1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING Complaints

3RD BRAKE LIGHT ON SPOILER STOPPED WORKING, SPOILER COVERS OTHER BRAKE LIGHT ON VEHICLE. DEALER STATED PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. CONSUMER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PASS VEHICLE INSPECTION WITHOUT LIGHT WORKING. *AK

RECALL 00 V 421 000 CNCERNING LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL. HOWEVER, REPLACEMENT PART FAILED. BOOT WAS DAMAGED, AND JOINTS WERE DRY. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

TRUNK LID /ASSEMBLY HAS WORN OUT, AND WILL NOT REMAIN OPEN. COULD COME DOWN ON AN INDIVIDUAL, CAUSING INJURY. *AK THE MANUFACTURER CHANGED THE TRUNK LID DESIGN POSSIBLY DUE TO DEFECTIVE PART AND SHOULD BE ON RECALL. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION ENGINE WOULD STALL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED. TECHNICIAN STATED DISTRIBUTOR CAP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK THE MANUFACTURER'S TECHNICAL BULTEN STATES THAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE DUE TO EXCESS SOLDER BETWEEN THE COIL OUT PUT TERMINAL AND COIL COVER PLATE. *YH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WHEEL BUCKLED UNDER DUE TO A BROKEN AXLE. DEALER SAID IT NEEDED A NEW AXLE AND CONTROL ARM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH FRONT RIGHT END HIT A WALL, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN SHIFTING GEAR INTO PARK KEY WILL NOT TURN WHICH PREVENTS VEHICLE FROM BEING SHIFTED INTO PARK POSITION. ALSO, RECALL NUMBER 98V183000/ANUFACTURER'S RECALL 789 DEALT WITH SAME ISSUE; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED FOR RECALL 99V-066 OF THE FRONT BALL JOINTS, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NO PROBLEM EXISTED, 21 DAYS LATER VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GARAGE FOR A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE UPPER BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING AND HUB ASSEMBLY, THE CONSUMER FEELS THE DEALER DID NOT PROPERLY DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS MADE. NLM

CONSUMER HAS TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE RECALL # 97V201000 REPAIRED, BUT DEALER WOULD NOT HONOR RECALL. *AK

WHILE RETURNING FROM LAS VEGAS, I THUMPING SOUND BEGAN IN THE RIGHT FRONT SECTION OF THE CAR. I LOOKED BUT COULD FIND NO IMMEDIATE PROBLEM. UPON RETURNING HOME, I MADE A CLOSER SEARCH FOR WHAT WAS CAUSING THE CLUNKING SOUND. AS I LOOKED ABOVE THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, I COULD SEE THAT THE WELDING FOR THE SHOCK TOWER HAD BROKEN LOOSE. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CAR WAS BOUGHT (VAN WYK'S). THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. AFTER VAN WYK'S INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, THEY INSISTED WE MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD TO CAUSE THE WELDING TO BREAK. I POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR OTHER INDICATIONS THAT SOMETHING HAD BEEN HIT, BUT THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. I FELT I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO SEEK INDEPENDENT REPAIR. I THEN CONTACTED INDEPENDENT WHEEL AND FRAME INC. INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE BY ELDON FUSSEL INDICATED THE WELDING OF THE SHOCK TOWER TO BE DEFECTIVE IN THAT MR. FUSSEL STATED THAT THE SHOULD SUSTAIN A MAJOR HEAD ON COLLISON BEFORE THOSE WELD POINTS SHOULD HAVE BROKE. MR. FUSSEL ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE CONTRADICTING VAN WYK'S THEORY THAT WE HAD HIT SOMETHING CAUSING THE WELDING TO BREAK. INDEPENDENT WHEEL AND FRAME PROCEEDED TO COMPLETE REPAIR WHICH RESULTED IN $385.00 OUT-OF-THE-POCKET EXPENSE TO MYSELF. MR. FUSSEL ALSO EXPRESSED HOW DANGEROUS THIS SITUATION (FAILURE OF THE SHOCK TOWER WELDING) COULD BE (POTENTIAL TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING). *AK