1995 Chrysler Concorde complaints

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

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

HOOD STRUTS FAIL, CAUSING HOOD TO FALL AND INJURS MECHANIC. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *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

AS SOON AS I GET MY CAR BACK I WILL FORWARD VIN TO YOU

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.

NO SUMMARY.

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

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.

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.

CAUSED TIMING BELT TO MELT / DEALER HAD 3 OTHERS LINED UP!!!

TWICE IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS MY BATTERY HAS LITERALLY "EXPLODED"

PROBLEM SEEMS TO START WITH THE TRANSMISSION CLUNKING THEN EVENTUALLY YOU WILL START TO HEAR A POPPING NOISE IN YOUR FRONT END, COMING FROM THE TIE ROD. THOUGHT THIS WAS A SUSPENSION PROBLEM BUT TOOK TO DEALER THE FIRST TIME AND THEY REPLACED MY BRAKES AND SERVICED TRANSMISSION. CLUNCKING NOISE STILL EXISTED WHEN YOU LET OFF THE GAS AND THE SLIGHTLY ACCELLERATED. TURNS OUT THE TIE ROD, TRANSMISSION MOUNT AND AXLE WERE TO BLAME. CAN'T TELL YOU ABOUT THE AXLE AS THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD REPLACE BUT DID NOT SHOW UP ON REPAIR. I KNOW THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVE TRAIN AND SUSPENSION IN THE CAR. AS FOR THE DIP STICK, THE HEAT CREATED BY THE ENGINE IS COOKING THE PLASTIC IN THE COLORED DIPSTICK TO THE POINT IT JUST FALLS APART. I RECENTLY HAD THE TIE ROD AND TRANSMISSION MOUNT REPLACED AND NOW HAVE A MUCH WORSE CLUNCKING NOISE THE SAME DAY OF THE REPLACEMENT...CAN I GET SOME HELP AS I FEEL THIS CAR IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WAITING TO HAPPEN..

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED POWER STEERING FLUID IS LEAKING FROM STEERING RACK AND FROM THE INNER RUBBER BUSHING OF THE TIE ROD. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED. *AK

AIR CONDITIONING NOT HOLDING A CHARGE. CAR WAS BROUGHT TO PROFESSIONAL AIR CONDITIONING SHOP SYSTEM EVACUATED AND A DYE PUT IN WITH THE FREON. THE TECHNICHAN INFORMED ME RIGHT AWAY THAT THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION HAS HAD DEFECTS IN THESE SYSTEMS SINCE DAY ONE BUT WILL NOT ADMIT TO IT. HE SAID THAT PRACTICALLY EVERY CONCORDE, INTREPID, CIRRUS, JEEP THAT COMES IN EITHER LEAKS IN ONE OF THE THREE SYSTEM, EVAPORATOR, CONDENSOR, DRYER. CHRYSLER CHARGES $950.00 TO REPLACE THE EVAPORATOR!!!! I CAN'T AFFORD THAT COST AND WILL LOSE SUBSTANTIAL MONEY ON THE SALE OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT A PROPER WORKING AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM.

I HAD ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICING DONE AT BOTHUN'S (EAU CLAIRE) ON 3-16-99 INCLUDING TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE. THEY REPORTED NO PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AT THAT DATE. WITHIN THE MONTH I BEGAN HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE. IT WOULD SHIFT ERRATICALLY OR NOT AT ALL. I CALLED BOTHUN ON 4-16-99 AS PROBLEMS GOT WORSE. THEY EXAMINED THE CAR 4-19-99 AND TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION PUMP/TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING BADLY AND NEEDED REPLACING. CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFERED TO PAY 75% OF THE COST AFTER BOTHUN'S CONTACTED THEM ABOUT THE REPAIR. I WAS NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AS I FELT IT WAS A PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION WITH THE CAR HAVING FEWER THAN 50,000 MILES. I AGREED TO HAVE THE WORK DONE AND PAY 25% SINCE I NEED THE CAR,BUT I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD PAY THE REST OF THE BILL. IT DOES NOT SEEM NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IN A 1995 CAR WITH LOW MILEAGE AND GOOD CARE. MY PORTION OF THE BILL WAS $433.36 WHICH I WOULD LIKE REIMBURSED.

WHILE DRIVING INSTRUMENT PANEL/AIR BAG LIGHT/AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM MALFUCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM, BUT DEALER HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. *AK

PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY. *YC

AFTER RECALL REPAIR ON FUEL O-RING WAS COMPLETE, FUEL RAIL INLET, THE O-RING AT THE FUEL RAIL INLET HAD SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE, DUE TO VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING LEAKAGE (98V184). *YC

DESIGN LOCATION OF TIE ROD ENDS BEING RIGHT BEHIND THE ENGINE CAUSED THEM TO BURN OFF RESULTING IN STEERING VIBRATION.

WATER PUMP FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT WHICH RESULTED IN THE FAILURE OF TWO HEAD GASKETS, TIMING BELT,ANTIFREEZE OVER FILL BOTTLE TO MELT AND THE VEHICLE TO STOP.

FUEL INJECTION DELIVERY SYSTEM LEAKED, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE #790.

