1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Seats Problems

I FOUND FIVE RECALLS ON THE SAFECAR.GOV SITE, YET I HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED OF ANY OF THEM. IN APPROXIMATELY 2000-2001, I HAD A FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT, WHILE TRYING TO MOVE THE SEAT BACK FOR MORE ROOM, WHERE THE BACK FELL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A RECLINING POSITION. I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT STAY UP. THE DEALER AT THE TME REPAIRED IT AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF $1,100.00. SOMETIME LATER, I READ IN THE NEWSPAPER LATER ABOUT A RECALL FOR THE SEATS, AND TOOK IT TO JOLIET DODGE, JOLIET, IL, WHO IS NOW OUT OF BUSINESS. THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING, TELLING ME I HAD ALREADY HAD IT FIXED, AND REFUSING TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COST TO REPAIR. FAST FORWARD TO JULY 2014. WHEN TRYING TO MOVE THE SEAT BACK BY USING THE LEVER FOR THAT AND PUSHING BACK WITH MY BODY, THE SEAT BACK TOTALLY FAILED AGAIN. IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND WILL NOT STAY UP. BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE CAR, AND THE FACT THAT I AM A RETIREE ON ONLY SOCIAL SECURITY FOR A VERY LIMITED INCOME, AND NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD THE COST TO REPAIR, I DID A HOME MADE FIX BY PUTTING MY LARGE PLASTIC COOLER ON THE FLOOR IN BACK OF THE SEAT TO HOLD IT UP. I AM LUCKY THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN PARK, NOT MOVING, ELSE I MIGHT HAVE HAD A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED, I WAS DRIVING, BUT HAD NO ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 171,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATE SPEEDS OF 55 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT WOULD RECLINE BACKWARD WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT DUE TO A BOLT SNAPPING. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V035000: SEATS: FRONT ASSEMBLY: RECLINER) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER ADVISED THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE AND THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT COVER THE COST OF A SECOND REPAIR. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS FRACTURED. A NHTSA RECALL, # 03V035000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, SEATS: FRONT ASSEMBLY: RECLINER ON 9-23-03 HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL. 08/29/06 THE RIGHT REAR STOP LAMP BLUB HAD TO BE REPLACED AND BOTH FRONT WIPER BLADES WERE REPLACED. *TT

Mileage: 77,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BROKE. THE BOLT LOOSENED AND THE SEAT RECLINED ALL THE WAY BACK. NHTSA RECALL 03V0350000 WAS ISSUED ON THE SEAT, BUT IT AFFECTED THE DRIVER'S SIDE ONLY. HE HAD NO CURRENT PLAN TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE.*AK

THE DRIVER SEAT BROKE WHEN THE CONSUMER HIT THE BRAKES . THE BOLTS TO THE SEAT BROKE AND THE FRAME TO THE SEAT BUSTED. *JB *TT THE CONSUME SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS NECK AND BACK. *NM

Mileage: 87,000

DT: THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT RECLINING BOLT BROKE. *JB

Mileage: 88,000

CONSUMER HAD THE DRIVER'S SEAT REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 03V035000 FOR THE RECLINING SEAT POSITION. NOW THE PASSENGER SEAT BROKE AND COLLAPSED BACK. THE BACK OF THE SEAT WAS STUCK AND WOULD NOT COME UP AT ALL. THE PASSENGERS UNABLE TO SIT UP IN A REGULAR SEATED POSITION. *AK *BF *NM

Mileage: 40,000

SEAT BOLT RECALL BEING ORDERED. *BF THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THE RECALL COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THE MECHANISM UNDER THE SEAT MALFUNCTIONED AND SHORTED OUT THE DOOR LOCKING AND TRUNK POPPING CIRCUITRY. *JB

RECALL SERVICE FOR DRIVER SEAT BOLTS WAS PERFORMED IN 2003. WHILE LEAVING A STOP LIGHT THE DRIVER'S SEAT UNEXPECTEDLY RECLINED FULLY. THE DRIVER REGAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND NO ACCIDENT ENSUED. THE DRIVER SUFFERED MUSCLE STRAIN IN LOWER BACK. NO OTHER DAMAGE OR INJURY. DEALER INITIALLY AGREED TO COVER REPAIR, BUT THREE DAYS LATER CHANGED POSITION AND WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR.*AK

Mileage: 105,000

ONE YEAR LATER AFTER CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL LETTER 03V035000 THE SEAT BACK RECLINER UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE. PASSENGER SUSTAINED A CUT ON THE FOREHEAD, AND KNEE BRUISES WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE DASHBOARD. *AK

RECALL 03 V 035 000/SEAT BACK RECLINING BOLT. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE DRIVER'S SEAT COMPLETELY RECLINED WITHOUT WARNING. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY REPORTED, BUT VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR THIS RECALL APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE. DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED FORWARD. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO SUSTAIN MAJOR INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT RECLINER BOLTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT BACK FELL BACKWARDS WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

THE SEAT BACK ON MY 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE BROKE, ALLOWING THE SEAT BACK TO FALL BACK INTO A RECLINING POSITION. THE CAR WAS TRAVELING AT A SLOW SPEED BECAUSE I WAS MAKING A TURN.*AK

Mileage: 75,501

IN MAY 2003, THE CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER FOR RECALL # 03V035000 REPAIRS CONCERNING SEAT BACK RECLINING BOLT. UPON ARRIVING FOR THE APPOINTMENT DEALER STATED THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE. CONSUMER HAS NOT RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALER STATING WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE.*AK

1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE ENGINE FAILURE AT 90000 WHILLE WIFE AND CHILDREN IN TRAFFIC ENGINE FAILURE DUE SLUG BUILD UP. MECHANIC SAID IT WOULD COST $4600.00 TO REPLACE ENGINE STILL OWE 11000 ON IT, AND CANT AFFORD TO REPAIR. MECHANIC SAID SLUG BUILD UP IS DUE TO OIL PUMP DESIGN ALSO HAVE AC PROBLEM AND HAVE HAD RADIATOR FAN FAILURE TWICE , SPEED SENSOR FAILURE, BROKEN WINDOW CLIPS, BRAKE SHIMMY , BROKEN RECLINER SEAT BOLTS

Mileage: 94,233

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED 3 RECALL LETTERS ON THE VEHICLE SINCE OWNERSHIP. IN EVERY INSTANCE, THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE LOCAL SALES AND SERVICE DEALER FOR A REMEDY. THE DEALER ADVISED THE PARTS WERE NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND STATED THEY WOULD CONTACT THE CONSUMER ONCE THEY ARRIVED. THE CONSUMER WAS NEVER CONTACTED BY THE DEALER FOR THE REMEDIES, SO THE RECALLS REMAINED OPEN. THE MOST RECENT RECALL INVOLVED THE SEAT BELTS. *JB

THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BOLT WAS ON RECALL. *JB

CONSUMER STATES DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARD WITHOUT WARNING. MR

ALARMED TO SEE OTHER CONSUMER COMPLAINTS OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING AND FAILURE OF RACK AND PINION AND FRONT END SUSPENSION. ALSO, WE HAVE REPLACED THE SWAY BAR LINKS. WE HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH A/C ERRATIC OPERATION AS OTHER CONSUMERS REPORTED. FULLY ALARMED BY NUMEROUS FUEL THROTTLE AND SEATBACK COLLAPSE PROBLEMS REPORTED. R&P STEERING UNIT REPLACED. STEERING WAS REAL LOOSE.

DRIVERS BUCKET SEAT FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING LOSTS OF VISIBILITY, NEARLY CAUSED A CRASH.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 10-15 MPH DRIVER SEATBACK COLLAPSED, VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP YET. NO INJURIES.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THIS AS A SAFETY ITEM, REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE THIS WAS A MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF EQUIPMENT. *YH

WHILE TRAVELIING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION DRIVER'S SEATBACK BROKE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BRAKES CONTINUOUSLY LOCK, WHICH CAUSES TIRES TO LOCK AND THE CAR SKIDS AND PITCHES FORWARD. OUR DOOR LOCKS ARE BROKEN AND THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE BACK SEAT IS COMING OUT FROM THE FLOOR. WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR, WE ASKED THE SALESPERSON (TIM WHITE) IF THE CAR WAS IN GOOD CONDITION AND IF THIS WAS A RENTAL CAR. HE SAID" IT HAD ONE OWNER." WHEN I REPEATED THIS TO THE MANAGER LAST WEEK, HE SAID IT DID. HE STATED THAT THE OWNER WAS THE RENTAL COMPANY IN FLORIDA. THEN I POINTED OUT TO THE MANAGER THAT ONE OWNER DID NOT MEAN ONE DRIVER. WITH IT BEING A RENTAL CAR IT HAS HAD MANY DRIVERS SOME NOT SO CAREFUL AS OTHERS. IF I HAD BEEN INFORRMED OF THE CARS TRUE HISTORY AND CONDITION, I WOULD NEVER HAVE PURCHASED THIS AUTOMOBILE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )