2000 Chrysler Concorde complaints

I HAVE AN 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE AND WAS TURNING FROM ONE HIGHWAY TO NEXT AND CAR DIED RIGHT IN MIDDLE OF TURN. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR LOUD ENGINE SOUNDS THAT WOULD INDICATE SOMETHING WAS WRONG. HAD CAR TOWED TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID ENGINE HAD FROZE UP AND WOULD COST $7,100 TO REPLACE IT WITH NEW ENGINE AS NO USED ENGINES WERE AVAILABLE. CAR ONLY HAD 85,300 MILES ON IT AND HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE...WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED PREVIOUS YEAR. CALLED DAIMLER-CHRYSLER CORP AND THEY WERE VERY RUDE. *NM

COMPLETE 2.7L ENGINE FAILURE AT 87,000 MILES. OIL CHANGES OCCURRED EVERY 3,000 MILES (MORE THAN THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE MANUFACTURER). SCHEDULE A IN THE OWNERS MANUAL RECOMMENDS OIL CHANGES EVERY 7500 MILES UNDER "NORMAL" OPERATING CONDITIONS. SCHEDULE B RECOMMENDS OIL CHANGES EVERY 3000 MILES IF YOU OPERATE YOUR VEHICLE UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: 1. DAY AND NIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING OR 2. FREQUENT STOP AND GO DRIVING OR 3. FREQUENT LONG PERIODS OF ENGINE IDLING OR 4. FREQUENT SHORT TRIPS OF LESS THAN 5 MILES OR 5. FREQUENT OPERATION AT SUSTAINED HIGH SPEEDS DURING HOT WEATHER, ABOVE 90 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR 6. FREQUENT TRAILER TOWING OR &. TAXI, POLICE OR DELIVERY SERVICE, NON OF WHICH APPLY TO OUR SITUATION AND WE STILL CHANGED THE OIL EVERY 3000 MILES. WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF A PROBLEM, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT 70 MPH PLACING US IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TRYING TO COAST TO A SAFE PLACE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A CLOSED CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP ON A SATURDAY EVENING AND WE WERE STRANDED TRYING TO FIND A RENTAL CAR. THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP STATED THE NEXT MONDAY THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $7400. CONSIDERING THAT THE BALANCE OF THE CAR LOAN IS $6000, IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO REPAIR THE CAR AT THAT COST. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THIS CAR THAT WE CANNOT DRIVE AND WE ARE ALSO PAYING A STORAGE FEE SINCE WE ARE UNABLE TO KEEP A BROKEN DOWN CAR AT OUR RESIDENCE. AT THE SAME TIME WE HA

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A PARKING SPACE AT 5-7 MPH THE CAR STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND THE ENGINE LOCKED. THE DEALER SAID THE TIMING CHANGE BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN. *AK

OIL LIGHT WENT ON YESTERDAY MORNING. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AT A SERVICE STATION AND THEY PUT IN A QUART OF OIL. ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK LAST NIGHT, OIL LIGHT WAS STILL ON. I STOPPED AT ANOTHER SERVICE STATION AND THEY PUT IN ANOTHER QUART OF OIL. MINUTES LATER, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I PUSHED THE CAR INTO A NEARBY GAS STATION AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING. THEY JUST INFORMED ME THAT I NEED A NEW ENGINE - MINIMUM COST WILL BE $6,400. THEY ADVISED THAT THESE WERE NOT GREAT ENGINES AND CHRYSLER IS NOT PROUD OF THEM. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT WENT TO START THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. HE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. THEY FOUND THE TENSIONER IN THE ENGINE BROKE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BLOW UP. REPAIRS WILL BE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE FUEL TANK BRACKET FELL OFF. THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND THEN DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL SERVICE STATION. THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE BRACKET RUSTED AND REPLACED IT. *AK UPDATED 01/19/06. *JB

