Chrysler Sebring Complaints

3,876 consumer complaints on file.

#10694389March 15, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
MY CAR BOTH IN BOTH PARK/DRIVE WILL SPORADICALLY JUMP IN RPM'S FOR NO REASON. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 40+ OCCASIONS IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WILL REV FROM 600 RPM'S UP OVER 3500 RPM'S WITHIN A SECOND. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND CHRYSLER STATED THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAVE ANY REPORTS FROM OTHER VEHICLES AND GAVE ME NO SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOT ON. I MENTIONED TO CHRYSLER THAT I AM AFRAID THAT MY CAR IS GOING TO ONE DAY REV WHILE I AM DRIVING AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL IT. I AM AFRAID THAT I AM GOING TO EITHER INJURE MYSELF, PASSENGERS, OTHER MOTORIST AND/OR PEDESTRIANS. I HAVE BEEN AT MANY STOP LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS WHERE IT HAS REVVED AND MOVED FORWARD EVEN WITH MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE. I WANT TO REPORT THIS IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS, I DO NOT WANT TO BE LIABLE FOR THE CARS ACTIONS SINCE CHRYSLER DOES NOT SEEM TO WANT TO TAKE MY ISSUE SERIOUSLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10693796March 12, 2015
STEERING, SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER SEBRING. UPON MAKING A TURN, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINTS DETERIORATED. AS A RESULT, THE BALL JOINTS AND THE CVC JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09E056000 (SUSPENSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10693285March 10, 2015
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON. UPON CALLING COMPANY IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPAIR AS IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE STEERING COLUMN. SURE ENOUGH, COMMON ENOUGH THAT THERE IS INDEED A RECALL ON THIS - BUT ONLY IN CERTAIN STATES!!! I AM IN ARKANSAS, THE STATES ARE DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF ME, TX, AL, MS ETC... HOW CRAZY IS THAT? IT IS A DEFECT, BUT ONLY IN A COUPLE STATES?? EVEN THOUGH MY VIN NUMBER IS RIGHT IN THERE??? I GOT THIS INFORMATION BY CALLING THE RECALL HOT LINE... YES, IF MY CAR WAS IN THE RECALL STATES, IT WOULD BE PAID FOR...VERY SHADDY *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692698March 7, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS
WHILE DRIVING NOTICED THE BACK OF THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS GETTING VERY HOT. FOUND A BURN HOLE IN BACK OF SEAT ABOUT 3/8TH OF AN INCH. I WAS USING THE HEATED SEATS AT THE TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10691613March 2, 2015
ENGINE
I WAS GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY AND THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND STUTTER SO I TURNED OFF THE MAIN ROAD AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. LUCKILY IT WAS A SUNDAY SO THERE WASN'T ANY TRAFFIC BEHIND ME BUT IF THERE HAD BEEN THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT SINCE I HAD NO CONTROL OVER POWER STEERING OR THE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF. THERE WAS NO INDICATION ON THE DASH BOARD THAT THERE WAS A MAJOR ISSUE. I TRIED TO START IT A FEW TIMES BUT HAD TO WAIT OVER 5 MINUTES BEFORE IT FINALLY STARTED. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY AND AFTER LOOKING IT OVER THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE I CHANGE THE OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES AND THE CHECK ENGINE ON THE CAR SAYS THERE IS A GAS CAP ISSUE. IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE ENGINE HAVING A PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THE 2.7 ENGINE HAS ALOT OF PROBLEMS AND MINE HAD BUILT UP OIL SLUDGE. ONCE IN A WHILE THE CAR WOULD SAY TO CHANGE THE OIL OR SAY THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE OIL PRESSURE BUT EVERY TIME I TOOK IT IN TO GET CHECKED I WAS TOLD THE OIL IS FINE. WITHOUT THE DASH TELLING ME THERE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE A MECHANIC WILL NOT KNOW OF THE OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM UNTIL THEY TEAR APART THE ENGINE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THE DASH WARNING SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE. I REALLY THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD STOP MAKING CARS ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MEDIA OUT THERE LETTING US KNOW OF THIS. IT IS A BIG SAFETY HAZARD WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN THE ENGINE IS SO BAD IT MAY SHUT OFF IN TRAFFIC. I JUST HAD MY SAFETY AND EMISSIONS DONE 2 MONTHS BEFORE AND IT PASSED JUST FINE SO NOTHING IN THE ALERT SYSTEM WARNS OF AN ENGINE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10691175February 27, 2015
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10E059000 (SUSPENSION). WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY FRACTURED AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS BENT INWARDS TOWARDS THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE UPPER CONTROL ARM WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 208,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10690587February 25, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP AND THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY REDUCED SPEED LOWER THAN 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 07V240000 (AIR BAGS) AND 08V152000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10683855February 17, 2015
AIR BAGS
THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND OFF FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ALSO DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE REGARDING THE LIGHT ONLY TO FIND THAT THIS IS A MORE THAN COMMON, IRREPARABLE ISSUE. ON 2/10/2015, WHILE DRIVING- SPECIFICALLY COMING TO A STOP, I SAW A SWIRL OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMOKE, COMING OUT AROUND THE STEERING COLUMN. A WOMAN, WITH ONLY MY SON IN THE CAR, I WAS FEARFUL, PULLED THE CAR TO THE SIDE AND HAD IT TOWED. I HAVE SINCE BEEN ADVISED THAT WHAT I SAW WAS NOT SMOKE, RATHER, POWDER FROM THE AIRBAG WHICH IS APPARENTLY LEAKING. THAT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. I RESUMED DRIVING AND AFTER ABOUT A DAY AND A HALF, THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS BACK ON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10683587February 16, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD FROM DRIVE TO ANY GEAR, DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS TAKING OFF OR STOPPING WHILE HOT OR COLD, WHILE ON HIGHWAY AT 50+ VAN WILL HAVE A FEW SECONDS DELAY WITH ACCELERATING TO A HIGHER SPEED, WHILE ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 65 MILES PER HOUR WHEN GOING UP HILL CRUISE WILL KICK IN AND PUSH THE SPEED TO 70+ FROM 60 MPH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10683688February 16, 2015
AIR BAGS
I PURCHASED THE 1997 CHRYSLER SEBRING IN NOVEMBER OF 2014. I DID NOTICE THAT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS SLIGHTLY EJECTED. I HAVE GONE TO AUTOMOTIVE SHOPS AND EVEN A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, AND BOTH INFORM ME THAT THE AIRBAGS FOR THIS PARTICULAR CAR ARE NO LONGER MADE. I NEED HELP ON HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF MY PASSENGERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682408February 10, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682415February 10, 2015
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK OF ANTI FREEZE COOLANT FLUID AND THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD BECOME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682043February 9, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I JUST SPENT 12.95 ON GETTING A CAR HISTORY REPORT BECAUSE MY TITLE SAYS THE CAR IS A RECONSTRUCTED,TOTALED TITLE,BUT RECEIVING YOUR REPORT IT SAYS THEY CAN'T EVEN FIND TITLE AND LOW AND BEHOLD IT ISN'T A RECONSTRUCTED CAR????I'M CONFUSED ...WHAT THE HELL DID I PAY FOR..THE FAMILY DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS,IT'S THERE DECEASED MOM'S CAR..I'M WRITING YOU AND COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS SITE,EITHER I GET THE RIGHT REPORT SINCE I'M HOLDING THE TITLE IN MY HAND THAT SAYS OPPOSITE OF YOUR FINDINGS,OR MY MONEY BACK? I REALLY WANTED TO FIND OUT WHY THE CAR IS RECONSTRUCTED TOTALED TITLE YOUR SITE DOES NOT GIVE ANYONE ANY OTHER PLACE TO GET AHOLD OF YOUR SCAM ,WHEN SOMEONE HAS BEEN TOOK FOR THERE MONEY AND GIVING NO INFORMATION... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682346February 9, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
MY CHRYSLER SEBRING'S ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT GOES ON FOR A SECOND OR 2 AND THEN GOES BACK OFF RANDOMLY. THE CAR IDLES HIGH AND SEEM TO WANT TO STALL OUT. THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO LIMP MODE WHEN THE ETC LIGHT IS SOLID AND WON'T GO MORE THAN 10-15MPH. THERE IS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND MECHANIC FOUND NO CODES TO TELL WHAT WAS WRONG. I HAVE BEEN ON THE FREEWAY OR CITY STREETS WHEN IT WILL RANDOMLY GO INTO LIMP MODE AND HAVE TO SAFELY MANEUVER AWAY FROM TRAFFIC AS VEHICLE SLOWS WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE GAS PEDDLE. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAFETY PROBLEM AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FIX IT OR FIND THE SOURCE. I OBSERVED MANY OTHERS SPENDING HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF DOLLARS ON DIFFERENT SPECULATED PARTS THAT "MAY" CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN. THE BEST SCENARIO AFTER PEOPLE REPLACED DIFFERENT PARTS WAS THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FINE FOR MAYBE A WEEK OR TWO BUT THE PROBLEMS CAME RIGHT BACK. I HOPE WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN PUT AN END TO THIS UNSAFE CONDITION OF THIS VEHICLE AND PROTECT THE CONSUMERS. THANK YOU FOR READING THIS AND TAKING MY EXPERIENCE AND MANY OTHERS INTO CONSIDERATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681902February 7, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE ELECTRICAL IN THE DASH STARTED FLICKERING ON AND OFF WITHOUT WARNING. EVENTUALLY IT STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. I TOOK IT TO A SERVICE DEPT I WORK AT AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO RIP THE WHOLE DASH APART AND REPLACE IT. THAT WOULD COST ME AROUND $600. SEEMS LIKE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. HAS THIS EVER BEEN A RECALL? *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681941February 7, 2015
ENGINE
MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING DOWNS THE FREEWAY, WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO A WEDDING NEXT THING WE KNOW THE MADE A NOISE AND START SLOWING WAY DOWN WHILE ON THE FREEWAY. LUCKILY MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THE CAR TOTALLY STOP WORKING. WE WAITED FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THE CAR STARTED BACK UP WE WERE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE HOT SUN. THAT DAY IT WAS A WHOPPING 90 DEGREE OUTSIDE I WAS VERY UPSET. WE WE ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE OTHER SIDE OF FREEWAY TO PULL OFF AND THE CAR WENT OUT AGAIN AND WOULD NOT START.WE CALLED A TOLL TRUNK WHICH TOOK THEM AN HOUR TO GET TO US. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IS THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE INSIDE THE ENGINE AND MESSED UP A LOT OF OTHER THINGS INSIDE THE ENGINE. THE SAID THEY FIXED IT BUT AROUND 29,000 MILES AND 6 MONTHS WENT BY AND THE SAME THING OCCURRED AGAIN GETTING READY TO PULL OF AT MY MOMS HOUSE. THE CAR DEALER WOULD NOT FIX FOR FREE, THE MANUFACTURER ONLY OFFERED TO FIX THE TIMING CHANGE FOR HALF OFF. WHICH THE COST FOR THAT WAS $1800. THIS WAS DEFIANTLY A SAFETY ISSUE AND I DO NOT WANT THIS CAR EVEN THOUGH I'M PAYING MY CAR NOTE STILL ON TIME FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS. I AM SO DISSATISFIED WITH THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE DO AN INVESTIGATION. THE IS NOT FIXED TO THIS DAY. THE CAR NEED TO BE SALVAGE. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681608February 5, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO RISE WITHOUT CAUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681176February 4, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10680438February 2, 2015
AIR BAGS
ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THE PASSENGER WAS HAVING A ASTHMA ATTACK AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER HAD TO GET THERE SON SOMETHING TO EAT AND THE PASSENGER STARTED CHOKING MORE BECAUSE OF THE FOOD WAS COOKED IN PEANUT OIL AND IT WAS ANOTHER CAR ON THE SIDE OF US AND MADE US GO OFF THE ROAD AND SENT THE PASSENGER ALL THE WAY INTO A ASTHMA EXACERBATION AND A BRONCHITIS EXACERBATION AND THE CAR CRASHED AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY THE DRIVER,THE PASSENGER AND THERE SON WAS TAKING TO SKYLINE HOSPITAL AND THE DRIVER AND THERE SON WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL WHILE THE PASSENGER HAD TO STAY FOR A WEEK AT SKYLINE HOSPITAL FROM THE ASTHMA AND BRONCHITIS EXACERBATION AND A BRUISE LEFT SIDE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10680436February 2, 2015
AIR BAGS
ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THE PASSENGER WAS HAVING A ASTHMA ATTACK AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER HAD TO GET THERE SON SOMETHING TO EAT AND THE PASSENGER STARTED CHOKING MORE BECAUSE OF THE FOOD WAS COOKED IN PEANUT OIL AND IT WAS ANOTHER CAR ON THE SIDE OF US AND MADE US GO OFF THE ROAD AND SENT THE PASSENGER ALL THE WAY INTO A ASTHMA EXACERBATION AND A BRONCHITIS EXACERBATION AND THE CAR CRASHED AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY THE DRIVER,THE PASSENGER AND THERE SON WAS TAKING TO SKYLINE HOSPITAL AND THE DRIVER AND THERE SON WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL WHILE THE PASSENGER HAD TO STAY FOR A WEEK AT SKYLINE HOSPITAL FROM THE ASTHMA AND BRONCHITIS EXACERBATION AND A BRUISE LEFT SIDE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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