2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING Complaints

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE WHEN BRAKES WER APPLIED. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO ERRATIC ENGINE BEHAVIOR, HOWEVER VEHICLE WAS NEVER CORRECTED, ON ONE OCCASION WHILE PULLING OUT OF A GARAGE, UP A RAMP, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING IT TO JUMP A CURB, HIT A TREE AND THEN HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. (SON WRITING IN ON BEHALF OF FATHER) *SLC

REAR SEATBELT WILL NOT STAY LOCKED AND IS CAUSING CHILD SEAT NOT TO STAY IN LOCKED POSITION. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS FOR 9 MONTHS. BRAKES WERE VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY WHEN APPLIED. IN 06/01 AT 11000 MILES DEALER CUT ROTORS, REPLACED CALIPERS, AND BRAKE PADS. 2 MONTHS LATER, BRAKES WERE VIBRATING AGAIN. CONSUMER CAN NOT FULLY APPLY BRAKES. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OAT 40 MPH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AT 50MPH, THE TIRE BLEWOUT DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION ON REAR DRIVERS SIDE. MICHELIN TIRE SIZE P20560H16, DOT UNKNOWN.*AK. CONSUMER STATED AS SHE WAS DRIVING, THERE WAS A NOISE, SHE PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED THE TIRE HAD DISINTEGRATED.*JB

I HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL SYSTEM GO OUT TWICE WHILE DRIVING. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED AT 22,000 BECAUSE THEY WERE WORN OUT. STERING WHEEL VIBRATES TO THE POINT IT IS INOPERABLE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT TWO OF THE WHEEL CENTER CAPS SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *JB CONSUMER FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS RELATING TO THIS ONE AND DETERMINED THAT THIS CONDITION IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. ALSO, CONSUMER NOTICED A THIRD CAP IS LOOSE AND WILL PROBABLY FALL OFF SHORTLY. *TT

CONSUMER STATES PER DEALERSHIP THERE WAS SIGNFICANT ELECTRICAL FAULTINESS TO IGNITE THE WIRING INSTALLATION AND IMMEDIATE COMBUSTIBLES INTO OPEN FLAME. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*JB

VERY SNOWY CONDITIONS IN KILLINGTON, VERMONT. REVVING THE ENGINE TO TRY AND GET TRACTION. SPARKS AND FUMES EMITTED FROM THE WIRING THAT CONNECTS THE WIRE TO THE REAR DEFROSTER. EVENTUALLY, THE WIRE CAME DETACHED, MAKING THE REAR DEFROSTER BOTH INOPERABLE AND A FIRE/HEALTH HAZARD. A USELESS REAR DEFROSTER MEANS A USELESS REAR WINDOW. NO DIRECT BACKWARDS VISIBILITY OTHER THAN THE OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRRORS.