2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING Complaints

OIL SLUDGE IN MY LOWER ENGINE. CHRYSLER 2.7 V6 ENGINE. I AM BEING TOLD I NEED TO PAY $8000.00 FOR A NEW ENGINE IN MY 2004 SEBRING WITH ONLY 48,XXX MILES ON IT. *TR

I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AT IN 2005 WITH 23K MILES. AFTER ABOUT A MONTH WE NOTICED A HARD SHIFT PROBLEM BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND MAINLY. WE TOOK THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS SEVERAL TIME BUT THE DEALER CLAIMED THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. FINALLY THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AND DID A PARTIAL REBUILD ON THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER ABOUT TWO WEEKS THE PROBLEM RESURFACED AND THE DEALERS STILL COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I TRIED A DIFFERENT DEALER JUST AFTER THE CAR HIT 36K AND THEY ALSO CLAIMED NO PROBLEM AND CHARGED ME FOR THE SERVICE SINCE IT WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. THE DRIVING LIGHTS ALSO QUIT JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. AT THIS POINT I'M JUST LIVING WITH THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE DEALERS CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. *TR

TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE TWO CARS GOT INTO A FENDER BENDER ANOTHER CRASHED INTO THEM AND I WAS TRAVELING BEHIND THE THIRD VEHICLE WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND SENT INTO A SKID. MY CAR SLID A GOOD DISTANCE UNTIL IT CRASHED RIGHT INTO THE BACK OF THE THIRD VEHICLE WHICH WAS A VOLVO IN WHICH THEIR AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. MY SEBRING DID NOT STOP NOR DID THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY. I WAS TRAVELING AROUND 30-40 MPH WHEN THE IMPACT HAPPEN. WILL NOT HAVE CONFIRMATION UNTIL TOMORROW BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE CAR WILL NOT BE SALVAGEABLE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES SHOULD PREVENT A SKID ON A DRY SURFACE ON A CLEAR DAY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG, AND SUDDENLY A RATTLING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE RIGHT REAR OF THE CAR WHEN I WOULD HIT BUMPS. THE CAR'S HANDLING WAS THE SAME AND THE VEHICLE STILL FELT STABLE, SO I CONTINUED DRIVING UNTIL I GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. THE Y ADVISED THAT THE REAR STRUT MOUNTS HAD DETERIORATED, AND THAT CHRYSLER HAD REVISED THE MOUNTS AFTER MY VEHICLE YEAR BECAUSE OF SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. NOW I HAVE TO PAY $300 TO GET THEM FIXED! *TR

TICKING OF THE ENGINE, NO SLUDGE FOUND AS OF TODAY. STALLING AT LIGHTS OR SITTING IN TRAFFIC. *TR

I BOUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST OF 06'. IT'S AN 04' CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE [XXX] CAR STARTED STALLING AND STOPPING WHEN I CAME TO A STOP. IT DIES ON ME AT LEAST ONCE A DAY NOW. IT FINALLY STOPPED WHILE DRIVING TODAY IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON A HIGHWAY. IT SCARES ME. I READ ON AUTO BEEF (WHICH IS WHERE I FOUND YOU) OF OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIPS AND OTHER MECHANICS CANNOT SEEM TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY AND THEY RAN A TEST AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE SAME PROBLEM EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING. I DON'T GET IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO....PLEASE HELP!!! *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ENGINE CEASED WHILE STOPPED AT STOP LIGHT. VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY. LATER FOUND ENGINE FAILED DO TO SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR EAGLE GT II TIRES, SIZE P275/60R15. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE TIRE WAS CHANGED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 39,000.

CLIENT PETRA MONIKA WINN BURNED TO DEATH WHEN THE STEEL (CALIFORNIA) GAS TANK ON HER 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING SPLIT AT A WELD DURING REAR END IMPACT. *TR 10/31/08 ADD INFORMATION *CW

BOUGHT A USED 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING TOURING. NOTICED 1000KMS LATER THAT THE ENGINE SOUNDED ROUGH. SAW THE OIL WAS BLACK. TOOK THE CAR FOR AN OIL CHANGE. CAR WAS FINE FOR AWHILE. ABOUT 1000KM LATER PROBLEMS AROSE. YET ANOTHER OIL CHANGE WAS NEED FOR BLACK OIL. THIS CONTINUED FOR MONTHS. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO MAKE THE SWITCH TO SYNTHETIC OIL WHEN MY CAR GAVE OUT ON ME. MECHANIC SAID HE THOUGHT EXHAUST WAS GETTING INTO THE ENGINE B/C OF POOR INTERNALS, SAID HIS COUSIN HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. P.S. CAR GAVE OUT ON THE 401 THANK GOD IT WAS 1 AM! *TR