2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE Complaints

I HAVE LEASED MY 2002 SEBRING CONVERTIABLE LXI ON SEPT 9, 2002 SINCE THEN THE CAR HAS BEEN BACK FOR NUMEROUS TIMES. BEGINNING NOT EVEN 3 MONTHS AND 500 MILES INTO LEASE. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT. ELECTRICAL (AIR BAG LIGHT, ALTERTATOR LIGHT, ENGINE LIGHT, DRIVER SIDE HEATED SEAT), TRANSMISSION HAS RECENTLY HAD BEEN SERVICED AND PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, I HAVE BEEN TELLING CHRYSLER (DEALERSHIP) SINCE ABOUT 500 MILES AND THEY TOLD ME IT WASN'T ANYTHING, THEY RECENTLY REPLACED A COUPLE OF THINGS AT ABOUT 26,866. I WAS HAVING AND STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE IGNITION KEY NOT COMING OUT OF THE IGNITION ON MY LAST SERVICE (MARCH 04) THEY'VE REPLACED THE IGNITION COLLAR. I HAVE TRIED TO RETURN OR TRADE IN FOR A NEW CHRYSLER CAR BUT THEY SAY SINCE I AM IN A LEASE THERE'S NOTHING I COULD DO ABOUT IT. THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS STILL COMING ON EVERY 10 SECONDS SINCE MY LAST SERVICE MARCH 04 BUT THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN 1. AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOTE IF I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND 2. IT COULD DEPLOTE AT ANY GIVEN TIME WHILE I'M DRIVING. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR. THE DEALERSHIP DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE. CAN YOU HELP ME . *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH DURING ICY CONDITIONS, THE CONSUMER COULD NOT SEE OUT OF THE EXTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRRORS, DUE TO ICING. THE CONSUMER WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE MIRRORS WERE HEATED . THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THAT THE MIRRORS WERE NOT HEATED. THE CONSUMER HAS SALES PAPERS CLAIMING THAT THE MIRRORS WERE SUPPOSE TO BE THE HEATED TYPE. *NM *NM

11/7/2003 TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON SPRINKLE RD. IN KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN, MY FIANCEE WAS STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT AT BL-I94 MY VEHICLE CAME OFF THE RED LIGHT TRAVELING AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. A VAN OR SUV THAT HAD ALSO BEEN STOPPED AT THE LIGHT IN FRONT OF HER SWERVED INTO ANOTHER LANE BRINGING TO HER VIEW A SLOW OR STOPPED KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP POLICE CRUISER. MY FIANCEE HIT THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL LOCKED TO THE FLOOR AND LOCKED THE WHEELS ON THE CAR. AT THE SAME TIME THE ENGINE ACCELERATED LEAVING LITTLE TO NO BRAKING POWER. MY CAR SLID 78 FEET ACCORDING TO THE SKID MARKS ON THE PAVEMENT ONLY COMING TO A STOP AFTER REARENDING THE POLICE CRUISER. *LA

BULGE ON SIDEWALL OF TIRE. TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED.SAID TO BE ROAD HAZARD.NO SUCH PROBLEM WITH OTHER TYPE TIRES

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMPLETELY FAILED WHEN SWITCHED TO HIGH SPEED OPERATION. WENT BACK IN OPERATION AFTER PRESSING DOWN ON WIPER ARM. 2ND TIME THIS FAILURE OCCURRED DRIVING IN BLINDING RAIN ON THE HIGHWAY. CHRYSLER DID NOTHING TO REMEDY.*AK

ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, ENGINE REVS UP TO 4000 RPM AND VEHICLE BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. MAJOR REAR-END FREEWAY ACCIDENT RESULTED ON THIRD FAILURE. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE.*AK

SECOND FAILURE OF 2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT . MY WIFE HAD A HEAD -ON COLLISION OF LEFT FENDER WHILE TURNING. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS IS A THE SECOND TIME OF AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. MY WIFE SUFFERED A SEVERE CONCUSSION AGAIN FROM THE STEERING WHEEL ALTHOUGH SHE WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT. IS THERE A SEBRING AIR BAG PROBLEM SIMILAR TO THE CHRYSLER MINI-VAN DEPLOYMENT. CAR IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT DEALER UNDERGOING REPAIRS. *NLM

WATER/RAIN LEAK EXCESSIVELY THROUGH THE SEALS OF MY CONVERTIBLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE THERE FOUR TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT IS A CONVERTIBLE AND IT IS SUPPOSE TO LEAK. I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME VEHICLE AND DO NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS I. *NLM

THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLIED. DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS TWICE BUT THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED. *NLM

MY CHRYSLER SEBRING GTC, WITH STANDARD TRANSMISSION, WITHOUT WARNING WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO SHIFT THE CAR. I HAD TO COME TO A STOP ON A BUSY STREET. THE CAR WOULD NOT LET ME SHIFT TO ANY GEAR, IT WAS STILL RUNNING. THIS WAS CAUSED MY THE FAILURE OF A DISC MODULAR (ELECTRICAL DEVICE) PART NUMBER SPD 05062200AA. IT DOES NOT MAKE SINCE THAT THIS ELECTRICAL PART FAILURE WOULD MAKE THE CAR INOPERATIVE. THIS IS NOT SAFE. THIS COULD HAVE HAPPEN DRIVING AT A HIGHER SPEED. I WAS IN TOWN ON RT. 7 IN SLOWER TRAFFIC WHEN IT HAPPENED. I COULD SEE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON WITH THE FAILURE OF THIS PART, BUT NOT THE CAR BEING TOTALLY INOPERATIVE THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 3,500 MILES OF USE WHEN THIS HAPPENED.*JB