2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. WHEN ACCELERATING, THE SOUND WOULD INCREASE. HE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE KNOCKING SOUND WAS DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS 16,000 MILES OVER THE WARRANTY, THEY WERE NOT LIABLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 86,000.

FIRST I HAD CONTINUOUS OIL LEAK SO THE PAN OR SOME PART WAS ORDERED AND INSTALLED. THE OIL IS STILL LEAKING OUT OF THAT PAN OR PART? THAT WAS A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS INCLUDING CHECKING THE CONSTANT FLICKERING OIL LIGHT WHICH NOW JUST FLICKERS AND I PAY IT NO ATTENTION. THE SECOND ISSUE WAS A COMPUTER CHIP OR SOMETHING, THE CAR WOULD JUST NOT START SO I TOOK IT IN THAT WAS 800 SOMETHING BY THE TIME THE CAR WAS GOING AGAIN. THE THIRD ISSUE WAS THE CONNECTER THAT HAS THREE HOSES TO IT WENT BAD AND SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER HOOD AND WHEN I OPENED IT THE WATER WAS SPRAYING LEAKING AND OF COURSE EMPTY WHICH WAS ANOTHER 300 BUCKS AFTER TOWING PARTS LABOR ETC... THE CURRENT PROBLEM IS THE STEERING WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH I JUST DO MY BEST TO STAY IN THE LANE. ALSO I HAVE FOUND OUT THE WHEEL ARE REALLY REALLY CHEAP AND FLAKING SO MY BRAND NEW TIRES WERE IMMEDIATELY PUNCTURED WHICH I'VE PAID A BUNCH TO KEEP THEM SEALED AND BALANCED AND NOT TO MENTION THE WEAR FROM THE STEERING AND FLATS HAS PRETTY MUCH RUINED THE NEW TIRES. *TR

I REGULARLY MAINTAIN THE OIL IN MY CAR, YET THE OIL SEEMS TO DISAPPEAR. I ADD OIL IN BETWEEN CHANGES AND THE TECHNICIANS AT THE OIL CHANGE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY LEAKS. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE AND NOTICED A KNOCK IN THE ENGINE. I CHECKED THE OIL, AND IT WAS LOW. I WAS NOT DUE FOR A CHANGE, SO I PUT OIL IN THE ENGINE. THE KNOCK CONTINUED UNTIL ONE DAY IT BECAME AN AWFUL SOUND, AND SHUT OFF. I HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK TO MY HOUSE WHERE IT HAS SAT FOR A MONTH. I HAD A MECHANIC DIAGNOSE ,Y CAR AND HE SAID IT WAS A ROD, AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. I HAVE NOTICED WHERE SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CHRYSLER 2.7 VALVE ENGINE. I DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS IS MY PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY IF CHRYSLER HAS A FAULTY PRODUCT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND WHILE BRAKING AND ACCELERATING. THE NOISE PERSISTED FOR THREE DAYS. ON THE FOURTH DAY, WHILE BRAKING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. IN ORDER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, SHE HAD TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO PARK. LATER THE SAME DAY, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY AND A DIAGNOSTIC INDICATED THAT THE MAP SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE, AND THE OXYGEN IN THE FUEL INJECTION WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. THE MECHANIC ADVISED HER THAT THE PART WOULD BE AVAILABLE THE FOLLOWING DAY; HOWEVER, SHE WAS LATER INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THIS MEANT THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA WHEN THE PART WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT IS UNABLE TO REACH THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,500. UPDATED 10/30/08. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AT VARIOUS TIMES. UPDATED 10/30/08. *JB

THE ENGINE DIED. TAKEN TO REPAIR SHOP, NO COMPRESSION, ENGINE SHOT. 63,000. *TR

THE COOLANT IN MY AUTO WAS GONE, WHEN I HAD TO STOP IN TRAFFIC WHEN I SAW SMOKE. LUCKILY, I WAS NEAR 7/11 WHERE I COULD BUT THE PROPER MIX OF COOLANT. THE NEXT MORNING THE COOLANT HAD DISAPPEARED, I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. ADDED MORE COOLANT WENT TO THE AUTOMOTIVE STORE PURCHASED MORE COOLANT OPENED THE HOOD AND THE COOLANT HAD ONE AGAIN DISAPPEARED...THERE WAS NEVER ANY RESIDUAL ON THE DRIVEWAY PAVEMENT. THE MAN AT THE AUTOMOTIVE STORE LOOK AT THE RADIATOR AND SAID THERE IS YOUR PROBLEM, ITS LEAKING OUT OF THE CRACK, A HAIRLINE CRACK IN RADIATOR, WHICH CAUSED LEAKAGE IN COOLING SYSTEM. I CAUGHT THIS PROBLEM. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THESE RADIATORS ALWAYS HAVE PROBLEMS, CRACKING, BRAKING. CHRYSLER KNEW THESE RADIATOR ARE JUNK YET THEY CONTINUE TO INSTALL THEM...THEY ARE PLASTIC, NOT METAL. UNDER THE 100,000 MILEAGE WARRANTY ONLY THE ENGINE IS COVERED. THIS IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THE COOLING SYSTEM IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ENGINE...WITHOUT A RADIATOR (COOLING SYSTEM) THE ENGINE WOULD GET SO HOT, THE CAR WOULD CATCH FIRE. II HAVE NOW BEEN STUCK WITH A $1,000 BILL FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE RADIATOR.WHO KNOWS WHETHER THE PART BEING REPLACED WILL LAST 5,000 MILES OR CRACK NEXT WEEK. THE PLASTIC MOTOR EQUIPMENT IS DANGEROUS, IT IS A TRAGEDY WAITING TO HAPPEN. THE DEALERSHIP VIS-A-VIS CHRYSLER NEEDS TO PAY FOR THIS POOR QUALITY MERCHANDISE AND PUT THESE ITEMS UNDER WARRANTY WITH THE ENGINE. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED, JUST SUPPOSE I HAD BEEN ON THE I-495 IN FAST TRAFFIC. I HAD ON SEVERAL PREVIOUS OCCASIONS ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO CHECK THE COOLANT AND THE SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG EVEN THOUGH ITWAS ONLY HALF FULL. DISPOSITION RECALL ALL PLASTIC RADIATOR, REPLACE WITH MEDAL OR SOMETHING KNOWN TO BE SAFE. I'VE BEEN BUYING CARS SINCE 1961 NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. BY CHRSYLER OWN ADMISSION THEY KNEW THESE RADIATORS WERE FATALTY. HAVE RADIATOR REPLACE NO COST TO ME!

SEBRING DEVELOPED SLUDGE PROBLEM, COST ALMOST $6,000 TO DROP IN A REPLACEMENT ENGINE. CHRYSLER SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AND REIMBURSE EVERYONE THAT'S HAD THIS ISSUE. *TR

I PURCHASED 2 EACH EAGLE GA P205/65R15 TIRES FOR THE LOCAL GOODYEAR GARAGE ON JAN. 20, 2007. I INITIALLY WANTED TO PURCHASE 2 OTHER TIRES BUT SINCE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THOSE IN STOCK, THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD GIVE ME THESE TIRES FOR THE SAME PRICE AS THE OTHER TIRES. IN MAY OF 2007, I HAD TO HAVE BOTH VALVE STEMS REPLACED ON THE TIRES AND AGAIN IN NOVEMBER OF 2007 BECAUSE THE TIRES KEPT LEAKING AIR. I PURCHASED THE TIRES AT WITH 53861 MILES ON THE CAR. I CURRENTLY HAVE 74747 MILES AND WAS TOLD AUG 15, 2008 BY THE SAME GOODYEAR STORE THAT I NEEDED NEW TIRES BECAUSE THE TREAD WAS DOWN TO 3/32. AFTER THEY CALLED CORP AND I COMPLAINED, I WAS TOLD GOODYEAR WOULDN'T REPLACE THE TIRES UNTIL THE TREAD WAS AT 2/32. MY TIRES LEAK AIR CONSTANTLY AND THE TREAD WEAR IS VERY APPARENT. I WAS TOLD IT WAS PROBABLY A SUSPENSION/NON ROTATING TIRE PROBLEM. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED EVERY 4 MONTHS DURING THE OIL CHANGE. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE SINCE GOODYEAR WON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT REPLACING THEM FOR ANOTHER MONTH DUE TO NOT ENOUGH TREAD WEAR!! *TR

DRIVING ACROSS RR TRACKS AT LESS THAN THE POSTED SPEED AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR STRUT MOUNT BROKE AND BEGAN BANGING IN THE WELL AREA OF MY 2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. I CONTACTED SEVERAL LOCAL GARAGES, THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR, AND MOPAR PARTS ONLINE TO GET PRICE AND AVAILABILITY ON THE PART. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY EVERYONE, THE PART # 4879071 AD IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER WITH NO AVAILABILITY DATE. PER MOPOR SOME CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN WAITING OVER 5 MONTHS FOR THE PART. PER THE DEALERSHIP NO RECALL OR SAFETY BULLETIN HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THIS PART. PER THE DEALERSHIP AND MOPAR THERE ARE OVER 5,000 MOUNTS ON BACKORDER AND NONE ARE GETTING FILLED. I CAN NOT FIX THE FAILURE DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF THE PART. WITH THIS MANY ON BACK ORDER, APPARENTLY THERE IS A PROBLEM AND NO ONE IS ADDRESSING OR WILLING TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND CORRECT IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR STRUT MOUNTS WERE CORRODED. THE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED THAT BOTH STRUT MOUNTS BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 110,000.