2000 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE Complaints

MY 2000 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE TOP IS FALLING APART - NOT FROM WEAR AND TEAR, BUT FROM A DEFECT IN THE SEAMS AND GLUE USED TO ATTACH THE BACK WINDOW. I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALER AND CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THE TOP IS NOT COVERED. I AM WORRIED THAT THE WINDOW WILL EVENTUALLY FALL OUT COMPLETELY AND BE A DRIVING HAZZARD TO ME AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD.*AK

IT HAD RAINED AND WHEN I GOT IN MY CAR IT SOUNDED AS IF THERE WAS A BUCKET OF WATER WITHIN THE WALLS OF MY CAR. THEN IT WENT AWAY AFTER A FEW DAYS AND THEN IT RAINED AGAIN SO WHEN I GOT IN MY CAR THE RUG ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WAS FULL OF WATER AND MY RADIO WAS RUINED BECAUSE THE WATER IS TRAPPED WITHIN THE WALLS OF MY CAR AND LEAKED IN TO MY FLOOR DESTROYING SPEAKERS AND MY RUG AND BECAUSE MY WARRANTY IS UP I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK

THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ENGAGED IN THE DRIVE POSITION. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK. THE CONSUMER HAD TO JUMP BACK INTO THE VEHICLE TO PREVENT ANY TYPE OF COLLISION. *AK THE DEFECT WAS NOTICED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE. *SC THE DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM FEE OF CHARGE.*JB

THE WIRES ON THE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER CONTINUE TO BREAK. THEY HAVE BEEN FIXED THREE TIMES, WORK FOR A WHILE AND THEN BREAK AGAIN. *AK

MY A/C COMPRESSOR SHATTERED WHERE ONE OF THE PRESSURE LINES HOOKS UP TO THE HOUSING. THE COMPRESSOR WAS DEFECTIVE,WHICH YOU WILL SEE UPON INSPECTION. IT JUST CAME APART FOR NOW REASON. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HEARD OF THIS. THE GENTLEMEN SAID THAT IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON. HE ADVISED ME TO TAKE IT BACK WHERE I BOUGHT IT. YOU HAVE ALL MY RECORDS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. THE CHRYSLER HEADQUARTERS SAID THAT YOU WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. ( ITS A SAFETY HAZARD ). *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL.*AK

TANSMISSION FAILURE. CHRYSLER SERVICE MANAGER SAID CLUTCH TORK CONVERTO CAME APART. 55000 MILES REQUIRES NEW TRANSMISSION. WARRANT 3YR/30000 MILES. NEW WARRANT 7YR/70000 MILES FOR CARS PURCHASED AFTER JULY 2002. REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION $2766.*AK

DRIVERS SEAT DOES NOT LATCH PROPERLY , WAS TAKEN INTO DEALER AND WASN'T FIXED PROPERLY. REAR DEFROST DOES NOT WORK WAS TAKEN INTO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WORKED BECAUSE THE LIGHT ON THE SWITCH TURNS ON BUT IT STILL DOES NOT DEFROST, FRONT BRAKES MAKE SQUEALING NOISE MUST PUT NEW BRAKE PADS ON EVERY 2 MONTHS BECAUSE THE ROTORS GET TOO HOT AND THE PADS GET GLAZED , CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN IN AT LEAST TWICE FOR EACH OF THESE AND THE PROBLEMS STILL ARE NOT FIXED. *NLM

I AM THE NOT SOO HAPPY OWNER OF A 2000 CHRYSLER SEBRING JXI CONVERTIBLE. THE LATEST PROBLEM WITH THIS POOR EXCUSE FOR RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION IS THAT NOW NONE OF THE 3 KEYS THAT CAME WITH THE CAR ARE ABLE TO TURN THE LOCK CYLINDER EVEN WHEN ALL OTHER PREREQUISITES ARE ENABLED. AAA SENT OUT A LOCKSMITH WHO PROVIDED ME WITH A NEW KEY WHICH MUST BE USED IN CONJUCTION WITH THE ORIGAINAL COMPUTER CHIP KEYS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. THE LOCKSMITH INDICATED TO ME THAT HE IS CALLED OUT FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM FOR MANY CHRYSLER MODELS AND ADVISED ME TO CHECK FOR A MFG RECALL, WHICH I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS ONE FOR THIS PROBLEM. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM IS BECAUSE OF A DEFECT IN THE LOCK CYLINDER. I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS. THANK YOU.

VEHICLE LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID, DEALER STATED THAT THEY TRIED A NEW GASKET ON TRANSMISSION SWITCH ASSEMBLY. LEAK PERSISTED, DEALER STATED SWITCH (OR VALVE) WAS BAD BUT THERE WAS A NATIONWIDE BACKORDER OF AT LEAST 10,000 UNITS. I WAS ALLOWED TO TAKE VEHICLE BUT MADE AWARE TO CHECK TRANSMISSION FLUID OFTEN. THERE IS NO TSB OUT ON THIS PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH IT IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM. DEALER WILL HONOR THE WARRANTY WHENT HE VALVE COMES IN.