1994 Chrysler Concorde complaints

VEHICLE PARKED INDRIVEWAY. IGNITION OFF. ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON FIRE. EVERETT FIRE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IGNITION OFF, FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE EVERETT FIRE DEPARTMENT. VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE A TOTAL LOSS. DEALER UNHELPFUL. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 28 DAYS.

STEERING IS DIFFICULT AS IT WANTS TO OVER CORRECT PARTICULARLY ON THE DOWN HILL AT ABOUT 25 TO 45 MPH

WHILE DRIIVNG ALL OF A SUDDEN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP/ NO BRAKES, ETC, VEHICLE JUST DIED. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES LAST WEEK. THE VEHICLE IS BEING CHECKED BY DEALERSHIP FOR PROBLEMS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

REAR AXLE BROKE DUE TO FRAME RAIL WITH HAIR LINE CRACKS. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE WASHING VEHICLE WINDSHIELD CRACKED WHEN THE WATER HIT IT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CHRYSLER CLAIMED AIR BAGS WORKED PROPERLY EVEN THOUGH IT FAILED TO ACTIVATE IN THIS HEAD-ON CRASH. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN SHE HEARD A SNAPPING NOISE. THE NEXT DAY SHE BEGAN TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND VEHICLE DROPPED. CONSUMER HAS NOT REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK

ALUMINUM STRUT CAUSED STRESS AND FATIGUE ON THE SUB-FRAME ASSEMBLY CAUSING IT TO BREAK OFF AROUND BUSHING HOLDING THE END OF THE STRUT, AS A RESULT EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE COMPONENTS. MJS

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD/CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TIMING BELT BROKEN. MJS

TRANSMISSION HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED NEEDED TO BE OVERHAULED. PICKED VEHICLE UP & WAS LEAKING PINK FLUID. LEFT VEHICLE. WENT BACK & PICKED VEHICLE UP & LEFT IT IN GARAGE. LATER NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE UNDER TRANSMISSION. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC IT WAS THE WATER PUMP & NEEDED REPLACING. ALSO, TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED. *AK

WHILE MAKING A STOP CONSUMER WOULD FEEL THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATING DUE TO BRAKE ROTORS WARPING. *AK

THE GAS CYLINDER THAT HOLDS THE HOOD UP MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE HOOD TO SLAM DOWN AND PLACE A DENT IN THE HOOD. MAY HAVE CAUSED INJURIES. *AK

FUEL INJECTOR/REGULATOR O-RINGS AND FUEL RAIL REPLACED PRIOR TO RECALL DUE TO A FUEL LEAK FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE. (98V-184)

FUEL RAIL O-RINGS FAILED/REPLACED PRIOR TO RECALL, WERE REPAIRED ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS AS GAS WAS LEAKING FROM O-RINGS. (98V-184) AW

VEHICLE WAS IN DEALER FOR REPAIRS OF UNRELATED COMPONENT WHEN I WAS CALLED AND TOLD THERE WAS A TEAR IN THE FRAME RAIL. INSPECTING THE TEAR IT AT ONE OF THE LEFT SIDE AREA ADJACENT TO WHERE THE CRADLE ASSEMBLY BOLTS TO THE FRAME RAIL. COMPARING THE FAILED RAIL TO THE RIGHT HAND RAIL IT APPEARS A REINFORCING CHANNEL THAT SHOULD BE INSIDE THE FRAME RAIL TO DISTRIBUTE THE LOADS FROM THE CRADLE ASSEMBLY IS MISSING. VEHICLE HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION INSTALLED IN JULY 1998, AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS INSPECTED IN JAN 1999. FAILURE APPEARS TO BE A FATIGUE TYPE AS IT IS RAGGED AND HAS FAILED SOME OF THE FRAME RAIL WELDS. CHRSLER'S AREA REP HAS SUPPOSEDLY LOOKED AT IT AND I WAS TOLD HE SAID THAT IT COULD NOT BE A FACTORY DEFECT OR IT WOULD HAVE FAILED LONG BEFORE NOW. CAR WAS DRIVEN VERY LIGHTLY UNTIL AROUND SEPT 1996 AND SINCE THEN HAS BEEN DRIVEN NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE IS STILL SITTING AT THE DEALERS AS THEY DON'T SEEM TO KNOW HOW TO FIX IT, REGARDLESS OF WHO PAYS FOR THE REPAIR. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED PREMATURELY.

DRIVERS SEAT-RH SIDE SEATBACK BRACKET BROKE SUDDENLY CAUSING NON-ACCIDENT CAUSING SWERVE

THE CPU FOR THE ABS BRAKES WENT OUT WITHIN 4 MONTHS OF BUYING THE CAR. DEALER WOULD NOT COVER THE COST. OWNER PAID FOR THE WORK. *AK

LEAKING FUEL RESULTED IN FUMES.

WHEN GETTING INTO VEHICLE AND DRIVING CONSUMER CAN SMELL FUMES GETTING INTO VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP AND THE DEAL COULDN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

FUEL RAIL FAILURE AND LEAK PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (98V184000).

