Chrysler Sebring Complaints

3,876 consumer complaints on file.

#10119775May 4, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
CAR WAS AT DEALER AT LEAST 6 TIMES FOR FRONT END NOISE. THEY FINALLY REPLACED RIGHT FRONT STRUT AND BUSHINGS. NOISE IS BACK AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118770May 1, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE ON MY 2001 SEBRING SEDAN IS IDLING ROUGHLY FROM LOSS OF COMPRESSION IN ONE OR TWO CYLINDERS. CAR HAD JUST OVER 60,000 MILE WHEN IT STARTED AND DEALER TOOK CAR FOR TWO DAYS, CHARGED ME HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO CLEAN INJECTORS AND REPLACE THE INJECTOR IN THE LOW COMPRESSION CYLINDER, AND COULDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. THEN STATED IT'S PROBABLY THE ENGINE BUT I JUST WENT OVER THE 60,000 COVERAGE AND A REPAIR WOULDN'T BE COVERED. I MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE AND HAVE RECORDS FOR ALL WORK DONE ON IT SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW. CHRYSLER SHOULD MAKE GOOD TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE PROBLEM WHATEVER IT IS SINCE I'M NOW BECOMING AWARE OF MANY OTHER SLUDGE PROBLEMS IN THE SAME 2.7 6 CYL ENGINE WHICH APPARENTLY HAS DEFECTS IN ITS MANUFACTURING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118647April 28, 2005
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, STEERING:RACK AND PINION
THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE FRONT END FRAME ON KEEP COMING LOOSE AND I ONLY KNOW THIS WHEN I START FEELING AND HEARING A RATTLING SOUND WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE HAD THEM TIGHTEN ONCE BUT IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS SO THAT THEY DO NOT COME LOOSE. I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT WHEN SOMETHING COMES LOOSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118509April 26, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
PURCHASED 4 DOOR CHRYSLER SEBRING SEDAN (4 CYLINDER AT MCDONNOUGH CHRYLSER OF EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ 7/9/04 W/ 13 MILES. 2 DAYS FOLLOWING THE PURCHASE, CAR STALLED AT APPROXIMATELY 42 MPH ON A CROWDED INTERSTATE, AND STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. DROVE TO DEALER TO FIND THAT I NEEDED A COMPUTER SOFTWARE UPDATE. TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK, IDLING ROUGH, RPMS JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN THIS TIME ON NJ TURNPIKE WHILE SLOWING DOWN, BUT NOT BEFORE SURGING FORWARD, MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR, AND AGAIN STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. RETURNED TO DEALER @ 994 MI, NOTHING REGISTERED ON DIAGNOSTIC CHECK, ANOTHER CPU UPDATE. CAR STILL IN SAME CONDITION ONLY DID NOT STALL. SURGING GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, FINALLY AT APPROXIMATELY 8,000 MILES CAR STALLED COUNTLESS TIMES IN THE 13 MILE RIDE TO DEALER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, COULD HARDLY DRIVE THE ENTIRE WAY. DEALER FOUND BAD IGNITION COIL, BUT ONLY BECAUSE THE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED COULD THEY DETECT A PROBLEM. DEALER KEPT CAR 3 DAYS, DID NOT OFFER RENTAL OR COMP CAR, NOR TRANSPORTATION TO MY WORK. PICKED UP CAR, NOT STALLING BUT STILL IDLING ROUGH, STEERING WHEEL VISIBLY SHAKING. CAR SURGES FORWARD AT EVERY STOPLIGHT, I HAVE JUST LEARNED TO CONTROL THE BRAKE TO AVOID ACCIDENT, NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY & TRANSMISSION SLIPS AT LOW SPEEDS. WHY CAN'T THIS PROBLEM BE ERRADICATED, THIS IS MY FIRST BRAND NEW CAR, AND RUNS AS POORLY AS MY TRADE IN DID AT 230,000 MILES! I NEED A BREAK, AND I NEED A SOLUTION. IN ADDITION, CAR MAKES LOUD WHISTLING NOISE BETWEEN 68-73 MPH , AND HEADLIGHTS HAVE SHUT OFF 2 TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING AT NIGHT AND FLICKERED BACK ON ALSO, NOT TRACABLE BY DEALER COMPUTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109274April 25, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
THE LEFT FRONT CAME OFF WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALER MADE THE REPAIRS TO THE UPPER BALL JOINT. MANUFACTURER TOLD THE CONSUMER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER.*AK ON 12/31/04 THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL DISLOCATED FROM VEHICLE, CAUSE WAS DUE TO FAILURE OF LOWER LATERAL BALL JOINT WHICH IS NOTED IN SAFETY RECALL 00V421002. DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES TO VEHICLE AND EXPENSES. *BF
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10119012April 18, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING HAS PROBLEMS WITH ROOF LEAKING, FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SEPARATING FROM THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSAXLES FLOOR SHIFTER/PARK INTERLOCK WHICH CAUSED DRIVER TO HIT NINE CARS AND BE EJECTED THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE PARK /NEUTRAL START SWITCH BEING FAULTY. THE CONSUMER WANTS DAIMLER CHRYSLER TO COMPENSATE HER FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE. *BF *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10118055April 18, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS, VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
