Chrysler Sebring Complaints

3,876 consumer complaints on file.

#10124321June 6, 2005
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOWS LEAK DURING A RAIN. I HAVE HAD THIS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED 3 TIMES AND JUST TOOK IT BACK IN AGAIN. THE FLOOR ON THE REAR OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE GETS SOAKED, BUT NOT THE PASSENGER SIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123912June 2, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
DT: CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN MARCH FOR THE TRANSAXLES FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK. CONSUMER TRIED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE DEALERSHIP. THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY THE CAR POPPED OUT OF GEAR AND HIT A POLE. THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS TOTALED. THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK, AND THE BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CHRYSLER SENT SOMEONE TO LOOK AT THE CAR, THE CHRYSLER INVESTIGATOR SAID THAT EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE. CONSUMER HAD TO CALL HIM BACK FROM CHRYSLER AFTER HE CAME AND LOOKED AT THE CAR. CHRYSLER INVESTIGATOR SENT A LETTER TO THE CONSUMER STATING THAT THE INCIDENT DID NOT LOOK LIKE IT WAS A RESULT OF THE RECALL.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10124022June 2, 2005
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I STARTED TO GET A VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER CHECKED AND DETERMINED THAT THE STEEL BELTS INSIDE THE TIRES HAVE SHIFTED. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I PURCHASE NEW TIRES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123713June 1, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
ODOMETER AND TACHOMETER STOP AND START FUNCTIONING INTERMITTENTLY. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A KNOWN AND COMMON PROBELM WITH THIS YEAR/MODEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122307May 27, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT: WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON A LONG TRIP, ONE QUART OF OIL IN VEHICLE AS EVERY 700 MILES. ENGINE AND CAP PLUGS LEAKS OIL. THERE IS A HEATING AND COOLING PROBLEM. THE DEALER WILL NOT TELL ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT IS WRONG, BUT DID SAY THE BLOCK WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122325May 27, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, MY RADIO WOULD PRODUCE A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND THEN THE DISPLAY WOULD GO BLANK. MY ODOMETER WOULD BEGIN BLINKING AND THE REST OF THE GUAGES WOULD GO DOWN. MY CAR STALLED AND I HAD TO RESTART IT. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THE SECOND TIME, THEY REPLACED MY BATTERY. THE THIRD TIME, NOTHING WRONG. THE FOURTH TIME, THEY REFORMATTED THE COMPUTER IN THE CAR. THE FIFTH TIME NOTHING FOUND. TODAY WAS THE SIXTH TIME AND IT IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP. I'M BEGINNING TO FEAR FOR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY BECAUSE IT IS STALLING WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS BECOME EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEMS AT THE DEALERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122265May 26, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PURCHASED CAR ON EBAY THREE YEARS AGO. NO RECORD OF ACCIDENT BUT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. PROBLEM BEGAN AFTER A HEAVY RAIN WHEN CAR PARKED OUTSIDE. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, CAR STARTS AND DIES SEVERAL TIMES, THEN WONT'T START FOR ANYWHERE FROM AN HOUR TO A DAY OR TWO. NO DEALER ABLE TO FIND PROB. OR GET IT TO THROW A CODE. PROBLEM SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR LAST YEAR WHEN WE MOVED TO CA AND PARKED CAR IN GARAGE. THEN IT RETURNED ONCE. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER AND HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PROB. OR GET IT TO REPEAT THE PROBLEM. FINALLY GOT ONE COMPUTER REPLACED. BROUGHT THE CAR HOME AND IT HAS REPEATED THE PROBLEM A FEW TIMES. NOW IT IS TURNING ON THE SECURITY LIGHT AS WELL AS THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT, THEN, SUDDENLY, WHILE I AM DRIVING, THE GUAGES QUIT WORKING. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST OR HOW FAR I AM GOING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE THIS MONTH, BOTH TIMES WHEN WE WERE ON A LONG TRIP. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REAL CORRELATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COULD BE CAUSING THIS PROBLEM THAT WE CAN FIND OTHER THAN POSSIBLE MOISTURE RELATIONSHIP. HAD TO DRIVE FROM LAKE TAHOE TO ORANGE COUNTY WITH NO SPEEDOMETER TWO WEEKS AGO. IT HAD RAINED HEAVILY AND THE CAR WAS PARKED OUTSIDE. THEN IT MAGICALLY "MENDED ITSELF" DURING THE WEEK AND WE TOOK IT FROM ORANGE COUNTY TO PALM SPRINGS ON MAY 21ST. THE GUAGES WENT OUT SHORTLY AFTER WE LEFT HOME AND CAME ON "MAGICALLY" AFTER WE PURCHASED GAS IN PALM SPRINGS. DATE LISTED BELOW IS MOST RECENT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR THREE YEARS. HAS BEEN TO DEALERS IN ALABAMA AND ORANGE COUNTY. I REALLY CAN'T SAY HOW MANY TIMES IT HAS FAILED, BUT PROBABLY AROUND 30.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122180May 26, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING ENGINE FAILED. DIAGNOSED AS EXCESSIVE OIL SLUDGE. DEALER DENIED CLAIM CITING INADEQUATE OIL CHANGES WHICH IS INCORRECT, OIL CHANGE WAS DONE WHEN SPECIFIED, OIL LIGHT NEVER HAD TO COME ON. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND HAD IT MAINTAINED. WHAT HAPPENED: THE CAR STOPPED AFTER A LOUD TAPPING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND HAD TO STOP IMMEDIATELY. I SENT COMPLAINT LETTER TO CHRYSLER'S CEO AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX. THEY WANT TO CHARGE $6000 TO REPAIR. CHRYSLER SHOULD REPLACE THOSE ENGINES. TOO MANY COMPLAINTS. I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX CAR AND I STILL HAVE A LOAN ON THE CAR BUT IT IS NOT DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122160May 25, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
UPPER BALL JOINT IN PASSENGER SIDE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED CAUSING THE WHEEL TO FOLD INWARD WITH AN ASSOCIATED TEMPORARY LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. NEW PART WAS INSTALLED AND UPON INSPECTION, THE OLD BALL JOINT APPEARED RUSTY AND CORRODED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121848May 23, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK VERY LATE AT NIGHT, MY LIGHTS WENT OUT ABOUT 4 OR 5 TIMES. THEY WOULD COME RIGHT BACK ON WHEN I HIT THE DIMMER SWITCH, BUT IT WAS REALLY FRIGHTENING. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND A LOOSE WIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. NOW, 2 YEARS LATER, MAY 2005, ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK AT 2A.M. MY LIGHTS WENT OUT TWO TIMES AND CAME BACK ON WHEN I HIT THE DIMMER SWITCH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121799May 21, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY
I HAD MY STARTER REPLACED IN SEP 04 AND TODAY IT WENT BAD AGAIN. THE FIRST REPAIR COST ME OVER $500 AND ONLY THE DEALER COULD GET THE PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121428May 19, 2005
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
ON APRIL 23, 2005, MY SON WAS TRAVELING TO WORK, ABOUT 12:30 IN THE AFTERNOON, TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON THE 210 FREEWAY. AT SOME POINT, HIS LEFT REAR TIRE WENT FLAT. HIS CAR LOST CONTROL AND SPUN COUNTERCLOCKWISE, ACROSS FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC, AND HEAD ON INTO THE CENTER DIVIDER. HIS CAR CONTINUED TO SPIN IN THE SAME DIRRECTION AND IMPACTED AGAIN AT THE RIGHT REAR QUARTERPANEL, AND THE RIGHT REAR BUMPER. MY SON GOT OUT OF THE CAR, AND THE CHP ARRIVED WITHIN TEN MINUTES TO HAVE HIS CAR TOWED. I CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN. THEY SENT AN INSPECTOR TO THE SALVAGE YARD. TWO WEEKS LATER I GOT A LETTER FROM CHRYSLER SAYING THAT THEIR RECALLED UPPER BALL JOINT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CRASH. I HAD A MECHANIC EXAMINE THE VEHICLE, HE HAD IT LIFTED UP WITH A FORKLIFT, AND SHOWED ME THE RACK AND PINION THAT WAS DANGLING DOWN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. HE SAID THAT SINCE THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE REST OF THE UNDERCARRAIGE, THE BROKEN STEERING WAS WHAT CAUSED MY SON'S CAR TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL, AND CRASH INTO THE MEDIAN, INJURING HIM, AND THREATENING THE OTHER COMMUTERS.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10120990May 16, 2005
WHEELS
DT CONSUMER STATES THE WHEELS ON HIS VEHICLE HAVE CORRODED AND CAUSED AIR TO LEAK OUT. WHEN THE WHEELS WERE REPLACED BY THE SERVICE DEALER THEY STATED IT WAS FROM THE ROAD SALT DURING THE WINTER. THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121024May 16, 2005
AIR BAGS, STEERING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
I LEASED THE 2002 SEBRING CONVERTABLE LXI ON SEPT 9, 2002 SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN HAVING ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT SINCE JUNE 2003 TO THIS DATE MAY 2005. STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE SEAT BELT TENSIONER 3 TIMES N THE DRIVER SIDE AND 2 ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, ALONG WITH THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE, SET BELT EXTRACTER. THE DEALERSHIP KEEPS REPLACING THESE PARTS BUT EVERY OTHER MONTH IT SEEMS THAT THE AIR BAG LIKE IS STILL COMING ON. AMONGST OTHER ISSUES I AM HAVING WITH THIS VEHICLE SUCH AS THE STEERING PULLING LEFT TO RIGHT OR WHEN I EXCEL {4 TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED} THE STEERING SPINS 3-4 TIMES COMPLETELY AROUND I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS SINCE JUNE 2003. THE TRANSMISSION IS BUCKING, SLIPPING, AND/OR STICKING INTO GEAR, I HAVE BEEN COMPLANING ABOUT THIS ISSUE TO THE DEALERSHIP SINCE FEBRUARY 2004. TO THIS DAY MAY 15, 2005 ALL THE ABOVE COMPLAINTS ARE STILL AN ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121047May 16, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT: THE ENGINE BLEW UP WHILE DRIVING. THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS ENGINE HAD VERY LOW MILEAGE AT 42,800. FROM ALL INFORMATION I CAN GATHER THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPANY AND THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO FIX THIS, OVER 700 COMPLAINTS. *TT *EH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121063May 16, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
DT CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE KEY IS OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE GEAR SHIFT CAN SLIP TO ANOTHER GEAR. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120493May 10, 2005
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
I DRIVE A 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. EARLY SUMMER 2004, THE DRIVER SEAT BELT FAILED TO WORK REGULARLY. CHRYSLER PAID TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY IN AUG 2004. EARLY THIS YEAR, BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS BECAME UNRELIABLE, FAILING TO "PULL OUT" ABOUT 75% OF THE TIME. IN LATE MARCH 2005, IT WAS DIAGNOSED BY NORMAN CHRSYLER JEEP DODGE AND A SEAT BELT MODULE WAS ORDERED ON MARCH 30, 2005. CHRYSLER OFFERED TO PAY ALL BUT $50 FOR THE REPAIR. THE PROBLEM IS THAT 6 WEEKS LATER, THE PART IS STILL ON NATIONAL BACKORDER WITH NO ESTIMATED DELIVERY DATE. AS OF WEEK ENDING MAY 6, 2005, NEITHER THE DEALERSHIP NOR CHRYSLER CORP CAN OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING THE PART. MEANWHILE, I LIVE WAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY WHERE I DRIVE ON 65 MPH COUNTRY ROADS EVERYWHERE I GO WITH NO FRONT SEAT BELTS ABOUT 75% OF THE TIME. IN THE LAST YEAR, MY HUSBAND AND IN-LAWS HAVE HIT DEERS, AND MY DAUGHTER WAS IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THESE ROADS. I AM AT A LOSS AS TO WHERE TO GO FOR HELP. PLEASE HELP!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120540May 10, 2005
WHEELS
CONSUMER STATES: NOTICED AIR LEAKING FROM TIRES. CHROME WHEELS WERE CORRODED, AND IT CAUSED THE TIRES TO LEAK. HOWEVER, DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THEY WANTED TO CHARGE CONSUMER OUT OF POCKET TO FIX IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120297May 9, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
CONSUMER STATES: BACK CAME OFF CAR WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND SCREWS CAME OUT OF BUMPER. THE BUMPER RIPPED OUT OF THE SNAPS THAT HOLD IT IN PLACE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111653May 6, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS, SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE'S ROOF LEAKED, THE WINDOWS SHOOK, AND THE STEERING WHEEL RUBBED. THEN, THE WHEEL BEARINGS WENT OUT, THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS LOOSE, AND GAS GAUGE BROKE. ALSO, THE SUSPENSION WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK THE STEERING RACK WAS REPLACED, BOTH DOOR PANELS WERE REPLACED, THE REAR WINDOWS WOULD SHAKE WHEN OPENED AND CLOSED, THE REGULATOR CABLE WAS KNOTTED, THE LEFT 1/2 REGULATOR WAS REPLACED, THE FRONT TIRES WERE RUBBING, THE FRONT END DISPLAYED A CLUNKING NOISE, THE BACKING PLATE WAS BENT, THE KEY DID NOT COME OUT AT TIMES, BUT NO REPAIR WAS NEEDED AT THE TIME, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON, A TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE WHEEL BEARINGS WERE REPLACED. THE FUEL SENDING UNIT VOLTS WERE TOO HIGH PER ENGINE LIGHT AND THE FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT MOVING. WIRING WAS FOUND OPEN IN THE FUEL PUMP MODULE WHICH WAS REPLACED. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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