2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING Complaints

2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING TOURING WAS STUCK IN PARK AND WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE, DRIVE, NEUTRAL. HAD TO REMOVE THE CHROME HOUSING AROUND THE SHIFTER AND THERE IS A LITTLE PINK LEVER LOOKING THING THAT I HAD TO PRESS BACKWARDS TO ALLOW THE SHIFTER TO COME FREE AND GO BACK INTO REVERSE OR ANY GEAR. VEHICLE THIS IS A V-6 2.7 ENGINE. *TR

CHRYSLER-SEBRING 2007,( 2.4 ) CAR STUCK IN PARK, UNABLE TO DRIVE IT. THIS HAPPENED ON MY JOB. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED. I'M HAPPY I WAS IN A SAFE PLACE. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS, I COULD HAVE BEEN IN AN UNSAFE PLACE AND IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT NITE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, MY FRIEND HAS THIS SAME EXACT CAR AND IT HAPPENED TO HER, I WOULD LIKE CHRYSLER TO REPAY THE MONEY THAT I MUST PAY TO GET IT REPAIRED. *TR

I WENT TO START UP MY CAR FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT DAY AND WHEN I TRIED TO PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT SHIFT. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE THE E BRAKE WAS ON BUT ONCE THAT WAS REMOVED THE SHIFTER STILL WOULD NOT GO PAST THE "P" ICON. I TRIED PUSHING THE REAR OF THE CAR TO JAR IT LOOSE, TO NO EFFECT. THE PREVIOUS DAY THE CAR DROVE FINE AND I HAD NO ISSUES. I EVENTUALLY HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO PICK THE CAR UP AND TAKE IT TO A REPAIR SHOP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SHIFTER AND IT COST ME $275. I BOUGHT THE CAR THIS YEAR WITH UNDER 50,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY OTHER PROBLEM WITH THE CAR UNTIL NOW. THE REPAIR SHOP REPLACED THE SHIFTER WITH THE EXACT SAME SHIFTER FROM THE CHRYSLER CORP. I NOW FIND MYSELF WONDERING IF THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN AGAIN? *TR

I HAVE A 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING AND THE GEAR SHIFTER STOPPED WORKING. (SHIFT ASSEMBLY) THE SHIFTER WILL NO LONGER SHIFT OUT OF PARK BY JUST PRESSING THE BREAK. WE TRIED TO RESET IT BUT IT WOULD NOT WORK AND ALSO TRIED OTHER OPTIONS IN THE CAR MANUAL AND THEY DIDN'T WORK. WE TOOK THE COVER OFF AND TRIED TO FIND THE PROBLEM WE FOUND THAT THE ONLY WAY TO MOVE INTO GEAR IS BY PRESSING DOWN THE PINK BUTTON ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IN THE DOWNWARD POSITION WHILE PRESSING THE BREAK AND IT WILL GO IN AND OUT OF GEAR. WENT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM IN THIS YEAR MODEL AND MAKE. THE ISSUE IS ABOUT $300 TO FIX, WE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN A YEAR BEFORE IT HAPPENED AND THE CAR ITSELF IS IN GREAT CONDITION. THE ISSUE IS THE SHIFT ASSEMBLY WE HAVE YET TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE THE CAR WAS NEW AND IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE CAR SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ANYTHING WRONG BEFORE IT HAPPENED JUST WENT TO START IT AND WOULDN'T MOVE FROM THE PARK POSITION. *TR

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. NOT SURE IF AIRBAG WILL STILL DEPLOY. WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN IF LIGHT STAYS ON, BUT IT DOESN'T IT JUST GOES ON AND OFF OCCASIONALLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON MAY 31, 2010, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO POLICE REPORT FILED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT SHE SHOULD SEND IN THE REPORT FOR THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 46,000.

I OWN A 2007 SEBRING (VIN [XXX]) WITH APPROXIMATELY 56,700 MILES. I PURCHASE THE VEHICLE IN NOV. 2008 CONSIDERED NEW WITH 29,000 MILES FROM SATURN OF FREMONT, CA. THE CAR IS DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY MY WIFE TO AND FROM WORK AND TO DROP OFF AND PICK UP THE CHILDREN. AFTER A RECENT OIL CHANGE ON MAY 2, 2010, MY FAMILY AND I NOTICED AN EXTREMELY LOUD ENGINE NOISE. FOR THE FIRST WEEK AFTER THE OIL CHANGE, THE CAR WOULD START FINE BUT THE NOISE BECAME WORSE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOOSE PRESSURE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND AS OF TODAY, WILL NOT START AT ALL. I VISITED A CHRYSLER AUTOMALL DEALERSHIP ON SOMMERSVILLE ROAD IN ANTIOCH, CA ON SATURDAY MAY 15. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY A 130.00 DIAGNOSTIC FEE AS THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AS I WAS TOLD AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD BE EXTENDED TO 3 YEARS/60,000 MILES. THE TECHNICIAN MENTIONED THAT THE NOISE WAS A RADIATOR OR FAN MOTOR. THEN I CHECKED THE RECALLS FOR 2007 SEBRINGS AND FOUND TWO RECALLS (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS: 08VI52000 AND 07V473000 REGARDING ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL MATTERS, ONE OF WHICH HAS THE SAME CONCERN THAT I HAVE. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND SPOKE TO BRITTANY WHO SAID MY VIN DID NOT HAVE ANY CONCERNS SO THE COMPANY COULD NOT HELP ME. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY WIFE DRIVES A 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING AND ON MAY 25TH 2010 WHEN SHE GOT IN HER CAR TO GO HOME FROM WORK, SHE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE CAR OUT OF PARK. SHE IMMEDIATELY CALLED ME AND I LOOKED FOR INFORMATION ON THE WEB AND DISCOVERED THIS WAS SORT OF A COMMON PROBLEM FOR CHRYSLER AND IT WAS DUE TO A FAULTY OR DEFECTIVE 'SHIFT INTERLOCK CONTROL SYSTEM'. ON SEVERAL FORUMS I SAW THAT SEVERAL SEBRINGS, PT CRUISERS, AND CHRYSLER 300S HAVE HAD THE SAME OR SIMILAR ISSUES. WE CALLED OUR LOCAL CHRYSLER/DODGE DEALERSHIP, LANDMARK CHRYSLER DODGER IN MORROW, GA AND THE SERVICE CENTER INFORMED US THAT THEY SEE THIS ISSUE "ALL THE TIME" AND IT NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE VEHICLES MENTIONED ABOVE, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES DODGE CHARGERS AS WELL. THE WENT ON TO STATE THAT IT WOULD COST US APPROXIMATELY $350 TO FIX THE ISSUE. THERE IS NO WAY TO DISABLE THE SYSTEM AND CIRCUVENT THE COST OF REPAIR, OUR ONLY OPTION IS TO PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED . *TR

I HAVE A 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING AND 1 WEEK I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR OVER TWO YEARS AND FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AND OTHERS. SINCE I'VE BOUGHT THE CAR I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS. WHEN CAR IS AT RED LIGHT THE CAR JUMPS FORWARD WITHOUT PUTTING FOOT ON GAS. CAR HAS STALLED OUT IN INTERSECTIONS. CAR BEGINS BY FEELING LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL OUT THEN IT WILL SURGE FORWARD WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP WITH FOOT DEPRESSED ON BRAKE. TODAY AT AN INTERSECTION CAR AT RED LIGHT WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND CAR BEGAN TO ROLL BACK WHILE FOOT DEPRESSED ON BRAKE. CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER AND HAS CHRYSLER HAS BEEN CONTACTED WITHOUT HELP. *TR

MY 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING CAUGHT ON FIRE. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD AND STEERING AREA. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE SMOKE. (PS THERE WERE NO PHYSICAL INJURIES, BUT MENTALLY IT'S FRIGHTENING, WE'RE TERRIFIED TO GET BACK INTO THAT CAR! MENTALLY 2 PERSONS WERE INJURED. *TR