Chrysler Sebring Complaints (1996)

419 consumer complaints on file.

#835916March 17, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKES ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO REPAIR SHOP FIVE TIMES FOR BRAKE SERVICE, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544446March 10, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ROTORS WARP SEVERAL TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704220March 9, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NHTSA HAS BEEN KEPT APPRISED OF MY LACK OF PROGRESS THUS FAR WITH THE DEALER AND CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE IN MICHIGAN VIA COPIES OF MY LETTERS TO THEM. MAROONE HAD ATTEMPTED TO INSTALL THIS RECALL 5 TIMES BUT STILL BEING UNSUCCESSFUL HAVE NOW JUST BLAMED THE PROBLEM ON ME AND OTHER DRIVERS. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY ARE "THROUGH WITH IT.". THIS, OF COURSE, MIGHT LEAVE MY VEHICLE IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION. COPIES OF MY LETTERS SHOULD BE IN YOUR FILES AND I WILL COOPERATE IN ANY WAY. PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH QUESTIONS. JOHN WATTER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835605March 9, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHEN PARKING VEHICLE AND TRYING TO GET THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, THE KEY WON'T COME OUT UNTIL THE TRANMISSION GOES INTO PARK, THEN VEHICLE WILL JUMP INTO DRIVE AND WILL MOVE. THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704141March 7, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT STAY ON THE UPPER CHEST REGION. IT CONTINOUSLY SLIPS BELOW THE BREAST AREA, CUTTING ACROSS THE ARM. THE SEAT BACK HAS TO BE PLACED COMPLETELY ERECT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN PROPER PLACEMENT OF THE SHOULDER HARNESS. IT IS UNEFFECTIVE FOR SOMEONE WHO IS TALL AND MUST HAVE THE SEAT PARTIALLY RECLINED AS IT DOES NOT PROPERLY RESTRAIN THE DRIVER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835388March 1, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THERE WAS NOISE IN FRONT END WHENEVER TURNING STEERING WHEEL AT ANY SPEED OR NO SPEED. THIS ALSO CAUSED VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. SOUNDED LIKE METAL ON METAL. ALSO, WHEN KEY IS IN IGNITION, IT CAN NOT BE REMOVED AS PER RECALLS 97V201000/ 98V183000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834935February 17, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35MPH & HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AFTER IT PULLED IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. VEHICLE WAS NOT ENTIRELY TOTALED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834852February 16, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH CONSUMER HIT A PARKED VEHICLE HEAD-ON, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING HEAD/NECK INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#703186February 11, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THE DIGITAL MILEAGE AND GEAR SHIFT SCREEN AND THE RPM GAGE KEEP GOING OFF PERIODICALLY, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU START THE VEHICHLE AND SOMETIMES JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IT WILL GO OUT AND THEN BACK ON AT ANYTIME. NO RYME OR REASON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#703156February 10, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
FRONT ROTORS REQUIRE RESURFACING EVERY 3000 TO 5000 MILES. CAR WAS PURCHASED USED WITH 24,000 MILES. FRONT ROTORS HAD TO BE RESURFACED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE AND AGAIN 4000 MILE LATER. LOCAL DEALER (NOT ONE LISTED ABOVE) WAS QUESTIONED ON CAUSE AND IF ANY RECALLS WERE IN EFFECT. DEALER HAD NO CAUSE AND SUGGESTED THE ROTORS BE REPLACED. ROTORS WERE REPLACED WITH AFTER MARKET COMPONENTS AT APPROXIMATLY 39,000 MILES. THE ROTORS NOW REQUIRE RESURFACING TO ELIMINATE PULSATING BRAKES. I'M FRUSTRATED WITH THE COST AND TIME I HAVE TO INVEST. I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT OTHERS MAY NOT HAVE THEIR BRAKES REPAIRED AND BE LEFT WITH INEFFECTIVE BRAKES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#543796February 9, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
VEHICLE COLLISION DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830830February 9, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE WHEN LOWER BALL JOINT BROKE APART. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEIR VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THAT RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834485February 4, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING APPLIED BRAKES AND NOTHING HAPPENED, VEHICLE WENT INTO A SPIN, HIT A STONE WALL. POLICE REPORT STATED VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES. FLUIDS CHECKED OKAY. DEALER CONTACTED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INCIDENT. *AK ML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#834143January 28, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHILE DRIVING AND PUTTING VEHICLE IN PARK, THE KEY WOULDN'T COME OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER HAD TO PLAY AROUND WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES UNTIL THE KEY CAME OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702551January 25, 1999
