1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

WITHOUT ANY WARNING, MY CHRYLSER CONCORDE 2.7L ENGINE SUFFERED A COMPLETE FAILURE. REPAIR COSTS ARE NEAR $5000 AND UPON RESEARCH, I FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ON CHRYSLER 2.7L ENGINES FROM 1998 TO 2000. CHRYSLER DENIES ANY ALLEGATIONS OF THE ENGINE BEING FAULTY AND THAT THEY ARE FAILING DUE TO IMPROPER MAINTENANCE. THE MOST THAT ENGINE EVER WENT BETWEEN OIL AND FILTER CHANGES WAS 4200 MILES AND THAT WAS A ONE TIME OCCURRENCE. THE REST OF THE CHANGES WERE DONE AT OR BEFORE 3000 MILES. CHRYSLERS RECOMMENDATION UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS IS 6500 MILES.*AK

VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING AND WOULD NOT RESTART. CONSUMER LEFT THE VEHICLE, AND WENT BACK THE NEXT DAY, AND IT STARTED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE THEY DISCOVERED SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE, AND THE ENGINE BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE.*AK

I WAS DRIVING MY 99 CHRYSLER CONCORDE HOME AND IT STARTED KNOCKING AND THEN DIED. MY ENGINE IS GONE. I HAVE 3 KIDS AND I HAVE NO MEANS OF FIXING THIS. AND NOW, NO WAY TO TRAVEL.*AK

1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE 2.7 LITRE ENGINE FAILED. SUDDENLY JUST STOPPED. HAD A RECURRING PROBLEM WHERE THE ENGINE WOULD SHUT OFF AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP, WHETHER I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT OR MAKING A TURN. IM ONE OF MANY THOUSANDS OF CHRYSLER VICTIMS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

2.7 ENG. FAILURE CHRYSLER CONCORDE 1999 ,WELL MAINTAINED ( IT JUST STOPED). *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE MADE A LOUD RATTLING NOISE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, STOPPED THE VEHICLE, AND THE ENGINE FAILED. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER. FOUND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE CUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED.IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE.( A RESEARCH WAS DONE ON THE 2.7 L ENGINE, AND THE FAILURE RATE WAS GREAT). *JB

WITHOUT WARNING ON EARLY MONDAY MORNING AROUND 12:15 AM ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE BETWEEN EXITS 1 AND 2, MY FAMILY WAS DRIVING FROM MAYRLAND BACK TO NEW YORK, MY 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI MADE A LOUD BANGING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD ALONG WITH SMOKE AND ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON THE CAR. THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED; I SWERVED AND PULLED ALONG THE SHOULDER. THERE WAS OIL EVERYWHERE ON THE GROUND. WHEN OIL WAS POURED INTO THE CAR, IT CAME RIGHT OUT. SO, MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO BROOKLYN, WHICH COSTS $445. LUCKILY MY IN-LAWS LIVE NEAR BY SO MY SON AND WIFE WERE ABLE TO STAY THERE FOR THE NIGHT. MY MECHANIC INSPECTED THE CAR AND SAID THAT HIS WHOLE FIST CAN FIT IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. HE SAID THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY INTERNAL DAMAGES AND A BAD OIL PUMP. MY CAR ONLY HAS 63,000 MILES...

SLUDGE BUILD UP IN VEHICLE'S ENGINE.*MR WHEN THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE AND SLOW ACCELERATION THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER THE ENTIRE ENGINE BLOCK WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE ENGINE COST APPROX $5721.04 IN REPAIRS AND CHRYSLER REFUSED TO COVER THE COST. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT A LOT OF ENGINE REPLACEMENT ARE DUE TO A LATENT DEFECT IN THE CAR FROM THE CHRYSLER WEBSITES AND FEELS THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITIES IN REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. *CB

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO BUILD UP OF SLUDGE AND BEARING MATERIAL IN OIL FILTER CAUSING TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP AND ENGINE TO FAIL. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED AT THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP, NOT ON THE HIGHWAY, AS MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. HAVE LITERALLY FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET RELATING TO THE CHRYSLER 2.7L ENGINE AND ITS PROPENSITY TO FAIL. OUR 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE HAS LESS THAN 40,000 MILES AND HAS ALWAYS RECEIVED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. WE WERE AMONG THE LUCKY ONES...OUR ENGINE FAILED WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE AUTO SHOP GARAGE...INSTEAD AT 65 MILES PER HOUR GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. INTERESTING HOW THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHTS...NOTHING TO TELL YOU THIS IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE FAILURE ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE STALLING. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE, AND DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE. *AK

WE PURCHASED A 1999 CONCORDE THAT HAD 39000 MILES ON IT IN 2001. WE HAVE PUT 21000 MILES ON IT SINCE THEN WITHOUT A PROBLEM...UNTIL LAST WEEK. I WAS DRIVING MY 5 YEAR OLD SON TO SCHOOL AND THE CAR DIED ON ME AT A STOP LIGHT. I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND STARTED IT AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO HIS SCHOOL, 1 1/2 MILES AWAY. AFTER DROPPING HIM OFF I GOT IT TO THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY AND IT DIED AGAIN. AFTER IT COOLED DOWN IT STARTED OK AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME, 6 MILES AWAY. AT 4 MILES IT STALLED ON ME AGAIN. WHEN I GOT WITHIN 1/2 MILE OF HOME IT STARTED CHUGGING ON ME AND WHEN I TURNED THE CORNER ON MY STREET IT DIED AGAIN. I GOT IT STARTED ONE MORE TIME AND COASTED INTO MY DRIVEWAY. WE...

PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE OF THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE FOUND IN THE CHRYSLER CONCORDE. *AK

DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 265 AT 55 MPH, ENGINE JUST QUIT, CAUSING A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION. WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT, IT LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. CAR ONLY HAS 70,000 MILES. AIR CONDITIONING QUIT WORKING IN MAY OF 2003. *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. IT WOULD COST CONSUMER $8000.00 TO GET IT REPAIRED. CONSUMER INSISTED THAT THE MOTOR SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AT 96000 MILES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS. *JB

SLUDGE BUILD UP IN ENGINE HAS CAUSED THRU NO ERROR ON MY END A BLOWN ENGINE, WITH NO WARNING. I NEED A NEW MOTOR EVEN AFTER ALL THE MONEY I'VE PUT INTO IT WITH SENSORS IN THE TRANNY, NEW WINDOW MOTOR, ROD KNOCKING...AND I CHANGED OIL IN THE CAR EVERY 3,000 MILES USING THE OIL THAT CHRYSLER RECOMMENDS. THERE IS SO MUCH SLUDGE BUILD UP ON THIS 2.7 ENGINE THAT IF IT WERE A HUMAN ARTERY THE PATIENT WOULD HAVE DIED TOO...THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE MOTORS AND NO ONE WILL DO ANYTHING TO HELP US GET IT FIXED, UNLESS WE HAVE AN EXTRA $7,000.00 SITTING AROUND

FUEL PUMP FAILED/TIMING BELT BROKE, AND THE PISTON WENT THROUGH THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE DUE TO A BACK ORDER BECAUSE THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED ON A SIDE STREET. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER" THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED UP AND A NEW ONE WAS NEEDED". THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 67 MPH MAIN ENGINE BEARING FAILED. DEALER DETERMINED THAT ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC HAD BEEN NOTIFIED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S HEATER, ENGINE MAKING KNOCKING NOISES AND SLOW ACCELERATION.*MR THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING INTERMITTENTLY WHICH LEAD TO A BUILD UP OF HEAT IN THE ENGINE CABIN, WHICH IN TURN LEAD TO A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE. DURING ACCELERATION, THE VEHICLE RATTLED AND VIBRATED AND IT DID NOT ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE BLOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS.*TS ALSO THE FRONT WINDOW AND POWER MIRROR WERE INOPERATIVE, THE DEALER FOUND A BAD WINDOW MOTOR. *JB

ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING A CHRYSLER CONCORDE 2.7 LITER ENGINE DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN THE ENGINE. NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. *LA

DOOR'S AUTOMATIC LOCKING MECHANISM/ POWER WINDOWS FAILED, AND ENGINE WAS MAKING LOUD NOISE . ALSO, AND FRONT ALIGNMENT MALFUNCTIONED TWICE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE STOPS UNPREDICTABLY, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING THAT THIS IS ABOUT TO OCCUR. NO "IDIOT LIGHTS" ARE LIT, AND THE ENGINE DOES NOT LURCH OR HESITATE -- IT SIMPLY QUITS. THIS HAS RESULTED IN SOME NEAR MISHAPS WHEN THIS OCCURS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. SUDDEN DECELERATION WITHOUT WARNING, AND VERY SLUGGISH HANDLING UNTIL THE ENGINE CAN BE RESTARTED, REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO MYSELF, MY PASSENGERS, AND OTHER DRIVERS. INPUT-OUTPUT SENSORS WERE REPLACED 90 DAYS AGO. THIS ELIMINATED THE PROBLEM UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 WHEN IT BEGAN TO RECUR. *JB

ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED A TOTAL OF 5 COMPUTERS BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. *TS *NLM

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING HEARD SOME ENGINE NOISE. PULLED OFF THE ROAD, AND ENGINE DIED COMPLETELY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE ENGINE FAILURE AT 90000 WHILLE WIFE AND CHILDREN IN TRAFFIC ENGINE FAILURE DUE SLUG BUILD UP. MECHANIC SAID IT WOULD COST $4600.00 TO REPLACE ENGINE STILL OWE 11000 ON IT, AND CANT AFFORD TO REPAIR. MECHANIC SAID SLUG BUILD UP IS DUE TO OIL PUMP DESIGN ALSO HAVE AC PROBLEM AND HAVE HAD RADIATOR FAN FAILURE TWICE , SPEED SENSOR FAILURE, BROKEN WINDOW CLIPS, BRAKE SHIMMY , BROKEN RECLINER SEAT BOLTS

6 TIMES MY 1999 CHYSLER CONCORDE 2.7 MOTOR WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTION SENSOR/CAUSE MOTOR TO UPHIFT OR DOWNSHIFT AT RANDOM OR GET STUCK IN GEAR...LAST WEEK A LOUD RATTLING IN THE MOTOR 74000 MILES...ENGINE REPLACEMENT ...$3,000 *AK

MY 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE HAD A COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. IT HAPPENED SUDDENLY & WITHOUT ANY WARNING LIGHTS. I WAS STRANDED ON I-40 IN BUSY TRAFFIC. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT IT "SPUN A BEARING" & SHOWED ME SOME METALLIC GLITTER IN THE OIL. THE CAR NOW NEEDS A NEW ENGINE AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY. $4500.00- 5000.00. I HAVE A USELESS 1999 CONCORDE WITH ONLY 90K MILES & I STILL OWE $11.000. IT HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE PERFORMED. *NLM

I HAVE A 1999 CHYSLER CONCORDE, 2.7 LITER, WITH 85,000 MILES. THE ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING AND THEN THE OIL LIGHT THEN CAME ON. I STOPPED THE CAR ON THE EXPRESSWAY. AFTER SITTING I COULD RESTART THE ENGINE, DRIVE A SHORT DISTANCE (.1 MILES) BEFORE THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AGAIN UNTIL I GOT TO AN EXIT. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO A GARAGE. THEY HAVE DIAGNOSED LIKELY BEARING FAILURE REQUIRING AN ENGINE REBUILD. THE OIL PRESSURE IS DROPPING AS THE ENGINE WARMS UP. THEY FOUND METAL SHAVINGS (BRASS) IN THE OIL. UNTIL THIS PROBLEM, THE ENGINE HAD NOT KNOCKED OR HAD ANY VALVE NOISE OR OTHER ISSUES INDICATING LOW OIL PRESSURE. I HAVE GENERALLY CHANGED THE OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES. THIS FAILURE SEEMS PREMATURE AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE SAFETY ISSUE IS THAT MOTORISTS ARE LEFT STRANDED ON THE EXPRESSWAY DUE A POSSIBLE DEFECT INVOLVING THE MATERIALS USED IN THE...

OIL SLUDGE IN LOW MILEAGE ENGINE. *JB

I OWN A 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORD (PURCHASED NEW) AND WAS TOLD THAT MY ENGINE WAS "SHOT". TO REPLACE IT WILL COST $5,000. THIS INCLUDED $3,800 FOR THE REBUILT ENGINE AND $1,200 FOR LABOR. THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!! IT HAS 78,000 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN IT IN FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. FOR A CAR THAT COST OVER $22,000 TO NEED THIS KIND OF REPAIR AT THESE FEW MILES IS UNACCEPTABLE TO ME. PERHAPS I AM NAIVE. I WONDER HOW MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE OTHERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED, BUT HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY REPORTED. MANY I AM SURE. I AM WORKING FULL-TIME AS WELL AS PART-TIME TO SAVE MONEY FOR A DOWN PAYMENT TO PURCHASE A HOUSE THIS YEAR. THANKS TO MY ENGINE BEING "SHOT" - MY HUSBAND AND I WILL HAVE TO FORGO OUR DREAM OF OWNING A HOME ANYTIME SOON. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET PAST THIS AND THE INTEREST RATES...

ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AFTER DRIVING MORE THAN 90 MILES WITH OUT STOPPING.*JB

MY 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WITH 46,000 MILES ON IT DEVELOPED SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE CAUSING THE TIMING CHAIN TO COME OFF ITS TRACK AND SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGING OTHER PARTS OF THE ENGINE. THE DEALER SAYS THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $8,000. WHEN I ASKED WHAT CAUSED THE SLUDGE, THE DEALER TOLD ME I DIDN'T HAVE THE OIL CHANGED ENOUGH. WHEN I PRODUCED DOCUMENTS TO THE CONTRARY, THE DEALER TOLD ME THE OIL USED MUST HAVE BEEN BAD AND BROKE DOWN. I FIND THIS HIGHLY UNLIKELY. TO DATE, I HAVE NOT GOTTEN SATISFACTION FROM THE DEALER OR CHRYSLER. I AM AWARE OF OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SEVERAL OF THESE PEOPLE WERE ALSO TOLD THE SAME THING BY THEIR DEALERS. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A CANNED ROUTINE TO DEFLECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM ONTO SOMEONE ELSE. I BELIEVE CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND IS NOT...

ENGINE STARTED MAKING LOUD KNOCKING NOISE. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO CHRYSLER. CHRYSLER REPORTS THAT THE TIMING CHAIN CAME LOOSE AND CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE WATER PUMP AND ENGINE AND THE TIMING CHAIN, WATER PUMP AND ENGINE NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY REPORT THAT THERE WERE NO OIL LEAKS AND FILTER AND PLUG WERE IN PLACE AND DEALER COULD NOT EXPLAIN CAUSE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO CHRYSLER CORP. AND THE DEALERSHIP. CHRYSLER AGREED TO HELP WITH REPAIR UNTIL THEY FOUND OUT THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR WILL BE 6,700 DOLLARS. I SEE THERE ARE OTHER REPORTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF OTHERS RECEIVED ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM CHRYSLER AND WHAT MY NEXT STEPS SHOULD BE.*AK

THE TIMING CHAIN BUSTED THROUGH THE CASING THAT HOUSES IT IN THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE CAUSE COULD BE A FLAW IN THE CHAIN LINK, AND IT CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE REST OF THE ENGINE, AND THAT THE ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED. ESTIMATED COST IS $7000. MY COMMENTS TO THEM WERE, IF IT IS A FLAW IN THE CHAIN, SHOULDN'T IT BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY? THEY TOLD ME NO. I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THERE HAS BEEN OTHE OCCURRANCES OF THIS PRIBLEM, AND WHAT MY RECOURSE AND NEXT STEP SHOULD BE.

THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE FAN AND ENGINE PULLEY CAME LOOSE, CAUSING NO STEERING ABILITY, ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAID THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE BOLT BEING TIGHTENED TOO HARD. *AK