Chrysler Sebring Complaints (2004)

292 consumer complaints on file.

#10280260August 12, 2009
STRUCTURE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WAS LIFTING UP AND BECOMING WARPED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS WARPED DIRECTLY ON TOP OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 87,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277385July 19, 2009
SUSPENSION:REAR
REAR SHOCK MOUNTING PLATE ON 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING DISINTEGRATED FROM CORROSION, CAUSING THE SPRING TO RUB ON TIRE AND TIRE FAILURE AT HIGH SPEED. NO INJURY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10265190April 14, 2009
SUSPENSION:FRONT
I WAS TURNING RIGHT AFTER A STOP, AND MY FRONT RIGHT BALL JOINT FAILED, CAUSING THE CAR SUSPENSION TO FALL ONTO THE WHEEL RIM, AND I LOST MY STEERING. I BACKED UP TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF CROSS-TRAFFIC, AND INADVERTENTLY PULLED THE RIGHT BOOT OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION, AND THE FRONT PASSENGER CORNER OF THE CAR FELL ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND. CAR WAS TOWED, INSPECTED, AND FOUND TAT THE LEFT BALL JOINT WAS ALSO LOOSE, SO I REPLACED BOTH SIDES, AS WELL AS A NEW RIGHT DRIVE AXLE AND BOOT. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS MODEL HAS GREASELESS BEARINGS IN THE BALL JOINTS, WHICH IS A PROBLEM HE HAS SEEN BEFORE. TOTAL REPAIR BILL WAS OVER $770. I FEEL LUCKY, IN THAT IN ANOTHER 5 MILES I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10263638March 30, 2009
AIR BAGS
ON SUNDAY MORNING I WAS TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON I-35 PASSING THE I-35 & I-40 JUNCTION TRAVELING ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN ON MY DRIVERS SIDE I NOTICED A WHITE DODGE NEON COMING OVER INTO MY LANE. I IMMEDIATELY HONKED HORN AND MOVED OVER SLIGHTLY. CAR CONTINUED TO COME OVER INTO MY LANE SO I HIT MY BRAKES WHICH SLOWED ME DOWN SOME TO ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR, AND THEN MY CARS FRONT END STARTED VIBRATING VIGOROUSLY AND CAR WENT INTO TAILSPIN AND HIT HEAD ON INTO CENTER HIGHWAY CONCRETE MEDIAN AND THEN TAILEND SWUNG AROUND AND ALSO HIT MEDIAN ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND I WANT TO INVESTIGATE IF THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY DEPLOYED AND WERE NOT RE-INSTALLED PROPERLY. OR IF THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER HAD A DEFECT IN THE AIRBAGS THEMSELVES. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10263313March 28, 2009
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING WHILE WAITING AT A STOP SIGN AND WHILE RUNNING SMOOTHLY ON THE HIGHWAY WILL SUDDENLY SKIP AND MISS. I ATTRIBUTED THIS TO "BAD GASOLINE" OR AS MY FATHER WOULD SAY, AIR IN THE LINE. I FINALLY TOOK THE CAR TO AN AUTOMOTIVE SHOP AND HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND ADVISED ME TO TAKE IT TO A CHRYSLER DEALER TO CHECK FOR IDLE QUALITY ON THEIR COMPUTER. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL VERO BEACH CHRYSLER DEALER YESTERDAY AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. WHEN I WAS LEAVING, THE YOUNG WOMAN ADVISOR TOLD ME TO CALL AAA IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH I TOLD HER I HAD NO TROUBLE RESTARTING THE CAR. SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG HERE! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262002March 16, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING HOME ON THE FREEWAY MY OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE CAR STOPPED, I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING, THE BATTERY WAS FINE BECAUSE THE RADIO AND HEAD LIGHTS WERE WORKING, I KNEW HAD OIL, MY HUSBAND CAME OUT AND TRIED TO JUMP START IT BUT HAD NO LUCK, HAD IT TOWED TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED. I HAD NO WARNING SIGN THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY ENGINE, THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE OIL LEVEL WAS FINE AND THAT IT LOOK PRETTY CLEAN AS WELL. THEY TOLD ME A NEED A NEW ENGINE AT A COST OF $5500 FOR A USED ONE WITH A 6 MO. PARTS ONLY WARRANTY OR A FACTORY RECONDITIONED ONE AT A COST OF $7200. I CAN NOT AFFORD EITHER, AND STILL OWE APROX $6500 ON MY CAR LOAN. I FOUND A WEB SITE CALLED AUTO BEEF AND WITH LITTLE SURPRISE THERE WERE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEMS. I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A FAULTY PRODUCT. NOW I HAVE TO PAY FOR A CAR I CANNOT USE OR INVEST ALMOST $7200 PLUS TAX ON A CAR THAT ISN'T WORTH THAT MUCH TO PUT INTO IT ANOTHER $7200.00. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10259635February 23, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT FILED ON THIS WEBSITE. MY CAR HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE REPAIR SHOP AT LEAST 3 TIME FOR THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NO RESOLUTION. CAR STALLED AGAIN ON 2/22/09 AND 2/24/09. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10247990November 8, 2008
