2010 CHRYSLER SEBRING Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHRYSLER SERBRING. WHILE MAKING A TURN, THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER CONTROL MODULE AND THE BRAKE HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 10V009000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND 10V475000(STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

MY CAR'S ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON WHEN I AM IN MOTION. THE ETC TURNS OFF WHEN THE CAR IS CUT OFF AND RESTARTED. I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING THE EXPRESSWAY BEING THAT I DRIVE FOR A LIVING.

I HAVE A 2010 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE TOURING THAT JUST HAD THE BRAKES COMPLETLY REPLACED FROM THE CALIPERS TO THE ROTORS. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THERE IS A VIBRATION THAT WAS PRESENT PRIOR TO THE REPLACEMENT. DESPITE STILL BEING A NEW BRAKE SYSTEM, IT STILL VIBRATES. THE VIBRATION WILL CEASE IF YOU BRAKE HARD.

WHITISH/GRAYISH SMOKE WAS BILLOWING OUT OF FRONT END OF CAR. PATRONS DRIVING ALERTED US & WE EXITED VEHICLE. AS WE VACATED VEHICLE WE REALIZED PURSE WAS STILL IN VEHICLE, WE RAN TO RETRIEVE IT & AS WE RETRIEVED BELONGINGS, FIRE ENGULFED FRONT END OF VEHICLE & SHOT THROUGH FRONT OF VEHICLE & ENGULFED THE ENTIRE FRONT PORTION OF VEHICLE & INSIDE OF VEHICLE. POWER STEERING FLUID DRIPPED ON ENGINE WHICH IGNITED THE FIRE. AS FIRE FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISHED THE FIRST FIRE & AS THE FIRST FIRE DIED DOWN THE VEHICLE ERUPTED IN FLAMES ONCE AGAIN WHICH WAS IGNITED BY FUEL. POWER STEERING FLUID AND BATTERY ACID CAUSING THE FLAMES TO SHOOT THROUGH THE FRONT END OF THE CAR (INSIDE) TO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE TOWARDS FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS A POTENTIAL FIRE BALL. VEHICLE IS A CHARRED TOTALED SHELL OF A CAR. TOWED TO A TOWING/STORAGE LOT WAITING FOR INSPECTION BY FIELD ENGINEERS OF CHRYSLER AS WELL AS YOUR TEAM PER SABRINA CASE # 10733613.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND EXITED. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, MY CHRYSLER SEABRINGS WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED MOVING ON THEIR OWN. AT FIRST IT WAS MAYBE ONCE . AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS THEY STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. NOT HAVING WORKING WINDSHIELD WIPERS IN FLORIDA IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT PRETTY MUCH RAINS EVERY DAY. I TOOK MY CAR TO A LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND NOW I AM BEING CHARGED $1100 A SWITCH AND A TIPM. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT A TIPM WAS SO I LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET. SEEMS CHRYSLER HAS A DEFECTIVE PART ON ALMOST ALL OF THEIR VEHICLES WHICH CONTROL ALL ELECTRICAL DEVICES. THIS SITUATION IS SO UNFAIR. THESE TIPM PARTS SHOULD BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE.

I WAS GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY AND THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND STUTTER SO I TURNED OFF THE MAIN ROAD AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. LUCKILY IT WAS A SUNDAY SO THERE WASN'T ANY TRAFFIC BEHIND ME BUT IF THERE HAD BEEN THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT SINCE I HAD NO CONTROL OVER POWER STEERING OR THE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF. THERE WAS NO INDICATION ON THE DASH BOARD THAT THERE WAS A MAJOR ISSUE. I TRIED TO START IT A FEW TIMES BUT HAD TO WAIT OVER 5 MINUTES BEFORE IT FINALLY STARTED. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY AND AFTER LOOKING IT OVER THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE I CHANGE THE OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES AND THE CHECK ENGINE ON THE CAR SAYS THERE IS A GAS CAP ISSUE. IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE ENGINE HAVING A PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THE 2.7 ENGINE HAS ALOT OF PROBLEMS AND MINE HAD BUILT UP OIL SLUDGE. ONCE IN A WHILE THE CAR WOULD SAY TO CHANGE THE OIL OR SAY THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE OIL PRESSURE BUT EVERY TIME I TOOK IT IN TO GET CHECKED I WAS TOLD THE OIL IS FINE. WITHOUT THE DASH TELLING ME THERE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE A MECHANIC WILL NOT KNOW OF THE OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM UNTIL THEY TEAR APART THE ENGINE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THE DASH WARNING SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE. I REALLY THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD STOP MAKING CARS ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MEDIA OUT THERE LETTING US KNOW OF THIS. IT IS A BIG SAFETY HAZARD WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN THE ENGINE IS SO BAD IT MAY SHUT OFF IN TRAFFIC. I JUST HAD MY SAFETY AND EMISSIONS DONE 2 MONTHS BEFORE AND IT PASSED JUST FINE SO NOTHING IN THE ALERT SYSTEM WARNS OF AN ENGINE PROBLEM. *TR

VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD FROM DRIVE TO ANY GEAR, DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS TAKING OFF OR STOPPING WHILE HOT OR COLD, WHILE ON HIGHWAY AT 50+ VAN WILL HAVE A FEW SECONDS DELAY WITH ACCELERATING TO A HIGHER SPEED, WHILE ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 65 MILES PER HOUR WHEN GOING UP HILL CRUISE WILL KICK IN AND PUSH THE SPEED TO 70+ FROM 60 MPH. *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING DOWNS THE FREEWAY, WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO A WEDDING NEXT THING WE KNOW THE MADE A NOISE AND START SLOWING WAY DOWN WHILE ON THE FREEWAY. LUCKILY MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THE CAR TOTALLY STOP WORKING. WE WAITED FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THE CAR STARTED BACK UP WE WERE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE HOT SUN. THAT DAY IT WAS A WHOPPING 90 DEGREE OUTSIDE I WAS VERY UPSET. WE WE ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE OTHER SIDE OF FREEWAY TO PULL OFF AND THE CAR WENT OUT AGAIN AND WOULD NOT START.WE CALLED A TOLL TRUNK WHICH TOOK THEM AN HOUR TO GET TO US. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IS THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE INSIDE THE ENGINE AND MESSED UP A LOT OF OTHER THINGS INSIDE THE ENGINE. THE SAID THEY FIXED IT BUT AROUND 29,000 MILES AND 6 MONTHS WENT BY AND THE SAME THING OCCURRED AGAIN GETTING READY TO PULL OF AT MY MOMS HOUSE. THE CAR DEALER WOULD NOT FIX FOR FREE, THE MANUFACTURER ONLY OFFERED TO FIX THE TIMING CHANGE FOR HALF OFF. WHICH THE COST FOR THAT WAS $1800. THIS WAS DEFIANTLY A SAFETY ISSUE AND I DO NOT WANT THIS CAR EVEN THOUGH I'M PAYING MY CAR NOTE STILL ON TIME FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS. I AM SO DISSATISFIED WITH THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE DO AN INVESTIGATION. THE IS NOT FIXED TO THIS DAY. THE CAR NEED TO BE SALVAGE. *JS

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT 55 MPH WHEN MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND MY SPEED DROP DOWN TO A STUTTERING 35 MPH WHICH ALMOST CAUSE THE CAR BEHIND ME TO REAR END ME. I HAVE THE BUMPER TO BUMPER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY BUT I WAS TOLD THAT THE PART MY NOT BE COVERED. *TR