1997 Chrysler Concorde Engine cooling Problems

“Same sad story as the others on your website. I had a 1997 Chrysler Concorde. On new year's day 2005 I was driving to my daughter's when, without warning, the engine began to make a knocking noise. Suddenly, it died. I had towed into my dealer, clifford Chrysler of buffalo grove. They said the engine had seized up due to sludge. Since the car was just out of warranty insisted they talk to Chrysler. Chrysler said the problem was caused by inadequate oil changes even when I sent them a record of my oil changes, they refused to help with the cost of replacing the engine.”

“On christmas day driving with my son to my mothers home about one hour away, I exited the freeway and stopped at the signal. When the signal turned green, I pushed the gas, the car did not respond. I checked to verify that the car was in drive. Put the car in park, and attempted to restart the engine. The engine did not respond. The vehicle was pushed to a park and ride, then towed to the dealership. The dealership reports that the engine seized, and is destroyed beyond repair of the value of the vehicle. There was zero warning. The vehicle did not lose any fluid. …”

“In 2002 our car overheated we took it into a repair shop. Since the it it was bought in on four different occasions to repair the cooling system, over a span of less than a year. The entire colling system, except for the heating coil has been replaced. Then the check engine light came on. It has had a misfire in cylinder #5 and we have sunk in over a $1,000 and the problem is still not fixed. The mechanics have told us they can't find what is causing it. The light has been on for over eight months. It has been hooked up to computers and still it is a guessing game. …”

“First, it started out with the cracked fuel rail problem which cost us over 900.00 to remedy and ever since we have had nothing but problems with it not wanting to idle so we replaced the idle contol at the cost of over 60.00 which still hasn't fixed the issue. The scans being done show a misfire in cylinder #5 but also can't be remedied. You can be driving along at highway speeds and all of a sudden it bucks wildly, the tachometer swings wildly then it just stalls and won't restart. The EGR valve at a cost of over 114.00. Problem still exists. Noone can seem to find a resolve to this issue. …”

“Dt: the consumer indicated that the timing chain broke without warning. This has happened three times and each time the consumer had to have the vehicle towed to the dealer to be repaired. The manufacturer said there is no recall on this. The consumer said that the engine always gets real hot and stalls. She forced to pull off the road in a dangerous places.”