2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING Complaints

REAR WINDOW IS LIKE LOOKING THROUGH A DISSORDED OF WATER, REPLACE REAR WINDOW, DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.

TWO INCIDENTS OCCURRED WITH SUBJECT VEHICLE, THE FIRST ON 12/27/01. WHEN APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WHILE SLOWING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED. I IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE FOWARD TOWARD A DOUBLE PARKED VEHICLE. AFTER PUSHING HARD ON THE BRAKES WHILE PULLING MY BODY UP OFF THE SEAT, THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. THE NEXT MISHAP OCCURRED ON 1/27/02, WHEREIN I WAS TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE SHIFTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE. THE 2001 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE LURCHED BUT COULD NOT MOVE BECAUSE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS BEING THE SECOND TIME, I CALMLY PLACED THE CAR IN PARK. THESE TOO MISHAPS ARE FRIGHTENING AND DANGEROUS AS ITS OCCUPANTS AND ANY PEDESTRIAN(S) IN THE PATH OF THE VEHICLE COULD EASILY BE INJURED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED A WHINING NOISE, DEALER REPLACED WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION, BUT NEW TRANSMISSION SLIPS DURING TAKE OFF ASSOCIATED WITH HARD SHIFTING, JERKING AT 30 MPH, AND POOR ACCELERATION, DEALER TEST DROVE VEHICLE, BUT IS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *TT

LEASED NEW CAR FOR 6 MONTHS, HAD OIL AHCNGE AT 3,000 MILES, HAVE 5,000 MILES NOW. ENTIRE OIL LEAKED OUT OF THE ENGINE AND ENGINE STOPPED. CHRYSLER'S WARANTY WILL NOT COVER THE DAMAGE SINCE THE PLASTIC GUARD UNDER THE CAR WAS LITTTLE BROKEN MAYBE BY HITTING A POTHALL AND THEREFORE IS MY NEGLIGENCE. COST $2,500 TO FIX ENGINE.*AK

ALL FOUR RIMS ARE BENT DUE TO RUNNING OVER BUMPS. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK *SLC

TRIED TO STOP APPROX. 1 MONTH AGO AND FIRST APPLIED BARKES, WENT TO FLOOR. I RELEASED THEM AND APPLIED THEM A SECOND TIME AND THEY STOPPED ME BUT TO AVOID A REAREND ACCIDENT, I VEERED MY CAR TO THE SHOULDER. I CONTACTED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF TUPELO AUTO SALES THEY ASKED ME WHERE THE CAR WAS. I TOLD THEM THAT IT ONLY FAILED THE ONE TIME SO I WAS JUST CAUTIOUS AS I DROVE ON INTO WORK. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE HARD TO FIND UNTIL IT MESSED UP MORE OFTEN SO THEY COULD SEE THE PROBLEM. I HAD NO MORE PROBLEMS UNTIL DEC. 5TH ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK..I STARTED HEARING A CLANKING SOUND THAT SOUNDED LIKE I WAS HAVING A FLAT TIRE SO I PULLED OVER TO CHECK. THE TIRES APPEARED TO BE FINE. I WAS ONLY A MILE OR SO FROM HOME SO I DROVE ON HOME. ONCE HOME, I INSPECTED THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR AND THE WHEELS BUT COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING DIFFERENT. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, WHEN I LEFT HOME, THE CAR SEEMED OK. ONCE I ARRIVED AT MY FIRST STOP SIGN WHICH IS AT THE BOTTOM OF A HILL, I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND AGAIN THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE SECOND TIME I APPLIED THEM, THEY CAUGHT AND I STOPPED. I TURNED ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND TRAVELLED ABOUT 150 FEET AND THE FRONT (SEEMING) LOCKED UP SIMILAR TO THE WAY IT DOES WHEN YOU PLACE A CAR IN PARK AND CUT OFF THE KEY. I WAS HEADED TO THE RIGHT ONTO THE SOFT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND WAS FIGHTING THE CAR BECAUSE I WAS HEADED FOR THE DITCH AND AN ELECTRICAL GENERATOR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE STEERING OR BRAKES (?) BROKE LOOSE, SENDING ME INTO AN ONCOMING PICKUP, THE PICKUP HIT THE FRONT OF MY CAR, THEN THE TRUCK HIT A VAN WHICH WAS FOLLOWING ME. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, MY STEERING LOCKED AND MY BRAKES FAILED, ALL WITHIN 1 1/2 MILES OF MY HOUSE. CHRYSLER HAS SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO LOOK AT THE CAR TODAY, BUT EVEN HE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIND A PROBLEM THAT ONLY HAPPENS PERIODICALLY. NOW, EVEN IF THE CAR IS REPAIRED, I AM AFRAID THAT I WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. I HAD NO BLEMISH ON MY DRIVING RECORD. *AK

SVC ENGINE COOLANT LIGHT COMES ON INDICATING ENGINE AND/OR EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. DEALER CAN NOT SAY WHY. LIGHT IS RESET (BY DISCO. BATTERY). DIAG CODE PROVIDES LITTLE TRBL ANALY. INFO. CAR SEEMS TO RUN/OPERATE NORMALLY, BUT TDICATE A MALFUNCTION IN EMISSIONS CONTROL SUBSYSTEM. GAS CAP IS SECURE AT TIME OF INDICATION. LIGHT DOES NOT RESET AUTOMATICALLY EVEN AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF CONTINUED DRIVING. MUST DISCO. BATTERY TO CLEAR LIGHT. NO IDEA IF THIS IS FALSE INDICATION, INDICATION OF MINOR PROBLEM, OR INDICATION OF MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED TO LOWER CONVERTIBLE TOP, WHILE CONVERTIBLE TOP WAS BEING LOWERED REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED UNEXPECTEDLY. CONTACTED SERVICE MANAGER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT WINDOW WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

TRAVELING ON I 95 SOUTH IN THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE FL - GAS PEDAL STUCK WHILE AT A SPEED OF 65 AND BEGAN INCREASING, IT WAS NECESSARY TO USE BRAKE WITH ALL THE FORCE THAT WAS POSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE CAR - IT WAS AT LEAST 2 MILES UNTIL WE COULD EXIT THE FREEWAY - THIS WAS DOWNTOWN AND IN AN AREA OF CONSTRUCTION OVER A NEW BRIDGE - THERE WAS NOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE THE ROAD, PLACE THE CAR IN NEUTRAL OR DO ANYTHING BUT RIDE THE BRAKES UNTIL WE COULD EXIT, WEST SIDE DODGE IN JACKSONVILLE EXAMINED THE CAR THE MORNING OF 9/17 AND FOUND A PLASTIC CAP THAT WAS USED TO COVER A SENSOR HAD NOT BEEN DISCARDED AND HAD FOUND ITS' WAY TO THE LINKAGE. WE ARE ASKING THE DEALER HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO REPLACE THE ROTERS AND PADS - IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONCERN. SUE AND JOE FEUTZ "FIGHTS"*AK

BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELARATOR ARE DESIGN TO CLOSE, RESULTIN IN HITTING THE GAS PEDAL WHEN HITTING THE BRAKES.