1993 Chrysler Concorde Interior & seats Problems

DEALER HAD FIXED RECALL C45 - FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION/PARK INTERLOCK ON 93 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. PICKED UP CAR FROM DEALER AND RETURNING HOME AT 40 MPH (RT 124 MD) WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE HOOD POPS OPEN AND SLAMS AGAINST THE FRONT WIND SHIELD WITH A LOUD BANG. WINDSHIELD NOT DAMAGED. SOMEHOW MANAGED TO PULL THE HOOD AWAY FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. HOOD DISTORTED AND CRUMPLED. HOOD SHOCKS AND HINGES RIPPED. HOOD SUDDENLY OPENING WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE HOOD LOCK. *AK

NHTSA ID

10114722

Incident

Mar 25, 2005

Mileage

104,100 mi

ON 09/11/03 I PURCHASED A USED 1993 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. ABOUT A MONTH LATER THE LOW FUEL GAUGE AND AIRBAG LIGHTS STARTED COMING ON, ND MY TANK IS AT LEAST HALF FULL ALL THE TIME. THE PROBLEM IS THAT I NEVER KNOW WHEN THE LIGHTS WILL COME ON AND WHEN THEY DO, IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SOMETIMES STALL AND JERK VIOLENTLY AS IF I'VE BEEN HIT FROM THE REAR AND GAS FUMES ARE SO STRONG THAT I HAVE TO DRIVE WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SPOKE WITH PRIVATE MECHANICS AND EXPLAINED IT TO THEM BUT NOONE COULD FIND ANY PROBLEM. I RECENTLY FOUND A WEBSITE LISTING PERSONS WITH SOME OF THE SAME PROBLEMS I'VE EXPERIENCED WITH THIS VEHICLE AND FIND IT AMAZING THAT WE HAVEN'T ALL BECOME A FATALITY BECAUSE OF THE MANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. I HAVE A HOOD THAT WON'T STAY UP, A TRUNK THAT SOMETIMES OPENS BY ITSELF, THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GOES OFF AND THE HEATER COMES ON AT FULL SPEED, ACCELERATION WHEN CHANGING GEARS FROM PARKING TO DRIVE AND ON AND ON. I UNDERSTAND THAT PROBLEMS COME WITH USED CARS BUT SOME OF THESE ISSUSES WERE THERE WHEN THE CAR WAS BRAND NEW AND WAS RECALLED. I WILL BE GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME I WILL HAVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES IN WIRTING AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GIVE ME A BETTER ANSWER THAN. *AK "I FOUND NOTHING" (EXCEPT MY MONEY). BEFORE THIS CAR I DROVE A 1994 PLYMOUTH ACCLAIM WHICH I BOUGHT IN 1995. IT SERVED ME REALLY WELL FOR 8 YEARS WITH ME DRIVING BACK AND FORTH TO MY HOMETOWN IN MISSISSIPPI, SOMETIMES TWICE A YEAR. THE ADJUSTMENTS MADE ON IT WERE NORMAL FOR WEAR AND TEAR AFTER THAT LONG, AND IT DID MAKE SOME OF THE SAME NOISES AS THE CONCORDE, BUT I DON'T THINK I'LL BE BUYING ANOTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLE AFTER I TRADE THIS ONE. I PRAY THAT IT DOESN'T CATCH FIRE OR BLOW UP BEFORE I CAN.

NHTSA ID

10065683

Incident

Oct 9, 2003

CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT IS BROKEN.*JB

NHTSA ID

565097

THE PASSENGER BUCKET SEAT, INBOARD SEAT-TRACK IS BROKEN. THIS CAUSES THE INBOARD SIDE TO BE LOOSE. THE INBOARD SEAT ASSY CAN MOVE SEVERAL INCHES UP/DOWN. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS SIMILAR TO THE ONE DESCRIBED IN A CHRYSLER "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION" WHERIN THE INBOARD PIVOT BRACKET WAS TO BE REPLACED ON THE DRIVERS SEAT. IN WHAT MAY BE A RELATED PROBLEM THE FORE/AFT POWER SEAT MOTOR IS EITHER BURNED OUT OR DEFECTIVE. IN SHORT, THE PASSENGER BUCKET SEAT TRACK ASSY. IS DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE. THE DEALER PARTS DEPARTMENT STATES THAT THE ENTIRE SEAT TRACK ASSY. MUST BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $450 OR SO IN PARTS ALONE. IN THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT IS UNSTABLE AND THAT THE PROBLEM IS A DEFECT IN MATERIALS OR DESIGN, I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE GROUNDS FOR A RECALL AND NO COST REPAIR. IN ADDITION, BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEAT TRACKS HAVE HAD 6 INCH PLASTIC GUIDES BREAK AND COME LOOSE FROM THE TRACK ASSY. THIS CAUSES THE SEATS TO BE MILDLY UNSTABLE AND LOOSE.

NHTSA ID

741049

Incident

Dec 10, 2000

WHILE DRIVING SEATBACK ON DRIVER'S SIDE COLLAPSED. DEALERSHIP WAS PHONED ABOUT PROBLEM. ENTIRE SEAT WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *AK

NHTSA ID

874635

Incident

Oct 27, 2000

WHILE DRIVING SEATBACK ON DRIVER'S SIDE COLLAPSED. DEALERSHIP WAS CALLED ABOUT PROBLEM. ENTIRE SEAT WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

874634

Incident

Oct 27, 2000

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ON RECALL 883 FOR THE POWER SEAT ADJUSTER BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO GET THE SEAT FORWARD TO REMOVE IT. NLM

NHTSA ID

555727

Incident

Sep 6, 2000

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL # AA3 FROM CHRYSLER TO REPAIR POWER SEAT ON DRIVER SIDE WHICH COULD DEVELOP A MOVEMENT OR INBOARD PIVOT BRACKET COULD BREAK. CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT PASSENGER'S SIDE HAS MORE MOVEMENT, AND IS 4 TIMES MORE BROKEN THAN DRIVER'S SIDE. BUT, CHRYSLER WOULD NOT COVER PASSENGER BECAUSE CHRSYLER CLAIMED THEY WERE NOT DIRECTED TO DO SO BY NHTSA.*AK

NHTSA ID

868703

SEATBACK ON THE DRIVER SIDE HAS CRACKED. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT IS NOT BEING SUPPORTED. DEALER REFUSED TO SEE CONSUMER BECAUSE THERE WAS109,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. MANUFACTURE SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM.*AK THE SEAT WAS REPAIRED AT NO CHARGE. *YH

NHTSA ID

868120

Incident

Aug 12, 2000

HOOD WOULD NOT STAY UP, HOOD FELL DOWN ON BACK OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. *AK

NHTSA ID

862988

Incident

Jun 5, 1993

WHEN LEFT FRONT SEAT OR RIGHT FRONT BUCKET SEAT ARE MOVE BACKWARD OR FORWARD THE SMALL PLASTIC INSERTS ABOUT 6 TO 8 INCHES LONG WILL FALL OUT AND THE SEAT WILL WOBLE WHEN YOU DRIVE, SOMETHING MUST BE WRON WITH THE SWITCH THAT CAUSE THE BACK REST TO RECLINE TOWARD THE REAR SEAT.

NHTSA ID

9000515

Incident

Jun 10, 1997

AT LOW SPEED 20MPH IN PARKING LOTS OR HEAVY TRAFFIC WITH A/C ON ALL GAUGES THE INSTRUMENT ON PANEL WOULD GO OFF IMMEDIATELY AND THE HEATER COMES ON BLOWING AT FULL SPEED. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER NO WARRANTY FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THEY SAID VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW IGNITION SWITCH. REPLACED AT CONSUMER COST. ALSO WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, AND THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AT HEAVY BRAKING. DEALER'S RESPONSE NO WARRANTY, DIAGNOSIS SHOWED IT NEEDED NEW COMPUTER. 3 MONTHS LATER, ABS CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER SAID IT NEEDED ABS BRAKE RELAY, EMERCENCY BRAKE INOPERATIVE (1993), EVAPORATOR CORE RUPTURED, HEAD GASKET WARPED FROM OVERHEATING CAUSING LEAKAGE. *AK

NHTSA ID

855426

Incident

Jun 15, 1997

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING ALONE HEARD NOISE A CRACKING SOUND AND ALSO A LOUD POPPING SOUND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE AXLE WAS BROKEN AND ALSO THE C.V. JOINTS

NHTSA ID

851552

Incident

Oct 21, 1999

MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED TO SPLIT THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. I HAVE THE INFO AND WILL FURNISH IF REQUESTED. PRIMARILY THE TWO FRONT SEATS OPERATE BUT SEEM TO BE LOOSE. I ALSO HAVE THE PARTS THAT BROKE OFF.

NHTSA ID

712690

Incident

Jun 13, 1997

THE HOOD CYLINDER WOULD RELEASE UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE ITS UP & DROPPED DOWN ON OWNER'S HEAD. HAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER. HAS NOT BEEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM TO BE CHECKED. *AK

NHTSA ID

849647

Incident

Sep 3, 1999

HOOD SUPPORT CYLINDERS FAILED TO SUPPORT HOOD IN OPEN POSITION, HOOD FELL AND CAUSED MINOR INJURY (COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE). FOUND 5 PREVIOUS REPORTS INVOLVING '93, '94, '95 CHRYSLER CONCORDE AND SISTERS, DODGE INTREPID & EAGLE VISION. REF: OID IDS NO. 835156, 829961, 542632, 830044, & 707240. *AK

NHTSA ID

710849

Incident

Jun 1, 1999

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

706866

Incident

May 24, 1999

DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME BROKE, ALMOST CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

NHTSA ID

533137

Incident

Jul 15, 1996

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT PLASTIC LINER HAS CRACKED.OWNER NOTES THAT THESE ARE POWER SEATS.CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

NHTSA ID

819555

THE DOOR LOCKS RELEASE FROM THE LOCKE DPOSITION BY THEMSELVES. ALSO, OCCURS WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARKING LOT. IN ADDITION, HORN GOES OFF BEEPING/BLARING WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS. *AK

NHTSA ID

523863

Incident

Jun 1, 1997

CONSUMER STEVENS CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH IN MILFORD CT., SAID, THE POWER SEAT MACHANISM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK BROKE. *AK

NHTSA ID

816942

Incident

Sep 26, 1997

FUEL INJECTION: FUEL RAIL LEAKS, SPILLS GASOLINE ON TOP OF ENGINE, COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *AK CONSUMER STTES THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER PRODUCT DEFECTS SUCH AS THE TRANSMISSION, WATER PUMP, TIMING BELT, DOOR LOCK AND TRUNK LOCK AND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR CONSUMER STATES SOME WERE COVERED BY WARRANTY. *JB

NHTSA ID

805740

Incident

Nov 21, 1996

DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, AT 35 MPH. THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK BROKE. *AK

NHTSA ID

801127

Incident

Jul 4, 1996

SEAT BACK COLLAPSED DUE TO BOLT FAILURE.

NHTSA ID

525546

Incident

Jan 20, 1996