2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

A KNOCKING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE AND STARTED VIBRATING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE THEN VEHICLE STALLED. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART IT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB *TR

WE FIRST SAW A DEALERSHIP REGARDING A CLICKING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON APRIL 26, 2004, THEN AGAIN ON JULY 16, 2004 AT A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP. ON THE LATTER DATE, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND THE OIL CHANGED. ON 7/25, THE ENGINE. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I HAD JUST PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS OCCURRED. WE REPLACED THE ENGINE EARLY IN 2005. WHEN THE TECH BROKE DOWN THE OLD 2.7 LITER ENGINE, HE WROTE, "...ROD BEARINGS WORN AND ROD TAP NOISE THE ENGINE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ABUSE OR ALTERATION...". THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT ENGINE. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE PREPARING TO REQUEST COMPENSATION FROM DAIMLER-CHRYSLER. *JB

THE CAR WAS IDLING FOR ABOUT 20MINUTES, THEN IT STARTED TO IDLE UP QUITE HIGH THEN BOG DOWN LOW, AFTER THAT I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF, WAITED FOR MY HUSBAND. GOT THE CAR TO HIS FATHERS HOUSE, BARELY, THEN TOOK IT TO WHERE WE BOUGHT IT FROM. THEN IT DIED AND WON'T START BACK UP. THE CAR ONLY HAS 105,000 MILES ON IT. ENGINE IS COMPLETLY GONE.

THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF. THEN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP. FOLLOWING THAT A LOUD CLANKING NOISE WAS HEARD, AND VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE CONSUMER COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THEN AFTER TRYING TO COAST HOME, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT ENGINE WAS FULL OF SLUDGE, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE WARRANTY COMPANY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A LACK OF MAINTENANCE, AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE COST.*AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE STALLED, WOULD NOT RESTART, AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE ENGINE WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE.*AK THE TENSIONER WENT BAD IN THE ENGINE ALLOWING THE TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP TIME, RESULTING IN THE VALVES BEING BENT INTO THE HEAD AND DESTROYING THE ENGINE. *BF *NM

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

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. *AK

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

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

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

CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE AND THE MOTOR WAS SHOT. WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE KNOCKED, AND BEFORE HE COULD EXIT THE KNOCKING GOT REAL LOUD. AFTERWARDS, VEHICLE DIED. CONSUMER SAID HE HAD TO PUSH VEHICLE TO HIS HOME, BUT LATER HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND TOLD CONSUMER THAT THE MOTOR WAS DEFECTIVE, AND IT WOULD COST HIM $7500.00 TO GET IT REPAIRED. BEFORE THIS HAPPENED CONSUMER PAID $600.00 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND 2 SENSORS TO BE REPLACED.*AK

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

THE ENGINE STOPS RUNNING LIKE IT IS OUT OF GAS. AFTER SAFELY STOPPING PULLING OVER ETC. I CAN RESTART THE CAR BUT THIS IS NOT SAFE FOR A YEAR 2000 AUTOMOBILE.

DRIVING OUR 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE ALONG ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESSWAY OIL LIGHT CAME ON, WE WENT TO PULL OFF ROAD IMMEDIATELY AND ENGINED DIED. WE HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE , MECHANIC INDICATED SLUDGE IN ENGINE AND ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES.WE HAD NO WARNING OF THIS UNTIL OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINED DIED IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT CAME ON. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET THE VEHICLE ONTO THE SHOULDER. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD A SCREECHING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. WHILE THE NOISE WAS PRESENT VEHICLE REVVED SEVERELY. AFTER AWHILE THE NOISE SUBSIDED, AND THE RPMS WOULD LOWER SIGNIFICANTLY. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A DISCOURAGING SOUND. ENGINE SOUNDED AS IF THERE WAS A HAND FULL OF TACKS BEING GROUNDED UP. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE TIMING CHAIN SNAPPED, AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER DIDN'T HAVE THE $5900. TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE SO THEY TRADED IT IN. *NM

