1994 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

MY 1994 CHRYSLER CONCORD 3.3 (FLEX FUEL) LITER SHUTS DOWN WHILE IN OPERATION. MY HEATER ONLY BLOWS HOT AIR, FUEL CAN BE SMELLED WHILE VECHILE IS RUNNING, MIL CODE 12,11,41 HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED,FOG OR MIST COATS THE INSIDE WINDOWS EVERYDAY,THE FRONT END OF MY CAR FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO RIP LOOSE. I'VE INSTALLED A NEW FUEL FILTER, FUEL PUMP, HAD MY AIR CONDITIONER RECHARGED, NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER INSTALLED,NEW O2 SENSERS,FUEL INJECTION CLEANING SERVICE PERFORMED,TRANSMISSION REPLACED,DIFFERENTIAL REPLACED, OUTER TIE RODS REPLACED AND HAVE KEPT UP ON REGULARLY SCHEDULED OIL AND FLUID CHANGES.MY VECHILE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE,ME AND MY FAMILY ARE IN HARMS WAY FROM THE TIME WE GET IN THE CAR UNTIL WE ALL EXIT THE VECHILE. I INSPECTED UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR AND FOUND A LARGE PUDDLE OF GASOLINE GATHERED ON TOP OF MY FRONT DIFFERENTAIL HOUSING.I CALLED DWAYNE LANES DODGE OF EVERETT AND WAS...

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE PEDAL WAS PUSHED.*JB

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY CAR FAILED ON 5/6/02. THE FAILURE CONSISTED OF TWO TYPES. IN ONE TYPE OF FAILURE, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD ACT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY IN DRIVE, WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 60 MPH. IN THE SECOND TYPE OF FAILURE, THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT ABOVE SECOND GEAR. I CALLED MY LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER TO ASK IF THE TRANSMISSION WOULD BE REPAIRED FOR FREE, AND WAS TOLD NO. SUBSEQUENTLY, I HAD A CHRYSLER REBUILT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED BY AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE AT A COST OF ALMOST $2500.00. THIS REBUILT TRANSMISSION CAME WITH A 3 YEAR/36,000 MILE CHRYSLER WARRANTY. IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS (AND 1600 MILES) THIS TRANSMISSION FAILED IN THE EXACT SAME WAY. THE INDEPENDENT GARAGE INSTALLED A NEW CHRYSLER REBUILT TRANSMISSION AT NO CGARGE TO ME. I FEEL THERE IS AMPLE EVIDENCE THAT THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE IS OF INFERIOR...

HEADLIGHT LENS COVER THAT BECOMES FOGGED ON THE INSIDE IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. THE REPLACEMENT COST IS $175.00 EACH MAKING VERY EXSPENSIVE TO MANTAIN. THE ORIGINAL SHOULD BE GLASS,THIS WOULD MAKE IT LESS DANGEROUS FOR NIGHT DRIVING. I WENT TO A DEALER ABOUT TRANSMISSION, BUT THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THAT. IMFORMATION I RECEIVED FROM YOU IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE REPAIRED AT NO COST???? HELP !!!*AK

TRANSMISSION WILL JUST STOP WORKING, WHILE DRIVING OR WHILE SITTING AT A STOP.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO LOW GEAR IN A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED MANNER. THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE TO REACH A "RED LINE" CONDITION WITHIN A FRACTION OF A SECOND, AND CAUSES THE CAR TO REDUCE SPEED IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SINCE THE BREAK LIGHTS ARE NOT ACTIVATED, THIS SITUATION POSES A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZZARD, AS THE CAR BEHIND MAY BE UNABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION FROM THE TOTALLY UNEXPECTED AND UN-SIGNALED BREAKING ACTION. THIS CONDITION HAPPENED ABOUT 6 TIMES WITHIN ABOUT A ONE HOUR PERIOD, WHILE THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ON. THE NEXT DAY THE TRANSMISSION PERFORMED NORMALLY, WHILE THE HEADLIGHTS WERE OFF. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN USED AT NIGHT TIME SINCE THIS INCIDENT, AND HAS NOT HAD THE DOWNSHIFTING PROBLEM WHEN RUN DURING THE DAY TIME. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF AN ALTERNATOR FAILURE, SUCH AS DIM LIGHTS OR A DEAD BATTERY....

