1994 CHRYSLER CONCORDE

484 complaints filed with NHTSA.

484
Complaints
31
Crashes
8
Fires
19
Injuries
0
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION47
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP31
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER21
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM19
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS16
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY16
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL15
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE13
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM12
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR11
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER11
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE10
SEATS10
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM10
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL9

Recent Complaints

20070228FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 1994 CHRSLYER CONCORDE. THE CONTACT LEFT THE VEHICLE WARMING UP, AND WHEN HE CAME BACK TO THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES LATER SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WERE FLAMES. THE CONTACT PUT THE FIRE OUT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT WAS NOT SURE IF THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 181,000. THE CONTACT TOOK PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MANU

Mileage: 181,000

20070228FireFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 1994 CHRSLYER CONCORDE. THE CONTACT LEFT THE VEHICLE WARMING UP, AND WHEN HE CAME BACK TO THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES LATER SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WERE FLAMES. THE CONTACT PUT THE FIRE OUT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT WAS NOT SURE IF THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 181,000. THE CONTACT TOOK PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MANU

Mileage: 181,000

20040211CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHEN THIS OCCURRED VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 70 MPH. IN AN ATTEMPT TO DECREASE SPEED CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES IN DRIVE THEN IN NEUTRAL , BUT THE ATTEMPT FAILED. AS A RESULT VEHICLE WENT OVER A GUARD RAIL, AND ROLLED DOWN A MOUNTAIN. CONSUMER SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION AND INJURIES TO SEVERAL BODY PARTS. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

Mileage: 52,000

20040203CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL

WHILE DRIVING CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. CONSUMER SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION. *AK

Mileage: 52,000

20030430CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB STRAIGHT ON FRONT REAR COLLISION. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED INTO THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS UNREPAIRABLE. *SCC

Mileage: 85,000

20010122CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIM, AND CONSUMER HIT OTHER VEHICLE IN REAR. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

20000823STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID

TRUNK LID AND ATTACHMENTS COLLAPSED AND A FELL ONTO OWNER'S HEAD, RESULTING IN INJURY. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE.*AK

20000627CrashAIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW

ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT AND CONSUMER HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, BUT MECHANIC SAID THAT PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY. *AK

20000414FireFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM

RECALL 98V184000/ FUEL INJCTION SYSTEM. REPAIRS WERE DONE IN MARCH 9, 2000, AND ON MARCH 22, 2000, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN ENGINE HOUSING. CONSUMER BELIEVED RECALL WAS THE ISSUE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. CHRYSLER DENIES RESPONSIBILITY. *AK *ML

19990725FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

VEHICLE PARKED INDRIVEWAY. IGNITION OFF. ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON FIRE. EVERETT FIRE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING

19990724FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IGNITION OFF, FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE EVERETT FIRE DEPARTMENT. VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE A TOTAL LOSS. DEALER UNHELPFUL. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 28 DAYS.

19990623CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

CHRYSLER CLAIMED AIR BAGS WORKED PROPERLY EVEN THOUGH IT FAILED TO ACTIVATE IN THIS HEAD-ON CRASH. *AK

19990305CrashAIR BAGS

DURING COLLISION VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG CAUSED INJURIES TO CONSUMERS (WRISTS, ARMS, NECK AND BACK).

19990111FireFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

WHILE DRIVING HAD A FUEL LEAK AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

19981215CrashLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT HAD A REAR DRIVER SIDE BUMPER ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER'S DOOR WHICH WAS LOCKED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, TO FLY OPEN. OCCUPANT WAS NOT RESTRAINEDT BY A SEATBELT WHICH FELL OUT. CURRENTLY AT THE DLR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

19981215CrashSEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT HAD A REAR DRIVER SIDE BUMPER ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER'S DOOR WHICH WAS LOCKED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, TO FLY OPEN. OCCUPANT WAS NOT RESTRAINEDT BY A SEATBELT WHICH FELL OUT. CURRENTLY AT THE DLR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

19981030FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

SMOKE WAS COMING FROM HOOD OF VEHICLE , WENT TO OPEN HOOD WHEN ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES, RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE. *AK

19980825STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP

POWER STEERING PUMP PULLEY (PLASTIC) BROKE AND CAUSED THE CAR TO SHUT DOWN. DRIVER COULD NOT STEER AND SUFFERED INJURIES WHILE TRYING TO TURN THE WHEEL.

19980730CrashSTEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

WHEN TRAVELING 60 MPH IN WET WEATHER CONDITION THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE PULLING TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT THE GUARDRAIL IN WHICH THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF NEITHER DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. VEHICLE WAS TOTAL LOSS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

19980730CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

WHEN TRAVELING 60 MPH IN WET WEATHER CONDITION THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE PULLING TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT THE GUARDRAIL IN WHICH THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF NEITHER DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. VEHICLE WAS TOTAL LOSS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK