NHTSA Complaint #10075165 — 2001 CHRYSLER CONCORDE

1) MY "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" COMES ON CONTINUALLY. I HAVE HAD IT IN THREE TIMES AND HAVE BEEN TOLD IT'S MY GAS CAP OR A LOOSE HOSE. THIS IS NOT TRUE, AS IT CAME ON THE 2 AND 3RD TIME, AFTER "REPAIRS" HAD BEEN DONE, AND I HAD NOT REFUELED THE CAR OR DRIVEN IN POOR CONDITIONS. EACH TIME THE LIGHT COMES ON AFTER I HAVE DRIVEN ABOUT 75 MILES. 2) THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL RANDOMLY FADE IN AND OUT. 3) AFTER GETTING THE OIL CHANGED ON 5/24/04, I WAS DOWN A QUART OF OIL BY 6/3/2004. 4)THE ENGINE RUNS VERY HOT AND STUMBLES WHEN I ACCELERATE AFTER STOPPING. WHEN I CALLED THE SERVICE CENTER AT THE DEALER TO EXPRESS CONCERN OVER THIS, I WAS TOLD I NEED TO CHANGE MY OIL. I REMINDED THEM I HAD JUST CHANGED MY OIL, BUT I THEN EXPRESSED MY CONCERN ABOUT ENGINE SEIZURE, WHICH I HAVE LEARNED IS NOT UNCOMMON IN THIS VEHICLE. I ASKED WHAT COULD BE DONE TO PREVENT THIS. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO PEOPLE WHO CHANGE THEIR OIL. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE ENGINE DOES SEIZE, EVEN THOUGH I'VE HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES? HOW CAN I BE PROACTIVE WHEN THE SERVICE CENTERS DENY THE PROBLEM EVEN EXISTS? *AK