1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE ESCAPING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND THEN NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THREE OF THE FREEZE PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE EXTREMELY CORRODED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT ENOUGH PRESSURE HAD BUILT UP TO CAUSE ALL THE LIQUIDS TO RELEASE SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,939.

1 VERY LITTLE NOTICE JUST HEARD SOME SQUEAKING 2 THE FAILURE WAS THE TIRE BUCKLED CAUSING US TO LOSE CONTROL 3 STILL NEEDING REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 15-20 MPH WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE WHEEL TO ALSO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION WAS PROBLEMATIC BUT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY INCIDENTS THAT PRESENTED A SAFETY RISK. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 156,000.

PLZ NOTE 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRINGS DOOR LEVERS WILL BREAK ON YOU BOTH MINE DID AS WELL AS OTHERS I NOTICE ON THE INTERNET. FIRST IT WAS ONE DOOR HANDLE TRIED TO LIFT IT AND THE OTHER ONE BRAKES. SO FOR MTHS I HAD TO GET INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR TO OPEN DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. THEN PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LEVER WONT OPEN. I READ SOME GUY DOOR EVEN CAME OF WHILE HE WAS DRIVING. AND TO THERE IS A DISTRIBUTOR YOU WILL HAVE THAT PROBLEM I NOTICE WITH A 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING IT WILL DIE ON YOU. YOU WILL TOW IT AND COST THOUSANDS TO REPAIR. AS FAR AS THE DOORS IM CALLING CHRYSLER IF ANY RECALLS ON BOTH DOORS..AND MOST LIKELY PAY HUNDREDS TO GET IT FIX BY SOME1. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAVE A 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING, I BOUGHT IT AT 45,000 MILES AND THE SEATBELTS ON THE DRIVER SIDE WILL LOCK TO WHERE I CANT BUCKLE MY SEAT BELT AND ITS THE SAME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IT WILL ALSO LOCK WHEN IT IS BUCKLED. LIKE IT WOULD WHEN IM SLAMMING ON MY BRAKES. *TR

1998 SEBRING CONV. LEFT BALL JOINT CAME APART CAUSING FRONT END DAMAGE. CHRYSLER DENIES PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL . I HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS MYSELF AND STILL DRIVE THE CAR WITH THE FRONT END DAMAGE. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 00V421002 MAKE CHRYSLER / MODEL SEBRING / YEAR 1998 [XXX] RECALL NUMBER 967 FRONT BALL JOINT FELL APART AND ALMOST KILLED BOTH OF US . WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED BY CHRYSLER THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE OR WE WOULD HAVE HAD IT LOOKED AT IMMEDIATELY . *TR

MY VEHICLE SUFFERED THE EXACT FAILURE OF SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE OF RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 00V421002 NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: RQ00015. THIS BASICALLY CAUSES A DRIVE WHEEL TO ALL BUT FALL OFF, RENDERING THE CAR IMMEDIATELY INOPERABLE, REGARDLESS OF HOW DANGEROUS THE CIRCUMSTANCES. I WAS VERY LUCKY IN THAT I WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEED, OTHERWISE I COULD WELL BE DEAD. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR INTO SOUTH BAY CHRYSLER IN TORRANCE CALIFORNIA, AND DESPITE THE VERY CLEAR NATURE OF THE RECALL, SOUTH BAY CHRYSLER IN TORRANCE, CLAIMS (AS THEY HAVE APPARENTLY DONE WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHERS) THAT MY CAR IS NOT SUBJECT TO THAT RECALL AND PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. PER THE CLEAR LANGUAGE OF THE RECALL, AND THE EXACT NATURE OF THE FAILURE COINCIDING PERFECTLY WITH THE REASON FOR THE RECALL, THEIR DENIAL IS DISINGENUOUS, CYNICAL, DISGUSTING, REPREHENSIBLE, DISHONEST. IN FACT, IT'S THE BEHAVIOR OF A COMPANY THAT HAS EARNED IT'S BANKRUPTCY. *TR

IT ATTEMPTS TO TURN OVER BUT JUST CANNOT CATCH, AS WELL AS UTILIZES FUEL EXTREMELY FAST. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH IN THE TURN LANE, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSING IN THE WRONG LANE. THE PASSENGER SIDE, FRONT FENDER, AND ALIGNMENT WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED ON THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE TRUNK WOULD NOT OPEN, THE DOORS WERE NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY, AND OIL WAS LEAKING FROM HOLES IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY FIVE BODY SHOPS AND THE DEALER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 06/07/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE REPAIR FACILITY DID A POOR JOB OF FIXING THE VEHICLE AFTER AN ACCIDENT. UPDATED 05/08/09.*JB