CHRYSLER STEERING LINKAGE Complaints

BRAKE PROBLEMS AND SURGING PROBLEMS WITH 2007 SEBRING. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE I HAVE OWNED MY CAR. I ALREADY SPOKE TO CBS3 ON YOUR SIDE AND THEY TOLD ME TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH YOU AND CALL 1-800-LEMON LAW. *TR

FOG LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF. BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP IN EL SEGUNDO, CA FOR REPAIR ON 03/29/06 WAS TOLD IT WAS AN INTERNAL SWITCH AND REPAIRED FOR $86.58. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED. THEN IN 2008 IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND I TOOK IT INTO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP IN W. LOS ANGELES, CA AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A SWITCH IN THE STEERING COLUMN SO IT HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THAT TOTALED APPROXIMATELY $340. NOW ON EASTER (04/04/10) ON MY WAY TO A BBQ TO MY PARENTS HOME, THE FOG LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN ...AND WOULDN'T TURN OFF AGAIN. BUT THIS TIME IT CAUSED ME TO PANIC BECAUSE IT OVERHEATED AND SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH AND TURN SIGNAL SWITCH WHILE I WAS JUST GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY. I WAS LUCKY BECAUSE I WAS NOT TO FAR FROM MY PARENTS HOME WHERE MY BROTHER WHO WAS FORMALLY A MECHANIC HAD THE MIND TO PULL OUT THE FUSE TO THE FOG LIGHTS. THE FUSE WAS VERY HOT WHEN HE PULLED IT OUT AND THE SMOKING STOPPED. HE DID STATE THAT THE CAR COULD OF CAUGHT FIRE IF HE HAD NOT PULLED THE FUSE OUT IN TIME. I WAS LUCKY. I DO HAVE THE OLD PART AVAILABLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 JEEP LIBERTY. I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY BLOWER MOTOR. AT FIRST, I HAD NO AIR ROTATING AT LEVEL ONE. THEN, I WOULD HAVE NO AIR ROTATING AT ALL. THEN, THE FOLLOWING DAY, IT WOULD BE WORKING. NOW IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. I TOOK MY KIDS TO SCHOOL TODAY, AND I HAD PROBLEMS SEEING THREW THE WINDSHIELD BECAUSE I HAD NO AIR BLOWING THE DEFROST. AS OF NOW, I HAVEN'T NOT HAD ANYTHING REPAIRED. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHRYSLER SEBRING I HAVE OWNED FOR 2 YEARS NOW IN 2008 I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A LOUD POP AND A THUD I GOT OUT AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR STRUT MOUNT SHATTERED AND THE STRUT WAS LOOSE SO I DROVE IT HOME AND CALLED THE DEALER THEY SAID THERE IS A BACK ORDER ON THEM DUE TO THE CONSTANT FAILURE OF THESE SO I WAS ABLE TO GET 2 FROM THEIR PARTNER DEALERSHIP SOMEONE INSTEAD OF FIXING THEIR CAR THEY TRADED IT IN ER SOMETHING TO THAT IS WHAT I WAS TOLD SO I PUT THEM ON, NOW ITS 2009 DEC 23RD I CHANGED THE REAR STRUTS AND FRONT DUE TO THE CAR HAVING 171,000 MILES ON THEM I TOOK THE GOOD MOUNTS OFF THAT I HAD JUST PURCHASED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO AND THEY ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAR ALSO BUT I THREW THEM ON SINCE THEY WAS BETTER THEN THE ONES I JUST BOUGHT WITH THE NEW STRUTS FROM A JUNK YARD I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER ITS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS DATING BACK TO 1999 OR 2000 ITS ALL OVER THE INTERNET WHEN THEY FIRST SHATTERED I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS MATTER AND GOT HUNG UP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN I TOLD THEM THE ISSUE IS ALL OVER THE NET ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM I DO HAVE OLD PARTS THAT WAS REPLACED IN 2008 AND THE ONES OFF OF THE USED STRUTS THAT I JUST PURCHASED I HAVE ALOT OF FRIENDS THAT HAVE A SEBRING OR HAVE HAD ONE AND THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES IF IT WASN'T A ISSUE WHY WAS THE STRUT MOUNTS IN 2008-2009 ALWAYS ON BACK ORDER AND DEALERSHIPS COULD ONLY GET A LIMITED # OF THEM PER MONTH DUE TO THE PROBLEM. *TR

WE HAVE A 2007CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY; WE HAD TO REPLACE 5 TIE RODS IN 50,000 MILES. NOW WE HAVE EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION; 2 QUARTS IN 3000 MILES. WE HAVE BEEN TELLING DEALER SINCE 20,000 MILES WE HAVE HAD AN OIL PROBLEM WITH NO RESULTS FROM THE DEALER. *TR

LIGHT CLUNKING WHEN I PURCHASED VEHICLE IN THE STEERING GEAR GOT WORSE AND WORSE AND LOUDER AND LOUDER ERRATIC STEERING FLUID LEAKING VERY BAD AND LOTS OF POWER STEERING WHINES AND HARD TO KEEP STRAIGHT WHILE DRIVING. EXCESSIVE PLAY IN STEERING AND WANDERING AND THE FRONT WHEELS HAVE BEEN VIBRATING AND SHAKING WHILE DRIVING AND IT MAKES THE CAR WOBBLE VERY SCARED TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE WITH MY YOUNG CHILD BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER I HAVE ANOTHER RACK I GOT USED FOR 500 BUCKS BUT I HAVE NO WAY TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE MY LACK OF FUNDS I WAS TOLD THAT MY STEERING GEAR BUSHINGS WHERE WORN OUT AND THAT I NEEDED MY RACK REPLACED A S SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TR

04' PT CRUISER - BOUGHT NEW AND I AM NOW HAVING THE FRONT BEARING AND HUBS REPLACED FOR THE 4TH TIME. LESS THAN 38,000 MILES ON THE CAR. BOUGHT NEW TIRES YESTERDAY TO THEN BE TOLD THAT THE BEARING S ARE BAD. RATHER TICKED OFF AS THIS IS CAUSING ME TO TAKE TIME FROM WORK AND TO ARRANGE A RIDE TO PICK UP THE CAR ONCE REPAIRED. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED A FEW WEEKS AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED RUST/PIT MARKS ALL OVER THE EXHAUST SYSTEM (UNDER WARRANTY COMPLETELY REPLACED). THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN I CONTINUED TO NOTICE THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR WAS WET AFTER RAIN OR A CAR WASH. FRONT WINDSHIELD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED (UNDER WARRANTY REPAIRED). THE THIRD INCIDENT THE CAR WAS SHIFTING HARD BROUGHT IT IN WAS TOLD IT'S NORMAL NO PROBLEM FOUND. FOURTH INCIDENT THE CAR CONTINUED TO SHIFT HARD, BROUGHT IT IN AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN (UNDER WARRANTY REPLACED). FIFTH INCIDENT NOTICED THE REAR BUMPER FADING COMPARED TO THE OTHER BUMPERS. TOLD IT DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER SEALER ON IT (UNDER WARRANTY REPAIRED). SIXTH INCIDENT, NOTICED LEFT REAR MOLDING PANEL LOOSE. FOUND CLIP TO FASTEN THE MOLDING WAS BROKEN AND DEFECTIVE, (UNDER WARRANTY REPLACED). SEVENTH INCIDENT, NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR MOLDING PANEL LOOSE. FOUND CLIP TO FASTEN THE MOLDING WAS BROKEN AND DEFECTIVE, (UNDER WARRANTY REPLACED). ALL THIS WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES. THANK GOD FOR THE WARRANTY. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS THAT I'VE HAD TO HAVE THE SAME FRONT SPEED SENSOR ON MY 2005 PACIFICA REPLACED. ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2007, THE FRONT SENSOR WAS REPLACED. IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THIS TIME AT 33,000 MILES. WE WERE TOLD BY THE TECHNICIAN THAT IT WAS "DEFECTIVE." YET, THERE WAS NO RECALL ISSUED FOR THE VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THIS. FAST FORWARD TWO YEARS, MY CAR HAS OVER 50K MILES, IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE SAME SENSOR HAS GONE OFF. NOW, IT IS A 316.00 JOB. THE PART ONLY COSTS 48.99 THROUGH PEP BOYS, SO THE DEALERSHIP (JONES JUNCTION IN BEL AIR, MD) IS ROBBING ME FOR 268.00 IN LABOR ON A SERVICE THAT TAKES ALL OF 15 MINUTES TO TAKE THE WHEEL ON AND OFF. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE. I HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERNET AND IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL, AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY CHRYSLER. *TR

HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE BURST. REPLACED TWICE BY DEALER WHERE CAR WAS BOUGHT. REPLACES PART BURST AND THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. CAR WAS A TOTAL LOST. *TR