DUE TO DEFECTIVE WATER PUMP VEHICLE SEIZED, LOSING ALL POWER STEERING CONTROL WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE WATER PUMP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FUEL SMELL FROM ENGINE PRIOR TO RECALL, FUEL RAIL REPLACED UNDER RECALL. (98V-184)

FUEL LEAK PRIOR TO RECALL. (98V-184)

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

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A TRANSMISSION LINE LEAK FIXED (REPLACEMENT OF THE LINE). WE ALOS SMELLED A GASOLINE SMELL WHEN STARTING THE CAR IN THE MORNING. THE DEALER INFORMED US THAT THERE WAS ALSO A FUEL LEAK IN A LINE ON THE ENGINE. THE DELAER TOLD US THAT THE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED OR IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE. WE LET THEM HAVE THE VEHICLE AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE FIXED IN A WEEK. THREE WEEKS LATER WE WERE STILL WITHOUT THE CAR; THE DELAER TOLD US THAT CHRYSLER WAS NOT SUPPLYING THE ORIGINAL FACTORY PART FOR REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE PART WAS APPARENTLY BEING REDESIGNED. WE ASKED WHY AN ORIGINAL FACTORY PART COULD NOT BE INSTALLED; THEY SAID IT COULD, BUT THAT THE PART MIGHT NOT WORK AND WE MIGHT RISK A FIRE. CHRYSLER DID NOT CHARGE FOR THE PART, BUT WE WERE OUT OF US OF THE CAR FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS.

DEALER (ANDERSON'S IN CUPERTINO) NOT WANTING TO FIX RECALL PROBLEM IN FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM LINE. *AK

TRANSMISSION CAUSING SHUDDER WHEN SHIFTING INTO 4TH AROUND 40MPH. DEALER INDICATES NEED TRANSMISSION REBUILD. VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED TO OWNER'S MAUNAL SPECS. I WAS TOLD THAT CHRYLSER HAD A PROBLEM CLEANING THE TRANSMISSION CASE AT THE TIME MINE WAS MANUFACTURED. DEBRIS WAS LEFT IN CASE THAT CAN WEAR TRANSMISSION EXCESSIVELY. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CHRYSLER COVER THE REPAIR EVEN THOUGH THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. OBVIOUSLY THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT WEAR OUT AT 50000 MILES. THANK-YOU

HAS THERE BEEN RECALLS ON THE TRANSMISSIONS

WHENEVER DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND STOPPING, SMELLED FUEL COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AND ODOR WAS VERY STRONG. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE VEHICLE CATCHING ON FIRE. *AK

AFTER REPLACING THE SPARK PLUG WIRES THE FUEL DISTRIBUTION RAIL CRACKED AND LEAKED LARGE AMOUNTS OF GAS. NO FIRE BUT A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR ONE. *MJS

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH WATER PUMP. THE WATER PUMP IS FAILING, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK

OIL DIP STICK HANDLE MELTED, CAUSING THE OIL DIP STICK TO STAY IN THE OIL PAN AND CAUSED DAMAGES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 1.5 HOURS AT 65 MILES PER HOUR, STOPPED AT TOLL BOTH TO GET TICKET. WHEN STARTING TO GO AGAIN SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO WORK AND WAS STUCK AT 0. STILL HAS NOT WORKED SINCE.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 15 MPH, STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO STALL. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

RECALL 98V184000/790. VEHICLE HAS A FUEL LEAKAGE AND VERY STRONG FUEL SMELL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT COMPLY TO THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME. *AK

FUEL SMELL AND LEAKAGE UNDER THE HOOD. LEAKAGE TAKES PLACE WHILE CAR IS RUNNING. TWO DEALERS NEW EXACTLY WHAT PROBLEM WAS WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE CAR. THEY SAID THEY SEE 2 OR 3 CONCORDES OR LHS PER MONTH WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 3.3 ENGINE (FOR WHICH THEY HAVE NOT SEEN ANY PROBLEMS) BUT ON THE 3.5 THEY SEE THEM OFTEN. THE 3.5 HAS NO CURRENT RECALL. WHY? THE LEAKAGE AND SMELL CONTINUES TO GET WORSE.

VEHICLE PURCHASED USED BUT STILL UNDER WARRANTY. HAD IT AT THE DEALER'S ALMOST 3 MONTHS FOR REPAIR TO STOP THE SHAKING AT IDLE IN DRIVE WITH FEET ON THE BRAKES. AFTER ALMOST 3 MONTH'S AT 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS WE WERE TOLD THAT THE AWFUL SHAKE THE VEHICLE HAD WAS

I AM AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER. WHEN THE FAILURE WAS FOUND (LEAKING FLUID DOWN THE INNER APRON AND RAIL ) I CHECKED FOR A USED ASSY. SINCE I AM OUT OF WARRANTY. OF 2 UNITS I HAD SHIPPED OUT I FOUND THE SAME STRESS FRACTURE ON BOTH IN THE SAME LOCATION. THE CRACK IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TANK AT THE MOUNTING POINT PROJECTION. TANK IS HELD IN PLACE BY A TAB ON THE BOTTOM AND 1 BOLT INTO THE TOP/SIDE BRACKET. I THINK THIS COULD BE A OEM PROBLEM AND COULD LEAD TO STEERING FAILURE OR POSSIBLE FIRE. I WANTED EVERYONE TO BE AWARE AND IF POSSIBLE HAVE THE PROBLEM CHECKED BY THE PROPER AUTHORITIES. THANK YOU.

FUEL INJECTION DELIVERY SYSTEM IS LEAKING DUE TO HAIR LINE CRACKS THAT DEVELOPED IN THE THERMO PLASTIC FUEL RAIL. VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN SAFETY RECALL #98V184000. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS REARENDED BY A VEHICLE GOING AT LEAST 25 MPH WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT PICK UP TRUCK IN FRONT, CAUSING AT LEAST $9000 WORTH OF REPAIRS TO FRONT END ALONE. DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING SLIGHT CHEST INJURIES. *AK

WHILE MAKING A TURN THE RACK AND PINION STEERING CABLE BROKE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK

POOR HORN DESIGN DOES NOT ALLOW FOR EMERGENCY USE, SMALL BUTTON VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND.