Chrysler Sebring Complaints

3,876 consumer complaints on file.

#10234498July 16, 2008
SUSPENSION:REAR
JULY 1 DRIVING ON BLUEWATER BRIDGE RIGHT REAR STRUT SNAPPED OFF. TWO WEEKS LATER WHILE IN ST. THOMAS ONTARIO THE DRIVERS SIDE STRUT SNAPPED OFF. BOTH OF THEM HAD ROTTED RIGHT OFF. REPLACED WITH RECONDITIONED STRUTS - $500.00 + TOWING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10234549July 16, 2008
SUSPENSION:REAR
CHRYSLER SEBRING 2002, 4-DOOR SEDAN, V6. BOTH UPPER REAR STRUT MOUNTS HAVE FAILED DURING DRIVING AND THE CAR IS NOW UNDRIVABLE. LOCAL DEALERSHIPS HAVE WAITING LIST FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS. DEALERSHIP WHERE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED CANNOT GET PART FROM CHRYSLER NOR IS THERE AN AFTERMARKET PART AVAILABLE. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT OFFER RENTAL CAR OR REMEDY SINCE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. CHRYSLER SHOULD BE ISSUING A RECALL BASED ON THE NUMBER OF DEALER VEHICLES WAITING FOR REPAIR!!! *TR UPDATED 02/19/10. *LJ UPDATED 07/19/10*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10234581July 16, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, TIRES
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AND REAR TIRES WERE COMPLETELY FLAT. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT SHE NEEDED NEW TIRES. THE CONTACT ALSO HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS ON THE REAR BRAKES, BUT THE SQUEAKING NOISE RETURNED THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE NOISE BECAUSE IT WAS A NEW VEHICLE. THE TIRE FAILURE RECURRED; THEREFORE, NEW TIRES WERE INSTALLED. THE CONTACT HEARD A GRINDING SOUND THE ENTIRE TIME SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES AND THE TIRES WERE REPLACED TWICE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000. UPDATED 09/15/08 *BF UPDATED 09/18/08. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10234415July 15, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WELL THE FIRST TIME MY WATER PUMP FAILED,I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK. THEN AFTER A 1400$ REPAIR, I GOT ME VEHICLE BACK AND AFTER ANOTHER 5000 MILES. I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND THERE WAS NO NOISE NO NOTHING IT JUST STOPPED. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CONNECTING ROD HAD GOTTEN HOT AND BROKE DESTROYING THE BLOCK. I WAS ALSO TOLD IT WOULD BE A 8,000$ REPAIR JOB. I WAS ALSO TOLD IT WAS STARVED OF OIL,THE TEMPERATURES GAUGE NEVER GOT HOT NOTHING,MY VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AFTER 4 BLOCKS OF DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10234447July 15, 2008
SUSPENSION:REAR
I HAD OWNED THE CAR LESS THAN 4 YEARS WHEN THE REAR STRUT MOUNT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BROKE FROM CORROSION AND CAUSED ME TO HAVE TO HAVE THE REAR MOUNTS AND STRUTS REPLACED. I EMAILED CHRYSLER AND THEY RESPONDED THAT SINCE THE CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY FOR THOSE PARTS THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10234467July 15, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE FAILURE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC- JUST LUCK I WAS NOT HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE... WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO CURBSIDE WITH FORWARD MOMENTUM AND THEN GET VEHICLE TOWED. COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC ON A BUSY DAY OR ON A MORE CROWDED HIGHWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10234335July 14, 2008
SUSPENSION:REAR
REAR MOUNTING BRACKET ON THE STRUT BROKE, CAR WAS MAKING A BANGING NOISE IN THE REAR. I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME FROM WORK AND HAD THE CAR TOWED. COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAD THE CAR NOT BEEN TOWED. PART HAS BEEN UNAVAILABLE FROM CHRYSLER SINCE 6/26 AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL AT LEAST THE FIRST OF AUGUST. I AM TOLD THERE ARE 8000 OF THESE PARTS ON BACK ORDER NATIONALLY, AND THE WAY THE PART OXIDIZED, I'M CURIOUS WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THIS IS NOT A COMMON PART TO HAVE TO REPLACE. ALSO CHRYSLER REFUSES TO OFFER ME A LOANER CAR UNTIL THE PART IS AVAILABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10233846July 10, 2008
SUSPENSION:REAR
WAS DRIVING HOME AND HEAR LOUD NOISE GOT OUT AND CHECKED AND FOUND THAT THE STRUT BRACKET HAD BROKEN ON THE REAR OF MY 2002 CHRYSLER SEABRING. I GOT HOME AND CALLED THE DEALER TO GET A NEW ONE THEY TOLD ME THAT THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER AND THAT THERE WAS AROUND 8000 ON BACKORDER SO I CALLED CHRYSLER AND ASKED WHY THEY HAVEN'T RECALLED THIS PART YET WITH 8000 PARTS NEEDED THERE MUST BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WASN'T ANY OF THESE PARTS IN THE USA. NOW WHY IS THIS? THIS PART IS KNOWN TO GO BAD THEY TOLD ME. THEN WHY CAN'T THEY ISSUE A RECALL AND GET THESE PARTS MADE SO THESE CARS CAN BE FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10233682July 9, 2008
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
IN MAY OF 2008, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH HER PURSE ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. SHE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND LOOKED OVER TO DISCOVER THAT HER PURSE WAS BURNING ALONG WITH THE PASSENGER SEAT. SHE PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY AND WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE BOTTOM OF HER PURSE WAS CHARRED AND THE PASSENGER SEAT HAD A BURN WHOLE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER. THE FIRE WAS DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE SEAT WARMER. THE SEAT WARMER HAS A RANGE OF 1-5 WITH 1 BEING THE LOWEST. THE WARMER WAS ON 3. I HAD BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY WITH THE COMPLAINT OF THE SEAT WARMERS OVERHEATING. I HAD FELT A BURNING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND WAS CONVINCED THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE SEAT WARMER. ADDITIONALLY MY WIFE HAD MENTIONED THAT SHE FELT SIMILAR OVERHEATING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. EACH TIME I BROUGHT IT IN TO CHRYSLER, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. I HAD ASKED THEM TO SEARCH FOR RECALLS AS WELL AS TSB'S. I WAS TOLD THERE WERE NONE. THERE WAS IN FACT A TSB ISSUED FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM BEFORE I HAD BROUGHT MY CAR IN TO BE EXAMINED. IT SEEMS THAT THIS WAS EITHER IGNORED OR OVERLOOKED ON AT LEAST 2 OCCASIONS. WE KEPT THE CONTROL AT 3 OR BELOW AND THIS SEEMED TO HELP FOR A BIT, HOWEVER IT STILL GOT TOO HOT ON MANY OCCASIONS AND WE HAD TO TURN THEM OFF. I HAVE DISCOVERED RECENTLY THAT THE CHRYSLER JEEP FOR 2004 WAS RECALLED FOR EXACTLY THE PROBLEM THAT I HAD. NOW THE MERCEDES (DAMLIERCHRYSLER) IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AS WELL. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 7/2/2008 HOPING THAT THEY WOULD HELP RESOLVE THIS. I WAS TOLD THAT A MANAGER WAS PUTTING A CALL INTO CHRYSLER TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE. I CALLED LATTER IN THE DAY FOR STATUS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE MANAGER WAS AT THE DENTIST. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR, I WAS TOLD THAT HE NEVER RETURNED FORM THE DENTIST. I AM NOW (7/9/08) BEING TOLD THAT THE CHRYSLER FACTORY REP IS ON VACATION AND WILL NOT BE BACK UNTIL 7/14/08.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10233576July 8, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE DRIVING ON JUNE 21, 2008 THERE WAS SMOKE PRESENT UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. SHE OBSERVED THAT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE UNDER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE DEALER CONFIRMED WITH THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS RELATED TO HER VIN. THE DEALER INSTRUCTED THE TOW TRUCK COMPANY TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO THEM; HOWEVER, THE DEALER LATER ADVISED THEM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE AWAY SINCE THE DAMAGE WAS SO MASSIVE. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MONDAY TO OBTAIN A RENTAL CAR. THE DEALER LATER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE HER WITH A RENTAL CAR UNTIL AN INVESTIGATOR INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. AN INVESTIGATOR HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SINCE THE FIRE OCCURRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 32,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10233374July 7, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THERE WERE NO ACTUAL EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE PROBLEM. THE CAR IS A 2007 MODEL CHRYSLER SEBRING SEDAN WITH A 2.4L, 4 CYLINDER ENGINE. THE CAR HAS 36,505 MILES ON IT. THE CAR WAS ACTING PERFECTLY NORMAL UP UNTIL I WENT TO START IT. ONCE I STARTED IT, I COULD NOT GET IT OUT OF PARK. I CALLED AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO STATED THAT THE ENTIRE "SHIFTER" HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR WAS 505 MILES PAST THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY, SO I HAD TO PAY A DEDUCTIBLE ON MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE CAR BACK YET, BUT I WILL BE ASKING FOR THE OLD PARTS BACK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10233456July 7, 2008
STRUCTURE, SUSPENSION:REAR
2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING REAR UPPER STRUT MOUNTS BROKEN FROM CORROSION. REPLACEMENT PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. BACK ORDERED BY THE THOUSANDS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10233013July 2, 2008
SUSPENSION:REAR
INCIDENT: OUTER, OR UPPER PLATES FOR STRUT ASSEMBLY DETERIORATED; VEHICLE DEEMED UNSAFE TO OPERATE; PARTS ON NATIONWIDE BACKORDER; APPROX. 3,000 VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10233040July 2, 2008
STRUCTURE:BODY
SEBRING CONVERTIBLE INTERIOR FLOODS EVERY TIME IT RAINS THE CARPET BECOMES COMPLETELY SOAKED AND TAKES DAYS TO DRY OUT IN THE MEAN TIME CAUSING A CONCERN ABOUT ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS UNDER THE SEATS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10233076July 2, 2008
SUSPENSION:REAR
BOTH REAR (SUSPENSION) STRUT BRACKETS ON WIFE"S 2003 CHRYSLER SEBRING BROKE,CAUSING THE COIL SPRING TO RUB INSIDE OF BACK TIRE.. CANNOT REPLACE BECAUSE OF THAT PART BACKORDER IN THE THOUSANDS....WHY? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10232461June 26, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, AIR BAGS, STEERING
I AM FED UP WITH THIS CHRYSLER SEBRING I BOUGHT 2 YEARS AGO. ITS HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS AND NOW A MAJOR ONE AND A POPULAR ONE I SEE IS HAPPENING AND BEFORE AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS LORD WILLING I WILL MAKE IT TO THE DEALER TOMORROW. MY STEERING IN MY 2001 SEBRING STARTED UP LAST WEEK WHEN I WENT TO TURN THE WHEEL IT WAS SUPER TIGHT AND I KNEW INSTANTLY SOMETHING WAS WRONG. NOW IT IS MAKING CRACKING SOUNDS AND IS STILL HARD TO TURN. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE ITS MY RACK AND PINION. I HAD TAKEN IT TO MY OWN MECHANIC WHO COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING VISIBLY WRONG WITH IT AND SAID IT MIGHT BE THE RACK AND PINION. AFTER READING ALL THE PROBLEMS THIS CAR HAS HAD WITH THE STEERING I AM NOT SURPRISED MINE IS RIGHT THERE WITH THEM ALL. I HAVE ONLY 51,000 MILES ON THE CAR. I AM FURIOUS. I DON'T WANT TO PAY TO GET THIS FIXED. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. ITS CHRYSLERS FAULT. MY AIR BAG LIGHT IS ALSO ON. WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT IS ALL ABOUT. MY CAR STARTED LEAKING OIL FROM THE OIL PAN GASKET A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT IT AT 32,000 MILES AND 2 OF THE MOTORS HAVE GONE OUT IN THE POWER WINDOWS. THIS IS REALLY A PIECE OF JUNK! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10231908June 21, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PROBLEM WITH DASH CLUSTER SPEEDO AND TACH QUIT WORKING DEALER SAID THEY SEE IT ALL THE TIME ON THIS CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10231831June 20, 2008
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE AIRBAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF AT RANDOM. CHRYSLER HAS REPLACED THE SEATBELT TENSIONER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IT IS NOW RECURRING AND THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER WANTS TO REPLACE BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATBELT TENSIONERS TO TURN OFF THE LIGHT. I BELIEVE, FROM ONLINE QUERIES, THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR CAR MODEL SERIES. THE CONDITION IS CLEARLY UNSAFE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10231365June 17, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE (2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING 2.7L) ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 70 MILES PER HOUR WHEN IT SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO MANEUVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE AND ANTIFREEZE IN THE OIL. THE $2000 GE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I PURCHASED HAS DENIED THE CLAIM DUE TO "POOR MAINTENANCE" WITHOUT EVEN SEEING ALL OF MY RECEIPTS. CHRYSLER MANUAL RECOMMENDS OIL CHANGE EVERY 7500 MILES AND THEY WERE ALL DONE WELL BEFORE THAT. NO WORK HAS CURRENTLY BEEN DONE ON THE VEHICLE AS GE IS REQUESTING COMPLETE TEAR DOWN OF THE MOTOR FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION, YET THEY WILL NOT PAY THE COST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10231374June 17, 2008
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TRUNK LID DOES NOT STAY UP - MUST BE PROPPED. MULTITUDE OF FAILURES HAVE CAUSED INJURIES TO HEAD, NECK AND BACK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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