2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING Complaints

THE ELECTRO-LUMINESNCE LIGHTING FOR THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GOES OUT RANDOMLY AFTER STARTING THE CAR AFTER SAY FUELING, OR GOING TO A STORE. THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME CORRELATION WITH ENGINE TEMPERATURE; I.E., IT HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS STILL WARM. THE CONDITION DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO VIEW THE INSTRUMENT PANEL (FUEL GAUGE, ENGINE TEMPERATURE, SPEEDOMETER, OR TACHOMETER) ALL OTHER WARNINGS AND MONITORING ARE OK (E.G., TIRE PRESSURE WARNINGS, ODOMETER, ETC). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT AND THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A SPRAIN TO HER LEFT KNEE CAP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD SEND SOMEONE OUT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

WITHOUT WARNING AT TIME MY CAR WILL STALL AT A STOP IE SIGN OR TRAFFIC SIGNAL OTHER TIME IT WILL BE STOPPED AT A LIGHT & WITHOUT WARNING THE RPM WILL SPIKE TO OVER 2K RPM & NEARY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT SEVERAL TIME. THERE IS NO KNOW REASON FOR THIS IN RELATION TO TEMP, HUMIDITY ETC OR HOW LONG ITS BEEN DRIVEN. CAN IT BE THAT THE FLEX FUEL SYSTEM IS GETTING CONFUSED BY THE ALCOHOL IN THE FUEL?? ALSO EXPERIENCE AT TIME WHEN FILLING GAS TANK IT SPITS BACK & CAUSES AN OVERFLOW OF FUEL ON SIDE OF CAR & GROUND??NO MATTER HOW SLOW OR FAST ITS PUT IN. ALL THIS HAS STARTED IN THE LAST 5K MILES PLEASE FIND A FIX BEFORE IT BECOMES A ACCIDENT. THANKS *TR

ON MONDAY 1/28/2013 AFTER A HEAVY MORNING OF SNOWING AND RAINING, I BEGAN TO RUN ERRANDS. ALL OF SUDDEN MY CAR 2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING STALLED AS I WAS DRIVING. I STARTED THE CAR IMMEDIATELY BACK UP WITH NO PROBLEMS HOWEVER SHORTLY AFTERWARDS PULLING UP TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. EVERYTHING IN THE CAR GOES OFF AS IF SOMEONE HAS TURNED THE IGNITION KEY TO OFF POSITION. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS THERE ARE NO WARNING TO THE POSSIBILITY THE CAR IS ABOUT TO STALL. TUESDAY 1/29/13 I TOOK MY CAR TO A LOCAL REPAIR CHAIN AS IT CONTINUED TO STALL AND THEY REPORTED NOT FINDING ANYTHING ELECTRICAL WRONG WITH THE CAR NOR MECHANICAL. HOWEVER, THEY SUGGESTED THAT WHEN CARS STALL SOMETIMES IT MAY BE THE SPARK PLUGS MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. SO BASED ON THEIR SUGGESTION I HAD THE SPARK PLUGS REPLACED/TUNE UP. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM AS I DROVE HOME CAR STALLED. ON WEDNESDAY 1/20/13, I TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER TRUSTED MECHANIC AND THEY REPORTED THE PROBLEM BEING ELECTRICAL AND MANUFACTURED DUE TO HOW THE CAR TOTALLY SHUTS DOWN AND NOT REGISTERING WITH THE DASH BOARD A PROBLEM. ON 1/31/13 I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP ONLY FOR THEM TO CONFIRM, SO FAR, WHAT THE OTHER TWO MECHANICS ALREADY TOLD ME, ITS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT IS NOT SHOWING UP ON DASH. FOR THREE DAYS THE CAR STALLED APRX. 11 TIMES AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND/OR IN MOTION. I HAVE READ THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2007-2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING'S HOWEVER WHEN I CALLED CHRYSLER I WAS TOLD THAT DID NOT INCLUDE MY CAR DUE TO IT BEING MANUFACTURED A MONTH LATER THAN THE RECALL CARS. HOWEVER, THE RECALL NOTICE DESCRIBES EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY CAR. I HAVE ALSO COMMUNICATED WITH 2 OTHER PEOPLE TO WHOM HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME STALLING ISSUES WITH THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL CAR. I JUST HOPE IT DOES NOT TAKE SOMEONE LOSING THEIR LIFE BEFORE CHANGES ARE MADE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT IN OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY, ENGINE SURGED THEN STALLED. THE CAR WAS THEN DRIVEN TWO BLOCKS TO A CORNER SUNOCO STATION AND WHILE IDLING AT THE GAS STATION, THE CAR AGAIN SURGED AND DIED. CAR WAS TAKEN TO ATLANTIC CHRYSLER, BUT SERVICE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THE COMPUTER DID NOT REFLECT IT. JAN. 13, 2013, WHILE DRIVING IN ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, CAR ENGINE REVVED AND STALLED WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. THE CAR SURGED FORWARD SLIGHTLY BEFORE BREAKS HALTED FORWARD PROGRESS OF CAR, NEARLY HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THIS HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE GETTING THE CAR HOME. DURING THE SAME TRIP THE DASH BOARD LIGHT ACTIVATED INDICATING THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WAS IN OPERATION. THE LIGHT DID NOT DEACTIVATE UNTIL THE CONVERTIBLE TOP HAD ACTUALLY BEEN ACTIVATED, TAKEN DOWN AND REPLACED. I HAVE READ A NUMBER OF SIMILAR REPORTS TO THIS ONE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND HAS TO HAVE A FIX BY NOW. *TR

THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WOULD STOP HALF WAY IN THE PROCESS OF GOING DOWN. WE FOUND THAT IN THE TRUNK THERE IS A SMALL PLASTIC PIECE AT THE END OF THE COMPARTMENT HINGE THAT CRADLES THE TOP WAS MISSING. WE WERE ABLE TO BUY A BOLT METAL PIECE SIMILAR TO PLASTIC AND USE WELD GLUE TO ADHERE IT. SECONDLY, THAT PROBLEM CAUSED THE PLASTIC FLAP THAT IS UNDER THE WINDOW IN THE INTERIOR TO BREAK WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THIRD, THE INTERIOR ROOF PANELS CAME UNGLUED EXPOSING ALL THE COMPONENTS THAT WORKS THE CONVERTIBLE TOP. WE HAD TO REGLUE AND REPAIR PANEL. *TR

NOTICED AROUND THIS DATE WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS GOING DOWN HILL IN THE PARKING GARAGE THAT THE SUSPENSION WAS MAKING A GROANING SOUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO SEVERAL MECHANICS THAT FOUND NOTHING WRONG UNDER INSPECTION. FINALLY TOOK TO NEW MECHANIC AND FOUND RACK AND PINION WITH FRONT LEFT SIDE. *TR

SITTING IN TRAFFIC AND ENGINE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. PULL INTO AREA TO PARK AND CHECKED UNDER HOOD TO FIND THAT RADIATOR FAN WAS NOT WORKING AND A FUSE WAS BLOWN. REPLACED THE FUSE. DROVE HOME AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK, CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AGAIN. REPLACED FUSE AND TOOK IT TO MECHANIC WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE FAN MOTOR WIRING WAS FRIED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WITH THE RADIO AND HEADLIGHTS ACTIVATED, THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE RADIO AND SPEEDOMETER WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. IN ADDITION, THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME DIM. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V152000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING); HOWEVER THE VIN WAS INELIGIBLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

I LOST POWER TO MY SPEED, MY BRAKES FAILED. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR WITH MY EMERGENCY BRAKE. ONCE STOPPED I TURNED OFF MY VEHICLE. ONCE I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON HOWEVER I STILL DID NOT HAVE THE SPEED. MY TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM 3RD TO OVERDRIVE. IT WOULD STAY AT 3000 RPM AT 55 MPH. MY CAR NORMALLY RUNS @ 2500RPM OR LESS UP TO 60MPH. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DEO TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME EXPERIENCING THIS WITH THIS VEHICLE. I ALSO HAVE A 2009 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER AND OWNED A 2006 CHRYSLER SEBRING AND NEVER HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS. *TR