I TOOK THE THAT NIGHT TO FRIEND WHO IS A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE IS DONE. HE TOLD ME ABOUT THE ENGINE FAILURES ON THESE ENGINES AND SO I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF HE WAS TELLING ME THE TRUTH AND I WAS VERY SURPRISED OF THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ON THE ENGINE.. THE PRICE FOR A REBUILT IS ABOUT $3500.00 AND REPLACEMENT ENGINE ABOUT $6500.00 OF WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD AND I STILL OWE $4300.00 ON A PILE OF JUNK THAT I CANNOT DRIVE. IS DAIMLER GOING TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM AND HELP US OUT WITH THE COST OR ARE THEY SITTING ON THERE THUMBS WAITING FOR THE PROBLEM TO GO AWAY? *NM

MY CAR SHUT OFF WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT. IT STARTED BACK UP, BUT MAKING THIS AWFUL RATTLING NOISE. I HAD A AUTO SHOP TELL ME A FEW THINGS AND I PAID TO GET A FEW REPAIRS THAT COST ME CLOSED TO $1,000. THEN BEFORE I COULD GET A REPAIR DONE TO THE TIMING CHAIN OF MY '99' CONCORDE, IT SHUT DOWN ON ME AS I WAS LEAVING WORK. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED FROM THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, DURING RUSH HOUR AND IT IS NOW IN MY GARAGE WAITING TO BE REPOSSESSED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SEALS FOR THE HEADLIGHTS CRACKED AND THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON THE VERGE OF DETACHING. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY MUST BE REPLACED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

I'M FILING A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR OTHER REPAIRS AND WHEN I PICKED THE CAR UP AND DROVE IT HOME AND BEGIN TO GIVE ME PROBLEMS SO I TURNED AROUND TO DRIVE THE CAR BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND IT CUT OFF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE SHOP AND THEY CALLED ME AND SAID THE ENGINE WENT OUT. I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY AND HOW DID THIS HAPPEN CAUSE THIS WAS WITHOUT WARNING AND I ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND I KEPT THE MAINTENANCE UP ON IT. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT THIS WOULD BE A HASSLE GOING THRU THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY CAUSE THEY WOULD NOT WANT TO REPLACE THE ENGINE SO I WANTED A SECOND OPINION, I HAD IT TOWED TO ANOTHER SHOP AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING, THAT THIS WAS A 2.7 ENGINE AND IT'S EXPENSIVE AND IT'S NOT WORTH ANYTHING AND THE WARRANTY COMPANY WILL PROBABLY NOT COVER MUCH OF ANYTHING. I FEEL THAT SINCE THIS ENGINE IS KNOWN TO HAVE ENGINE FAILURE PROBLEMS, SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS CAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE FOR AN ENGINE TO GO OUT WITHOUT ANY FOREWARNING AND IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE AT ALL.. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IMMEDIATELY. *NM

WHILE ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AT 2 AM, I STARTED TO HEAR A LOUD "CLUNKING" NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON MY 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THE CAR RAPIDLY DECELERATED TO 25 MPH. I MANAGED TO PULL OFF INTO A REST STOP, BUT DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT INTO A PARKING SPOT BEFORE THE ENGINE QUIT. I FOUND IT AMAZING, SINCE WE JUST GOT THE CAR BACK AFTER $1600.00 IN REPAIRS FOUR MONTHS AGO. NOW, MY MECHANIC IS TELLING ME THAT CHRYSLER ONLY MADE THESE ENGINES TO LAST FOR UP TO 5 YEARS AT THE MOST, AND HE'S NOT SURPRISED. WELL, I AM. A VEHICLE SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 5 YEARS. NOW THE ONLY OPTION THE MECHANIC TELLS ME I HAVE IS TO PURCHASE A WHOLE NEW ENGINE AND REPLACE THE OLD ONE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING DOWN I-75, MY 1999 CONCORDE BEGAN MAKING NOISE THAT SOUNDED SIMILAR TO AN OBJECT TOUCHING A MOVING FAN. WHEN I GOT TO FIRST EXIT, VEHICLE DIED, AND AT THAT POINT OIL LIGHT FLICKERED. I RESTARTED AND BEFORE I COULD GET ACROSS 1 LANE OF TRAFFIC TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I THOUGHT THAT FROM THE SOUND MY WHOLE ENGINE WOULD FALL OUT OF MY VEHICLE. CAR DIED AGAIN,AS I MANAGED TO REACH THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE HAD "THROWN A ROD", AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I ASKED WHAT WOULD CAUSE IT AND WAS TOLD "EVERYDAY WEAR AND TEAR", IT HAS ONLY 70,000 MILES ON IT. IT WILL COST $5,000.00 TO REPLACE, WHICH I DON'T HAVE!!! I HAVE SPOKEN TO VERY RELIABLE AUTO PARTS DEALER ABOUT A REPLACEMENT ENGINE. HE TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE HAS A REPUTATION FOR BEING THE WORST YOU COULD HAVE, AND THAT HE WOULD NOT PUT ANOTHER 2.7 LITER ENGINE BACK IN THE CAR. (DIDN'T MAKE ME FEEL ANY BETTER!!) NOW I FIND THIS WEBSITE AND I READ 64 COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IS THERE A PLACE OR PHONE NUMBER TO SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM. AS IT STANDS NOW, I HAVE A CAR THAT I CAN'T DRIVE, BUT STILL HAVE TO PAY $7,000 ON, AND NO PROSPECTS OF BEING ABLE TO AFFORD ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION. *JB

ACCELERATOR MALFUNCTION. 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE ACCELERATOR STUCK, UNABLE TO ENGAGE THE BRAKING SYSTEM SO TURNED CAR OFF. LOST STEERING, BRAKING CONTROL AND HIT A BARRICADE, TOTALING VEHICLE AND CAUSING CONCUSSION AND HEAD TO TOE BRUISING. *JB

(1) HEARD PERSISTENT KNOCKING/PINGING SOUND THAT WAS GROWING LOUDER (2) TOOK TO MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED IMMINENT ENGINE FAILURE - CRACKED ROD (3) REPLACED ENGINE, FOUND CRACKED ROD AND ENGINE LOADED DOWN WITH SLUDGE. *NM

HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE IN MY 99 CONCORDE, SLUDGING, EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, COOLANT LOSS AND PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. DESPITE REGULAR OIL CHANGES THE ENGINE WOULD SLUDGE UP AND CAUSE TAPPING NOISES. HAD THE PROBLEM DEALT WITH ONCE IN 2003 AT AREA DEALERSHIP UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, AT THAT TIME THE DEALER TRIED TO CHARGE ME FOR THE REPAIRS STATING IT WAS LACK OF MAINTENANCE THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. EVENTUALLY THEY ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY AND REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. SINCE THEN I HAVE CHANGED OIL REGULARLY AS I HAD BEFORE AND THE PROBLEM OF OIL CONSUMPTION PERSISTED. I JUST ADDED OIL AND COOLANT AS NEEDED BETWEEN REGULAR CHANGES AT THE RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 2 QUARTS OIL PER MONTH AND 1 GALLON OF COOLANT PER MONTH. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK THE ENGINE VERY ABRUPTLY STARTED TO CLACK SO I PULLED OVER AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY REGULAR REPAIR FACILITY, WHERE I WAS INFORMED THE ENGINE WAS NO LONGER USABLE DUE TO OIL SLUDGING AND LACK OF OIL CIRCULATION. CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP. THEY INSTRUCTED ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER THAT ORIGINALLY REPAIRED IT AND THEY WOULD MAKE A DETERMINATION AFTER THE DEALER INSPECTED IT . THIS IS THE SAME DEALER THAT TRIED TO BLAME ME FOR THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM. HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE DISCOVERED THIS TO BE A RAMPANT PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE AND THAT CHRYSLER DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILITY. THERE ARE NUMEROUS WEB SITES DETAILING THE PROBLEMS CONSUMERS ARE HAVING WITH THIS ENGINE AND THEIR STYMIED EFFORTS TO HAVE CHRYSLER DEAL WITH THEM FAIRLY. WHEN I CALLED NHTSA THEY STATED THEY HAD NO COMPLAINTS, I HOPE THIS ONE WILL PROMPT A FURTHER INVESTIGATION. *NM