THE RACK AND PINION STEERING SYSTEM IN MY 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *NM

DT: CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE PLASTIC TRIM BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND HOOD BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE VIBRATION STARTED IN THE CENTER AND THEN THE PLASTIC TRIM CAME OFF. UPON INSPECTION, HE DETERMINED THAT THE PLASTIC CLIP ATTACHED TO THE TRIM OF THE METAL BROKE. THE PLASTIC CLIPS WEAKENED AND DISCONNECTED FROM THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO SEE WHY IT CAME OFF. THE PART HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THE CONTACT TO REPORT THE PROBLEM TO CHRYSLER. *AK UPDATED 11/16/2005. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. WHILE DRIVING IT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC THE TIMING CHAIN WENT OUT AND THE ENGINE WAS TRASHED. THIS OCCURRED ON 9-22-05. THE CONTACT WAS TO HAVE A NEW ENGINE INSTALLED. HE FOUND SOME INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET ABOUT HOW OIL SLUDGE BUILDUP IN THESE ENGINES COULD CAUSE THE TIMING CHAIN TO FAIL, WHICH CAUSES THE ENGINE TO MALFUNCTION. APPARENTLY, THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES. THE CONTACT STATED MERCEDES BENZ AND VOLKSWAGEN HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME ENGINE. THEY HAVE EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTIES TO COVER SLUDGE PROBLEMS BEYOND THE NORMAL WARRANTY PERIOD. HE HAS NOT YET TALKED TO THE DEALER.*AK *NM

DT: THE CONTACT HEARD A TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2005. HE HAD NOT DRIVEN IT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. THEN, HE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY TOLD HIM THEY BELIEVED THAT IT HAD AN ENGINE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME, AND THE NEXT TIME HE TRIED TO START VEHICLE UP BUT IT WOULD NOT START. THE CONTACT TOWED IT TO A DEALER, AND THEY SAID THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED NOW.*AK UPDATED 12/7/2005. *NM

NO WARNING THE CAR JUST BROKE DOWN. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC, AND THEY TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN, DUE TO SLUDGE, AND IT WOULD BE ABOUT $5000.00 TO FIX IT. I HAVE NOT HAD THE CAR REPAIRED YET.*JB

IM NOT TO SURE WHY MY CAR DID THIS. I JUST SHUT OFF IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC LUCKILY, BECAUSE I HAD MY 2YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO START IF BACK UP AND GET HOME. IT DIDNT HAPPEN AGAIN BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN.

1) TIMING CHAIN FAILED @72000 MILES WITHOUT WARNING (CHRYSLER REPAIRED AFTER GIVING ME HELL FOR TWO WEEKS EXTENDED WARRANTY RAN OUT @ 75000 MILES 2)LAST WEEK THE ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT 76000 MILES. CHRYSLER WILL NOT DO ANYTHING THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS OVER. *JB

DT: CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING OR IDLING. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR CAR BECAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE NOISE WAS. REFERRED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHO HAD 3 TECHNICIANS INSPECT THE VEHICLE. IT WAS SUGGESTED NOT TO DRIVE ANY FURTHER OR THE MOTOR MAY BLOWOUT. A NEW MOTOR WAS RECOMMENDED. THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND SHAVINGS IN THE OIL PAN. CONSUMER WAS NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE FINAL DIAGNOSIS WAS ON THE MOTOR, BUT REMEMBERED THE SLUDGE AND SHAVINGS. CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THE MOTOR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED REGULARLY. CHRYSLER RETURNED CONSUMER'S CALL AND STATED THEY WOULD PAY 50% OF THE BILL FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MOTOR. VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS NOW. *AK *NM

DT: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30-35 MPH ON A STREET AND THE VEHICLE CUT OFF. THERE WAS NO STALLING LOSS OF ALL POWER. THE STEERING WAS STILL WORKING THOUGH IT WAS HARD TO TURN THE VEHICLE. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET AND CALLED FOR A MECHANIC. A LOCAL MECHANIC CAME AND TOWED VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE REPAIR SHOP. THEE IT WAS DISCOVERED THERE WAS BROWN SLUDGE, AND THIS WAS CAKED UP BEYOND REPAIR. SUGGESTED THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE EXPENSE OF A NEW ENGINE REPLACEMENT. CONTACTED BOTH DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, WHO DID NOT WISH TO REPLACE OR HELP THE CONSUMER WITH THE REPLACEMENT. THIS VEHICLE WAS REGULARLY SERVICED AND MAINTAINED. THIS HAPPENED AT 61, 000 MILES. *AK

DT: 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORD. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN OPENING THE TRUNK IT FELL DOWN HARD. THE HYDRAULIC LIFTS THAT HOLD THE TRUNK OPEN HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRUNK WAS NOT OPENED OFTEN. BOTH WERE REPLACED, LEFT AND RIGHT LIFTS.*AK

THE CAR WAS PURCHASED USED FROM YANKEE FORD,SO.PORTLAND. WITH 60,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE CAR SEEMED TO IDLE HIGH. YANKEE FORD DIAGNOSTIC COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. IN 2004 FALL, I TOOK IT IN BECAUSE IT WAS RUNNING HOT, THE ENGINE SOUNDED ROUGH. THE OIL CHANGES WERE UP TO DATE. THE OIL WAS CLEAN WHEN THE MECHANIC LOOKED AT IT. HE DID A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. THEN HE LOOKED IN THE ENGINE. IT WAS VERY DIRTY. WHEN THE MACHINE SHOP CLEANED IT, THE MECHANICS SAID THEY NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE IT, IT WAS CAKED WITH SLUDGE. THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE SHOP WHILE THE MECHANIC HAS LOOKED FOR A NEW USED ENGINE. THE COST IS VERY, VERY HIGH AND I STILL OWE $7,000 ON THE CAR. IT HAD LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I TOOK IT IN. *JB

BOUGHT A USED 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE W/2.7 ENGINE 1 YEAR AGO W/51000 MILES ON IT I DROVE IT ONLY 1 YEAR AND ENGINE STOPPED WAS TOLD BY REPAIR SHOP IT WOULD REQUIRE A MAJOR REPAIR JOB AND AROUND $4000.00 TO REPAIR . CHRYSLER KNEW OF THIS ENGINE FAILURE SINCE IT CAME OUT AND SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT RECALLING FOR REPAIRS. THOMA STROWBRIDGE SR. *NM

DT: WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKES AND THE GAS FELT LIKE THEY WERE ACCELERATING, IT ACCELERATED SO BAD THE CONSUMER RAN A STOP SIGN. THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. HAD TO PUT IT IN PARK, AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP OVER 100 MPH, AND THE CAR WAS FULL OF GAS FUMES. THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK, AND CONSUMER DIDN'T TOUCH THE GAS PEDAL. IT KEPT ACCELERATING. CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. IT SLOWED DOWN, BUT IT WOULDN'T STOP. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PULL THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION TO GET THE CAR TO COME TO A STOP.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, SHE EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ACCELERATION. THE CONSUMER CONTINUOUSLY STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, BUT COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WOULD SLOW DOWN FOR A MOMENT AND THEN CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED. IT FELT LIKE THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL WERE BEING APPLIED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE CONSUMER FINALLY MANAGED TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, HOWEVER THE NEXT DAY THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *JB

2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LH; AC EVAPORATOR FAILED AFTER ABOUT 3 YEARS; DEALER CHARGED ME MORE THAN $500 FOR AN ANALYSIS AND RE-CHARGE, WHICH LASTED 2 MONTHS; TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER, WHO THEN TOLD ME IT WAS THE AC EVAPORATOR, AND THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY! TO FIX IT WOULD COST MORE THAN $1,200. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND CHRYSLER ON 7.8.2005 AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS IS GROSSLY UNFAIR -- ESPECIALLY WHEN CHRYSLER KNOWS THERE IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN ITS AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS. CHRYSLER SAID THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ON THIS EQUIPMENT SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO.

MY CHRYSLER CONCORDE(2000) JUST UP AND DIED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. IT WAS DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. WE GOT THE OIL CHANGED EVERY THREE THOUSAND MILES AND IT THREW A ROD. THE MECHANICS SAID IT WILL TAKE 4000 TO FIX BUT I CAN'T AFFORD IT. SO I HAVE BEEN PAYING ON A CAR THAT I CAN'T DRIVE. THE CAR ONLY HAS ABOUT 70000 MILES ON IT. THE OIL WAS CHANGED AABOUT A MONTH BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO THE CAR BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD IT. IT LOST ALL POWER ON THE HIGHWAY AS MY WIFE DROVE IT AND HAD TO BE TOWED.

DT: THE CALLER STATED CAR WAS IDLING UP WHILE DRIVING, AND THEN IT STALLED. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 20 TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE CAM SENSOR AND COMPUTER THROTTLE SENSOR WERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIE-ROD ENDS ALSO FAILED. THE ESTIMATED COST TO REPLACE THE SENSORS WAS $300-$400. THE CAR HAS A WARRANTY, BUT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY.*AK

2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WITH 2.7L BOUGHT NEW STARTED MAKING ENGINE NOISE ON JUNE 23RD 2005 WITH 57009 MILES. JUNE 24TH FAILED TO START ATTEMPTING TO TAKE IT TO AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP. TOWED TO SHOP AND LATER TOLD THAT THE ENGINE HAD FAILED BLAMING ENGINE SLUDGE. CURRENTLY HAVING ENGINE REPLACED. READ ARTICLE IN CONSUMER REPORTS AUGUST 2005 EDITION ABOUT ENGINE SLUDGE LISTING 6 DIFFERENT MODELS OF ENGINES INCLUDING THE ONE IN THIS CAR THAT SEEM TO BE PRONE TO THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT ALL THE AUTOMAKERS LISTED BUT CHRYSLER HAVE BEGUN REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR PROGRAMS

DT: DEER RAN IN FRONT OF CAR AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN THE VEHICLE. SHE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND IT HIT SOME TREES. UPON IMPACT, THE FRONT DRIVERS OR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. IT HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET.*AK

2000 CONCORDE~THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR A/C REPAIR. IT WILL JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN STOP COOLING. THE FIRST TIME, 08/2004, IT HELD A CHARGE AND CHRYSLER COULDN'T FIND A LEAK OR PROBLEM ANYWHERE. THE SECOND TIME, 04/2005, CHRYSLER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG AGAIN, SO THEY SUGGESTED REPLACING THE EVAPORATOR COIL (THEY WEREN'T POSITIVE IF THIS WAS THE PROBLEM OR NOT SINCE THE E. COIL SEEMED "O.K.") TO REPLACE THE E. COIL IT WOULD HAVE COST $1,100! SO, CHRYSLER REFERS ME TO A LOCAL, VERY REPUTABLE, AUTO A/C BUSINESS. WE TAKE IT THERE, 04/2005, THE A/C HOLDS A CHARGE ALL NIGHT AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANY LEAKS ANYWHERE, PLUS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE EVAPORATOR COIL. TODAY IS A MONTH LATER AND MY A/C IS NOT WORKING AGAIN! I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM AT NO CHARGE.

EVAPORATOR CORE IS LEAKING. CAR IS A 2000 MODEL CONCORDE LXI. CHRYSLER ADMITTED THAT THEY KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM ON THESE CARS BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.*AK

1.) OIL LIGHT FLICKERING, OIL MUDDY LOOKING ,OIL SHOOTING OUT OF TOP OF ENGINE 2.) TOOK TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS THEY SAID NO OIL LEAKS FOUND,OIL SENDING UNIT BAD, REPLACED PART THEN SAID ENGINE BAD"LOWER ENGINE NOISES" DEALER QUOTED NEW ENGINE REPLACEMENT AT $4000.00 ON RIDE HOME FROM DEALERSHIP ENGINE FAILED . 3) I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY DECLINED TO HELP WITH COST OF REPAIRS AND I CANT AFFORD $4000.00 CAR IS SITTING IN MY GARAGE AND IM STILL PAYING OFF THE CAR LOAN. * I KEPT MAINTENANCE AND REQUIRED OIL CHANGES TO THIS VEHICLE HAD NO ENGINE PROBLEM UNTIL FAILURE. NO WARNING ENGINE WARNING LIGHT

VEHICLE MADE NOISE FROM WHAT I ASSUMED WAS THE ENGINE ON THE MORNING OF THE INCIDENT. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED TO MAKE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT AND DROVE MY SON TO SCHOOL. ON MY WAY FROM SCHOOL TO WORK THE VEHICLE CEASED OPERATING. I HAD STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE CAR DIED. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS HAD GONE ON. OTHER THAN THE INITIAL NOISE IT HAD MADE UPON STARTING THAT MORNING THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A NEARBY DEALERSHIP, AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AND THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED, NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE. I CHOSE NOT TO REPLACE THE ENGINE SINCE A NEW WARRANTY ENGINE WOULD HAVE COST ALMOST AS MUCH AS THE CAR WAS WORTH.*AK

RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED WITH 48000 MILES. *JB

2000 CHRYSLER CONCORD LX EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE EQUIPMENT.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, AFTER DIAGNOSING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A NEW TIMING CHAIN. THE CONSUMER STATED JUST RECENTLY THE ENGINE DIED AGAIN, THIS TIME THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO ENGINE COMPRESSION AND A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. *JB

AS OTHER COMPLAINTS INDICATE, MY OIL LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AT <700 RPMS, CAR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE MAINTAINED AS INSTRUCTED, CAR HAS 137,000 MILES AND OWE MORE THAN ITS WORTH NOW. CAN'T AFFORD NEW CAR, CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY TO REPLACE ENGINE, OTHER COMPLAINTS INDICATE SLUDGE PROBLEM, I'M TAKING TO MECHANIC THIS AFTERNOON, AND EXPECT TO BE TOLD THE SAME THING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE STALLED, WOULD NOT RESTART, AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE ENGINE WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE.*AK THE TENSIONER WENT BAD IN THE ENGINE ALLOWING THE TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP TIME, RESULTING IN THE VALVES BEING BENT INTO THE HEAD AND DESTROYING THE ENGINE. *BF *NM

I HAVE A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORD WITH 62566 MILES ON IT. THIS CAR HAS THE 2.7L ENGINE IN IT AND IT IS NOW DEAD DUE TO LACK OF COMPRESSION. MY LITTLE SISTER WAS DRIVING THIS CAR WHEN THE ENGINE COMPLETELY DIED. A THREE YEAR 36 THOUSAND MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY IS UNACCEPTABLE. I OPENING A COMPLAINT WITH CHRYLSER BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET FROM OTHER CONSUMERS IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY RECOURSE. *AK

WHILE PARKING VEHICLE STALLED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ENGINE INADVERTENTLY STALLED. WHEN TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT STALLING WAS DUE ENGINE SLUDGE. *AK

THE ENGINE SEIZED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP AT 55 MPH. VEHICLE PULLED OVER TO THE RIGHT, AND HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN. CONSUMER WILL NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER.*AK

THE CHRYSLER CONCRODE TRANSMISSION LINE FAILED. *BF THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS CONSIDERED TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AND 1 YEAR LATER THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES FAILED, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THE SERVICE CONTRACT WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *JB

CHRYSLER CONCORDE 2000 ENGINE NOISE, TIMING BELT TENSION OFF DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE FROM CLOGGED OIL LINES IN ENGINE. MECHANIC SAID ENGINE WOULD NEED REPLACED AT A COST OF $6000 PLUS LABOR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE SHUT OFF. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE SLUDGE WAS FOUND IN THE OIL, AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS MAINTAINED AS THE OWNER'S MANUAL REQUIRED.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME OF FAILURE WAS IN THE LOW 20'S AN SHE IS 84 YEARS OLD. *TC

HAVING JUST EXITED THE EXPRESSWAY, VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST BRAKING AND STEERING. UNABLE TO RESTART ENGINE, AND FACING AN UPHILL SLOPE, I WAS ABLE TO BACK MY CAR THROUGH FIVE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO SAFETY AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HAD THIS SPONTANEOUS AND CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OCCURED JUST ONE MILE EARLIER, I MOST LIKE WOULD NOT HAVE LIVED TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE PERISHED DRIVING THIS CAR, AS A MORE THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF FATALITIES IN THIS MODEL WILL PROVE. CHRYSLER DEALER WANTS $375 TO FIND CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE AND $7500 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THIS IS A 2.7 V6 WITH 58,000 MILES.*AK

THE ENGINE OF MY 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE BEGAN MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. IMMEDIATELY THE OIL WARNING LAMP IMMUMINATED. I DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE PURCHASE DELEARSHIP WHERE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS TOLD THE MOTOR WAS DESTROYED. THE REPAIR COST WAS PLACED AT APPROX. $7,900. THE CAUSE WAS PLACED ON A CLOGGED OIL INTAKE NOT ALLOWING OIL TO CIRCULATE THE MOTOR, ESSENTIALLY STARVING THE ENGINE. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT I BEGAN TO RESEARCH THE 2.7 LITER CHRYSLER MOTOR AND UNCOVERED NUMEROUS ENGINE FAILURES FROM VARIOUS WEBSITE LISTINGS. THE CENTER FOR AUTOMOTOVE SAFETY HAS CONTACTED CHRYLSLER ON TWO OCCASIONS REQUESTING A REMEDY FOR THE CONSUMERS, OUT IN MOST CASES, SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. I PLEAD WITH YOU TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. OVER 490 OF THESE MOTORS HAVE SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO THIS DESIGN FLAW. THE FLAW APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A SMALL OIL PASSAGE WHICH CAUSES THE MOTOR TO RUN AT A HIGHER TOLERENCE THAN NORMAL. EVENTUALLY THE OIL DEVELOPS WHAT IS CAUSED A SLUDGE PROBLEM AND THE EVENTAL ENGINE FAILURE COMES SOON THEREAFTER. THESE VEHICLES ARE BREAKING DOWN ANYWHERE FROM 40,000 MILES ON UP TO MINE WHICH WAS AT 98,000. I PERSONALLY HAD TO BORROW THE $6,000 DOWN PAYMENT SO NOT ONLY AM I OUT THE OLD VEHICLE I AM OUT THE $6,000 I HAD TO BOWWOR TO MAKE THE DOWN PAYMENT. THERE ARE SEVERAL CONSUMER WEBSITES WHERE THIS ONFORMATION CAN BE LOCATED. A SIMPLE YAHOO SEARCH FOR THE CHRYSLER 2.7 LITER MOTOR WILL PROVIDE A WEALTH OF INITIAL RESEARCH INFORMATION. PL

ON MY WAY TO WORK MY ENGINE IN MY 2000 CONCORD STARTED TICKING AND SEIZED WHILE DRIVING IN A SNOW STORM ON JANUARY 4, 2005. I ONLY HAVE 40,000 MILES ON MY 4 YEAR OLD CAR WITH A 5 YEAR/50,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH I PAID OVER $900 FOR AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT HELP! I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT WHEN IT SEIZED WHICH SAVED ME FROM BEING IN AN ACCIDENT OR FROM ANYONE GETTING HURT. THE LOCAL CAR REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME THAT MY TIMING BELT BROKE AND DESTROYED THE ENGINE AND THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 2.7L ENGINES THAT CHRYSLER PUT IN THEIR CARS DUE TO THE OIL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. CHRYSLER BLAMES THE PROBLEM WITH SLUDGING IN THE ENGINE AND IT WILL COST ME $6,000 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THEY WANT ME TO SHOW MY RECEIPTS FOR MY OIL CHANGES WHICH I DID NOT SAVE. WHEN I WENT TO THE SHOPS THAT I HAD MY OIL CHANGES DONE SOME WERE NOT ON THE SYSTEM BECAUSE I DID NOT RETURN WITHIN A YEAR AND THE LATEST SHOP WHERE I CHANGE MY OIL JUST RECEIVED A NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM AND JUST STARTED TO RECORD THE CHANGES ON FEBRUARY 15, 2005 BUT NOT PRIOR TO THIS DATE. THIS LEAVES ME WITH NOTHING BUT A BIG BILL THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY! I KNOW THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BEING OR ALREADY IS FILED AGAINST CHRYSLER FOR THIS PROBLEM. I NEED TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET MY NAME ON THIS LAWSUIT AND HOW TO ESCALATE THIS PROBLEM TO GET CHRYSLER TO PAY FOR THE FIXES. I CAN BE E-MAILED AT [email protected] OR BY REPLYING TO THIS E-MAIL.*AK

SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE OF A CHRYSLER CONCORD 2.7L ENGINE RESULTING IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO REPAIR. ROUTINE MAINT. HAD BEEN PREFORMED AND YET SLUDGE STILL BUILT UP. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW, NOT A MAINT. PROBLEM.

