Air Conditioner problems of the 1999 Chrysler Concorde

A/c heater problems since car was new, control head replaced three times. Entire a/c system replaced by reputable independant auto/truck a/c company @ 60k miles. This independant company indicates that it's widely known in the industry that Chrysler a/c systems are expected to fail @ 60k miles, and we can reasonably expect newly installed system to perform for 60k miles. We've spent over $2000 on the a/c, last month replaced with control head #3 @ Chrysler dealer $300. 00, still not working right. . . Clear that Chrysler really has no clue. . . System is clearly defective. Problem very widespread, ask anyone. Most folks just give up, junk or trade.

The air conditioning in my 1999 Chrysler Concorde smells like a horse and is no longer functioning. The problem started happening in June 2002. The air conditioning emitted a fog. I took the car to midas where they would put dye in to the system to detect where the leakage was coming from. They told me to return in two weeks to review. They were unable to identify where the problem was, refilled the coolant and it worked until April of 2003, still smelled like a horse. Then got it looked at again in April 2003, at a Chrysler dealer - they didn't know what was wrong but refilled coolant. It worked until October 2003. I then took it to another dealer who could not identify the problem again. I just took the car to my mechanic and he diagnosed the problem to be in the evaporated core and advised to call Chrysler to have them cover the charge. My car has 53,000 miles on it and is out of warranty. When the problem first began happening, it was under warranty but no one was able to identify the problem. I am now working with Chrysler. The problem has been that the dealer has never been able to identify the root cause of the problem and it keeps costing us more to have it looked at with no resolution. I am working with Chrysler now to have them cover this charge, but they are telling me that since I am now out of warranty, they will not be able to help me out much if at all. I called their recall department and they advised me that this part of the car has not been recalled, but I should lodge a complaint with the NHTSA to commence an investigation to have it recalled. I checked the NHTSA web site and found that I am not alone, there were two other complaints lodged for the same thing! so I am hoping that by lodging my complaint, some action will be taken, at least initiate a defect investigation, and hopefully, this will resolve in a formal recall so others, and myself, will not have to pay to have this defect corrected.

Erratic functioning of air conditioner in very warm climate. Dealer unable to repair in timely manner. Also dealer not willing to hand out paperwork upon vehicle taken in for repair. As well dealer did not offer alternate transportation to me the consumer!.

Air conditioner has to be recharged periodically due to a leak.

Whenever I turned on ac, car smells like a barn, house of mold. On two occasion dealer spray the ac inlet but problem continues, I believe this is significant health problem my wife and 25 months old daugther unable to get in my car. Ts.