I HAD OWNED MY 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE FOR APPROXIMATLY THREE YEARS WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED. THERE WAS LITTLE IF ANY WARNING OF THE FAILURE IN THE WAY OF DASHBOARD INDICATORS, ETC. WHEN DRIVING, THE ENGINE STALLED AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THE SERVICING MECHANIC ADVISED THAT A SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN THE OIL RESERVE HAD CAUSED A FAILURE OF THE ENGINE TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. AFTER I INVESTIGATED FURTHER, I'VE SEEN OTHER SUCH COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE THAT I HAD REPLACED. MANY OF THE COMPLAINTS POINT TO A TOO-NARROW OIL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN THE ENGINE, THAT LEADS TO PREMATURE FAILURE. I BELIEVE THE ENGINE IS OF FAULTY DESIGN, AND IS UNFIT FOR DISTRIBUTION.*AK

ENGINE FAILED ON MY WIFE'S 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. MECHANIC SAYS ROD FAILURE. 2.7L ENGINE. 58000 MILES ON THE CAR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE DRIVER LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY A TECHNICIAN AND STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO MAINTENANCE ISSUES. *AK

DRIVING AT 45 MPH WHEN ENGINE MADE LOUD NOISE AND VEHICLE ENGINE SEIZED. THIS CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THIS IS 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WITH SAME 2.7 LITER ENGINE PROBLEM AS THE REST WHERE THE REPAIR SHOP SAYS SLUDGE BUILD-UP CAUSE ENGINE TIMING CHAIN TO BREAK BUT CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AS PER CHRYSLER RECOMMENDATIONS. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A WORN OUT PART. *AK

AT 85,000 MILES MY ENGINE IN WHICH I HAVE DONE MY OIL CHANGES, HAD SLUDGE IN IT, NOW AFTER 90,000 THE ENGINE KNOCKS REAL BAD AND MUST BE REPLACED, THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT MY PERSONAL EXTENDED WARRENTY WILL NOT COVER IT BECAUSE OF THE CRAP IN THE ENGINE, WHICH THEY SAID I CAUSED IT BECAUSE I DID NOT DO MY OIL CHANGES AND I DID. *AK

2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WITH APPROX. 94K MILES IS HAVING WHAT THE CHRYSLER MECHANIC CALLS A "BLOW BY" AND IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THEY SAY WE NEED A NEW ENGINE COSTING APPROX. $8000!!! WE HAVEN'T EVEN MADE IT TO THE FIRST TUNE-UP! WE'VE MAINTAINED THE CAR WITH OIL CHANGES EVERY 3K MILES AT THE DEALERSHIP. WE ALWAYS ASKED THEM TO INFORM US OF ANY IMPENDING CAR PROBLEMS SINCE WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY A LOT. NO SUGGESTION OF A HEAVIER WEIGHT OIL OR ANYTHING! THIS APPEARS TO BE A FACTORY DEFECT IN THE 2.7 LTR ENGINE THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT AND SHOULD FIX! WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO NEGOTIATE WITH DEALERSHIP NOW. *JB

OWNER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 20-30 MPH. WHEN MAKING A TURN, VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN LOOSING ALL POWER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE PROBLEM WAS UNDETERMINED, AT THIS TIME. *NM IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. THE ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE TO INDICATE ANY TYPE OF FAILURE. THE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT MANY 2.7 LITER ENGINES HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *NM

WHILE DRIVING HOME ON A STATE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE IN MY 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE ALL OF THE SUUDEN WITHOUT WARNING, QUIT. WHEN TOWED TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC, FOUND THAT THE CAR HAD COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. THIS ENGINE COMPLETELY FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WITH MY WIFE AND 6 MONTH OLD IN THE CAR. NOT WHAT I WOULD CALL A SAFE SITUATION. FORTUNATELY FOR US NO ONE WAS HURT.*AK

MY SON WAS GOING ABOUT 46 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE CAR JUST QUIT I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE THE ENGINE JUST FEEL APART FOR NO REASON. I HAD THE OIL CHANGED EVERY THREE THOUSAND MILES AND IT HAS 90,000 .HE WAS ON A MAJOR HIWAY AND WAS VERY LUCKY NO ONE HIT HIM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT UNDETERMINED SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. CONSUMER SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF, AND PRECEDED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER.*AK

MY BROTHER WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON THE EXPRESSWAY, HE WAS GOING ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE LOCKED UP AND HE HAD TO KEEP THE CAR UNDER CONTROL UNTIL HE COULD GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THANK GOD KNOW ONE WAS HERT OR KILLED. THE CAR IS A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WITH A 2.7 LITER ENGINE.*AK

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE ENGINE BLEW OUT. WHEN THIS OCCURRED IT BROKE VALVES AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONSUMER WAS ALMOST HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE PARTS IN THE VEHICLE WERE TOO SMALL AND THE ENGINE WAS NOT GETTING ENOUGH OIL. *JB

2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE ENGINE BLEW DUE TO OIL SLUDGE BUILDUP (CAR HAS 59100 MILES ON IT) ACCORDING TO INTERNET TESTIMONIALS, LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN IT REACHES A CERTAIN MILEAGE. CHRYSLER DOES NOT WANT TO ASSIST. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT 4 OF THE SAME KIND OF CARS HAVE BEEN IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM RECENTLY. HOW IS THE CONSUMER PROTECTED FROM CARS THAT ARE NOT MADE TO LAST 3 YEARS WITH PROPER MAINTENANCE?*AK

ENGINE DIED IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT ANY WARNING. TOWED TO MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT ENGINE HAD BLOWN DUE TO SLUDGE BUILDUP. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. *AK

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

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

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

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

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

THE ENGINE ON MY 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE FAILED. I MADE IT TO A DEALER BEFORE THE CAR ACTUALLY QUIT. I HAVE ONLY 80,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND HAVE BEEN TOLD I NEED A NEW ENGINE FOR $7,100. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CHRYSLER 2.7L ENGINE EVEN THOUGH THE DEALERSHIP WHO SOLD ME THIS CAR NEVER MENTIONED IT TO ME.

MOTOR IN 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE STOPPED RUNNING. WAS TOLD BY MACHENIC ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO ENGINE OIL FORMING INTO SLUDGE. *AK

THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE, THE SPEED DECREASED, AND EVENTUALLY THE ENGINE STALLED. *JB

THE ENGINE DEVELOPED SERIOUS VARNISHING AT TOP OF ENGINE AFTER COOLANT WAS CHANGED AT 30,000 MILES. ENGINE TOTALLY FAILED AT 60,000 DUE TO VARNISH AND SLUDGE BUILD UP. THIS WELL MAINTAINED CHRYSLER 2.7 LITER V6 FAILED AT AN ALARMING RATE. THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 07-002-02 WAS ISSUED BY CHRYSLER REGARDING COOLANT SERVICING. THEY TELL ME COOLANT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH VARNISH AND SLUDGE AND THEY REFUSED ANY HELP OR ASSISTANCE. REPAIR IS ESTIMATED OVER $6,000. *JB

ENGINE FAILURE. *AK

MY SON JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR FOUR MONTHS AGO AND THE TIMING B ELT HAS JUST SNAPPED OFF AND DAMAGED THE ENTIRE ENGINE WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WILL NOT ASSIST IN HELPING WITH THE COST BECAUSE THE 3/36 WAS ALL THAT WAS OFFERED. CAN ANYONE BE OF ASSISTANCE HERE!*AK

CONSUSMER IS HEARING A NOISE FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. CONSUMER ASSUMES IT MAY BE THE TIE ROD. CONSUMER HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE MOUNT, INSULATOR FOR FRONT SUSPENSION AND BEARING-SUSPENSION STRUT. *YH

WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC VEHICLE SURGES AND MAY CAUSE A FRONTAL IMPACT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, DEALER REPLACED ENGINE COMPONENTS. TRANSMISSION CHANGED, SURGE STILL CONTINUES. *AK