2003 Chrysler Concorde Engine cooling Problems

“2003 Chrysler Concorde engine 2.7 with 74000 miles on the odometer. The engine coolant got mixed with the oil, not even the 100k miles range and now I end up with a $9,000 paperweight! Its not fair that the poor design and the misleading information on the owners manual ( the owners manual says that you can go 7,500 miles before your next oil change ) has such a costly result, $5,000 for the engine replace, and Chrysler is not doing anything about the problem, they're just blaming the consumer saying we didn't take care of our cars! …”

“My 2003 Concorde shut off on me while driving to work on 695 expressway. The engine light came on and I stared to lose power. On 06/30/08 quickly I put my car into neutral and it started back up and continue to work but would not go pass 60 MPH. Lucky for me there was no heavy traffic or I could have been seriously hurt. There was no sign that the car was going to lose power as soon as the light pop on the car started to lose power. I took the car to a dealership for service and at that time they told me that it was a shorted upstream 02 sensor . …”

“Events leading to failure: ordinary driving, including high speed acceleration, low speed acceleration, low speed deceleration, stopped, idling in gear. 5 occurrences in 2000 miles. Engine fails completely, followed by immediate restart capability. Normal operation for many more miles. Car's computer fault code report is consistent with description contained in Chrysler recall below. Chrysler recall (notification code j18) appeared to address the issue, but was rescinded. Was told by dealer service dept. …”

“The air bag light would intermittently illuminate while driving at various speeds of 0-30 MPH. The vehicle has been to the dealer and several sensors were replaced. The problem keeps recurring. The consumer requested her money back along with a new vehicle. The transmission shifted erratic at times, there was belt noise at the idle, then engine made a ticking noise through out the day and the dealer was unable to duplicate the problem. The camshaft position sensor was replaced. The rear light bulb was replaced.”

“The contact owns a 2003 Chrysler Concorde. While driving 55 MPH, the vehicle completely shut off. After several attempts to restart the vehicle, it operated properly. The vehicle was taken to a dealer on multiple occasions and stated that the clock spring had failed. This failure prevents the air bags from operating. The vehicle has not been repaired. The current mileage is 65,816 and failure mileage was 12,000.”