FUEL RAIL FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (98V-184).

WHILE DRIVING AND SHIFTING GEARS, TRANSMISSION WENT DEAD EXCEPT IN REVERSE. DEALER REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *AK

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO JUMP FORWARD. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

FAILED FUEL RAIL CAUSES FUEL TO BE SPRAYED ALL OVER FRONT OF ENGINE AT SIGNIFICANT RATE. AUTOMOBILE HAS BEEN AT DEALER FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS, AND HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT THIS IS PARTICULAR FAILURE IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE, AND THAT THERE ARE NO PARTS IN THE SYSTEM TO REPAIR THE CARS SINCE THERE IS A BACKLOG OF OVER 2000 REQUESTS FOR THESE FUEL RAILS. ALSO HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE 1993 SERIES 3.3L ENGINES WERE RECALLED FOR THE FUEL RAIL SYSTEM. CHECK THIS PROBLEM OUT. OUR CAR SMELLED OF RAW GAS FOR OVER A MONTH, BUT NO ONE COULD FIND THE LEAK UNTIL THERE WAS A COMPLETE FAILURE AND THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF FUEL WAS BEING SPRAYED ON THE ENGINE. THIS WEEK, I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT A SECOND CAR HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO GORDON CHYRSLER-PLYMOUTH FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THANKS.

WHILE DRIVING HAD A FUEL LEAK AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

FUEL SPILLED OVER THE ENGINE FROM GASKET ON FUEL RAIL - AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL TODAY

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT HAD A REAR DRIVER SIDE BUMPER ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER'S DOOR WHICH WAS LOCKED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, TO FLY OPEN. OCCUPANT WAS NOT RESTRAINEDT BY A SEATBELT WHICH FELL OUT. CURRENTLY AT THE DLR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FUEL RAIL FAILED AND FUEL BEGAN LEAKING ON TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER IS ASKING FOR A REFUND. *YD

FUEL RAIL LEAKING GASOLINE CAUSING A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR, REPLACED RAIL AND O-RINGS.

PE98007; FUEL INJECTION ASSEMBLY LEAKAGE; VEHICLE WAS RUNNING REALLY ROUGH. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES IN A 3 WEEK PERIOD. DEALER FOUND PROBLEM TO BE WITH THE FUEL INJECTOR RAIL, WHICH WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

SMOKE WAS COMING FROM HOOD OF VEHICLE , WENT TO OPEN HOOD WHEN ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES, RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT (POWER) RAIL HAD BROKEN. RIGHT SIDE OF DRIVER'S SEAT MOVES & SHIFTS WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATES OR BRAKES APPLIED. LEFT OKAY. *AK

TRANSMISSION GOES INTO LIMP MODE (2GEAR) AND LOCKS THERE, DISCONNECTING THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE TOOK CARE OF IT FOR A WHILE. *ET

DRIVER'S SEATBACK SEPARATED FROM THE SEAT BUCKET WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT ALMOST CAUSED TO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL AS THE DRIVER SLID BACKWARDS FROM THE STEERING WHEEL.

ABS MALFUNCTIONED. THE BRAKES GRABBED, SQUELED, THUMPED AND RATTLED UNTIL A NEW MODULE WAS INSTALLED.

ABS BRAKE CONTROL MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED., DIAGNOSTIC TEST REVEALED FAULTY ABS BRAKE UNIT.AK

TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS TO A LOWER GEAR WHEN BRAKING AT LESS THAN SEVEN MPH. VEHICLE JERKS INTO SECOND GEAR, CAUSING THE CAR TO LUNGE FROWARD.

TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS TO A LOWER GEAR WHEN BRAKING (2-7 MPH), VEHICLE JERKS INTO SECOND GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD.

A/C EVAPORATOR COIL AND COMPRESSOR FAILED. ALSO, TRANSAXLE MALFUNCTIONED.

POWER STEERING PUMP PULLEY (PLASTIC) BROKE AND CAUSED THE CAR TO SHUT DOWN. DRIVER COULD NOT STEER AND SUFFERED INJURIES WHILE TRYING TO TURN THE WHEEL.

GAS LEAK FROM FUEL RAIL. QCAW

WHEN TRAVELING 60 MPH IN WET WEATHER CONDITION THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE PULLING TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT THE GUARDRAIL IN WHICH THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF NEITHER DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. VEHICLE WAS TOTAL LOSS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

IGNITION WIRES AND COIL FAILED, CAUSING HESITATION.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WAS PASSING OFF GAS FUMES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS AN OVERWHELMING GAS SMELL. THE DEALER REPLACED LEAKY FUEL RAIL. *AK

CONSUMER REPLACED ROTORS THREE TIMES WITHIN 53,000 MILES OF DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE SITUATION AND REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE MANUFACTURER'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BRAKE ROTORS FAILING. WILL NOT REPAIR WITHOUT COST TO THE CONSUMER. *AK