2000 Chrysler Concorde

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/2004· STEERING,SUSPENSION,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,STRUCTURE,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  I HAVE SEVERAL RATHER EXPENSIVE FAILING ITEMS ON MY CAR INCLUDING RECURRING ISSUES: HAD TO REPLACE THE R/P STEERING AT 65,000 MILES STEERING RACK HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY AT THE 'NEUTRAL' OR STRAIGHT POSITION; THE MOLDING AROUND ALL DOORS HAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE BODY OF THE CAR; REAR DOOR LOCKS NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEM; LEFT TAILLIGHT GASKET LEAKS HAS RUINED INTERIOR OF THE CAR; PLASTIC TRIM AT THE BASE OF MY WINDSHIELD IS FLAPPING IN THE WIND; REPLACED STABILIZER BAR ENDS; ENGINE COOLANT OUTLET HOUSING WAS REPLACED DUE TO A LEAK FROM THE VENT FITTING - AND TO DATE I HAVE AT LEAST 3 MORE THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT BEFORE I CAN SELL THIS HEEP.*AK

• 12/30/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,EQUIPMENT

  I HAD BOUGHT A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE IN 2001. THE CAR HAD BEEN ACTING FUNNY. THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON DURING STOPS, THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP WITHOUT MY PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE WAS KNOCKING. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC & PAID FOR REPAIRS THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THEN, SOON AFTER I TOOK THE CAR TO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP REPAIR SERVICE AND THEY REPLACED THE CAMSENSOR. IT SEEMED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS. ABOUT 6 WEEKS LATER ALL OF THE PROBLEMS RETURNED. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED DRIVING THE VEHICLE EXCEPT WHEN I DROVE IT BACK TO THE SERVICE CENTER AT THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING. THEY REPLACED THE CAMSENSOR AGAIN. THE NEXT DAY, MY ENGINE FROZE AND NOW NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THEREFORE, NIETHER CHRYSLER NOR THE DEALERSHIP WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY LOSS.

• 12/29/2009· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE, AND THEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. SHE THEN TRIED TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY, AND THE MECHANIC CONCLUDED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY ENGINE SLUDGE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. SHE FILED A REPORT WITH THE DEALER, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.

• 12/29/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

• 12/29/2003· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  INTERMITTENTLY CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BUZZING NOISE COMING FROM INSIDE OF THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO LOCK THE DOOR. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 12/27/2000· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  INTERMITTENTLY WHILE AT A STOP AND ABOUT TO ACCELERATE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UP TO 70 RPMS. OPERATOR HAD TO PLACE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL POSITION AND RPMS WENT BACK DOWN, ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE, AND WERE NOT WILLING TO ASSIST CONSUMER. *AK

• 12/26/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  GAS FUMES ENTER PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT A FUEL LEAK WAS PRESENT. DEALERSHIP REPLACED FUEL RAIL O-RINGS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

• 12/22/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. A LOUD TICKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART IT BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

• 12/22/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. *AK

• 12/21/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  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

• 12/20/2006· AIR BAGS

  TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE PURCHASE A 2000 CHRYSLER LH MARCH IN 2006. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A SPLIT IN THE DASH BOARD OVER THE AIRBAG DOOR ON PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO OWNER OF DEALERSHIP ONE MONTH LATER BECAUSE THE REPAIR ON DASH BOARD SPLIT OPEN. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY WOULD ONLY REPAIR AND NOT REPLACE THE DASH BOARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 11/30/06 HIS VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT HIS VEHICLE ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. CONTACT HAD HIS INSURANCE ADJUSTER LOOK AT VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD BY THE ADJUSTER THAT THE DASH BOARD IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE ADJUSTER TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THE DASHBOARD COULD NOT BE PATCH OVER THE AIRBAG DOORS. THE CONTACT SAID THAT INSURANCE THE ADJUSTER SAID THAT PIECES OF PAINT AND PUTTING COULD COME OFF INTO PASSENGERS FACE AND EYES.

• 12/20/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  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

• 12/17/2006· STEERING

  BACKING OUT OF OUR GARAGE (STRAIGHT WITHOUT TURNING) AT HOME; THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY DIDN'T RESPOND TO ANY ACTION FROM DRIVER (MY WIFE) AFTER A "SNAPPING SOUND" WAS HEARD. NO PRIOR ACCIDENT OR KNOWN DAMAGE TO TRIGGER THIS. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY OR OTHER BUSY ARTERY, THE OUTCOME MIGHT HAVE BEEN WITH PERSONAL AND/OR MATERIAL CONSEQUENCES. HOPEFULLY THIS WASN'T THE CASE. THIS IS A CHRYSLER CONCORD XI 2000 WITH 38,000 MILES, AND OVERALL IN PRISTINE CONDITIONS. *JB

