2000 Chrysler Concorde

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

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 WRLPAL@AOL.COM OR BY REPLYING TO THIS E-MAIL.*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. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND HOPEFULLY COME TO A RESOLUTION WITH THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION TO ASSIST THE CONSUMERS WHICH HAVE LOSTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AS A RESULT OF THIS DESIGN FLAW.*AK

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

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