THERE HAS BEEN 119 SEVICE BULLETINS ON THIS VEHICLE-12 0N TRANSMISSION RELATED PROBLEMS -NEVER RECALLED YET PROBLEMS LIKE MINE ARE VERY FAMILIAR TO DEALER AND CHRYSLER-BOTH SAY SORRY, OUT OF WARRENTY-IT IS UNREASONABLE TO PAY $25,000 FOR A NEW VEHICLE,MAINTAIN IT PROPERLY WITH NO ABUSE,AND HAVE THE DRIVE TRAIN LAST AT LEAST 100,000 MILES??*AK

AFTER THE CAR SPUN OUT IN A SNOW STORM, A TRANSMISSION LINE CONNECTION FAILED. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN UNTIL IT WOULD NOT MOVE. I AM ASSUMING THE TRANSMISSION OIL WAS DEPLETED. THE DRIVER COMPLAINED OF JERKING, ETC. AND HAVING TO REV THE ENGINE QUITE A LOT TO GET THE CAR MOVING. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD GRAB AND SLIP, ETC. THE DEALER NOW STATES THAT OTHER THAN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LINE FITTING AND TRANSMISSION LFUIDS, THERE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN FURTHER DAMAGE. HOWEVER, THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO SLIP AND GRAB AT LOW SPEED FROM A STOP AND SLIPS WHEN USING PASSING GEAR. WHAT DAMAGE COULD HAVE BEEN INCURRED BY RUNNING THE TRANSMISSION DRY OVER A TEN MILE DRIVE. I AM FOLLOWING UP ON THI FOR MY MOTHER IN LAW WHO IS CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED. THANK YOU.

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM OUT OF TOWN MY CAR LOCKED IN 2ND GEAR. STILL WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME. HAD DEALER CHECK IT OUT AND FOUND IT IS SEAL/CLUTCH FAILURE WITH LIMP IN ...THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE KNOWN DEFECT OF THIS TRANSMISSION 42LE. THERE ARE SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS AND ALOT OF THE EXACT SAME FAILURES. BEEN RESEARCHING ON THE NET..CLASS ACTION SUIT MAY ALSO BE PENDING REGARDING THIS DEFECT AND CHRYLER REFUSING TO RECALL...SET UP FILE WITH CHRYLSER THIS AM #8117947. THEY REFUSED GOODWILL REPAIR SO FAR WITH STANDARD EXCUSE, VEHICLE IS OUT OF 3YR/36000 MILE WARRANY...DESPITE TSB"S. THIS HAS BEEN A SERIOUS AND ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANNY AND CHRYSLER KNOWS. THEY TRY TO GET OUT OF REPAIRING CARS WITH THIS DEFECT BUT USUALLY END HAVING TO PAY SOME IN SMALL CLAIMS CT ETC. I WAS TOLD WE HAVE TO REALLY FIGHT SINCE THIS IS...

WHEN DRIVING AT 50 TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS. WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE IT HESITATES. THEN, IT WILL THROW ITSELF INTO PARK. CONSUMER WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BECAUSE VEHICLE WON'T GO PAST 30 MPH. *AK AIR CONDITIONER WILL NOT STAY RUNNING. *SLC

GAS STRUTS SUPPORT THE HOOD WHEN RAISED ON THIS VEHICLE, IN LIEU OF THE MORE TRADITIONAL SPRINGS OR PROP. APPARENTLY, WHEN THE CAR MOVES FROM A MODERATE TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT TO A COLD ENVIRONMENT AFTER A FEW YEARS OF SERVICE, THESE GAS STRUTS WILL NOT ADEQUATELY SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE HOOD, WHICH THEN FALLS ON THE DRIVER'S HEAD AS HE CHECKS THE OIL, CAUSING LACERATIONS AND POTENTIALLY A CONCUSSION OR OTHER SERIOUS INJURY. THE TRANSMISSION, WITH AGE, IN VERY COLD WEATHER, CAN REFUSE TO SHIFT INTO A FORWARD GEAR AFTER BACKING THE CAR OUT ONTO A ROADWAY, CAUSING A MAJOR POTENTIAL FOR A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS VERY DANGEROUS PROPENSITY SHOULD TRIGGER A RECALL BY CHRYSLER TO FORECLOSE SERIOUS INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS. *AK

WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE IN VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC AND ALL OF A SUDDEN CAR DOWNSHIFTED TO 2ND AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HR AND WOULD NOT UP SHIFT.MANAGED TO PULL TO SHOULDER OF ROAD AND ONTO AXCESS ROAD.STOPPED CAR TRIED TO PUT IN GEAR AND HAD NONE EXCEPT REVERSE .SHUT OFF MOTOR RESTARTED AND PUT IN LOW GEAR AND WAS ABLE TO EASE CAR OFF ROAD AT ABOUT 5 MILES PER HOUR.HAD CAR TOWED TO TRANSISSION SHOP AND WAS DETERMINED BY THERE PUTING ON COMPUTER THAT OVERDRIVE WAS OUT.I CONTACTED CAR DEALER AS I HAD JUST PURCHASED THE CAR 26 DAYS BEFORE.HE SAID I WAS TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROBLEM I SEE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM AND AND HOPE YOU CAN HELP. THANKS. *AK

WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE IN VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC AND ALL OF A SUDDEN CAR DOWNSHIFTED TO 2ND AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HR AND WOULD NOT UP SHIFT.MANAGED TO PULL TO SHOULDER OF ROAD AND ONTO AXCESS ROAD.STOPPED CAR TRIED TO PUT IN GEAR AND HAD NONE EXCEPT REVERSE .SHUT OFF MOTOR RESTARTED AND PUT IN LOW GEAR AND WAS ABLE TO EASE CAR OFF ROAD AT ABOUT 5 MILES PER HOUR.HAD CAR TOWED TO TRANSISSION SHOP AND WAS DETERMINED BY THERE PUTING ON COMPUTER THAT OVERDRIVE WAS OUT.I CONTACTED CAR DEALER AS I HAD JUST PURCHASED THE CAR 26 DAYS BEFORE.HE SAID I WAS TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROBLEM I SEE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM AND AND HOPE YOU CAN HELP. THANKS. *AK

WHEN PRECEEDING FROM A STOP LIGHT INTO AN INTERSECTION VEHICLE HESITATES AND WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK THE CUSTOMER HAD A MAJOR TRANSMISSION REPAIR DONE REGARDING THE HESITATION PROBLEM, WHICH IS DUE TO FLOWS IN DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSION. *YH

TRANSMISSION KEEPS SLIPPING INTO LOW GEAR, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER,ALMOST DIES. DEALER HAS REBUILT TRANSMISSION, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURS.*AK

THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES. WE NOW NEED TO REPLACE IT A THIRD TIME. INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION THIS MEANS AN APPROXIMATELY 7 YEAR OLD CAR HAS GONE THROUGH 4 TRANSMISSIONS OR APPROXIMATELY 1 EVERY 18 MONTHS. THIS IS DEFINATELY A DEFECT. *AK

ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE: BETWEEN 5-10 MPH WHILE SLOWING DOWN IT CAUSES A VIOLENT JERK AND WHEELS APPEAR TO LOCK UP. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED SEVERAL TIMES AND FAILED LATER ON BECAUSE LACK OF PROPER TRANSMISSION FLUID, ALSO TRANSMISSION COOLANT HOSES FAILED. YH

THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE, I HAVE TO SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT TO MAKE IT SHIFT CORRECTLY. *AK

AT JUST 43,000 MILES I EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE REPAIR COST OVER $1400. NOW, 13,000 MILES AND 14 MONTHS LATER I AM EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME TROUBLE. THIS ESSENTIALLY EQUATES TO AN ADDITONAL $100 PER MONTH IN OPERATING EXPENSES. *AK

TRANSMISSION MAKES RUMBLING SOUND AND FAILED AFTERWORDS. YH

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT IN COLD WEATHER. YH

STEERING IS DIFFICULT AS IT WANTS TO OVER CORRECT PARTICULARLY ON THE DOWN HILL AT ABOUT 25 TO 45 MPH

TRANSMISSION HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED NEEDED TO BE OVERHAULED. PICKED VEHICLE UP & WAS LEAKING PINK FLUID. LEFT VEHICLE. WENT BACK & PICKED VEHICLE UP & LEFT IT IN GARAGE. LATER NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE UNDER TRANSMISSION. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC IT WAS THE WATER PUMP & NEEDED REPLACING. ALSO, TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN DEALER FOR REPAIRS OF UNRELATED COMPONENT WHEN I WAS CALLED AND TOLD THERE WAS A TEAR IN THE FRAME RAIL. INSPECTING THE TEAR IT AT ONE OF THE LEFT SIDE AREA ADJACENT TO WHERE THE CRADLE ASSEMBLY BOLTS TO THE FRAME RAIL. COMPARING THE FAILED RAIL TO THE RIGHT HAND RAIL IT APPEARS A REINFORCING CHANNEL THAT SHOULD BE INSIDE THE FRAME RAIL TO DISTRIBUTE THE LOADS FROM THE CRADLE ASSEMBLY IS MISSING. VEHICLE HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION INSTALLED IN JULY 1998, AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS INSPECTED IN JAN 1999. FAILURE APPEARS TO BE A FATIGUE TYPE AS IT IS RAGGED AND HAS FAILED SOME OF THE FRAME RAIL WELDS. CHRSLER'S AREA REP HAS SUPPOSEDLY LOOKED AT IT AND I WAS TOLD HE SAID THAT IT COULD NOT BE A FACTORY DEFECT OR IT WOULD HAVE FAILED LONG BEFORE NOW. CAR WAS DRIVEN VERY LIGHTLY UNTIL AROUND...

TRANSMISSION GEAR FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING AND SHIFTING GEARS, TRANSMISSION WENT DEAD EXCEPT IN REVERSE. DEALER REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS TO A LOWER GEAR WHEN BRAKING AT LESS THAN SEVEN MPH. VEHICLE JERKS INTO SECOND GEAR, CAUSING THE CAR TO LUNGE FROWARD.

TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS TO A LOWER GEAR WHEN BRAKING (2-7 MPH), VEHICLE JERKS INTO SECOND GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD.

WHEN DRIVING AND MAKING A STOP, THE VEHICLE WILL JUST STALL. WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AND WILL NOT MOVE, HAVE TO CUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART AGAIN. THEN THE VEHICLE WILL JERK AND THEN MOVE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY HAD TO REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE CLUTCH HAD GONE OUT. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE TIMES.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS VERY SLUGGISH ON HILLS/ SHIFTED DOWN TO 2ND GEAR FROM DRIVE AND HILL CLIMBING BECAME EASIER. HOWEVER, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT BACK TO DRIVE.

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE INTO THE REVERSE GEAR RIGHT AWAY. THE VEHICLE ALSO SHUDDERS WHEN OVERDRIVE KICKS IN WHILE DRIVING 30-40 MPH. THIS PROBLEM WAS DUE TO LEAKY TRANSMISSION SEALS. THE SEALS WILL BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP IN 2ND GEAR.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LOCKS IN SECOND GEAR AND VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL ENGINE COOLS.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. ALSO REPLACED TRANSMISSION. *AK

WATER PUMP/TIMING BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED AND CAR IS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH OVERHEATING WHENEVER DRIVING 30 MILES. ALSO, REPLACED ABS MODULE CONTROLLER. IN ADDITION, RIGHT STEERING TIE ROD RUBBED AGAINST TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS, CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE/STALLING PRIOR TO RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED. (94V-024). *AK

VEHICLE JERKS INTO SECOND GEAR, CAUSING CAR TO LUNGE FORWARD.

TRANSMISSION REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE TO CHANGE GEARS. *SD

DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT SPEED OF 50MPH, VEHICLE DOWN SHIFTS IN 3RD GEAR AND WILL SHIFT BACK IN DRIVE AND DOWN FIRST GEAR WILL UP SHIFT,STOP VEHICLE AND RESTART.

AT, TRANSMISSION WILL DOWN SHIFT WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEED 2 GEARS. TT

AUTO-TRAN: TRANSMISSION KEEPS GOING OUT; JUMPS GEAR, JERKS, TAKES A LURCH. TT

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 13,351 MILES., CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHIMMY. TT

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. *SKD