2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE Complaints

GAS CAP LEAK IS DETECTED AND ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON AND STAYS ON. TRIED AFTER MARKET CAP AND 2 DIFFERENT CAPS FROM DEALER AND PROBLEM DOES NOT GO AWAY. DASH LIGHT HAS BEEN RESET NUMEROUS TIMES, MECHANIC THINKS THE FILLER PIPE MUST BE BENT AND LEAKING SOMEWHERE ELSE BELOW THE CAP. ACTUALLY, JUST HAD LIGHT RESET WITH CAP SEALED TIGHT, DID NOT TOUCH IT, AND 3 DAYS LATER LIGHT CAME ON ANYWAY. EASY SOLUTION CHANGE THE LAW, SPENDING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO TRY AND CORRECT THE LOSS OF A LITTLE GAS VAPOR WHILE HUMMERS DRIVE AROUND AT 5- 10 MILES A GALLON IS THE TRUE CRIME HERE. CHANGING THE LAW INCREASES THE TOLERANCES AND LET'S MOVE ON TO BETTER THINGS. CAR WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION WITH STUPID DASH LIGHT ON. *AK

2002 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE LXI WITH MULTIPLE STILL YET UNRESOLVED "ELECTRICAL" PROBLEMS : DOOR LOCKS (8+ TIMES ATTEMPTED REPAIR) FRONT PASSENGER POWER WINDOW(2X ATTEMPTED REPAIR) , AIRBAG LIGHT RESULTING FAILED SEAT BELT TENSIONER(2X), WIPER MOTER FAILED, STEREO SYTEM (2X), OTHER ISSUES.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT WAITED FIVE MINUTES, AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES LATER THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD, AND NOTICED OIL AND ANTIFREEZE LEAKING THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT FLUIDS BACKED UP INTO THE ENGINE. THE ROADS WERE WET DUE TO RAIN, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO WATER FOUND IN THE ENGINE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO ADDITIONAL FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 95,000. *AK

HEARD CRACKING NOISES FROM STEERING COLUMN. AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON; HORN DOES NOT WORK; CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. NOTE: DEALER AWARE OF PROBLEM. "AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING" FAILURE. PART IS CURRENTLY ON NATIONAL BACKORDER FROM CHRYSLER, ACCORDING TO DEALER SERVICE MGR. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A FUNCTIONING AIR BAG SRS, HORN, OR CRUISE CONTROL. BASICALLY, THIS ONE PART FAILURE HAS RENDERED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE AND ILLEGAL TO OPERATE WHILE I AWAIT A MANUFACTURER'S BACK ORDERED PART. *NM

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK ON JUNE 28TH THE CAR BEGAN TO KNOCK AND SHAKE WILDLY. MY ENGINE JUST BLEW, I HAD OIL CHANGES REGULARLY. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH AND WORKING TO FIND ME A NEW ENGINE, MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS ENGINE IS NOTORIOUS FOR BLOWING AND THEY USUALLY GO AT 50,000 MILES. AT LEAST I GOT 70,000. IT IS SITTING IN HIS SHOP RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T PAY FOR IT. THIS CAR COST $30,000. NEW. I LEASED IT NOW IT WILL COST $36,000. AND I WILL HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT COME DECEMBER! *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND TRYING TO MAKE A TURN AT 5 MPH HEARD A POP, THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE DRIVER DETERMINED THAT THE TIE ROD SEPARATED INTO TWO PIECES. *AK

CHROME ON RIMS OF 2002 SEBRING ARE FLAKING OFF. I HAVE HAD 6 FLAT TIRES IN THE 14 MONTHS I OWN THE CAR. I PUT AIR IN THE TIRES 2X WEEK. RIMS HAVE BEEN CLEANED BY A TIRE SHOP, BUT HE SAID THE CORROSION OF THE WHEELS ARE MAKING THE TIRES LEAK BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HOLD A SEAL. EACH TIME I HAVE THE CAR SERVICED (EVERY 3K MILES) I COMPLAIN THAT THE TIRES LEAK. DEALER SERVICE DEPT DOES NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH WHEELS, PUTS AIR IN THE TIRES. CAR HAS A FULL SIZE SPARE WITH SAME RIMS. WHEN I NEEDED TO FIX ONE OF THE FLATS AND PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON,THE SPARE WAS ALSO FLAT.. IT HAD BEEN RETURNED TO THE TRUNK AFTER BEING REPAIRED 6 MONTHS EARLIER, BUT IT HAD ALSO BEEN ON THE CAR, BECAME FLAT, WAS REPLACED BY THE SPARE, THAT WAS NOW FLAT AGAIN. *NM

DRIVING ON I-295 IN THE EVENING WHEN ENGINE SUDDENLY, DRAMATICALLY AND WITHOUT WARNING LOST POWER AND STARTED STALLING. MY WIFE WAS VERY NEARLY STRUCK BY TRAFFIC FROM BEHIND DUE TO THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. WE WERE INFORMED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC THAT THE ENGINE IS BLOWN AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH ON A DRY SMOOTH HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE STARTED BACK, BUT THERE WAS A VERY LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE CONTACT MAINTAINED OIL CHANGES EVERY 3,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THIS WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS MOTOR.

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY AT VARIOUS TIMES, WITH NO OBVIOUS TRIGGERS. SOMETIMES IT'S ON FOR DAYS OR WEEKS, OTHER TIMES IT COMES ON AND GOES OFF EVERY FEW SECONDS, OTHER TIMES IT STAYS OFF FOR MONTHS. TOTALLY BIZARRE. I'M SICK OF IT, BUT I CAN'T TRADE IT IN WITH THE LIGHT CONSTANTLY DOING STUPID STUFF LIKE THAT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2003. IT'S A 2002 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 400 TIMES. *NM