2000 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE Complaints

THE VEHICLES' REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER IS INOPERATIVE. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE VEHICLE PER THE TSB, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. SCC

WE LEASED A 2000CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTABLE BRAND NEW. THIS PAST NOVEMBER WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. WE HAVE 30000 MILES ON THE CAR AND WITH NO WARNING AT ALL OUR BRAKES WERE GONE TO THE POINT THAT THE 2 FRONT DRUMS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE REAR PASSENGER DRUM HAD TO BE REPLACED. WE HAVE OWNED MANY CARS AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE DRUMS AND VERY FEW TIMES HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES. WE HAD NO LOSS OF BRAKE PEDAL AND NO SQUEALIONG OR GRINDING AT ALL. THEY HAVE BEEN CHECKED EACH TIME IT WAS INT HE GARAGE.

NAR 1/15/2003. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO GET THE ABS TO ACTIVATE OR THE WHEELS TO LOCK UP ON DRY PAVEMENT. THE CONSUMER STATED ON WET SURFACES, THE PROBLEM WAS MAGNIFIED BECAUSE WHEN THE ABS DID ACTIVATE, IT REDUCED THE BRAKE PRESSURE TO THE POINT THAT THEY WERE COMPLETELY USELESS. *JB

BRAKE SYSTEM IS MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO BRAKE PEDAL. BRAKES HAVE NOT FAILED, AND STOPPING DISTANCE FOR VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THIS IS NORMAL CONDITION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

WHILE BRAKING, A SQUEAKY NOISE COMES FROM LEFT REAR, DEALER CONTACTED, REPLACED REAR PARKING SHOES AND ROTORS, CONSUMER STILL HAVE A PROBLEM PARKING ON A HILL, WOULD HAVE TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE VERY HARD TO GET IT TO HOLD. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT CONVERTABLE TOP IS NOISY WHEN COMING UO TO CLOSE. *ET

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT IS DESIGNED TO RETURN TO ITS PREVIOUSLY LOCKED POSITION AFTER BEING FOLDED AND MOVED FORWARD TO ALLOW ENTRY/EXIT OF REAR PASSENGERS. THE RETURN TO PREVIOUS LOCKED POSITION IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE WITHOUT FURTHER DISENGAGING THE SEAT LOCKING LEVER. INSTEAD, IT IS NECESSARY TO DISENGAGE THE FOLDING SEAT LEVER, FOLD THE SEAT BACK TO A NEW POSITION, AND THEN RE-ENGAGE THE SEAT LOCK. AS THE SHOULDER OF THE SEAT BELT IS ANCHORED TO THE TOP OF THE SEAT, THERE WILL BE NO SEAT BELT PROTECTION SHOULD THE SEAT BACK DISENGAGE AT A SUDDEN STOP. SINCE THE SEAT BACK LOCK MECHANISM IS OBVIOUSLY NOT WORKING PROPERLY ACCORDING TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL, THE RISK OF SEAT BACK UNLOCKING IS SERIOUSLY INCREASED. BY THEIR INDIFFERENCE TO MY OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE DESPITE THIS DEFECT, THE DEALER HAS DEMONSTRATED IGNORANCE OF THE RISK JUST DESCRIBED. IN ADDITION, THE DEALER AT FIRST MINIMIZED THE REPAIR PROBLEM. THEN FAILED TO REPAIR IT. THEN ORDERED "THE WRONG PART". THE CAR IS WITH THE DEALER TODAY, HAVING INFORMED ME THAT MY CAR IS READY TO BE DRIVEN AWAY BY ME UNTIL THE NEW PART ARRIVES. THE VEHICLE WAS DELIVERED IN THIS CONDITION, PRESUMABLY AFTER A DEALER SAFETY INSPECTION. I SUGGEST INSPECTION OF CHRYSLER RECORDS FOR SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. *AK