1995 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Complaints

TRUNK LIGHT DOES NOT GO OFF WHEN CLOSED, RESULTED IN BURNING ITEMS STORED IN THE TRUNK AREA. *MJS

PROBLEM: LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET SEPARATES FROM ENGINE CRADLE, CAUSING HALF-SHAFT TO PULL OUT OF TRANSAXLE. FIX: REINFORCE ENGINE CRADLE AT CONTROL ARM BRACKET.. VEHICLE OWNERS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE NOTIFIED IN DEC. OF 1999. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED. I FOUND THIS IN MICHIGAN BUSINESS BRIEFS. SEPT. 18 , 1999. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ACTION ON THIS, BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP THIS CAR A WHILE LONGER. THANK YOU. *AK

RECALL -PROBLEM LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET SEPARATED FROM ENGINE CRADLE, CAUSING HALF-SHAFT PULLED OUT OF TRANSAXLE. FIX: REINFORCED ENGINE CRADLE AT CONTROL ARM BRACKET. *AK

FRONT END STRUTS WRE REPLACED AFTER REPORTING CLUNKING NOISE IN FRONT END WHEN CAR WAS PLACED IN REVERSE. ONE YEAR LATER, WHILE ENROUTE FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO WASHINGTON ON VACATION, THE STEERING BROKE WHEN BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN AN UNDERGROUND PARKING LOT IN SOUTH BEND, IN. RACK AND PINION WAS REPAIRED BY DEALERSHIP IN SOUTH BEND. STARTED TO SMELL GAS FUMES IN VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING TO WASHINGTON. TRIED TO GET REPAIRS IN SOUTH DAKOTA BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND A DEALERSHIP WHO WOULD REPAIR IT. LOCATED DEALERSHIP IN PASCO, WASHINTON TOREPAIR THE FUEL LINE WHICH WAS NOT CONNECTED PROPERLY AFTER RACK REPAIR, AS I WAS TOLD BY DEALER. BATTERY EXPLODED WHILE IN PARKING LOT AT LOCAL MALL. AIR CONDITIONER STARTED EMITTING MUSTY SMELL. HAD AIR CONDITIONER CHARGED TWICE AND IT STILL DOESNT SEEM TO HOLD A CHARGE. CAR WOULD NOT START ON 12/3/1999. THINKING IT WAS THE BATTERY, TRIED TO JUMP THE CAR BUT WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE IT MIGHT BE THE TIMING BELT. NOW I FIND THE WATER PUMP LEAKED WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A BLOWN GASKET. MECHANIC REPORTS LITTLE COMPRESSION IN THREE CYLINDERS AND 1500.00 ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR. *AK

TIE ROD END SOCKETS AT STEERING BOX COMPLETELY WORN OUT (ELONGATED). AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED. TRANSMISSION FAILED.

IN HIGH HUMIDITY CONDITIONS THE A/C CUTS OFF AFTER WORKING FOR AN HOUR AND WILL NOT CUT BACK ON UNTIL ICE MELTS FROM THE EVAPORATOR. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE CONDENSOR TWICE, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

TRANSMISSION STOPPED FUNCTIONING AT 65 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SALEM CHRYSLER/PLYMOUTH IN DAYTON, OHIO. TOW TRUCK DRIVER REPORTED THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD FIVE OTHER CONCORDES IN FOR SERVICE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SERVICE MANAGER AT DEALERSHIP WOULD ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE HAD "SOME PROBLEMS" WITH TRANSMISSIONS IN THE CONCORDE LINE, BUT WAS QUICK TO POINT THAT MY VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. A SALESMAN AT ANOTHER CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN OHIO WAS ADVISED OF MY BREAKDOWN WITHOUT ANY REFERENCE TO THE VEHICLE, WHEN HE RESPONDED, " WHAT DOES HE HAVE, A 95 OR 96 CONCORDE?". THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM AMONG CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS.

BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO BRAKE LINING BEING 'TOO THIN" WHICH CAUSED BRAKES TO BECOME SPONGY, AND CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. ALSO A FIRE STARTED IN THE MOTOR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

LIGHT BULB IN THE TRUNK IS NOT COVERED AND IS HANGING DOWN, BURNING ITEMS IN THE TRUNK, AND CAUSING FIRE HAZARD. *AK

FAILURE OF WIPERS OCCURRED DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM ON I-294 IN THE CHICAGO AREA. WAS ABLE TO MANUEVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT.