Chrysler Sebring Complaints

3,876 consumer complaints on file.

#10399057May 2, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
THE CAR HAD A NEW SET OF SPARK PLUGS AND A TRANSMISSION SERVICE AT 60,000 MILES. THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WHEN IT LOST POWER AND THEN WAS STUCK IN SECOND GEAR. IT WAS TOWED TO A CHRYSLER DEALER WHERE THEY SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION BELIEVING THAT WAS THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE OBDII SYSTEM REPORTED NO CURRENT OR STORED ERROR CODES. THEY RETURNED THE CAR AND STATED THAT IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND SHOULD HAVE A TUNE UP. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN ABOUT 180 MILES AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WHEN IT AGAIN LOST POWER AND WAS STUCK IN SECOND GEAR. THIS TIME THE CAR WAS DRIVEN ALONG THE SHOULDER TO THE NEXT OFF RAMP AT WHICH TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO ANOTHER CHRYSLER DEALER WHERE THE OBDII CODES SHOWED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND AN OXYGEN SENSOR HAD FAILED. THE DEALER REPLACED THESE ITEMS. FUEL ECONOMY DROPPED FROM ABOUT 30 MPG TO ABOUT 23 MPG. THE LOCAL DEALER LOOKED INTO THIS PROBLEM BUT SAID THAT THE OBDII SYSTEM IS REPORTING NO CURRENT OR STORED CODES SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO PER THE FACTORY, THEY ALSO HAVE NOTED THAT THE ENGINE IS RUNNING ROUGHLY. CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND AGREED TO REFUND THE COST OF THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. I MAILED ALL THE COPIES OF THE REQUESTED PAPERWORK TO THEM BUT THEY NEVER RESPONDED BACK AND HAVE NOT PAID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398009April 27, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR STALLS, ENGINE STUTTERS AND HESITATES WHEN AT A STOP, TURNING OR GOING AROUND A BEND AT 30 MPH. WHEN INITIALLY STEPPING ON THE GAS RPMS WILL DROP THEN SURGE (~2000 RPM). ALMOST HIT A CAR IN A PARKING LOT ON ONE OCCASION BECAUSE OF A SURGE. ALSO, THE CAR STUTTERED AND JERKED ON THE HIGHWAY. CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP REFLASHED PCM ON ONE VISIT AND RAN DIAGNOSTICS ON ANOTHER VISIT AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10397202April 23, 2011
AIR BAGS
MY CLOCK SPRING FAILED RENDERING MY HORN, AIR BAG, AND CRUISE CONTROL INOPERABLE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHYRSLER PRODUCTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10396793April 19, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
2006 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE APPROX 45,000 MILES FOR NO REASON HORN GOES OFF AND WILL NOT STOP BLOWING. ONLY WAY STOP THE HORN IS BY REMOVING THE FUSE WHICH DEACTIVATES THE AIRBAG AS WELL AS THE HORN. TO STOP MY HORN I HAVE TO DRIVE WITHOUT AN AIRBAG. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER WHO SAYS WARRANTY IS UP AND IT WILL COST UP TO $1000 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE HORNPAD AND AIRBAG. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF OTHER SEBRING OWNERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND CANNOT BELIEVE A SAFETY RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10396686April 18, 2011
SUSPENSION:REAR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE REAR PASSENGER STRUT FAILED DUE TO CORROSION. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE STRUTS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED BUT THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 102,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10395895April 14, 2011
SUSPENSION:REAR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD, ABNORMAL POP FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE THEN COLLAPSED AS THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED, INDEPENDENTLY STEERING RIGHT. THE VEHICLE SKIDDED AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. THERE WERE THREE PERSONS REPORTED INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A FIELD INSPECTOR WAS SENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE BALL JOINT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE UPPER CONTROL ARM AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE AS THEY DID NOT CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURE OR THE CRASH. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000. UPDATED 05/16/11 *BF UPDATED 2/8/12 *CN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10395434April 11, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BALL JOINT HAD SEPARATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10E059000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10394460April 6, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING THE CONTACT THEN COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET AND TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE OIL PUMP, THE CAM SHAFT, AND ADDITIONAL VALVES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 131,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10394387April 6, 2011
STRUCTURE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, STEERING, POWER TRAIN, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
AT 4055 MILES CAR WAS BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP FOR ROTOR ISSUES, THE CAR HAS BEEN BACK TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS, MORE THAN 15 TIMES, FOR BRAKE LIGHT, WINDOW SEAL, POWER STEERING PUMP, TRANSMISSION, STALLING, FUEL GAUGE,TOP ISSUES,FOR MAINLY VIBRATION ISSUES AT LEAST 10 TIMES, THE CAR HAS APPROX. 26K MILES AND IS ON ITS THIRD SET OF TIRES, THE DEALERSHIPS REFUSES TO GO BEYOND ALIGNMENT, BRAKES, ROTORS, RIMS AND TIRES, THIS TIME STRUTS. THIS LAST TIME IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR MORE THAN A MONTH,THEY HAVE REPLACED ALL DESCRIBED AND IT STILL HAS AN ISSUE AND THEY REFUSE TO GO BEYOND THAT AND LOOK INTO THE TIE RODS OR BUSHINGS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10394091April 3, 2011
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
ON MY 2006 CHRYSLER SEBRING WITH THE 2.4 LITRE ENGINE. IT IS A SEDAN. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING AND WHEN WE TOOK IN INTO A MECHANIC, HE FOUND THAT THE BRACKET BETWEEN THE FRONT MOTOR MOUNT TO THE ENGINE WAS BROKEN. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY WILL NOT BE MANUFACTURING THE PART UNTIL THE END OF JUNE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10394528March 29, 2011
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, AIR BAGS
I HAVE A 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO WORK, THE CAR IDLED DOWN AND WAS ABOUT TO CUT OFF, AS WHEN I STOPPED ON A RED LIGHT THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION KEY TO "OFF" AND TURNED IT BACK ON. ALSO, THE AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF. WHAT IS WRONG!? ANY RECALLS ON THESE YET?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10394540March 29, 2011
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE LATEST ONE IS THE MOST SERIOUS. A FAULTY ABS SENSOR CAUSE THE BRAKES TO OPERATE ABNORMALLY. THE ABS LIGHT MAY COME ON THEN GO OFF AND (PERIODICALLY GOES ON AND OFF). REGARDLESS OF THE LIGHT STATUS, THE ABS SYSTEM RANDOMLY ENGAGES AND DOES NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO STOP IN A SAFE MANNER. THE ABS WHEN ENGAGED RESISTS THE DRIVER FROM APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE RESULT IS THE CAR NOT STOPPING. LUCKILY I WAS GOING SLOW AND THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND OTHER WISE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON, RESISTED MY BRAKING FORCE THEN WENT OFF AND ALLOW THE BRAKES TO ENGAGE AS ANTICIPATED. THE ROADS WERE NORMAL, DRY AND FREE OF DEBRIS/ LOOSE FILL. THIS HAPPENED TWICE OVER TWO DAYS. ON THE SECOND DAY I PARKED THE CAR AND LET IT SIT UNTIL IT'S SERVICE DATE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DIAGNOSED A FAULTY SENSOR WITH CODE C1044. THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO RUST. FIRST THIS IS A 2007 CAR, SECOND IF RUST ON A SENSOR IS GOING TO INHIBIT NORMAL BRAKING THEN THE PART IS DEFECTIVE AND OR THE DESIGN IS DEFECTIVE. I WAS LUCKY SOME ONE ELSE IS NOT GOING TO BE. ABS IS DESIGNED TO PUMP THE BRAKES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. I'M SURE NORMAL DRIVING AT 25 MPH ON A DRY NORMAL SURFACE ISN'T ONE OF THEM. EVEN IF THE ABS FAILS THE OPERATOR SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO STOP THE CAR BY APPLYING MANUAL FORCE TO THE BRAKE PETAL. THIS FAILURE DOES NOT ALLOW EFFECTIVE USE OF THE BRAKES! SECOND ISSUE IS THE LIGHTS (BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR DIMMING) WITH AUDIBLE SURGES IN THE CLIMATE CONTROL BLOWER. THE DEALER SAYS THIS IS DUE TO MY REMOTE STARTER EVEN THOUGH THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN OCCURRING WELL BEFORE THE REMOTE STARTER WAS INVOLVED. THIRD ISSUE IS THE REAR WINDOW REPEATEDLY COMING OUT OF TRACK THERE WERE OTHER ISSUES WITH THE BRAKES ROTORS WARPING AND BRAKE LIGHT COMING ON, GAS CAP LIGHT COMING ON, TIRE SENSORS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10393031March 27, 2011
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
