Chrysler Sebring Complaints (1996)

419 consumer complaints on file.

#885869April 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AFTER COMING TO A STOP,VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *AK LEAKING FROM BELLHOUSING DUE TO TORQCONVERTOR FAILURE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885870April 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A SCRAPING SOUND FROM FRONT END, THEN A NOISE. FRONT AXLE HAD BROKEN. *AK PRIOR TO RECALL 97V-201 THE LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINTS FAILED. CONSUMER NOT SURE HOW THE LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINTS WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AXLE. HOWEVER, CONSUMER QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743846April 10, 2001
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
I HAVE HEARD OF QUITE A FEW SEBRING OWNERS HAVING THIS PROBLEM......ANY RECALLS? NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743576April 5, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
A FRAME BENT UNABLE TO GET AN ALIGNMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884399March 27, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:REAR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
FRONT SUSPENSION WOULD WEAROUT EXCESSIVELY. FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, LOWER LEFT BALL JOINT/ OUTER TIE ROD END/ SWAY BAR LINK, AND BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED BY MECHANIC. IN ADDITION, HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING WATER AND OIL, AND THEY WERE REPLACED.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883219March 16, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
3RD BRAKE LIGHT ON SPOILER STOPPED WORKING, SPOILER COVERS OTHER BRAKE LIGHT ON VEHICLE. DEALER STATED PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. CONSUMER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PASS VEHICLE INSPECTION WITHOUT LIGHT WORKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882537March 9, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
RECALL 00 V 421 000 CNCERNING LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL. HOWEVER, REPLACEMENT PART FAILED. BOOT WAS DAMAGED, AND JOINTS WERE DRY. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882334March 7, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
TRUNK LID /ASSEMBLY HAS WORN OUT, AND WILL NOT REMAIN OPEN. COULD COME DOWN ON AN INDIVIDUAL, CAUSING INJURY. *AK THE MANUFACTURER CHANGED THE TRUNK LID DESIGN POSSIBLY DUE TO DEFECTIVE PART AND SHOULD BE ON RECALL. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881832March 1, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION ENGINE WOULD STALL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED. TECHNICIAN STATED DISTRIBUTOR CAP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK THE MANUFACTURER'S TECHNICAL BULTEN STATES THAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE DUE TO EXCESS SOLDER BETWEEN THE COIL OUT PUT TERMINAL AND COIL COVER PLATE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881560February 27, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH FRONT RIGHT END HIT A WALL, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#881608February 27, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WHEEL BUCKLED UNDER DUE TO A BROKEN AXLE. DEALER SAID IT NEEDED A NEW AXLE AND CONTROL ARM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881212February 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN SHIFTING GEAR INTO PARK KEY WILL NOT TURN WHICH PREVENTS VEHICLE FROM BEING SHIFTED INTO PARK POSITION. ALSO, RECALL NUMBER 98V183000/ANUFACTURER'S RECALL 789 DEALT WITH SAME ISSUE; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559903February 22, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED FOR RECALL 99V-066 OF THE FRONT BALL JOINTS, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NO PROBLEM EXISTED, 21 DAYS LATER VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GARAGE FOR A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE UPPER BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING AND HUB ASSEMBLY, THE CONSUMER FEELS THE DEALER DID NOT PROPERLY DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS MADE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881001February 21, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER HAS TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE RECALL # 97V201000 REPAIRED, BUT DEALER WOULD NOT HONOR RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741148February 19, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
WHILE RETURNING FROM LAS VEGAS, I THUMPING SOUND BEGAN IN THE RIGHT FRONT SECTION OF THE CAR. I LOOKED BUT COULD FIND NO IMMEDIATE PROBLEM. UPON RETURNING HOME, I MADE A CLOSER SEARCH FOR WHAT WAS CAUSING THE CLUNKING SOUND. AS I LOOKED ABOVE THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, I COULD SEE THAT THE WELDING FOR THE SHOCK TOWER HAD BROKEN LOOSE. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CAR WAS BOUGHT (VAN WYK'S). THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. AFTER VAN WYK'S INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, THEY INSISTED WE MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD TO CAUSE THE WELDING TO BREAK. I POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR OTHER INDICATIONS THAT SOMETHING HAD BEEN HIT, BUT THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. I FELT I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO SEEK INDEPENDENT REPAIR. I THEN CONTACTED INDEPENDENT WHEEL AND FRAME INC. INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE BY ELDON FUSSEL INDICATED THE WELDING OF THE SHOCK TOWER TO BE DEFECTIVE IN THAT MR. FUSSEL STATED THAT THE SHOULD SUSTAIN A MAJOR HEAD ON COLLISON BEFORE THOSE WELD POINTS SHOULD HAVE BROKE. MR. FUSSEL ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE CONTRADICTING VAN WYK'S THEORY THAT WE HAD HIT SOMETHING CAUSING THE WELDING TO BREAK. INDEPENDENT WHEEL AND FRAME PROCEEDED TO COMPLETE REPAIR WHICH RESULTED IN $385.00 OUT-OF-THE-POCKET EXPENSE TO MYSELF. MR. FUSSEL ALSO EXPRESSED HOW DANGEROUS THIS SITUATION (FAILURE OF THE SHOCK TOWER WELDING) COULD BE (POTENTIAL TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880725February 16, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
THERE'S A HORRIBLE NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END, SIMILAR TO RECALL ON SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARM. *AK ANOTHER DEALER REPLACED THE LATERAL ARMS AND THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. THE CUSTOMER WAS SATISFIED BY THE DEALER'S PERFORMANCE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740659February 9, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
WE COMPALINED TO OUR LOCAL SERVICE DEALER, CROTON DODGE IN CROTON NY OF A WATER LEAK FROM THE CAR WASH, THE DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE ARM SUPPORTING CONVERTIBLE ROOF HAD CRACKED COMPLETELY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. DODGE SAYS THAT BECAUSE IT IS A FRAME PROBLEM AND BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE. SINCE WHEN DOES A VEHICLE OWNER HAVE TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM METAL FAILURE OF A CAR FRAME? ISN'T IT REASONABLE TO EXPECT A CAR FRAME TO LAST THE LIFE OF A CAR? CROTON DODGE HAS ESTIMATED THIS JOB TO COST WELL IN EXCESS OF $2500. YOUR ASSISTANCEW IS GREATKY APPRECIATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880087February 8, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
SEATBELT RELAY MALFUNCTONED, CAUSING RESTRAINT TO LOCK UP AND OCCUPANTS TO BE UNRESTRAINED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879996February 7, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER SEATBELT IS NOT USABLE, IT STAYS RETRACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878905January 24, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE HAS SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL 98V183000, INGITION KEY SHIFT INTERLOCK, CONSUMER CONTACTED CHRYSLER WHO INFORMED HIM THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY RECALL.*AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR RECALL BECAUSE IDENTICAL PROBLEMS THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED IN THE PART EXISTS. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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