While accelerating the vehicle the pedal went to the floor. The dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *ak
1998 Chrysler Concorde acceleration problems
10 complaints (6% of all complaints for this car). 2 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 10
- of this car's complaints
- 6%
- crashes
- 2
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Accelerator pedal1
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
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Chrysler Concorde acceleration problems in other years
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Related investigations
Throttle control failure
Based on the low failure rate, the absence of failures over the past year, the absence of injuries, and odi's field investigation of incident vehicles, a safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time.accordingly, this investigation is closed.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by the federal safety agency that no safety-related defect exists.the agency will take further action if warranted by the circumstances. See attached report for additional information.
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What 1998 Chrysler Concorde owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Consumer states that the vehicle would accelerate without warning. Dealer notified.
While backing out of drive, vehicle started to rev,and then to accelerate in reverse. Vehicle was doing a 360 degree, consumer had to stop vehicle by shutting it off. Brakes were not working.*ak engineer inspected vehicle and could not find anything wrong. During inspection of vehicle mechanic found problem with courtesty lights.
While in traffic took foot off of brake to proceed and car accelerated very fast into traffic. *ak dealer could not find anything wrong. Problem found on the internet.
Driver turned on the ignition , with foot on brakes shifted to reverse, slowly released brakes, when it shot backwards in extreme high speed ,hitting a rear parking cement wall.
Vehicle parked 1 hour. Started vehicle & it accelerated at wild rate of speed. Had no control. Applied brakes which failed to stop vehicle & went into 6 feet of water. Taking vehicle to dealer.
When putting transmission lever into reverse vehicle will shoot back at a high rate speed, causing a loss of vehicle control. Dealer was unable to duplicate condition.
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration resulting in collision with no deployment of air bag.
In the process of taking off with vehicle in reverse the vehicle took off forward. On another occasion while the vehicle was in reverse the vehicle took off backwards on its own without any warning. Dealer and manufacturer have been notified, and the source of the problem could not be found. *ak
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration resulting in collision.
Questions about the 1998 Chrysler Concorde acceleration
Does the 1998 Chrysler Concorde have acceleration problems?
Owners have filed 10 complaints about the acceleration of the 1998 Chrysler Concorde, 6% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 1998 Chrysler Concorde acceleration problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1998 Chrysler Concorde acceleration?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Chrysler Concorde have the most acceleration problems?
The Chrysler Concorde model years with the most acceleration complaints are 1999 (31 complaints), 2000 (17 complaints) and 1994 (14 complaints).
Other 1998 Chrysler Concorde problems
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