1998 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Power Train Problems

AUTOMATIC SHIFT ON THE FLOOR. DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED. IT STAYS ON ACCESSORY AND DRAINS MY BATTERY. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED BECAUSE OF THE YEAR OF THE CAR. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN AUGUST 2012. RAN FINE UNTIL 06/01/13. I FEEL IT SHOULD STILL BE UNDER THE RECALL. IT DOESN'T GO INTO PARK PROPERLY. I FEEL THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 157,000

GEAR SHIFT LEVER IS VERY HARD TO MOVE. SOMETIMES NEEDING BOTH HANDS TO PUT IT IN GEAR. SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT COME OUT OF REVERSE AND GO TO PARK. *JB

Mileage: 63,200

DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE FLOOR SHIFT IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK RECALL 04V021000 REPAIRS BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER HASN'T RELEASED THE PARTS. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY WERE NOT PROVIDING ANY SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION FOR THIS ISSUE. *AK

Mileage: 59,000

TRANSAXLE FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION/PARK INTERLOCK.*MR THE VEHICLE SHIFT LOCK WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS. *NM

Mileage: 67,250

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE JERKED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WENT TO DEALER WITH COMPLAINT OF SEVERE DOWN SHIFTING AT STOP AND CAR LERCHING FORWARD INTO TRAFFIC WHICH BECAME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN ICE AND SNOW WERE ADDED AS THE CAR WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. DEALER CHANGED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILTER.CONTINUED TO HAVE SAME COMPLAINT. SPEED SENSOR CHANGED 3 TIMES. FINALLY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR AND HAVING COMPUTER REPLACED. CAR HAS 55,000 MILES!!!!!!!!*AK

Mileage: 54,500

THE TRANSMISSION ON A 1998 CHRYSLER CONCORD IS MALFUNCTIONING. FIRST I WAS TOLD IT WAS ONE PART, THE SPEED SENSOR. THEN THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURED. THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THE SOLONID PACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NOW MY ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AFTER SPENDING MONEY TO REPAIR PIECE BY PIECE. ALSO, MY CAR IS OVER HEATING. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER 4 DIFFERENT TIMES AND THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. I HAVE PAID OVER $2000 IN PAYMENTS AND MY CAR IS NOT WORKING. *AK

I WAS READING THE NEWS AND FOUND THE ARTICLE ABOUT A PROBE BEING BROADENED ON THE DODGE DURANGO TO COVER THE CHRYSLER SEBRING ALSO. I WAS WANTING TO MAKE A COMPLAINT OR BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT I HAVE A 1998 CONCORDE LXI AND THIS SAME THING WHERE THE CAR CAN BE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK WITHOUT A KEY IN THE IGNITION. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, LUCKILY IT HAS NEVER CAUSED ANY SERIOUS INJURY BESIDES A TWISTED ANKLE OR TWO. IT IS A RATHER SERIOUS PROBLEM THOUGH. I DO NOT EVEN NEED TO HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO SHIFT IT OUT OF PARK WITH OR WITHOUT THE KEY ON. *AK

Mileage: 45,000

THE COLUMN GEAR SHIFT IS TO HARD TO SHIFT WHEN NESSESARY. SPOUSE COULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK AND HAD TO LEAVE CAR IN DRIVE POSITION ON TWO OCCASIONS AND CALL FOR HELP. SHE HAS SINCE REFUSED TO DRIVE THE CAR. *AK THE CAR COULD HAVE ROLLED AFTER LEAVEING THE VEHICLE SINCE SHE FAILED SET THE PARKING BRAKE.

Mileage: 28,800

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND FLUID LEAKED FROM THE VEHICLE. *NLM. *AK

TRANSMISSIONS LINES LEAK AT RADIATOR IF LEAK IS BAD ENOUGH IT MAY CAUSE LOSE OF CONTROL AT MAY CAUSE DEATH. *NLM

Mileage: 56,567

CONSUMER STATES THE COLUMN GEAR SHIFT IS TOO HARD TO SHIFT WHEN NEEDED, CONSUMER USED BOTH HANDS TO SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. DEALER CONTACTED. *JB CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE STARTED TO RACE, WHEN SHE CHECKED THE DASHBOARD, SHE SAW THAT THE GEAR SHIFT HAD SOMEHOW SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL. (THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED TO ANOTHER GEAR UNKNOWN TO HER, SAME THING REPEATS) THERE IS A WHINING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS VEHICLE IS TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE CONSUMERS MECHANIC INSISTS THAT THE SCARCENESS OF THE PART IS AN INDICATION OF UNIVERSAL FAILURE. *SCC

VEHICLE SUDDENDLY SHIFTED TO 2ND GEAR W/OUT WARNING, NOW WILL NOT UPSHIFT, HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE ON 11/06/98 AND 08/21/99 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN RELAY FAILS IT CAUSES A HARSH DOWNSHIFT TO 2ND GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEED, COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE ON SLICK STREET OR ICY ROADS. *AK