2000 Chrysler Concorde

WAS ON INTERSTATE HEADING TO HAMPTON VIRGINIA WHEN HAD TO PULL OVER FOR TRAFFIC AND SIT FOR 20 MINUTES DUE TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DELAY, WHEN I PULLED BACK INTO TRAFFIC MY CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 10 MILES PER HOUR AND WAS SQUEALING AND SOUNDED LIKE ENGINE WAS FALLING OUT. HAD TOWED TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, SAID I NEED A NEW ENGINE COSTING 7500.00, INTERNAL ENGINE PROBLEM AND MY WARRANTY EXPIRED 5 MONTHS AGO!! STILL OWE 2 YEARS ON THIS CAR WITH ONLY 63,000 MILES ON IT. TOOK IT FOR REGULAR OIL CHANGES. *JB

CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI, MODEL YEAR 2000, MILEAGE 71930: LEAVING DRIVEWAY, TURNING RIGHT, UPON TRYING TO CENTER STEERING WHEEL AFTER TURN, IT WOULD NOT TURN BACK TO THE LEFT AND I RAN OFF THE ROAD TO THE RIGHT. MINOR DAMAGE. BACKED OUT AND ONLY COULD STEER LEFT WITH EXTREME EFFORT. MANAGED TO GET CAR BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY. CALL MECHANIC, TOLD ME RACK AND PINION HAD FAILED - COMMON PROBLEM ON 2000 CONCORDE. IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY BAD. *AK

FIRST ,HEARD NOISE COMING FORM ENGINE(RATTLING NOISE). TOOK TO DEALER TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC, THAT THE ENGINE WOULD PROBABLY BE GONE IN SIX MONTHS. THAT'S ALL I WAS TOLD. NO REASONS WHY. IF THE PROBLEM WAS FIXABLE OR ANYTHING. A WEEK LATER THE CAR CUT-OFF ON ME RIGHT AFTER I HAD EXITED THE HIGHWAY. IF I WOULD'VE STILL BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY, IT WOULD'VE DEFINITELY CAUSED A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. TOOK CAR TO MY MECHANIC. HE HAD TO TAKE THE ENGINE COMPLETELY APART TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. COME TO FIND OUT , IT WAS THE WATER PUMP THAT CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN TO BREAK IN TWO PLACES, CAUSING THE WHOLE ENGINE TO LOCK-UP! SO I PAID MY MECHANIC $1,615.20 TO REPLACE TIMING CHAIN, GASKETS,AND NUMEROUS OTHER THINGS TO TRY TO GET THE CAR STARTED JUST TO SEE IF THE ENGINE WAS GONE. GUESS WHAT I FOUND OUT? IT WAS GONE -DEAD).NOW I'M STUCK WITH A BEAUTIFUL CAR , THAT'S NO GOOD TO ME. AND I'M STILL PAYING ON IT! THIS STINKS.

WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR IN OCT 07, IT WOULD OCCASIONALLY MAKE A KNOCKING NOISE. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THIS WAS NORMAL. ONE NIGHT IT STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE WHEN I ACCELERATED. THE NEXT MORNING WHILE DRIVING IT THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THAT WAS IT. I HAD IT TOWED AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. THERE IS A SMOKE TINTED PIECE OF PLASTIC BETWEEN THE HOOD AND THE WINDSHIELD THAT IS USED TO COVER THE VENTS ON THE HOOD. YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS PIECE OF PLASTIC FLEW OFF THE CAR, HIT MY WINDSHIELD, WENT OVER THE CAR, AND SMASHED IN THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE CAR BEHIND. SEVERAL CARS FOLLOWING ME HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THEIR PIECE HAS FAILED. 3 YRS AGO THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ON A HIGHWAY CAUSING THE CAR BEHIND ME TO RUN OFF THE ROAD. ONLY BY LUCK WAS NO ONE WAS INJURED. IF TRAFFIC HAD BEEN HEAVIER THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGIC SITUATION. I SPOKE WITH A DEALER YESTERDAY AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS PART HOWEVER THEY HAD REPLACED A NUMBER OF LOST GUARDS THAT HAD BEEN BLOWN OFF THE CAR IN THE SAME METHOD I DESCRIBED. THEY SAID THEY COULD REPLACE THE PART AGAIN BUT NO MODIFICATIONS HAD BEEN MADE TO INSURED THE PART WOULD STAY ON THE CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. ON APRIL 22, 2007 WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO TURN RIGHT AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE RESTARTED, AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD DETACHED, THE WATER PUMP HAD SEIZED, AND SOME OF THE VALVES WERE BENT. THE DEALER QUOTED A REPAIR COST OF $3,000. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,000. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE FAILED ON APRIL 22, 2007, THE CONSUMER STATED FILED A COMPLAINT WITH CHRYSLER. CHRYSLER AGREED TO PAY FOR ALL THE PARTS BUT THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH $868.56. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD PAY FOR ALL REPAIRS AND WORK. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IS STILL IN THE DEALERS POSSESSION AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FIXED. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED THE INVOICE FOR REPAIR. UPDATED 07/06/07 *TR