1998 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 110,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIMING CHAIN FAILD AND BLEW OUT THE ENGINE. UPDATED 07/23/10*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 117,750.

CHRYSLER/DODGE 2.7 LITER DOHC ENGINE HAS OIL ENGINE SLUDGE. *TR

ENGINE FAILURE, REGULAR OIL CHANGES WELL MAINTAINED. CAR WAS RUNNING FINE DRIVING ON WAY HOME FROM WORK IN HEAVY TRAFFIC,THEN OIL LIGHT CAME ON CAR SHUT OFF WOULD NOT START BACK UP. HAD TO HAVE POLICE COME HELP WITH TRAFFIC AND HAVE HELP GETTING IT OFF ROAD . TOWED HOME GOT IT STARTED BACK UP SOUNDED LIKE A BUNCH OF METAL IN A BLENDER. DRAINED OIL OUT OF CAR WAS PUREED METAL. TOTAL ENGINE LOSE, NO SHOP WOULD REPAIR, SAID THE ENGINE WAS NOT WORTH FIXING, NOT EVEN WORTH PUTTING NEW ENGINE IN THE CAR. EVERY PLACE I TALKED TO SAID SAME THING THAT THE 2.7 ENGINE IN THE 98 CONCORD WAS FAULTY AND JUNK. *TR

KNOCKING IN ENGINE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING TO APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE DEALER HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,400.

MY ENGINE FAILED WITH NO WARNING AT ALL WHILE DRIVING. *NM

ON THE MORNING OF 10/20/2006, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN OUR 1998 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. HE WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND LOSING POWER, THE OIL LIGHT ALSO CAME ON WHEN HE STOPPED. HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO WORK AND PARK THE CAR. ONLY TO BE TOLD BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC THAT WE HAVE "ENGINE FAILURE" AND NEED A NEW ENGINE. MORE THAN LIKELY DUE TO "OIL SLUDGE"...WHATEVER THAT IS. WE HAVE HAD THE OIL CHANGED IN THIS CAR EVERY 3,000 MILES WITH SYNTHETIC OIL SINCE PURCHASING IT FROM MY PARENTS IN 2001. MY PARENTS HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW AND ALSO HAD THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 3,000 MILES. OUR MECHANIC TOLD US THIS "OIL SLUDGE" AND ENGINE FAILURE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS THAT HAVE THE 2.7L ENGINE. WE CAN NOT AFFORD A NEW ENGINE LET ALONE A REBUILT...

I HAVE A 1998 CHRYSLER CONCORD THAT RECEIVED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. WHILE DRIVING ON DAY, I HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COME FROM THE ENGINE. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. THE CAR NEVER CUT BACK ON AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. I PHONED SEVERAL ENGINE REPAIR COMPANIES AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT THEY RECEIVE MANY COMPLAINTS / REQUESTS FOR THE ENGINES. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THE CONCORD HAD ONE OF THE WORST PERFORMING AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE ENGINES. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AT AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED BECAUSE THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE OIL. THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 11/21/06. *JB

I OWN A 1998 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI AND CURRENTLY THE MILEAGE ON THIS CAR IS AROUND 84000. ON JUNE 28, 2006, WHILE DRIVING, SUDDENLY ENGINE MAKING A RATTLING NOISE WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR INDICATIONS, AND LOST POWER AND TURNED OFF. AFTER OBTAINING THREE DIFFERENT EXPERT OPINIONS FROM DIFFERENT MECHANICS, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ENGINE HAS FAILED AND I HAVE TWO OPTIONS - EITHER PUT A NEW ENGINE OR JUNK IT. THE ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR IS AROUND $6000. I CALLED THE CHRYSLER TODAY (JULY 2, 2006) AND RECEIVED A FILE NUMBER (IT IS 15115756). AT THE END OF THE CALL, I WAS TOLD THAT CHRYSLER CANNOT HELP IN THIS MATTER. I HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CHRYSLER HAS RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND IN MANY CASES, THEY HAVE GOT THE CARS REPAIRS AT THEIR COST. KEEPING IN VIEW THE MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS, I FEEL THAT...

CONSUMER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD NEED A NEW COMPUTER. *TS ***NAR RECEIVED 9-28-05*** THE CONSUMER WAS LIVING IN GERMANY AT THE TIME AND THE CHRYSLER DEALER THERE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE PART FROM THE STATES FOR TWO MONTHS. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A RENTAL BUT WAS TOLD THAT SINCE HIS CHRYSLER CAME FROM THE STATES THE COULDN'T AUTHORIZE A RENTAL. THE CONSUMER RENTED A VEHICLE FROM 4/29/05 - 7/19/05 AND REQUEST REIMBURSE FROM CHRYSLER FOR THE COST. *NM

3/2/05 I LEFT THE CAR REPAIR SHOP GETTING 2 SENSORS FOR MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED, I DROVE AWAY, WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF LEAVING, THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKING LOUD CLICKING NOISES THAT THEN BECAME A NOISE SIMILAR TO A DIESAL ENGINE RUNNING. I DROVE A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES, WAS SITTING AT A STOP SIGN WAITING TO ENTER ONTO A MAIN ROAD, MY ENGINE JUST SHUT DOWN. I WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND UNLESS I REPLACE IT FOR ROUGHLY $3500 THE CAR IS NO LONGER ABLE TO BE USED. THAT IS ONLY THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT ENGINE WITHOUT THE LABOR CHARGE INCLUDED...ADDING THAT WILL BE AN ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT. THIS CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED, I PURCHASED IT NEW IN 6/98. HAVING THIS HAPPEN IS UNACCEPTABLE.

MY 1998 CHRYSLER CONCORDE'S ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE HAD BEEN TICKING AND KNOCKING FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED MILES BEFORE IT SEIZED. IT THEN MADE A KLUNKING SOUND, AND SIMPLY QUIT. THE MECHANIC I TOOK IT TO COULD GIVE NO REASON FOR IT TO HAVE SEIZED UP.

DT: THE CAR STOPPED WHILE IN MOTION, MECHANIC REPORTS THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR. THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 63 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN CAR BEGAN TO PUTTER AND THEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE CUT OFF. THERE WAS NO BRAKES, NO STEERING, NO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AS IT BEGAN , OWNER BEGAN TO PULL OFF TO SHOULDER, THEN IT DIED COMPLETELY. THERE WERE NO DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS ON AT THE TIME. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO SHOP, WHERE MECHANIC PUT IT ON THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER. MECHANIC INSTALLED NEW CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, AND CAR STARTED BACK UP. THEN AFTER THIS, THE NEXT DAY AFTER COMING OUT OF THE SHOP, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK HORRIBLY, AND THEN THE OWNER CHECKED THE ENGINE OIL AND TEMPERATURE, AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. THE MECHANIC REPORTED THIS TIME THAT THERE WAS A #2 PISTON THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AT A COST OF 7000...

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. THE CONTACT STATES THAT THE ENGINE WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE, IT WAS LIKE A CLANKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE QUIT WHILE HE WAS ON THE OFF RAMP. PREVIOUSLY TO THIS THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. CHRYSLERS CLAIMS NOT TO HAVE HEARD ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM, BUT CONSUMER HAS GOTTEN ON THE INTERNET AND SEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 70-75 MPH ENGINE SEIZED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING 36 MPH ENGINE FAILED. AS A RESULT, POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.*AK

THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THE VEHICLE HAD NO PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE OIL CHANGE. ONCE THE CONSUMER LEFT THE JIFFY LUBE. THE CONSUMER HEARD A FLAT BANGING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE ENGINE HAD SLUDGE BUILD UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

WHEN THE CONSUMER MADE A LEFT TURN THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY STALLED. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE DEALER REPLACED A SENSOR , HOWEVER IT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, AS SOON AS THE CONSUMER LEFT THE DEALER THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT AGAIN AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK AGAIN. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY GONE, ALSO, THERE WAS A SLUDGE BUILD UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

I HAVE A 1998 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WITH 60,000 MILES.TOOK IT INTO CHRYSLER NUMBEROUS TIMES FOR A LOUD TICKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE, THEY SIAD THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, THEN MY ENGINE TOTALLY DIED.CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY PROCEEDED TO COME BACK WITH THERE IS SLUDGE IN MY ENGINE FROM NOT PROPER OIL CHANGES. NOT FROM ME BUT FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER,(WHICH I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 23,000 MILES ON IT WITH AN EXTENDED WARR.)SO CHRYSLER SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO FOR ME,AND CHARGED ME 268.00 TO TEAR MY ENGINE APART AND THROW IT IN THE TRUNK IN PIECES. I HAD THE CAR TOWED FROM THE LOT AND IT SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY. BUT I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT A NEW ENGINE IN MY CAR FOR 5,000.00 . WHAT A JOKE....

MY ENGINE HAS BEEN BURNING OIL AND I HAVE TO AD AT LEAST A OUART OF OIL OR MORE EACH MONTH 2.7L ENGINE ALL I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THESE ENGINES IS BAD THEY ALL BLOW UP AND ALSO THE COOLING SYSTEM WERE THE BLEEDER IS BLEW OFF AND THE GUY AT THE AUTO JUNK YARD SAYS ALL THE ENGINES THE GET IN HAVE THIS REPLACED OR ALREADY BLOWEN OFF AND THEIR IS A WAITING LIST FOR THESE ENGINES DO TO A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM BLOWING UP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO START VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED REPLACING DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK

PURCHASED CAR IN MARCH OF 2001 AND HAD CAR MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO SUGGESTED REPAIR SCHEDULE. IN JULY 2001 ENGINE BEGAN MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND. RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALER LATER THAT MONTH DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER REPAIR PERSON THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED. I ASKED THE DEALER WHAT HAD CAUSED THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I WAS MAINTAINING THE CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR COULD HAVE CAME OUT OF 'TIME' AND THE ENGINE MAY HAVE SLIPPED. REPAIRMAN COULD NOT GIVE ME A SUGGESTION ON HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED. IT COST ME OVER $3,000 TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED WITH A USED ENGINE. THE REPAIRMAN AT THE TIME ALLOWED ME TO KEEP MY VEHICLE IN 'STORAGE' UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO PAY THE REPAIR BILL. A YEAR LATER I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR BACK. I HAD THE BATTERY...

2.7 LITER ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING, CAR JUST STOPPED- LATER WAS TOLD SPUN A ROD BEARING, NO WARNING ...EXPECTED REPAIR COST 4-8K DOLLARS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, ANDTECHNICIAN INDICATED ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO COAST VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE DEALERSHIP IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM HAVE PERFORMED A TUNE UP AND REPLACED THE MAIN COMPUTER. THE PROBLEM RECURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. *AK

I OWN A 1998 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WITH A 2.7 L ENGINE. WE HAVE MAINTAINED IT ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE IN THE HANDBOOK, WITH OIL CHANGES APPROXIMATELY EVERY 4500 - 7500 MILES.*AK THE CAR HAS 79000 MILES ON IT. ABOUT A WEEK AGO WE NOTICED AN ENGINE NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A FAN GOING OUT. WE TOOK THE CAR INTO AN INDEPENDANT SHOP AND THEY DIAGNOSED A FAILURE OF THE COOLING FAN. THAT WAS REPAIRED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME A MUCH LARGE PROBLEM WAS FOUND. THE ENGINE IS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE THAT SOUNDS LIKE LIFTERS. THE SHOP DETERMINED IT WAS NOT UPPER ENGINE, AND HENCE NOT LIFTERS. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THE ENGINE TORN APART AND REPLACED ($7,000) BUT THE PROBLEM IS APPARENTLY LOWER ENGINE. I FOUND LITERALLY A HUNDRED REPORTS OF ENGINE FAILURE ON CONCORDES AND INTREPIDS WITH THIS SAME ENGINE, MANY OF WHICH INDICATED THAT THE...

CAR ENGINE SLUG BARINGS WHILE DRIVING SHUT DOWN AND SLID OFF THE ROAD HITTING A TREE WITH RIGHT DRIVER'S SIDE TAIL END. *LA

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER.IT WILL BE HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK STARTED.DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE STARTED MAKING CLUNKY NOISE, PULLED OUT OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS ENGINE LOCK UP. DEALER NOT NOTIFIED YET. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE MOTOR WILL SEIZE AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR