Chrysler Sebring Complaints

3,876 consumer complaints on file.

#10072792May 18, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE THREDDING AROUND MY 1997 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE TOP IS SLOWLY COMING LOOSE WICH WILL THEN RELEASE MY BACK WINDOW WHICH COULD CAUSE A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE ROAD INVOLVING INNOCENT DRIVERS. THE POTENTIAL LOOSE BACK WINDOW COULD NOT ONLY FLY OUT AT ANY GIVIN MOMENT IT ALSO COULD FALL IN TO THE BACKSEAT OF MY CONVERTIBLE WHICH RAISES AND BIGGER CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE MY 2 YEAR OLD SON IN HIS CAR SEAT. MY WISH IS THAT CHRYSLER CORP. WOULD RECALL THESE DEFECTIVE TOPS BEFORE THEY HAVE TO SPEND MILLIONS ON LAW SUITS INVOLVING ACCIDENTS WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL OWNER OF THE SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. WELL, I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE ON THIS ISSUE UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN MY LOCAL NEWS STATION AIRED A SHORT NEWS CLIP ON CHRYSLER OWNERS. THEY PUT OUT A CALL TO ALL CHRYSLER SEBRING OWNERS IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA (FLORIDA) THAT WAS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM ... THEY RECEIVED OVER 100 COMPLAINTS... THATS JUST IN 1 CITY!!! GO TO WWW.TBO.COM TYPE KEYWORD (IN TOP RIGHT CORNER) : PROBLEM SOLVER THEN CLICK CHRYSLER SEBRING LINK. I HAVE LOTS OF PICS OF THE CONVERTIBLE TOP UPON REQUEST.*AK
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10072826May 18, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
OIL WAS CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ANY TYPE OF WARNING WHEN MY ENGINE FAILED AFTER ONLY 43,000 MILES. IT IS A 2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING SEDAN. AFTER RESEARCHING I FOUND THAT THESE ENGINES 2.7 LITER FOUND IN THE SEBRING AND INTREPID ARE PRONE TO SLUDGE AND PREMATURE FAILURE. MY WARRANTY WAS UP AT 36,000 MILES AND I AM GOING BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO GET SOME HELP WITH THESE REPAIRS CONSISTING OF $4988.45. A NEW ENGINE SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED IN A VEHICLE WITH 43,000 MILES. (AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE) I HAVE SPOKEN TO 5 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND THEY ARE ALL AWARE OF THESE ENGINE PROBLEMS. I WAS STRANDED 150 MILES FROM HOME, IT WAS GRADUATION WK-END SO NO HOTEL ROOMS AND NO RENTAL CARS AVAILABLE. I WAS OUTSIDE OF KIRKSVILLE MO. AND HAD TO RIDE WITH A STRANGER TO GET TO SOMEWHERE THAT I COULD PHONE SINCE MY CELL PHONE WAS OUT OF RADUIS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072728May 17, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
HORN IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. IT HAS BEEN IN TO THE DEALERSHIP APPROX. 4 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND IT STILL DOES NOT WORK. IT APPEARS TO BE SOME KIND OF ELECTRICAL SHORT OR MALFUNCTION. THE HORN DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY TO BE USED AS A SAFETY DEVICE. THIS HAS POTENTIAL TO HAVE DIRE CONSEQUENCES. *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073660May 14, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
THE PLASTIC CLIP IN THE DOOR PANEL BROKE, CAUSING THE DOOR PANEL TO FALL OFF. TECHNICAL SERVIC EBULLETIN 612178 WAS ISSUED ON THIS PROBLEM. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072552May 13, 2004
WHEELS:RIM
OWNER WAS CHANGING TIRE AND CUT HAND ON RIM. OWNER FOUND CHROME PLATING PEELING AWAY FROM THE BACK OF ALL FOUR RIMS UPON FURTHER INSPECTION. PIECES ARE METAL CHARDS >2 INCHES WHICH ARE PEELING AWAY AROUND WELD OF SPOKE (BACKSIDE OF RIM). COULD CUT OR INJURE A PERSON OR CAUSE TIRES TO PUNCTURE IF METAL FRAGMENTS WERE TO BREAK OFF DURING TRAVEL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER (LAFLAM CHRYSLER, RUNNEMEDE NJ) WHERE DEALER STATED THAT RIMS WERE "COSMETIC" AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTEES. CHRYSLER SERVICE LINE WAS CONTACTED SAME DAY (FILE#129-7146). DEALERSHIP DENIED INQUIRY ABOUT RIMS AND THEN CLAIMED THAT THEY FELT IT WAS COSMETIC ALSO. OWNER FEELS THERE IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK AND IS VERY CONCERNED AT CHANGEING TIRES AND WHAT MAY HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. MANUFACTURER HAS STATED THAT THERE IS "NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT". THE OWNER HAS A CUT ON HIS FINGER TO PROVE THIS IS NOT COSMETIC.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10073545May 12, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RELEASE FROM THE RETRACTING POSITION, SO THE BUCKLE COULD NOT BE FASTENED. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE RETRACTOR. DEALERSHIP HAD TO TAKE APART THE ENTIRE DRIVER SIDE SEAT TO INSPECT THE RETRACTOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072311May 9, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:FLOOR SHIFT ASSEMBLY
ONGOING ISSUE WITH 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE (LIMITED EDITION) AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION "CLUNKING WHEN CHANGING GEARS", "NOT ENGAGING GEAR SELECTED" AND TWICE TRANSMISSION SHIFT TO HIGH, THEN LOWER GEAR RESULTING IN VECHICLE SURGING. FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED IT CAUSED THE CAR TO JERK STRAIGHT FORWARD (WAS IN A CURVE) TOWARD A BRIDGE ABUTMENT. SECOND TIME THE SURGING OCCURED, WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT WITH A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I BARELY MISSED HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION PUMP, THEN NOTIFIED ME THAT THE SHIFT CABLE WAS BROKEN. IT WAS REPLACED. VEHICLE CONTINUES ALL SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED, INCLUDING NEW PROBLEM WITH CLUNKING WHEN SHIFTED FROM PARK. THIS IS NEW AND WAS IDENTIFIED BY DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON 5/5/04. DEALER SAYS THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY THE CAUSE SO REPAIRS CANNOT BE MADE. I TOOK THE CAR BACK WITHIN DAYS OF TAKING POSSESSION IN AUGUST 2003 ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT IT WAS NEW AND NEEDED SOME TIME TO BREAK IN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068391May 6, 2004
TIRES
PURCHASED FOUR DUNLOP SP SPORT A2 TIRES FOR 2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE, SIZE P205/60HR16, FROM TIRERACK. AFTER INSTALLATION, CAR HAD A SEVERE VIBRATION AND STEERING WOBBLE ABOVE 45 MPH. INSTALLER, HUB CAP HEAVEN IN CARY, NC, REINSTALLED FOUR TIMES IN ATTEMPT TO BRING ALL TIRES INTO ADJUSTMENT WITH REGARD TO ROAD FORCE, INCLUDING ONE TIRE BEING REPLACED BY TIRERACK. CAR WOULD BE OK FOR FOUR TO EIGHT HOURS, AND THEN TIRES WOULD BEGIN TO VIBRATE STRONGLY AGAIN. SENT BY TIRERACK AND DUNLOP TO LOCAL GOODYEAR DEALER TO VERIFY, AND TWO TIRES WERE CONSIDERED DEFINITELY DEFECTIVE AND ONE BORDERLINE. THIS MEANS THREE OUT OF THE FIVE TIRES WOULD NOT STAY IN ROUND AFTER INSTALLATION, AND ONE OR BOTH OF THE REMAINING ARE LIKELY TO GO OUT OF ROUND AFTER DRIVING FOR A WHILE. STILL PURSUING ADJUSTMENT WITH TIRERACK. CURRENTLY HAVE ALL FOUR TIRES INSTALLED ON CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068394May 6, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
I HAVE A 1999 SEBRING CONVERTABLE AND IT HAS A DEFECTIVE TOP. THE TOP IS LEAKING AND THE GLUE HOLDING IN THE BACK WINDOW IS DETERIORATING. I'M AFRAID THE BACK WINDOW MAY FLY OUT. CHRYSLER IS NOT OWNING UP TO SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE TOPS AND TWO OTHER CUSTOMERS HAVE ALREADY HAD THIS HAPPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068411May 6, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVETIIBLE TOP IS FRAYING AROUND ALL THE EDGES. AROUND THE BACK WINDOW THE TOP HAS COME AWAY FROM THE BOTTOM AND THE SIDES OF THE WINDOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068360May 5, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ON OR ABOUT MARCH 30, 2004 MY CAR DEVELOPED A TICKING NOISE. I DISCOVERED THE NOISE WHEN ORDERING FOOD AT A DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW. THE NOISE WAS ONLY EVIDENT WHEN I HAD MY WINDOW DOWN. MY CAR ALSO HAD NO HEAT BY THIS TIME. OVER THE LAST TWO WINTERS I WOULD NOT HAVE HEAT WHEN THE CAR WAS IDLE, BUT THIS YEAR IT HAD GRADUALLY DETERIORATED TO NO HEAT WHEN IDLE OR UPON ACCELARATION. ACCORDING TO THE OWER'S MANUAL NO ANTIFREEZE WOULD CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS LOW ON OIL AND HAD NO ANTIFREEZE. I TOOK THE CAR TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND TO CHECK THE ANTIFREEZE. THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATED YOU NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL TO ADD ANTIFREEZE, BUT THE MANUAL FAIL TO TELL YOU WHAT THAT SOMETHING SPECIAL WAS. THE OIL WAS CHANGED AND THE ANTIFREEZE WAS FILLED. THE TICKING NOISE PERSISTED AND THEN THE RED OIL LAMP CAME ON ONE WEEK AFTER HAVING THIS SERVICE PERFORMED. I MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WITH THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO SEE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE TICKING NOISE. AFTER CHECKING MY CAR OVER I RECEIVED A CALL SAYING THAT IT APPEARED I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE, THE ANITFREEZE THAT HAD BEEN PUT IN TWO WEEKS PRIOR WAS COMPLETELY GONE. MY CAR HAD NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF LEAKAGE. WHERE DID THE ANTIFREEZE GO? WHY IS MY LOW OIL LIGHT COMING ON AS WELL? IT APPEARS THAT THE 2.7L ENGINE FAILS REGARDLESS OF MAINTENANCE DUE TO DESIGN OF THE ENGINE (LIMITING PASSAGE OF OIL) AND THIS FAILURE IS ALSO LINKED TO THE ANTIFREEZE LEAKAGE OVER TIME, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVER HEAT AND BUILD UP SLUDGE. THE DEALER THEN TELLS YOU THAT ENGINE PROBLEM IS DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD-UP OR RATHER POOR MAINTENANCE ON YOUR PART AND VOIDS THE WARRANTY OR REFUSES ANY ASSISTANCE IN THE REPAIR EXPENSE. MY ENGINE FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 52,000 MILES. THIS PROBLEM IS COSTING CONSUMERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068187May 3, 2004