• 12/15/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING UP AND DOWN A HILL AT 45 MPH VEHICLE HESITATED, AND ENGINE BUCKED FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT COMING ON , BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED AFTER INSPECTION ENGINE BLEW OUT. *AK

• 12/14/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE STARTED AND MADE AN ANNOYING SOUND WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND THE ENGINE WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.*AK

• 12/13/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ENGINE STALLED. VEHICLE LOST POWER. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD, OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION.*AK

• 12/13/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. *AK

• 12/11/2006· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE AND THE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A SERVICE STATION. THE DIP STICK WAS CHECKED FOR OIL LEVEL. THE CONTACT ADDED TWO QUARTS, WAITED 5 MINUTES, AND THEN CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL AGAIN. THE LEVEL WAS INDICATED THE OIL TANK WAS STILL NEAR EMPTY, SO THE CONTACT ADDED ONE MORE QUART. THEN THE LEVEL WAS TOO HIGH, SO THE CONTACT EMPTIED THE OIL AND ADDED THE RECOMMENDED 5 QUARTS. THE WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED.

• 12/10/2003· STRUCTURE

  A MOLDING PIECE LOCATED ON THE HOOD BY THE WINDSHIELD FLEW OFF IN TRAFFIC. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. THE MOLDING WAS 5 FEET LONG AND 4 1/2 FEET WIDE. THE REASON FOR THE PART COMING UNATTACHED WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK *SCC *JB

• 12/04/2006· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS ON A CITY STREET, THERE WAS A LOSS OF ALL VEHICLE POWER, AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTERWARDS, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THERE WAS EXCESSIVE OIL SLUDGE PRESENT, AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

• 12/04/2000· SEATS

  DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT MOVES BACK AND FORTH WHENEVER VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP OR WHEN VEHICLE TAKE OFF FROM A STOP POSITION. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK

• 12/02/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. *AK

• 12/02/2003· STRUCTURE

  A LONG PIECE OF PLASTIC IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND THE HOOD. WHEN WIND GETS UNDER THE PLASTIC AT HIGH SPEEDS IT CAN FLY OFF AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER FEELS THIS PIECE OF PLASTIC SHOULD BE MOUNTED TIGHTER.*AK

• 12/01/2004· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  I CAME OUTSIDE ONE DAY AND PRESSED THE KEYLESS ALARM AND HEARD A LOUD EEEEEEEHHHHHHH NOISE. IT WAS MY DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR LOCK MAKING THIS LOUD OBNOCIOUS SOUND. THAT WAS BACK IN APRIL OF 2004. THEN JUST THIS MONTH (NOVEMBER) THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR STARTED MAKING THE SAME NOISE. THIS RESULTS IN ME HAVING TO PRESS THE REMOTE 4 AND 5 TIMES JUST TO OPEN THE DOOR. AS FAR AS THE BACK DOOR, I HAVE TO PRESS THE KEYPAD SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN OPEN THE LOCK FROM THE INSIDE. ON TOP OF THAT, ONE DAY WHEN I WENT TO OPEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR, THE LATCH JUST POPPED. NOW, YOU HAVE TO ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THE CAR ON THAT SIDE. GOD FORBID I AM EVER IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE WHOEVER IS ON THAT SIDE OR SITTING BEHIND ME WILL DEFINITELY BE TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE. AT THIS MOMENT, I AM TRYING TO GET MONEY UP TO GET THESE ISSUES FIXED BECAUSE THE ESTIMATE THAT I RECEIVED FOR JUST THE REAR AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS WAS ALMOST $400 ALONE. THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE LIGHTER THAT JUST STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY OR THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW THE FALL INTO THE DOOR IF YOU ATTEMPT TO ROLL IT DOWN.*AK

• 12/01/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  I PURCHASED A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE IN AUGUST 2003 FROM A USED DEALERSHIP AND THE ENGINE WENT OUT ON 11-22-03 WITH 44,000 MILES ON IT. *AK

• 11/26/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE 2.7 LITER ENGINE. WE HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES AND WE WERE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO MAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SAFELY, WHERE IT FAILED TO START, INSTEAD OF HAVING IT DIE ON THE EXPRESSWAY. *LA

• 11/22/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE VEHICLE STALLED AT EVERY LIGHT, FINALLY, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO GAIN SPEED. THE DEALER STATED THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE. *JB

• 11/18/2015· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  TURN LIGHTS OFF CAR CUTS OFF.

• 11/18/2003· STEERING

  WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING FAILED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN THE RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR WHICH MUST BE REPLACED, PER THE DEALERSHIP.*AK

• 11/16/2006· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THERE WAS A LOSS OF ALL VEHICLE POWER AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

• 11/15/2014· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS

  AS I WAS DRIVING MY AIR AG WAS RELEASED. IN DOING SO MY ARM WAS HURT DUE TO THE AIR BEING DEVELOPED. PRIOR TO THAT HAPPENING ANYTIME I WOULD PARK MY CAR AND SET THE ALARM IT WOULDN'T LOCK OR UNLOCK THEN IT WOULD RESET MY RADIO AND LIGHT WOULD START TO FLICKER. *TR

• 11/14/2002· STRUCTURE

  WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE PLASTIC STRIP ATTACH TO THE HOOD FLEW OFF. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

• 11/13/2007· SEATS

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH IN REVERSE, THE DRIVER'S SEAT FELL BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE SEAT BACK IN PLACE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,980.

• 11/13/2006· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  I PURCHASED A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE IN JUNE 2001 FROM PATTERSON CHEVROLET. I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE CAR AND IT WAS SERVICED FOR ENGINE PROBLEMS (OIL LEAKING AND SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD) IN NOVEMBER 2001, TWICE IN DECEMBER 2001 AND ONCE IN JANUARY 2002 BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. CAR ENGINE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO RUN VERY LOUDLY. I PUT 2 QUARTS OF OIL AND THE NEXT DAY THE ENGINE SIMPLY DIED WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK ON A VERY BUSY STREET. THERE HAD BEEN NO PRIOR INDICATIONS THERE WAS ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. *NM

• 11/12/2004· STEERING

  WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN THERE IS A TENDENCY THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILS MAKING THE VEHICLE HARD TO MANEUVER. THE BRAKES ALSO TEND TO SQUEAK WHENEVER THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN.*AK

• 11/12/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN IT SUDDENLY STALLED. OWNER DROVE VEHICLE TO A GAS STATION, DOING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH. WHEN LEAVING THE GAS STATION, THE MOTOR ACCELERATED VERY HIGH . DRIVER HAD NOT TOUCHED THE GAS PEDAL. DRIVER LATER HEARD A CLUNK IN THE ENGINE THEN MOTOR STALLED AGAIN. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *PH

• 11/07/2000· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

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

• 11/06/2006· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, WAS PULLED OVER AND DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THEN, THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FRACTURED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RUN ERRATICALLY. THE TIMING CHAIN GEARS AND TENSIONER WERE REPLACED. AFTERWARDS, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE OIL PRESSURE WAS LOW AND THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THERE WAS OIL SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE.

• 11/05/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE FAILED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, WHO CLAIMED THAT THE CONSUMER DID NOT MAINTAIN THE VEHICLE AND THE OIL HAD BUILT UP. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

• 11/04/2005· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  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

• 11/03/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OR WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

• 11/02/2009· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  I OWN A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. I HAVE A PROBLEM THAT THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ON THE DOOR AND INSIDE COME ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO SHOPS TO FIND THE PROBLEM BUT THE LIGHTS NEVER COME ON. FRUSTRATING IS PUTTING IT LIGHTLY. THE LIGHTS HAVE COME ON WHILE THE VEHICLE IS POWERED OFF AND HAS DRAINED MY CAR BATTERY. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THIS ON AND OFF WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR THREE + YEARS. GOOD THING I OWN ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT IS NOT A CHRYSLER PRODUCT. *TR

• 11/02/2008· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  I HAVE A 2000 CONCORD, KEPT IN MINT CONDITION, OIL CHANGED EVERY 3 TO 3.5K JUST TURNED 80K. WHILE PICKING MY FIANCEE FROM THE HOSPITAL ON THE X WAT, I HEARD A CLICK KIND OF SOUND FROM THE ENGINE, I EXITED THE RAMP AND PULLED OVER, THE ENGINE W3AS MAKING A SQUEAKING SOUND, ALL EQUIPMENT ON THIS CAR IS OF OEM. WE HAD IT TOWED HOME . IT APPEARED THAT THE OIL SENDING UNIT WAS SQUIRTING OIL, I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT. CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP.VIA EMAIL, WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRENTLY. THE CAR IS SITTING, I CAN BARELY KEEP UP MY HOUSE PAYMENTS, YET AN ENGINE. HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BORROWING CARS FROM FRIENDS TO GET TO WORK. I HAVE TAKEN EXTRA CARE OF THIS CAR SO IT WOULD LAST ME. ALL I ASK IS FOR A LITTLE HELP. I AM IN DESPAIR. *TR

• 11/02/1999· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  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

• 11/01/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER HEARD A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK *TC

• 10/30/2005· STEERING

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

• 10/28/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHEN DRIVING 20 MPH ENGINE DROPPED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 10/27/2007· STEERING,SUSPENSION

  RACK & PINION STEERING & NOW WHEEL BEARINGS. *TR

• 10/27/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SEIZED, AND ENGINE LOCKED UP. PLASTIC HOUSING THAT COVERS THE TIMING BELT SNAPPED, AND COMPLETELY SHREDDED THE HOUSING.*AK

• 10/26/2006· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE, CRACKED ENGINE. *NM