PURCHASED BRAND NEW 2010 CHRYSLER SEBRING ON JANUARY 24, 2011 FROM STERLING HGTS DODGE IN STERLING HGTS, MI. EVER SINCE I GOT THE CAR, THE IDIOT TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AFTER DRIVING ON THE XWAY ABOUT 10 MILES AND STAYS ON FOR A FEW DAYS, THEN GOES OFF. IT COMES ON WHEN IT RAINS OR IS REAL COLD OUTSIDE UNDER 20 DEGREES AND STAYS ON. I CHECK THE TIRE PRESSURES ON ALL 4 TIRES AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I DROVE IT TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THESE SENSORS. THEY CHECKED MY TIRE PRESSURES AND ALL WERE CORRECT. JUST DRIVE IT SOME MORE MILES AND THE LIGHT WILL GO OFF WAS WHAT WAS SAID TO ME. THIS PROBLEM IS CONSISTENTLY GOING ON AND OFF EVERY WEEK! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BY SOME OUTSIDE AGENCY TO FORCE CHRYSLER TO REPLACE ALL THESE TIRE SENSORS. EVERY WEEK LIKE CLOCKWORK, THE SAME THING HAPPENS. I AM TIRED OF IT. I AM TIRED OF NOT GETTING HELP FROM CHRYSLER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392865March 25, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, SHE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. TWENTY MINUTES LATER, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SUDDENLY BLEW OUT. A SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED; YET, WITHIN FIFTEEN MINUTES WHILE DRIVING TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, THE CONTACT SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, VEERED OFF OF THE ROAD AND CRASHED. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE POLICE REPORT LISTED A STATEMENT FROM A WITNESS INDICATING THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS NOT ON THE VEHICLE PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS THE SAME AREA WHICH SHE HAD THE TWO PRIOR FAILURES. SHE STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO NHTSA RECALL 09E056000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT). THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 60,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10392668March 23, 2011
SUSPENSION:REAR
COMPLAINT OF KNOCKING NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. FOUND REAR SPRING MOUNT BROKE DUE TO CORROSION. MADE OF ALUMINUM POT METAL? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392492March 22, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING, CONVERTIBLE 2.7, VIN [XXX] ENGINE FAILURE, NO WARNING. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10393226March 22, 2011
POWER TRAIN
BOUGHT THE 2006 SEBRING WITH 32,000 MILES ON IT, JUST BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. IT NOW HAS 62,000 MILES ON IT, AND IT LEAKING OIL PROFUSELY. I HAD MY MECHANICALLY INCLINED FATHER LOOK AT IT, AND IT APPEARS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE CRANKSHAFT. AS I HAVE BEEN LOOKING ONLINE, THIS APPEARS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES, AND WORSE YET, IF IT STARTS TO BECOME A PROBLEM BEFORE THE WARRANTY IS UP, DEALERS ARE SIMPLY REPLACING THE SEAL, ESSENTIALLY PUTTING A BAND-AID ON THE BIGGER ISSUE AND LEAVING THE EXPENSE UP TO THE CONSUMER TO DEAL WITH. AT THIS TIME I THINK I CAUGHT IT BEFORE IT GOT THE CHANCE TO LOCK MY ENGINE UP, I JUST THANK MY LUCKY STARS THAT I HAD TO DROP MY SON OFF TO SCHOOL ON A COLD DAY AND HAD LEFT THE ENGINE TO IDLE WHILE I WALKED HIM TO THE DOOR, AS THE ENGINE ONLY LEAKS WHILE RUNNING. HAD THIS NOT HAVE BEEN THE CASE, I WAS ABOUT TO TRAVEL TO A TOWN THAT TAKES OVER AN HOUR TO GET TO, TAKING A ROAD WITH VIRTUALLY NO GOOD PLACES TO STOP, AND MANY "DEAD-ZONES" WHICH WOULD HAVE MADE GETTING ASSISTANCE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND WILL NOT BE CHOOSING CHRYSLER FOR ANY FUTURE VEHICLES, UNLESS THIS PROBLEM IS RECTIFIED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10390398March 16, 2011
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS SLOWLY ENTERING A STORE PARKING AREA WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE ACCELERATION AND CRASHED INTO TWO POLES. THE DRIVER WAS INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT FILED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 33,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10390106March 14, 2011
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, POWER TRAIN
WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT I PUT THE CAR IN PARK. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN THE SHIFT LEVER WOULD NOT LEAVE PARK. THE CAR BECAME AN INANIMATE OBSTACLE TO FLOW OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386899March 8, 2011
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I JUST GOT MY CAR AND IT ALREADY HAS PROBLEMS I WAS INTERESTED IN THE DEALER WHERE I GOT TO FIX IT SINCE I ONLY HAD IT ABOUT 2WKS I REALLY LIKE MY CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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