Chrysler Sebring Complaints (1999)

264 consumer complaints on file.

#10113770March 8, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
RECALL REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FOR TRANSAXLE SHIFTER IGNITION/PARK INTERLOCK. *BF THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY HAD BROKEN. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114877March 7, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
RECALL CAMPAIGN: NOTICE FOR CHRYSLER SEBRING 1999 TRANSAXLE. *BF THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE DISTANCE HE HAD TO TRAVEL TO HAVE THE RECALL DONE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112175February 25, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS, SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
THE DOOR CLADDING ON MY 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING LXI HAS BEEN DEFECTIVE SINCE I FIRST PURCHASED THE CAR NEW IN DECEMBER 1998. THE DEALERSHIP ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM AT LEAST 3 TIMES AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS WITH MY DOOR PANELS HANGING OFF WHICH IS A BIG SAFETY CONCERN. WHY WASN'T THIS PROBLEM RECALLED AS SOON AS IT WAS DISCOVERED BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER? THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FILED WITH NHTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I RECENTLY SPEND MONEY HAVING THE WHEEL HUB REPLACED AND WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT THE BALL JOINTS RECALL WHICH WAS PROBABLY RELATED TO THE HUB PROBLEM ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC. THE LATCH TO SECURE THE HOOD IS DEFECTIVE -- THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107494February 9, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE(00V421002) LOWER BALL JOINT BOOT. AFTER THE WORK WAS DONE THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A CURB. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DRIVER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON HIS OWN. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. CHRYSLER SERVICE MANAGER FAULKNER. *JB THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. PER INSPECTION, THE STEERING WAS FOUND DAMAGED. REFER TO RECALL#01I012000. *SC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10111052December 31, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
RECALL CAMPAIGN CONCERNING TRANSAXLE FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION/PARK INTERLOCK, CONSUMER REQUEST THIS PART TO BE INSTALL. *BF SINCE THE INSTALLATION OF THE TRANSAXLE FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION/PARK INTERLOCK RECALL, THE POWER TOP SWITCH ON THE CONSOLE DID NOT SEAT PROPERLY AND OTHER PROLEMS WERE; THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED, A GROAN WOULD BE PRESENT IN THE FRONT END WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN, WHEN GOING DOWN HILL OR WHEN BRAKING FAST. *SC THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION EVEN WHEN THE GEAR IS NOT IN PARK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104640December 28, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
EXCESSIVE RATTLING COMING FROM FRONT SHOCK THAT CAN BE FELT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE FRONT INTERIOR DASHBOARD. HAD DEALERSHIP CHECK FOR SOURCE OF NOISE AND TOLD THAT NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE WRONG. TOOK CAR TO BE INSPECTED MONTHS FOLLOWING FIRST REPORT OF PROBLEM TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT LEFT FRONT LATERAL BALL JOINT IS BAD AND WILL RESULT IN UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS (TIRE CAN COME OFF AT ANY TIME.) MANUFACTURER RECALLED THIS ITEM IN 2001 AND CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP BUT NOTHING WAS DONE TO REPAIR THE FAULTY BALL JOINTS AT THAT TIME. NOW THEY ARE CITING THAT THE RECALL WAS COMPLETED AND THAT THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE FAILING MECHANISM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104025December 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CENTER ENGINE MOUNT COLLAPSE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095262October 6, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, WHEELS:RIM
WHILE DRIVING HEARD A THUMPING NOISE IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT SHE NEEDED A NEW AXLE. SHE HAD THE AXLE REPLACED. ALSO, SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE RIMS WERE BAD, AND TIRES CONTINUOUSLY LOST AIR. TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RIMS RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH. THAT WAS WHY THE TIRES DIDN'T LAST. THE RIMS BROKE INTO THE TIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096739October 5, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
MAIN TRANSMISSION SEAL FAILURE, PAN GASKET FAILURE, BUSHINGS AND SUPPORT BRACKET FAILURE. *BF THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER REGARDING A DEFECTIVE INTERLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER BELIEVED SINCE THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED, ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION HAD ARISEN. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE OCCURRED HAD NOT TO DO WITH THE RECALL. PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN PARK, ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE ROLLED INTO A PARKING GARAGE WHICH CAUSED DAMAGED TO THE CONSUMERS REAR BUMPER. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093342September 29, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, EQUIPMENT
