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2000 Chrysler Concorde complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2000 record →

Vehicle Speed Control › LinkagesCrash
Filed Nov 7, 2000NJ

WHILE STOPPING AT STOP SIGN OR BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. HAD HAPPENRF TWICE, INVOLVING CONSUMER IN TWO ACCIDENTS.*AK

Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator
Filed Aug 19, 2000FL

NO SUMMARY

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Aug 18, 2000NJ

IT HAS NOW HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS; WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE, MY LEFT FOOT WILL ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE HOOD RELEASE CAUSING IT TO RELEASE; ALTHOUGH THE HOOD HAS NOT FLOWN OPEN TO OBSTRUCT MY VIEW, IT DOES FORCE ME TO HAVE TO PULL OVER IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO RE-SECURE THE HOOD. I FEEL THAT HOOD RELEASE SHOULD BE MOVED TO A BETTER LOCATION.

Steering › Linkages › Rod › Relay › Connecting
Filed Aug 7, 2000NY

CONSUSMER IS HEARING A NOISE FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. CONSUMER ASSUMES IT MAY BE THE TIE ROD. CONSUMER HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE MOUNT, INSULATOR FOR FRONT SUSPENSION AND BEARING-SUSPENSION STRUT. *YH

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed Apr 18, 2000PA

CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. I HAD TO HIT A TREE TO STOP THE CAR. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. TIRES CONTINUED SPINNING AFTER IMPACT UNTIL I TURNED OFF IGNITION. MORE DETAILED REPORT WAS SENT TO NHTSA WEB MASTER.

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Feb 16, 2000NY

WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC VEHICLE SURGES AND MAY CAUSE A FRONTAL IMPACT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, DEALER REPLACED ENGINE COMPONENTS. TRANSMISSION CHANGED, SURGE STILL CONTINUES. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Nov 2, 1999AL

WIPER MOTOR ARM MAKES CONTACT WITH THROTTLE CABLE DURING OPERATION. THE THROTTLE CABLE IS ROUTED TO NEAR THE WIPER ARM AND CONTACT IS MADE WHEN THE WIPERS ARE TURNED ON. THE WIPER ARM DAMAGED THE THROTTLE CABLE COVER AND COULD HAVE CAUSED THE THROTTLE TO HANG. THIS COULD BE AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN

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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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