2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING COUPE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING MY TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. WHEN I SLOWED DOWN, FIRST GEAR CATCH AND I COULD DRIVE UNTIL THE SPEED GOT OVER 15 MPH AND THEN STOPPED AGAIN. I MANAGED TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO TOOK 13 DAYS TO WORK ON IT. THE INTERNAL TRANSMISSION (MOTOR) FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACE. THE CAR ONLY HAD 39,127 MILES ON IT. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS VERY POOR. EVEN WITH A 7 YEAR/100K POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, THEY WOULD NOT REIMBUSE FOR THE RENTAL CAR.*AK

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, SHE BACKED UP AS FAR AS SHE NEEDED, AND WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE SHE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT FROM REVERSE INTO FORWARD, SUDDENLY THE CAR LURCHED BACKWARD INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. LUCKILY THERE WASN'T ANYBODY BEHIND HER. SHE SAID SHE CAME TO A STOP, FOOT ON BRAKE, AND THEN MOVED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER INTO FORWARD.*AK

VEHICLE SOMETIMES WON'T ACCELERATE WHEN NEEDED. SOMETIMES IT SHAKES/SHIMMIES WHILE DRIVING. SUPPOSEDLY BEEN REPAIRED BUT STILL DOES IT. LAST TIME I TOOK IT TO DEALER, THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. AM AFRAID SOMETIMES TO DRIVE MY CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, THEN SUDDENLY, THE TOP OF UPPER BALL JOINT ON LEFT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN SLOWKY TO A BODY SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINT WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB...*AK

MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI FROM MEMPHIS, TN. WE WERE ON I-57 (I THINK THAT'S THE ROAD NUMBER WE WERE ON AT THE TIME). WE HAD A BLOW-OUT IN WHICH THE TIRE BODY (THE TREAD OF THE TIRE) SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. I RECALL SEEING THE INTACT (OR AT LEAST APPARENTLY INTACT) TREAD OF THE TIRE ROLLING INTO THE MEDIAN OF THE HIGHWAY, WHILE I WAS TRYING TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE CAR AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT WITH OTHER TRAFFIC OR EVEN HAVING THE CAR ROLL OVER. THE RESULT WAS THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT, MY WIFE AND I WERE STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MILES FROM OUR HOME IN MEMPHIS, TN AND WE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH THE TIRE AND THE WHEEL, WHICH HAD WORN DOWN SERIOUSLY SINCE THE TIRE WAS NO LONGER PRESENT. WE HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO CHANGE THE TIRE BECAUSE WHEN I HAD THE TIRES ROTATED ON THE CAR, AN AIR-WRENCH WAS USED AND THE LUG NUTS WERE TOO TIGHT FOR ME TO REMOVE. UPON OUR RETURN HOME, WE ORDERED A NEW WHEEL AND PURCHASED A NEW TIRE WHEN THE WHEEL CAME IN. THE TOTAL OUT OF POCKET COST WAS APPROXIMATELY $1,100 (IF THIS GOES ANY FURTHER, I WILL SUPPLY DETAILS, BUT THE WHEEL COST APPROXIMATELY $775 AND THE REPLACEMENT TIRE WAS AROUND $300).*JB

THE BLACK WINDOW SEALING MATERIAL TAKES FOREVER TO DRY, AND MILDEWS CAUSING THE SMELL OF MILDEW TO PERMIATE FROM THE WINDOWS WHEN BEING ROLLED UP OR DOWN. *AK