SUSPENSION:REAR, SUSPENSION:FRONT
04 CHRYSLER SEBRING 4 DOOR SEDAN V6 2.7L REAR STRUT TO BODY MOUNTS FAILED. THE MOUNTS APPEAR TO BE CAST ALUMINUM AND DISSOLVED TO NOTHING CAUSE SUSPENSION FAILURE. THIS THEN CAUSED THE FRONTS TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. THE WHOLE CAR BECOME DANGEROUS TO DRIVE CAUSING THE CAR TO SWAY AND HAVE EXCESS PLAY IN STEERING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10247602November 3, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AT IN 2005 WITH 23K MILES. AFTER ABOUT A MONTH WE NOTICED A HARD SHIFT PROBLEM BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND MAINLY. WE TOOK THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS SEVERAL TIME BUT THE DEALER CLAIMED THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. FINALLY THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AND DID A PARTIAL REBUILD ON THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER ABOUT TWO WEEKS THE PROBLEM RESURFACED AND THE DEALERS STILL COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I TRIED A DIFFERENT DEALER JUST AFTER THE CAR HIT 36K AND THEY ALSO CLAIMED NO PROBLEM AND CHARGED ME FOR THE SERVICE SINCE IT WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. THE DRIVING LIGHTS ALSO QUIT JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. AT THIS POINT I'M JUST LIVING WITH THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE DEALERS CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10247624November 3, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
OIL SLUDGE IN MY LOWER ENGINE. CHRYSLER 2.7 V6 ENGINE. I AM BEING TOLD I NEED TO PAY $8000.00 FOR A NEW ENGINE IN MY 2004 SEBRING WITH ONLY 48,XXX MILES ON IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10245474October 14, 2008
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE TWO CARS GOT INTO A FENDER BENDER ANOTHER CRASHED INTO THEM AND I WAS TRAVELING BEHIND THE THIRD VEHICLE WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND SENT INTO A SKID. MY CAR SLID A GOOD DISTANCE UNTIL IT CRASHED RIGHT INTO THE BACK OF THE THIRD VEHICLE WHICH WAS A VOLVO IN WHICH THEIR AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. MY SEBRING DID NOT STOP NOR DID THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY. I WAS TRAVELING AROUND 30-40 MPH WHEN THE IMPACT HAPPEN. WILL NOT HAVE CONFIRMATION UNTIL TOMORROW BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE CAR WILL NOT BE SALVAGEABLE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES SHOULD PREVENT A SKID ON A DRY SURFACE ON A CLEAR DAY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10244731October 8, 2008
SUSPENSION:REAR
I WAS DRIVING ALONG, AND SUDDENLY A RATTLING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE RIGHT REAR OF THE CAR WHEN I WOULD HIT BUMPS. THE CAR'S HANDLING WAS THE SAME AND THE VEHICLE STILL FELT STABLE, SO I CONTINUED DRIVING UNTIL I GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. THE Y ADVISED THAT THE REAR STRUT MOUNTS HAD DETERIORATED, AND THAT CHRYSLER HAD REVISED THE MOUNTS AFTER MY VEHICLE YEAR BECAUSE OF SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. NOW I HAVE TO PAY $300 TO GET THEM FIXED! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10243086September 22, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TICKING OF THE ENGINE, NO SLUDGE FOUND AS OF TODAY. STALLING AT LIGHTS OR SITTING IN TRAFFIC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10240836September 3, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I BOUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST OF 06'. IT'S AN 04' CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE [XXX] CAR STARTED STALLING AND STOPPING WHEN I CAME TO A STOP. IT DIES ON ME AT LEAST ONCE A DAY NOW. IT FINALLY STOPPED WHILE DRIVING TODAY IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON A HIGHWAY. IT SCARES ME. I READ ON AUTO BEEF (WHICH IS WHERE I FOUND YOU) OF OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIPS AND OTHER MECHANICS CANNOT SEEM TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY AND THEY RAN A TEST AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE SAME PROBLEM EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING. I DON'T GET IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO....PLEASE HELP!!! *TR 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
#10239812August 26, 2008
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR EAGLE GT II TIRES, SIZE P275/60R15. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE TIRE WAS CHANGED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 39,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10239826August 26, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE CEASED WHILE STOPPED AT STOP LIGHT. VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY. LATER FOUND ENGINE FAILED DO TO SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10238427August 15, 2008
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
CLIENT PETRA MONIKA WINN BURNED TO DEATH WHEN THE STEEL (CALIFORNIA) GAS TANK ON HER 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING SPLIT AT A WELD DURING REAR END IMPACT. *TR 10/31/08 ADD INFORMATION *CW
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#10238083August 13, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
BOUGHT A USED 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING TOURING. NOTICED 1000KMS LATER THAT THE ENGINE SOUNDED ROUGH. SAW THE OIL WAS BLACK. TOOK THE CAR FOR AN OIL CHANGE. CAR WAS FINE FOR AWHILE. ABOUT 1000KM LATER PROBLEMS AROSE. YET ANOTHER OIL CHANGE WAS NEED FOR BLACK OIL. THIS CONTINUED FOR MONTHS. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO MAKE THE SWITCH TO SYNTHETIC OIL WHEN MY CAR GAVE OUT ON ME. MECHANIC SAID HE THOUGHT EXHAUST WAS GETTING INTO THE ENGINE B/C OF POOR INTERNALS, SAID HIS COUSIN HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. P.S. CAR GAVE OUT ON THE 401 THANK GOD IT WAS 1 AM! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237430August 8, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAVE A 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING. FOR 1 YEAR BEGINNING IN OCTOBER 2006, I HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT WOULD COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. I WAS UNABLE TO BRING IT TO THE DEALER BECAUSE IT WAS OVER THE WARRANTY MILEAGE. I HAVE HAD STALLING PROBLEMS, WHEN I WOULD APPLY THE BRAKES THE CRA WOULD EITHER STALL OR JERK FORWARD. ON JULY 26, 2008, I HAD TO HAVE THE TIE RODS REPLACED. SINCE I HAD THE VEHICLE I ALSO HAD TO HAVE A BEARING REPLACED. I DO A LOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING, BUT, HAVE HAD VEHICLES IN THE PAST THAT NEVER HAD THESE PROBLEMS. WHEN I HAD THE TIE RODS REPLACED (AT STS), THEY ALSO CHECKED ON THE STALLING. THE ONLY THING THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND WAS "DIRTY THROTTLE PLATES" WHICH DID NOT FIX THE SITUATION. I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON MY VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE COMMON WITH MY MODEL, YEAR, AND VIN NUMBER. THIS IS ONE REFERENCE I USED: HTTP://WWW.LEMONLAWCLAIMS.COM/2004_CHRYSLER_SEBRING_AND_ENGINE%20FAILURE.HTM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10235775July 25, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE HAS DIED FOR NO REASON ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND THEN RECENTLY STARTED KNOCKING. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUINED WITH SLUDGE. IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. WE HAVE DONE A FEW OF THE OIL CHANGES OURSELVES, AND HAD SOME DONE AT AUTO SERVICES OTHER THAN CHRYSLER SO THEY DO NOT WISH TO WARRANTY THE ENGINE. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM I DISCOVERED AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND CHRYSLER IS TRYING NOT TO HONOR THE WARRANTY BY CLAIMING THE OIL WAS NOT CHANGED CORRECTLY BY THE OWNER, AND OR, THE SERVICE COMPANIES OTHER THAN CHRYSLER. I CANNOT AFFORD TO CONTINUE PAYING FOR A CAR THAT DOES NOT RUN, AND I CANNOT AFFORD A NEW ENGINE FOR A CAR THAT IS A 2004 MODEL, OR ANY YEAR MODEL FOR THAT MATTER. A $20,000 VEHICLE SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 4 OR 5 YEARS. 20,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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