1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING Complaints

(1) RAINED (2) CARS PANELS AND INTERIOR RETAINING AND FILLING UP WITH WATER (3) CANNOT FIND LEAK, ANOTHER OWNER OF SAME MODEL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM DRILLED HOLES IN THE ROCKER PANEL TO RELEASE WATER - DID NOT RELEASE OR RESOLVE. HAVING TO SCOOP OUT WATER AND WET-VAC DAILY. CAUSING MILDEW, STANDING WATER, SOUND OF WATER IN THE PANELS. *NM

BEGAN HEARING A LIGHT VIBRATION IN THE SEATS OF MY VEHICLE AS I WAS DRIVING. I DROVE APPROX. 90 MILES ON IT WHEN PART OF THE TIRE TREAD OF MY DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL BEGAN PEELING OFF. IT IS A COOPER COBRA 91T P215/55R16 M45 RADIAL GT THAT I PURCHASED APPROX. AT MOST 12,000 MILES AGO. I BOUGHT THESE TWO REAR TIRES FOR MY 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. MY FRONT TIRES I PURCHASED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO BUT GOT A DIFFERENT BRAND. I PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED AND CHANGED THE TIRE WITH MY MINITATURE SPARE TIRE. THIS ALL HAPPENED TODAY.....NO ACCIDENTS/NO INJURIES...THE TIRE IS STILL INFLATED..IT IS JUST MISSING THE OUTER AND A COUPLE OF INNER LAYERS OF THREAD WITH NUMEROUS WIRES PROTRACTING OUT. THE AREA EFFECTED IS APPROX. 10 INCHES LONG...

THIS OWNER''S ''98 CHRYSLER SEBRING WAS SERVICED FOR REMEDY RELATIVE TO RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V-421-002 AT APPROXIMATELY 160,000 MILES. AT APPROXIMATELY 171,000 MILES THE LOWER LATERAL ARM SEPARATED FROM THE BALL JOINT AT LOW SPEED (20 '' 25 MPH). OWNER STATED THAT AFTER ACTION INSPECTION FOUND THE JOINT DRY (NO LUBRICATION) & PITTED. ''IT WORE TO THE POINT WHERE IT POPPED OUT OF THE SOCKET.'' THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. DAMAGED SYSTEMS INCLUDE, HALF-SHAFT, WHEEL, TIRE, FENDER, FRONT FASCIA AND POSSIBLY TRANSMISSION. CHRYSLER IS CURRENTLY INSPECTING VEHICLE.

WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE FRONT AIR BAG DID NOT ACTIVATE. THE HORN DID NOT WORK. IF THE HORN WORKED I COULD HAVE STOPPED VEHICLE FROM HITTING ME. *NM

BOTH OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN OFF WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. APPEAR TO BE MADE OF PLASTIC. NO UNUSUAL FORCE USED ON EITHER HANDLE. JUST SNAPPED OFF. UNABLE TO ENTER CAR CONVENTIONALLY, MUST GO THROUGH TRUNK. TAKEN TO BODY SHOP TO REPAIR. *JB

I HAVE A CHRYSLER SEBRING LXI 1998 WITH 17 IN. LOW PROFILE WHEELS CURRENTLY 64,000. I NOTICE THAT CITY DRIVING HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HARD ON MY WHEELS. THE FIRST YEAR THAT I HAD IT, THE RIMS BENT UNDER REGULAR ROAD TRAVEL. THE INABILITY TO HANDLE REGULAR DRIVING APPEARS TO BE TO UNCOMMON AND I FELT THAT I MUST FILE A COMPLAINT BEFORE THIS GOES UNNOTICED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED BOTH OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES ARE PLASTIC AND HAVE CRACKED. THE DOORS WILL NOT OPEN THEREFORE; THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A DEALERSHIP. *NM

CONSUMER CONCERNED ABOUT 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING INTERLOCK SHIFTER. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES TO GET THE RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED, BUT HE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH THROUGH A PARKING LOT THE LEFT SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT BROKE. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE COLLAPSED BUT WAS STILL ATTACHED BY A LOWER PORTION. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM WITH LOWER BALL JOINT. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS MADE AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE EXPENSE. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THE HOOD SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE AND FELL OFF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED WITH THE INCIDENT. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THEY OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY. HE HAD NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE HOOD.*AK