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
IT HAD RAINED AND WHEN I GOT IN MY CAR IT SOUNDED AS IF THERE WAS A BUCKET OF WATER WITHIN THE WALLS OF MY CAR. THEN IT WENT AWAY AFTER A FEW DAYS AND THEN IT RAINED AGAIN SO WHEN I GOT IN MY CAR THE RUG ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WAS FULL OF WATER AND MY RADIO WAS RUINED BECAUSE THE WATER IS TRAPPED WITHIN THE WALLS OF MY CAR AND LEAKED IN TO MY FLOOR DESTROYING SPEAKERS AND MY RUG AND BECAUSE MY WARRANTY IS UP I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068216May 3, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
MY 2000 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE TOP IS FALLING APART - NOT FROM WEAR AND TEAR, BUT FROM A DEFECT IN THE SEAMS AND GLUE USED TO ATTACH THE BACK WINDOW. I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALER AND CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THE TOP IS NOT COVERED. I AM WORRIED THAT THE WINDOW WILL EVENTUALLY FALL OUT COMPLETELY AND BE A DRIVING HAZZARD TO ME AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068250May 3, 2004
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
REAR WINDOW OF MY SEVERING IS COMING OUT BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE TOP THAT THEY PUT ON THE CAR,THE TOP IS LITERALLY COMING APART. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO CHRYSLER, THEY WON'T COVER THIS AND I'M AFRAID THE WINDOW IS GOING TO FALL OUT GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHICH I'M SURE WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I'M AFRAID TO HAVE MY GRANDCHILDREN RIDING IN THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUE IT PRESENTS. CALLS TO CHRYSLER GO UNRESOLVED. CAN YOU HELP??? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068096April 30, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, STEERING:RACK AND PINION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ON 4/22/04 I TOOK MY 1999 CHRYSLER SEVERING CONVERTIBLE TO BE SERVICES BECAUSE THE AC DIDN'T SEEM TO BE COOLING AND THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE IN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL. TURNS OUT THE RACK & PINION STEERING IS SHOT, THE COOLING CORE IS CRACKED AND THE COOLING SENSOR IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. REPAIRS WOULD TOTAL MORE THAN $2100 TO FIX. REQUESTED A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND TOOK VEHICLE HOME TO CONSIDER OPTIONS. TWO DAYS LATER VEHICLE FAILED WHEN STARTED, 'SERVICE ENGINE SOON' LIGHT CAME ON, SPEEDOMETER DIDN'T WORK, AND VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. FOUND OUT THAT BOTH TRANSMISSION SENSORS ARE BAD, THERE IS SILVER SLUDGE IN TRANSMISSION AND I NEED NEW FRONT BRAKES. THIS VEHICLE HAS 48,000 MILES ON IT. HAS BEEN SERVICES ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURES RECOMMENDATIONS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET RID OF IT. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065378April 29, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON AND THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED ENGINE REVS HIGH. IT IS AN INTERMITTENT, BUT DANGEROUS PROBLEM. DRIVER HAS TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT.*AK CONSUMER ALMOST CRUSHED SOME PEDESTRIANS AGAINST THE CROSS TRAFFIC. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED THREE TO FOUR TIMES IN FOUR DAYS. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063597April 29, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK *LA
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071761April 28, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE DIED INTERMITTENTLY. ONCE WHEN THE ENGINE DIED VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS, AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067702April 22, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WIFE WAS DRIVING CAR WHEN VEHICLE STALLED/STOPPED WHEN CAME TO COMPLETE STOP. ENGINE RESTARTED, BUT NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE ONLY HAS 350 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068546April 21, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHEN COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT HOME. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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