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
IN AUGUST OF 1998 I BEGAN TO DETECT A CREAKING NOISE WHEN I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL (EVEN AT A FULL STOP). I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE LOWER RIGHT BALL JOINT HAD LOST IT'S LUBRICATION. THE SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED THAT SINCE THERE WASN'T A GREASE FITTING ON THE BALL JOINT IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR COULD NOT BE DONE THAT DAY AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. I ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER IF THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE, AND HE REPLIED YES. THE NEXT DAY , WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET (5 - 10 MPH) THE CAR COLLAPSED ONTO THE RIGHT TIRE. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DAMAGE I SAW THE THE TIRE ALMOST FLAT ON THE GROUND, THE DRIVESHAFT WAS OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION, THE CV JOINT WAS PULLED FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND THE BALL JOINT WAS CUT IN HALF. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE FENDER OF THE CAR. SALERNO CHRYSLER INSPECTED THE LEFT BALL JOINT AND SAID IT WAS FINE. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AND A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS LATER THE LEFT SIDE BEGAN TO MAKE THE SAME NOISE. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE NOISE. THE CAR WAS MAKING NOISE THE NEXT DAY, AND I DECIDED TO BRING THE CAR SOMEWHERE ELSE. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO ANOTHER CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER AND THEY FOUND THE THE LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT WAS FAILING DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION. I HAVE THAT PART IN MY POSSESION AND WOULD GLADLY SEND IT TO YOU. MY CONCERN IS THAT I HAVE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON REPAIRS DUE TO THESE LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURES AND THEY SEEM TO BE MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEMS, NOT MY DRIVING HABITS. THEE HAVE BEEN RECALLS FOR OTHER CHRYSLER CARS FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM, BUT NOT THE SEBRING. I THINK THAT SOMEONE SHOULD THINK ABOUT RECALLING THE SEBRING ALSO. I ENCOURAGE YOUR OFFICE TO CONTACT ME AT ANY TIME. THANKS, RICHARD SETTINO. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#543319January 11, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT ACCIDENT NO DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH AIR BAGS.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#833224January 8, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
VEHICLE HAS BEEN LEAKING OIL FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. DEALER TOLD THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS A LEAK. ALSO, THE BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS ARE BEING CHANGED EVERY FIVE MONTHS, THERE IS NO WARNING SIGNS THE BRAKES WOULD SUDDENLY BEGIN TO GRIND. IN ADDITION, THE CONVERTABLE TOP HAS BEEN FLYING OFF, AND NOW LEAKS AIR AND WATER IF IT RAINS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832935December 31, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON AT LEAST 30-35 MPH , DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#701484December 20, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BEFORE I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN MARCH 97, THE DEALER PROMISED TO FIX THE BRAKE PROBLEM (WARPED ROTOR-MADE THE CAR COME TO A PULSATING STOP). THEY GROUND THE ROTORS DOWN BEFORE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. THEN IN MAY 97, THE ROTORS WARPED AGAIN AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS. THEN IN JAN 98, THE ROTORS WARPED AGAIN, BUT THE DEALER SAID "HE COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM". BUT OF COURSE THERE WAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT KEPT GETTING WORSE AND WORSE SO I TOOK THE CAR IN AGAIN AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS AGAIN IN MAY 98. THEN IN NOV 98, THE ROTORS BECAME WARPED AGAIN BUT THIS TIME BOTH THE DEALER AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER (I FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER FILE# 5313863) REFUSED TO FIX THIS RECURRING PROBLEM. IN THE PAST THEY ONLY FIXED THE SYMPTOMS, NOT THE CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT, OTHERWISE, THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT KEEP RECURRING. I HAVE SENT BOTH THE DEALER AND MANFACTURER A COMPLAINT LETTER BUT THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 1 1/2 WEEKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832310December 15, 1998
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT
THERE IS A LEAK THAT LETS RAIN IN THE VEHICLE AND CAUSES MOISTURE INSIDE THE VEHICLE THAT FOGS UP FRONT WINDSHIELD. WHEN DEFOGGER IS ACTIVATED IT GETS WORSE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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