MY 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORD ENGINE BEGAN A LOUD KNOCKING, AFTER TAKING IT TO A MECHANIC, HE INFORMED US THAT THE ENGINE WAS SHOT (POSSIBLY A ROD). I HAVE READ "COUTLESS" ACCOUNTS OF THIS PROBLEM. I PAID FOR A YEAR AND A HALF FOR A CAR I CAN NOT EVEN DRIVE. WHY WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE ENGINES ISN'T SOMETHING BEING DONE? SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND AMENDS NEED TO BE MADE. AK

2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WITH 56,000 MILES I WAS DRIVING ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY NEAR FORKED RIVER, NEW JERSEY WHEN I HEARD A POPPING SOUND, THEN THE ENGINE WENT DEAD. I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND THE PLASTIC COVER OVER THE ENGINE WAS TORN AND OIL/GAS WAS SPLATTERED EVERYWHERE. WE NEEDED TO BE TOWED OFF THE GSP BY THEIR TOW TRUCK, THEN HAD TO CALL AAA AFTER THAT FOR ANOTHER TOW. SINCE WE WERE ABOUT 80 MILES FROM HOME, THIS RESULTED IN A TOWING CHARGE OF OVER $200. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HE SPOKE WITH SERVICE PERSONNEL AT THREE DIFFERENT CHRYSLER DEALERS, AND ALL TOLD HIM THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR THE ENGINE ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE, AT OR AROUND 50,000 MILES THE TIMING CHAIN BREAKS, RESULTING IN IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THE ESTIMATED COST TO REPLACE THE ENGINE IS $5,000. *JB

A KNOCKING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE AND STARTED VIBRATING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE THEN VEHICLE STALLED. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART IT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB *TR

I HAVE A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WITH A 2.7 ENGINE THAT IS SLUDGED. I HAVE CHANGED MY OIL PROPERLY BUT DO NOT HAVE BUT 2 OR 3 RECEIPTS. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THAT COMPANY HAS DENIED THE CLAIM. I AM A REALTOR AND MUST HAVE A CAR, THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT HARDSHIP AND WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO GO I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY. THE WARRANTY COMPANY NOR CHRYSLER IS STANDING BEHIND THE PRODUCT. I HAVE BASICALLY BEEN CALLED A LIAR BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THE WARRANTY COMPANY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE RECEIPTS. THE CAR IS JUST SITTING BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD A NEW ENGINE. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THE 2.7 ENGINES THAT HAVE GONE OUT LIKE MINE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, OTHER COMPANIES STAND BEHIND THEIR AUTO PRODUCTS BUT CHRYSLER IS NOT. I STILL OWE ON THE CAR AND HAVE TO PAY THE PAYMENT AND INSURANCE. CHRYSLER CONSUMERS NEED HELP PLEASE.*AK

WE FIRST SAW A DEALERSHIP REGARDING A CLICKING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON APRIL 26, 2004, THEN AGAIN ON JULY 16, 2004 AT A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP. ON THE LATTER DATE, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND THE OIL CHANGED. ON 7/25, THE ENGINE. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I HAD JUST PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS OCCURRED. WE REPLACED THE ENGINE EARLY IN 2005. WHEN THE TECH BROKE DOWN THE OLD 2.7 LITER ENGINE, HE WROTE, "...ROD BEARINGS WORN AND ROD TAP NOISE THE ENGINE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ABUSE OR ALTERATION...". THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT ENGINE. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE PREPARING TO REQUEST COMPENSATION FROM DAIMLER-CHRYSLER. *JB

THE HEADLIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, MAKING THE ABILITY TO SEE THE ROAD DIFFICULT AT NIGHT, AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. OWNER WILL CONTACT MANUFACTURER. *AK THIS CONDITION ALSO EXIST WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. ALSO THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER INTERMITTENTLY. *TT