2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Complaints

MY 2000 CONCORDE HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED AT ONLY 36,000 MILES. MAINTENANCE WAS DONE ROUTINELY AND THE OFF BRAND WARRANTY COMPANY REFUSED TO PAY BECAUSE SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. I REALLY TOOK CARE OF THIS CAR AND IT FAILED ME. *JB

WE WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 40 MPH ON THE FRONT BEACH ROAD IN PANAMA CITY, FL, DURING CHRISTMAS 06 THE PLASTIC PIECE BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND THE HOOD FLEW OFF AND HIT OUR WINDSHIELD VERY HARD AND FLEW OVER OUR CAR. IT WAS DARK AND WE WERE NOT SURE WHAT HIT OUR WINDSHIELD UNTIL THE MORNING AND WE SAW THAT LONG PIECE WAS MISSING FROM OUR CAR. WE WENT AND TRIED TO FIND THE PIECE THAT FLEW OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT COULD NOT FIND IT. WE ARE NOT SURE HOW MUCH THIS PIECE WILL COST US, BUT I FEEL FOR IT TO FLY OFF AND HIT OUR WINDSHIELD WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND NOT SURE IF IT HIT ANYONE BEHIND US. I FEEL AFTER READING THIS COMPLAINT SEVERAL TIMES ON THIS SITE THAT CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RESEARCH HIS PROBLEM AND FIX THE PROBLEM AND REIMBURSE US WHO HAVE LOST THIS PIECE TO THEIR NEGLIGENCE. *JB

I WENT TO START MY VEHICLE ONE MORNING AND IT WOULD NOT START. I HAD MY BROTHER AND FATHER IN LAW WHOM ARE MECHANICS COME TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAID THE ENGINE WAS FILLED WITH SLUDGE. WE THEN CLEANED OUT THE ENGINE REAL GOOD AND CHANGED ALL THE LIQUIDS IN IT. IT WORKED FOR APPROXIMATELY A MONTH. I THEN GOT UP IN THE MORNING TO GO TO WORK AND STARTED MY VEHICLE AND WENT TO MY MOTHERS DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE WORK. ON MY WAY TO WORK THE ENGINE STARTED ACTING UP AND LUCKILY I WAS JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM HOME. I WENT STRAIGHT HOME AND MADE IT RIGHT BEFORE MY CHRYSLER CONCORD QUIT COMPLETELY ON ME. I THEN HAD MY BROTHER IN LAW AGAIN COME LOOK AT IT AND HE SAID THE ENGINE WAS TOAST AND NEEDED A NEW ONE. NOW I HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE MOTOR APPROXIMATELY A YEAR BEFORE THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED. NOW I OWE $8,000.00 ON THIS VEHICLE AND CAN NOT DRIVE IT DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD TO REPLACE THE MOTOR AGAIN. IT SETS IN MY DRIVE AS A LAWN ORNAMENT NOW. NOW THE INCIDENT DATE BELOW IS AN APPROXIMATE DATE SINCE THIS HAPPENED SOME TIME AGO. BUT I KNOW IT WAS IN THE SUMMER TIME AFTER JUNE OF 2006. *NM

CHRYSLER CONCORDE 2000 ENGINE SEIZED AT 69000 MILES TOO MUCH MONEY TO REPAIR TIMING BELT/CHAIN REPLACED AT 55000 MILES DOOR LOCKS REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED ENGINE QUIT WITH FAMILY IN CAR DURING 65 MPH. *NM

AT A POINT ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO MY CAR BEGAN MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE, A NEIGHBOR TOLD ME TO CHECK THE OIL AND SEE IF IT WAS LOW, IT WAS, I FILLED IT AND THE NOISE DIMINISHED. NO LIGHT EVER CAME ON EXCEPT BRIEFLY ON A LEFT HAND TURN ONCE WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. ON CHRISTMAS DAY WHILE DRIVING A TOTAL OF 60 MILES MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE CAR BEGAN TO STUTTER AND JERK AND ACT VERY BAD ONCE I REDUCED SPEED AND GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY. TODAY I FOUND OUT MY ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND THEY ARE WAITING FOR WARRANTY COVERAGE TO APPROVE REPAIRS. MY VEHICLE IS A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. I PURCHASED IT THE END OF OCTOBER 2006 AND IT HAD 82468 MILES ON IT. I DROVE IT FOR TWO MONTHS AND PUT 2000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE ENGINE WENT. *JB

BACKING OUT OF OUR GARAGE (STRAIGHT WITHOUT TURNING) AT HOME; THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY DIDN'T RESPOND TO ANY ACTION FROM DRIVER (MY WIFE) AFTER A "SNAPPING SOUND" WAS HEARD. NO PRIOR ACCIDENT OR KNOWN DAMAGE TO TRIGGER THIS. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY OR OTHER BUSY ARTERY, THE OUTCOME MIGHT HAVE BEEN WITH PERSONAL AND/OR MATERIAL CONSEQUENCES. HOPEFULLY THIS WASN'T THE CASE. THIS IS A CHRYSLER CONCORD XI 2000 WITH 38,000 MILES, AND OVERALL IN PRISTINE CONDITIONS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE AND THE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A SERVICE STATION. THE DIP STICK WAS CHECKED FOR OIL LEVEL. THE CONTACT ADDED TWO QUARTS, WAITED 5 MINUTES, AND THEN CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL AGAIN. THE LEVEL WAS INDICATED THE OIL TANK WAS STILL NEAR EMPTY, SO THE CONTACT ADDED ONE MORE QUART. THEN THE LEVEL WAS TOO HIGH, SO THE CONTACT EMPTIED THE OIL AND ADDED THE RECOMMENDED 5 QUARTS. THE WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS ON A CITY STREET, THERE WAS A LOSS OF ALL VEHICLE POWER, AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTERWARDS, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THERE WAS EXCESSIVE OIL SLUDGE PRESENT, AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THERE WAS A LOSS OF ALL VEHICLE POWER AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

I PURCHASED A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE IN JUNE 2001 FROM PATTERSON CHEVROLET. I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE CAR AND IT WAS SERVICED FOR ENGINE PROBLEMS (OIL LEAKING AND SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD) IN NOVEMBER 2001, TWICE IN DECEMBER 2001 AND ONCE IN JANUARY 2002 BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. CAR ENGINE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO RUN VERY LOUDLY. I PUT 2 QUARTS OF OIL AND THE NEXT DAY THE ENGINE SIMPLY DIED WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK ON A VERY BUSY STREET. THERE HAD BEEN NO PRIOR INDICATIONS THERE WAS ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. *NM