CONVERTIBLE TOP FRAYED AT EDGES AND BACK GLASS WINDOW WAS BECOMING LOOSE. *AK
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
#10117694April 4, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING EXPERIENCING A KNOCKING NOISE.*MR THE MECHANIC ACKNOWLEDGE THE SOUND PUT COULD NOT FIND WHERE IT WAS ORIGINATING FROM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117383April 4, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. WITHOUT WARNING. DRIVER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVWE, MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117387April 4, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED DRIVER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT, AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED IT THREE TIMES. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117277April 1, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, STRUCTURE:BODY, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR, SEATS
STRONG GASOLINE ODORS CAME INTO VEHICLE FROM THE OUTSIDE WHEN DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WAS DOWN. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK.....PAINT ON VEHICLE WAS FADING-TURNING BLACK TO WHITE. FROM INSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE BACK OF VEHICLE. SEAT BELT ON PASSENGER'S SIDE HAD A BROKEN SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. IN ADDITION, PASSENGER'S LEATHER SEAT WAS CRACKING, AND STITCHING ON CONVERTIBLE TOP WAS COMING OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116147March 31, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
ODOMETER AND TACHOMETER STOP AND START FUNCTIONING INTERMITTENTLY. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A KNOWN AND COMMON PROBELM WITH THIS YEAR/MODEL. WHY WON'T CHRYSLER RECALL AND REPAIR THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT IN THE CAR?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116088March 30, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
HEARD KNOCKING COMING FROM THE ENGINE AT AROUND 59,000 MILES. SAID TO BE THE RESULT OF OIL SLUDGE. WAS TOLD THAT I NEED A NEW ENGINE AT A COST OF $6000.00. HAVEN'T REPLACED ENGINE. STILL HAVE TO MAKE THE CAR PAYMENTS ON A CAR THAT DOES NOT WORK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117090March 30, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP IN COLD WEATHER CONSUMER HEARD A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT FRONT UPPER CONTROL ARM PREMATURELY WORE OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116974March 28, 2005
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:COLUMN SHIFT ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH MANUAL TRANSMISSION WENT OUT OF SHIFT, AND THE IGNITION LOCKED. DEALER STATED THEY HAD DONE REPAIRS UNDER THE RECALL, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115923March 28, 2005
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:SHIFT PATTERN INDICATOR
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 98V183000 FOR THE SHIFT INTERLOCK. TOOK VEHICLETO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD UPON HER ARRIVAL, THAT RECALL REPAIRS FOR HAD BEEN PERFORMED IN FEBUARY 2005. CONSUMER HAD NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT DATE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114833March 27, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
IN NOVEMBER I NOTICED THAT IN THE MORNINGS WHEN I WOULD GET READY TO DRIVE TO WORK MY CAR WOULD REVERSE WHEN PUT IN DRIVE. SINCE I HAD JUST MOVE TO CALIFORNIA FOR MY NEW JOB AND WAS IN TRAINING I DIDN'T GET THE TIME OFF TO TAKE MY CAR TO A DEALERSHIP UNTIL JANUARY 06, 2003.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114840March 27, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THIS COMPLAINT RELATES TO A 1998 CHRYSLER SEIBRING CONVERTIBLE. THE VEHICLE HAS TWO HORNS. DURING WARRANTY, ONE HORN FAILED AND THE MANUFACTURER REPLACED IT. THE DEALER SAID THEY FAIL "A LOT". AFTER WARRANTY THE OTHER HORN FAILED. I PAID TO REPLACE IT. THE DEALER INDICATED THEY FAILED FREQUENTLY. AT 9X,XXX MILES THE FUSE IN THE HORN/POWER OUTLET BLEW. DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AS A FAILURE OF THE HORN CIRCUIT IN THE STEERING COLUMN REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE AIR-BAG ASSEMBLY -- COST WITH INSTALLATION IN EXCESS OF $800. VEHICLE HAS BEEN WITHOUT HORN AWAITING PARTS FOR MORE THAN A WEEK. THE HORN IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND MUST BE SIMPLE AND CHEAP TO REPAIR WHEN BROKEN. BY LINKING THE HORN CIRCUIT THROUGH THE AIRBAG, CHRYSLER HAS MADE IT NEITHER CHEAP NOR EASY. MANY PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO OPERATE THEIR VEHICLE WITHOUT A HORN SINCE THEY WON'T HAVE THE $800+ TO MAKE WHAT SHOULD BE A FEW DOLLAR REPAIR. SHAME ON CHRYSLER FOR MAKING THE HORN CIRCUIT THIS WAY. SHAME ON YOU FOR TOLERATING HORN FAILURES THAT COST $800 TO REPAIR DURING THE PRIME AND USEFUL LIFE OF THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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