Chrysler Sebring Complaints (2004)

292 consumer complaints on file.

#10143715November 27, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING TOURING 20000 MILES. WHEN CAR IS STOPPED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE CAR JUMPS FORWARD FOR NO REASON LIKE SOME ONE HAD PUT THEIR FOOT ON THE GAS THIS HAS HAPPEN COUPLE TIMES TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. HE FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN AND WAS GOING TO DO IT WHEN I TAKE IT BACK. BUT AFTER READING IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM THERE SHOULD BE RECALL BEFORE SOME ONE IS KILLED!!!! ALSO WHEN IN TRACTION CONTROL IT MAKES A TERRIBLE NOISE LIKE THE BRAKES GRINDING ON THE ROTORS WHEN THE WHEELS ARE SPINNING DEALER NOT SURE WHAT IS WRONG AND IS GOING TO LOOK INTO IT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143592November 24, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1) PARKING GEAR GETS STUCK IN GEAR AND WILL NOT COME OUT OF GEAR AT TIMES. 2) EVEN WHEN CAR IN PARK THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OR GO INTO THE ACCESS KEY MODE. 3) CAR CUTS OFF AT THE SPARE OF THE MOMENT WITH NO NOTICE AND NO INDICATION WHY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143422November 22, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
THE FUEL LINE LEADING FROM THE FIREWALL AREA TO THE FUEL DISTRIBUTION RAIL LEAKING ALLOWING PRESSURIZED FUEL TO SPRAY IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS WAS NOT NOTICED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS BUT WAS DETECTED BY THE ODOR AFTER SHUTTING CAR OFF.CHRYSLER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ME THE CORRECT PART TO REPAIR AND SO AN AFTERMARKET PART WAS USED TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO SERVICE TEMPORARILY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143113November 18, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK , CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK THE CONTACT COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKING PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THEN, THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED, BUT IT DID NOT SHOW ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK UPDATED 11/7/2005. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10142850November 16, 2005
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
NO SUMMARY LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10142879November 16, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PURCHASED THE 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING IN NOVEMBER OF 04. HAVE HAD AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE SINCE THE PURCHASE. WHILE DRIVING THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS WILL FLICKER ON AND OFF, THE RADIO WILL MAKE A POPING NOISE, AND THE CAR WILL STALL OUT. HAS DOWN THIS NUMEROUS TIME WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE BATTERY, REFORMATTED THE MAIN COMPUTER AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10141818November 5, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, AIR BAGS
VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED WITH 18,455 MILES ON IT. AFTER VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WE NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE WITH THE BRAKES. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE WARPED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO HAVE THE GRINDING SOUND, WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AGAIN WORK WAS DONE ON THE BRAKES. WE DID NOT HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE IT MUCH AFTER AS OUR DAUGHTER GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE ON OCT 13, 2005, SHE WAS PULLING OUT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARKING LOT (NO MORE THAN 5-10 MPH) TO GO ACROSS THE ROAD TO ENTER THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT HER FRONT CORNER PASSENGER SIDE (OTHER VEHICLE WAS GOING APPROX 40-45 MPH). THE REAL ISSUE IS THAT BOTH FRONT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UNTIL SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED...THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE MAJORITY OF THE INJURIES TO MY CHILDREN. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10141612November 3, 2005
STRUCTURE, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I AM POA FOR JAMES HAMPTON OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION , JAMES HAMPTON SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURY , THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WAS DOWN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. OBSERVING HIM PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT IN THE VEHICLE I MADE THE OBSERVATION THAT HE DIDN'T APPEAR TO FIT THIS CAR WELL, HE IS SIX FOOT THREE INCHES TALL, TOP OF WINDSHIELD IS ABOUT MID FOREHEAD IN HEIGHT ON HIM, AT TIME OF INCIDENT AIR BAG DID DEPLOY, STILL SEVERE HEAD INJURY TO FOREHEAD ON LEFT SIDE, OBSERVATION OF INJURY AND LOCATION LEADS ME TO QUESTION THAT HAD HE BEEN UNDER SIX FOOT IN HEIGHT AIR BAG WOULD HAVE AFFORDED MORE PROTECTION FROM IMPACT OF WINDSHIELD, OR IF HEIGHT OF WINDSHIELD WAS HIGHER IMPACT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT, CAR WAS DETERMINED A LOSS. I AM CONCERNED THAT CONSUMER HEIGHT, ABOVE AVERAGE COULD POSSIBLY PREDISPOSE ONE TO MORE SERIOUS OR FATAL INJURY DUE TO HEIGHT OF WINDSHIELD RELEVANT TO AREA OF IMPACT. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10139400October 12, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE, SEAT BELTS, SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
DT CONSUMER STATES THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL BREAK WHILE SNAPPING INTO THE LATCH. CONSUMER STATES THE DEALER S FIXED THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES TWICE. ALSO WHEN PUTTING ON THE BRAKES THE BACK SEAT IS ALL ONE PIECE AND IT WILL GO FORWARD AND WILL RISE UP GOING TOWARD THE FRONT SEATS. CONSUMER STATES ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE THE AIR BAG COVER IS WARPED, AND THE DEALERSHIP STATED IF INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT THE AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER STATED THEY STARTED NOTICING THESE PROBLEMS ON JANUARY 16, 2005. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10139906October 6, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, THERE WAS A NOISE IN THE BRAKES CAUSED BY THE ROTORS WHICH WERE CHIPPED AND SCRATCHED. *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137208September 21, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT: THE CONTACT STATED TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER OWNING THE CAR FOR ONE YEAR. SHE CALLED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ,AND BECAUSE SHE DID NOT HAVE A WARRANTY, NO ONE WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE COOLING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED SHORTLY AFTER SHE BOUGHT THE CAR. THEN, THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE ENGINE WENT OUT. THE LABOR WILL BE $2,000 AND THE PARTS WILL COST $5,000.00. WHEN SHE BOUGHT THE CAR IT HAD 28,838 MILES ON IT. CURRENTLY, IT HAS 51,488 MILES ON IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10136534September 14, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE HAD RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE STALLING WHEN THE ENGINE IS HOT. AFTER DRIVING FOR SOME TIME ON AN INTERSTATE, THE CAR WILL STALL WHEN TAKEN DOWN TO A LOWER SPEED- LIKE GETTING OFF THE EXIT RAMP, OR JUST BRAKING TO SLOW DOWN FOR TRAFFIC. THIS HAS HAPPENED NO LESS THAN 20 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT- THE CAR JUST STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY, EXIT RAMP, OR INTERSECTION. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES FOR THE PROBLEM, AND THEY SAY THEY CANNOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM AND JUST RESET THE ENGINE TIMING,ETC. IT HAS HAPPENED AS RECENTLY AS THIS WEEK. I HAVE JUST READ AT LEAST 24 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE- I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS COMMON. THE DEALERS SHOULD HAVE A REMEDY FOR THIS BY NOW. I AM SCARED SOMEONE WILL PLOW INTO ME. THIS IS MY FIFTH SEBRING CONVERTIBLE AND NOW I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER ONE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10136030September 9, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WILL BUCK , AND THE RPMS WILL GO UP TO 3000-4000 RPMS. IT WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND OR THIRD GEAR. IT WAS A HAZARD TO DRIVE. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. CHRYSLER CHANGED PARTS VENDORS TO TRY AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM . HE RECEIVED VEHICLE BACK YESTERDAY, AND THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE PROBLEM FIRST BEGAN IN AUGUST 2005. AND HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE THEN. *AK UPDATED 11/15/2005 - *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130516September 9, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT: CONSUMER OWNED A 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING TOURING. VEHICLE WAS CUTTING OFF WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS AT CROSS WALK AT QUEENS CHAPEL ROAD AND AGER ROAD WHEN CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO SLAM BRAKES TO STOP DUE TO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPING QUICKLY. VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT START WHEN TRYING TO START IT. CONSUMER TURNED HAZARD LIGHTS ON TO KEEP FROM GETTING HIT IN THE REAR, SHE WAITED A MINUTE THEN TRIED TO START VEHICLE AGAIN. VEHICLE STARTED AND SHOOK REAL HARD, THEN WAS ABLE TO PULL AWAY AND DRIVE HOME. THIS HAPPENED ON JULY 28, 2005 AT ABOUT 7:40 PM. VEHICLE STALLED 9 TIMES. DEALER RAN A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THIS WAS THE LAST TIME VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE STALLED THREE TIMES TODAY, AND CONSUMER WAS WORRIED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133691August 22, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2004 SEBRING HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. TOMORROW 8/23/05 WILL BE MY FOURTH OR FIFTH ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE ON GOING PROBLEM OF MY CAR SURGING FORWARD WHILE AT IDLE/COMING TO A STOP OR WHILE SETTING AT A LIGHT HOLD THE BRAKE. THE CAR STALLED WHILE CROSSING TRAFFIC. THE CAR SHAKES AS IF THE ENGINE IS ABOUT TO ROCK OUT OF IT. IT MISS-FIRES ON A REGULAR BASES. THE LAST TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE SPARK PLUGS THIS WAS 6/23/05.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133353August 18, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: CONSUMER HAS A 2004 CHRYSLER SEABRING. CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN INTERMITTENT STALLING PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAS BEEN WORKED ON TWICE DUE TO STALLING. DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER ON AUGUST 12, 2005. THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN ON AUGUST THE 13, 2005. DEALER SAID THE PROBLEM WAS BUILD UP IN THE THROTTLE BODY. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED THERE WAS NO WARNING, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED UP WITH NO PROBLEM AFTER STALLING. SHE CONTACTED DEALER AUGUST 15, 2005 AND THE DEALERSHIP ASSURED HER THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE, AND DID NOT OFFER TO TRY TO DO ANYTHING ELSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SHE DID NOT THINK VEHICLE WAS SAFE, AND WAS SCARED TO LET HER FAMILY RIDE IN IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129091July 18, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE, CALLED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN BY THAT TIME IT HAD OVERHEATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THERMOSTAT WAS BAD, AND THEY REPLACED IT. THEN IT DID IT AGAIN. CALLED A TOW TRUCK, THEY TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. TTHEY NEEDED TO BLEED THE LINE. GOT THE VEHICLE BACK AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME . CURRENTLY, WAS MAKING FUNNY SOUNDS. IN THE BOOK IT SAID IF THE LIGHT WAS ON IT COULD BE ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE IS AT DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128891July 15, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DT: THE ABS BRAKES FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED WITH 19,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE WITH THE BRAKES. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE WARPED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO HAVE THE GRINDING SOUND, BUT BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT SUPPLY HER WITH A LOANER VEHICLE SHE DID NOT TAKE IT IN. ON MAY 31, 2005, SHE WAS GOING AROUND 40-45 MILES PER HOUR AND SHE TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES WHEN THE ABS FAILED. SHE SKID 75 FEET ON DRY PAVEMENT. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT TAKEN AND A TICKET WAS ISSUED, BUT SHE IS FIGHTING THE TICKET BECAUSE IT WAS DUE TO THE BRAKES FAILING. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT HER HEAD AND SHE HAS POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME WITH POSSIBLE SEIZURES AND IS OUT OF WORK. SHE ALSO HAD BRUISED RIBS AND A NECK AND SHOULDER INJURY, ALL ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE DOCTOR HAS PUT HER ON COMPLETE DISABILITY AND SHE CAN NOT EVEN DRIVE A VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. SHE IS CURRENTLY ON SEIZURE MEDICATION. THE VEHICLE IS IN NEW JERSEY, SHE WAS COMING HOME FROM MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IN ATLANTIC CITY. THE DAMAGE IS ALL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT. THE VEHICLE IS CONSIDERED TOTALED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10129120July 8, 2005
AIR BAGS, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING HAS A RECURRING AIR BAG PROBLEM.*MR THE AIR BAG LIGHT WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING. A SEAT BELT PRE-TENSIONER WAS REQUIRED, BUT THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE AIR BAG LIGHT PROBLEM. THE A/C WOULD ONLY BLOW ON THE HIGHEST SETTING. THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW MADE A CREAKING NOISE WHEN GOING UP OR DOWN. THE THERMOSTAT AND GASKET WERE REPLACED DUE TO A COOLANT LEAK. THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR WAS LOOSE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126599June 26, 2005
TIRES
DRIVING 75 MPH AND THE RUBBER OF THE FRONT WHEEL ROLLS OFF....MECHANIC SAID TO GET ALL NEW TIRES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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