Chrysler Sebring Complaints (1999)

264 consumer complaints on file.

#10172411November 1, 2006
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STRUCTURE
DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILURE ON OUR 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE JXI. THE SEAT BELT LOCKING MECHANISM FAILS TO LOCK OVER TIME. THE PLASTIC LOCKING CLIP INSIDE THE LOCKING CLIP WILL BREAK (DID BREAK) WITH CONTINUOUS USE. THE DEALER WANTS $100.00 + FOR THE PART. IF CHRYSLER USED A STAINLESS STEEL LOCKING WE WOULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION SENSORS HAVE A LIMITED LIFE. AFTER DRIVING FOR 30 MINUTES OR MORE DURING LOW DECELERATION AND LOW ACCELERATION THE TRANSMISSION BUCKS AND OR SLIPS. RIGHT NOW I HAVE SWAP THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT LOCKING MECHANISM TO THE DRIVER SIDE AND WE SIT IN THE BACK IF WE'RE A PASSENGER BECAUSE $100.00 RIGHT NOW IS NOT AFFORDABLE. ALSO WHEN IT RAINS WATER FILLS IN THE REAR QUARTERS, RIGHT UP TO THE SPEAKERS, I HAVE TO PARK ON A HILL TO DRAIN IT! *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10171454October 20, 2006
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT STUCK AND IT WILL NOT PULL OUT TO PUT AROUND YOUR SELF. MY PASSENGERS CAN NOT UTILIZE SEAT BELT AT ALL, WHICH CAN CAUSE BODILY INJURY IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT, DO TO NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THE SEAT BELT THAT WILL NOT EXTEND IT IS STUCK AND INOPERATIVE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10169400September 27, 2006
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, BUT RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DETERMINED THE WIRES TO THE FUEL PUMP BECAME HOT AND SHUT DOWN THE PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 2/16/2007 - THE DEALER REPORTED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WIRING WAS FAULTY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166964August 29, 2006
STEERING
WE DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT ON OUR 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE WAS DANGEROUSLY WORN OUT DUE TO MOISTURE AND CORROSION INSIDE OF THE BOOT. THIS EXACT CONDITION IS COVERED UNDER RECALL CAMPAIGN #967 FOR THE SEBRING COUPE, BUT EXCLUDES THE CONVERTIBLE. THE CONVERTIBLE SHOULD BE ADDED TO THIS RECALL TO PREVENT SEPARATION OF THE PARTS AFFECTED AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10159144June 6, 2006
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
TRUNK FALLS WITHOUT WARNING - HAS HIT ME ON THE BACK, HEAD AND HAND ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, CAUSING SEVERE BRUISING, BUT NO BROKEN BONES, YET. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10158280May 25, 2006
STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MY TRUNK FALLS DOWN WITH OUT ANY WARNING. HURTS WHEN YOUR HEAD IS UNDER IT. THE FUEL LIGHT KEEPS GOING OFF AND ON EVEN WHEN FULL. THE BACK WINDOW CAME UNGLUED, I WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW WINDOW AND HAVE IT INSTALLED WITH A UPHOLSTERY PERSON, PRICE QUOTES ARE 680-780 DOLLARS NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE WINDOW SEEMS LIKE SUCH A WASTE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10156725May 3, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FLOOR SHIFTER WILL NOT STAY IN PARK AND THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 04V021000, REGARDING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: LEVER AND LINKAGE: FLOOR SHIFT. THE MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146651January 1, 2006
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
CHRYSLER SEBRING, DODGE AVENGER, OR MITSUBISHI ECLISPE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR HANDLES BREAK OFF WHILE TRYING TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE ONCE AND NOW THE DRIVER SIDE HAS BROKEN AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER. WHY? BECAUSE THEY BREAK ALL OF THE TIME. I SEE VEHICLES RIDING DOWN THE ROAD WITH NEW HANDLES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR. WHAT IF I WERE BEING CHASED AND NEEDED TO GET INTO MY CAR TO STOP SOMEONE FROM ATTACKING ME AND THE HANDLE BROKE OFF IN MY HAND. WHAT IF I WERE THEN RAPED OR WORSE SOMEONE FOUND ME DEAD ALL BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET INTO MY CAR. SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THE DEFECT OF THESE DOOR HANDLES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144979December 12, 2005
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DT: THE CONTACT STATES THE SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IS JAMMING UP IN THE RETRACTOR. AT TIMES IT WILL KEEP TIGHTENING AND NOT LOOSEN. THE RETRACTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE REPAIRS WERE DONE AT A CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP. AT THIS TIME, THE RETRACTOR WAS REPLACED AND WAS OPERATING CORRECTLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10141218October 29, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED A 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING IN JULY 2005. MY TRANSMISSION BLEW UP ALMOST CAUSING THE CAR TO CATCH FIRE. I WAS ON THE FREEWAY RETURNING HOME FROM A TRIP AND HEARD THIS LOUD NOISE THAT SHOOK THE ENTIRE CAR. I THOUGHT THAT A TRUCK TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT UNTIL I LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW A BIG PLOOM OF SMOKE THAT APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM MY CAR. I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED AT THE DASH TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY WARNING LIGHTS AND THERE WEREN'T. BUT THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN VERY FAST. WHILE GETTING OVER TO THE EXIT LANE I WAS CALMLY TELLING MY DAUGHTER TO UNFASTENED HER SAFETY BELT, AND TO SLIDE OVER TO THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND TO PREPARE TO GET OUT FAST. I WAS SO FRIGHTENED THAT I COULDN'T EVEN DIAL ON MY CELL PHONE. WE COASTED OFF OF THE FREEWAY TO A GAS STATION. I THREW THAT CAR IN GEAR AND WE BOTH JUMPED OUT. THANK GOD. THE ATTENDANT NOTICED US BEFORE WE TURNED UP INTO THE STATION AND GOT A FLASHLIGHT AND SOME OTHER TOOLS AND TOLD US TO STAND BACK. BEFORE I KNEW IT ABOUT SEVEN GUYS WERE AROUND THIS VEHICLE SAYING HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM WAS. SO I ASKED THE NATURAL QUESTION. DO YOU THINK THERE WAS A RECALL? I CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER THE NEXT MORNING AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD TAKE MY COMPLAINT BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD HEARD OF THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. ESPECIALLY ON THAT VEHICLE. I TOLD THEM WHAT WAS TOLD ME BY THESE MEN ONE OF WHICH WAS A MASTER MECHANIC FOR FORD AND ANOTHER A MECHANIC FOR DODGE, AND TOW TRUCK GUY. HERE I AM. I AM ANGRY BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THIS COMPANY WAS NOT LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF MYSELF OR MY FAMILY. I KNOW THAT VERY QUICKLY THIS INCIDENT COULD VERY WELL HAVE TURNED INTO A CATASTROPHE. WHEN I WONDER IF THEY OR THEIR FAMILIES BUY THEIR VEHICLES I HAVE TO SAY NO NO NO. HOW DARE THEY TALK ABOUT BEING THE BEST VEHICLE MADE IN AMERICA. ARE YOU TALKING CLASS ACTION ? I WANT IN. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER MY TRANSMISSION BLEW UP! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10141193October 29, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, STRUCTURE
MY DOOR PANEL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF MY 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING LXI BLEW OFF ON THE HIGHWAY HITTING MY CAR AND COMING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO HITTING SEVERAL OTHERS BEHIND ME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129878July 25, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
LOUD CLICK SOUND FROM THE FRONT WHEELS WHEN SHIFTING FRONT PARK TO DRIVE, WAS DIAGNOSED BY A CHRYSLER MECHANIC AS LOWER BALL JOINT WEAR ON BOTH SIDES. RIGHT AND LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT GREASE BOOTS WERE DEFLATED AND GREASE WAS ABSENT CAUSING PRE-MATURE (38,000) MILE FAILURE OF THE BALL JOINT. SYMTOMS FIRST BEGAN AT 24,000 MILES. SAFETY REQUIRES THAT THE RIGHT AND LEFT JOINT AND ENTIRE CONTROL ARM BE REPLACED TO AVOID A FAILURE. SYMPTOMS AND DIAGNOSIS ARE IDENTICAL TO THE NHTSA RECALL OF OTHER CHRYSLER SEBRING YEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129263July 18, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON MONDAY 7/11/05 MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 1999 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT INCIDENT THE REAR PASSENGER BALL JOINT APPARENTLY BROKE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SPIN AND TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE CAR. THE TIRE WAS SEPERATED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. THE POLICE OFFICER AT THE SCENE TALKED TO WITNESSES WHO SAW THE TIRE WOBBLING JUST PRIOR TO LOSING CONTROL. I ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AND WAS TOLD BY THE OFFICER THAT THE BALL JOINT BROKE CAUSING THE ACCIDENT TO OCCUR AND SAID THAT THE DRIVER WAS NOT SPEEDING AND DID NOT FIND HER AT FAULT FOR THE MECHANICAL FAILURE. WHEN I ARRIVED I SAW THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE LAYING FLAT ON THE GROUND. THE OFFICER ALSO TOLD ME THAT MY INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR DUE TO IT BEING A MECHANICAL FAILURE SO I MUST NOW PAY $1000 TO THE GARAGE WHICH IS REPAIRING IT. MONEY I JUST DON'T HAVE! I AM A SINGLE MOM AND THIS HURTS A LOT. NOT TO MENTION THAT MY DAUGHTER CAME REALLY CLOSE TO BEING BADLY INJURED AND VERY POSSIBLY KILLED AS SHE ALSO MISSED THE FIRE HYDRANT BY MERE INCHES. WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS???? THIS IS JUST WRONG. I REALLY LOVED MY CAR AND NOW I'M AFRAID IT IS A DEATH TRAP. HELP ME PLEASE AND I HOPE THIS IS HANDLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128907July 15, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY
DT: CONTACT STATES VEHICLES HOLDS WATER AFTER A HEAVY RAINSTORM BECAUSE THE DRAIN HOLES UNDERNEATH THE CAR GET CLOGGED UP EASILY. THE FIRST TIME THE CAR CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES OF WATER, THE SERVICE DEALER DID UNCLOG THE DRAIN HOLES. THE SECOND TIME THE CAR CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES OF WATER, BECAUSE THE CONSUMER WAS IN THE HOSPITAL HE COULD NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER. THE CARPET HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE ODOR WHERE THE WATER HAD SET FOR THE TIME THE CONSUMER WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. THE CONSUMER DID CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THE COMPLAINT WAS NOT ON THEIR WEBSITE SO IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED A LEGITIMATE COMPLAINT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126523June 24, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE FAILED ( COMPLETE MECHANICAL STOP) ON HIGHSPEED HIGHWAY INTERSTATE: TWICE FROM ELECTRONIC FAILURES IN TRANSMISSION SOLINIODS, LEADING TO A THIRD FAILURE FROM THE TRANSMISSION, THE 4TH WAS A COMPLETE ELECTRONIC FAILURE, FOLLOWED BY THE 5TH FAILURE-SAME AS THE 4TH THE NEXT DAY AFTER CHRYSLER SERVICED THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125208June 14, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
UPSET WITH THE FACT THAT I HAVE TWO CHRYSLER PRODUCTS: 1990 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AND 1999 CHRSYLER SEBRING BOTH OF WHICH FAILED PREMATURELY. THE VOYAGER HAD TWO TRANSMISSION REPLACMENTS AND THE SEBRING HAD ONE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. BOTH FAILED BEFORE 70,000 MILES. I SEE THAT THERE'S BULLETINS ADDRESSING THE ISSUES, BUT WHEN THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED I WAS TOLD SORRY AND IT'S TO LATE TO MAKE ANY CLAIMS. WE ARE ALL AWARE THERE ARE SECRET WARRANTY WATCHES AS WELL AS REASONABLE DURABILITY. I HAVE WRITTEN AND CALLED BUT SEEM TO GET NOWHERE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120493May 10, 2005
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
I DRIVE A 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. EARLY SUMMER 2004, THE DRIVER SEAT BELT FAILED TO WORK REGULARLY. CHRYSLER PAID TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY IN AUG 2004. EARLY THIS YEAR, BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS BECAME UNRELIABLE, FAILING TO "PULL OUT" ABOUT 75% OF THE TIME. IN LATE MARCH 2005, IT WAS DIAGNOSED BY NORMAN CHRSYLER JEEP DODGE AND A SEAT BELT MODULE WAS ORDERED ON MARCH 30, 2005. CHRYSLER OFFERED TO PAY ALL BUT $50 FOR THE REPAIR. THE PROBLEM IS THAT 6 WEEKS LATER, THE PART IS STILL ON NATIONAL BACKORDER WITH NO ESTIMATED DELIVERY DATE. AS OF WEEK ENDING MAY 6, 2005, NEITHER THE DEALERSHIP NOR CHRYSLER CORP CAN OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING THE PART. MEANWHILE, I LIVE WAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY WHERE I DRIVE ON 65 MPH COUNTRY ROADS EVERYWHERE I GO WITH NO FRONT SEAT BELTS ABOUT 75% OF THE TIME. IN THE LAST YEAR, MY HUSBAND AND IN-LAWS HAVE HIT DEERS, AND MY DAUGHTER WAS IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THESE ROADS. I AM AT A LOSS AS TO WHERE TO GO FOR HELP. PLEASE HELP!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117930April 15, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY, CHANGED DIRECTIONS, THROTTLE APPLIED, SPEED OF VEHICLE INCREASED, SPEED CONTINUED TO INCREASE. THE VEHICLE HAD NO RESPONSE TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM, VEHICLE PROCEEDED THROUGH A STOP SIGN ACROSS A MAJOR 4 LANE ROAD, STROKE THE FRONT OF A BRICK BUILDING, AND CONTINUED ALONG THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THEN, STRIKING A PARKED VEHICLE WITH TRAILER. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO DEALERSHIP FOR VERIFICATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10117662April 8, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WHILE PARKED RAISING THE CONVERTIBLE TOP REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115808March 24, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED FOR NHTSA RECALL 04V021000 CONCERNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFTER CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE FREEZE PLUGS ROTTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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