13 problems related to engine belts and pulleys have been reported for the 1999 Chrysler Concorde. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Friday, I was driving to work, the car felt like it was going to stall out, I luckily made it to work. It made an awful sound like something broke. Later that day, I took it to a nearby garage, the mechanic said the engine had blown & his suggestion was to take it to a junk yard & hope for a couple hundred dollars, other wise, it would cost 2000. 00 for a remanufactured motor & 1000. 00 for labor to install the motor. He also stated that the Chrysler 2. 7 motor was notorious for broken timing belts & the engines locking up.
The contact owns a 1999 Chrysler Concorde. While driving 45 mph, the vehicle shut off and stopped in the middle of the freeway. The contact was able to maintain control of the vehicle, although the brakes and power steering failed. Someone had to assist her with steering the vehicle to the side of the road. The police was called and the vehicle was towed to the auto repair shop. There had not been any engine failure prior to this incident. The auto shop stated that engine sludge coated the engine. It would cost $5,000 to replace the engine. The failure mileage was 60,000. Updated 2/23/09 the passenger seat belt was difficult to unfasten and the rear passenger door had to be opened from the outside. Updated 02/26/09.
: the contact stated while traveling 70 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle would not restart and was towed to the dealership, who determined the timing chain broke and bent the valves. A new timing kit and heads needed to be installed.
Contact stated the timing chain broke. The dealer could not give an estimate over the phone of how much it would cost to repair the vehicle. The manufacturer has not been contacted.
The contact owns a 1999 Chrysler Concorde. The timing chain failed while driving on August 16, 2005 , causing the engine to stall. The dealership stated that the contact could have engine rebuilt which would cost $7000-8000 dollars or they could do it for $2500. The dealership could not give the contact any type of explanation as to why the timing chain failed. The current mileage on vehicle is 64, 200.
Contact states: contact maintains car regularly, without any warning the car made a clicking sound and stopped. Will not start and had to have tit owed. Now finding out that the timing belt broke, and there was so much engine damage that a new engine is required due to damage of sludge build up.
1) driving 1999 Chrysler Concorde when weird noises started. Pulled off the road. Stuck with my (2) children in a hot car until tow truck came. 2) car would not restart. Called Chrysler dealer. They said the tensioner for the timing belt was broke. We fixed that for over $400. 00. Then they ran a compression check. No compression. They said the valves in the engine were probably bent. Looking at $2,500. 00 or more to fix or a re-built engine for $7,000. 00. 3) my husband had the car towed back home. We are tearing it apart ourselves. (cant afford Chrysler to do it). The valves are bent. We are taking the heads to a local machine shop to put new valves in.
While making a left hand turn vehicle stalled. As a result, the timing chain broke, and sludge built up.
Th econsumer complained about an engine problem. The first time he stopped at a traffic light and when he tried to pull out the engine stalled. He was able to get it to start it back, but it made a lot of noise. The consumer took vehicle to a mechanic who told him that there was a problem with the timing chain. And they told him that the engine needed to be replaced. He had the engine replaced. Recently, the problem recurred the consumer took vehicle to a mechanic again. They told him that if they fixed the timing chain that it might help or there may be more problems. He has not had this fixed as of yet.
While driving at 50 mph, the consumer heard a loud fluttering sound under the hood of the vehicle. The vehicle immediately lost power and a few seconds later it stalled. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who informed the consumer that the serpentine belt snapped. The dealer found the timing belt idler tensioner bolt broken off in the block and the water pump leaking they drilled out the broken bolt and replaced the timing belt and tensioner, the engine was cranked over and the discovered that all cylinders the had no compression. Probable cause was bent valves. Consumer had to replace the engine.
Fuel pump failed/timing belt broke, and the piston went through the engine. As a result, the vehicle stalled while driving at a low speed. Dealership was unable to replace the engine due to a back order because this was a common problem.
1999 Chrysler concord with engine problems customer wants the blue book value for the car from the dealership* the consumer stated the engine had to rebuilt due to sludge build-up. A mechanic informed the consumer, the vehicle was built with a faulty oil pump, which was too small for the engine. The front seat belt retractor were replaced.
The bolt that holds the fan and engine pulley came loose, causing no steering ability, almost resulting in an accident. Dealer said the problem was caused by the bolt being tightened too hard.