WHEN ACCELERATING TO APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH MY 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING JXI HAS RECENTLY STARTED TO SHUDDER AT 3-4 GEAR CHANGES. WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT TORQUE CONVERTER IS GOING OUT. ABOUT 2 MONTHS PRIOR TACHOMETER STARTED MOVING IRRATICALLY. DEALERSHIP ADVISED GUAGES NEEDED TO BE RESET, BUT PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED. ALTHOUGH POSSIBILY UNREALATED, THIS AFTERNOON (DAY AFTER SEEING MECHANIC FOR TORQUE CONVERTER PROBLEM), MY CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT WHILE IDLING FOR ONLY 2-3 MINS. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF IGNITION, AND HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. I AM WAITING FOR A DIAGNOSIS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094521September 28, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TAKE OFF SUDDENLY. CONSUMER WAS WAITING ON THE DEALER TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092518September 16, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES THAT HE HAS PROBLEMS PUTTING HIS VEHICLE INTO GEAR. HE STATES THAT WHEN THE GEAR IS IN PARK, HE HAS TO FORCE HIS VEHICLE INTO DRIVE. HE STATES WHEN HE DOES THIS HE HEARS A FUNNY NOISE, AS IF THE VEHICLE IS STRAINING TO FORCE ITSELF INTO GEAR. HE SAYS HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT HE IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSAXLE. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE TRANSAXLE, TRANSMISSION, FLOOR SHIFTER( SHIFTER, IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK). *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092410September 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING BLACK SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THERE WAS NO INDICATION ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OF ANY MALFUNCTION. THE CONSUMER PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *NM THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE FIRE WAS UNDERNEATH THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. *SC THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY A DAIMLER CHRYSLER INSPECTOR THAT THE FIRE WAS DUE TO A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHICH STARTED IN THE GENERATOR SYSTEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087182August 31, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER EXPERIENCED ERRATIC STEERING CONTROL. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A RACK AND PINION FAILURE. *AK THE PROBLEM EXISTED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST PURCHASE. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089360August 19, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
DEALERSHIP TO HELP CONSUMER CORRECT THE TRANSAXLE FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK.*MR THE CONSUMER HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HAVE THE VEHICLE'S RECALL WORK DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP(RECALL # 04V021000). THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE RECALL WORK COULD NOT BE DONE ON A SATURDAY THEREFORE THE CONSUMER MADE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO MADE A SATURDAY APPOINTMENT BUT WHEN SHE ARRIVED HER APPOINTMENT WAS NOT RECORDED. THE CONSUMER WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE MINIMUM WAIT WAS 2 HOURS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER REFUSED TO WAIT TWO HOURS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087358August 6, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
RECALL 04V021000 CONCERNING FLOOR SHIFT IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR RECALL REPAIRS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. THE KEY COULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THE IGNITION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING. ALSO, GEAR SHIFT COULD BE MOVED WHEN THE KEY WAS OUT OF THE IGNITION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083874July 23, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BLACK SMOKE CAME FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD FROM THE 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING.*MR THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY MALFUNCTION ON THE DASHBOARD GAUGES OR DIALS. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND ONTO THE SHOULDER BEFORE THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DESTROYED THE RADIATOR AND COOLING SYSTEM. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DECLARED THE VEHICLE TOTALED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING HER WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081188July 16, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOWEST GEAR (DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS: SPEEDOMETER DIDN'T WORK; VEHICLE OVERHEATING, BUT NOT REGISTERING ON TEMP GUAGE; COMPASS/MPG/ETC. NOT FUNCTIONING). BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP WHERE OUTPUT SENSOR WAS REPLACED. SEE COMPLAINT #10081186: 6 MONTHS AND 2250 MILES PRIOR INPUT SENSOR WAS REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081182July 16, 2004
AIR BAGS
REAR-ENDED A STOPPED VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELLING 60 MPH. IR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.RIVER SUSTAINED MILD WHIPLASH; 3 PASSENGERS IN OTHER VEHICLE(S) REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#10081186July 16, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, HEAVY "THUNKING" WHEN SHIFTING INTO AND OUT OF DRIVE AND REVERSE. (REGARDING NUMBER OF FAILURES: THIS HAPPENED EVERY TIME VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS. IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND TRANSMISSION OUTPUT SENSOR WAS REPLACED. (NOTE: FILED AS SEPARATE COMPLAINT - 6 MONTHS AND 2,250 MILES LATER SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND TRANSMISSION INPUT SENSOR WAS REPLACED)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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