2002 Chrysler Sebring Convertible complaints

AUTO WAS RUNNING NORMAL.. THEN HEARD NOISE FROM CAR.. STARTED TO FEEL HESITATION AS I PRESSED ON GAS PEDAL. IT WOULD RUN OK FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN HESITATION FELT AGAIN. DROVE TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP NEARBY..DAYS LATER I WAS CALLEDTO BE TOLD A NEW ENGINE IS REQUIRED..DEALERSHIP AND CHRYSLER REFUSING TO HONOR WARRANTY, DESPITE FACT THAT CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED PROPERLY..TOLD BY DEALERSHIP CAR IS TOO DANGEROUS TO START OR DRIVE WITHOUT NEW ENGINE..HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED OFF THEIR LOT APRIL 04..FEARFUL TO EVEN TURN THE IGNITION ..IT SITS IN MY GARAGE..OWNED CAR FOR 18 MONTHS AT TIME OF FAILURE WITH LESS THAN 28,000 MILES.. PLEASE HELP.. EDC. *AK

FLAT TIRE, LEAKING VALVE STEM 15400 MILES, FLAT TIRE---ANOTHER LEAKING VALE STEM, 17244 MILES--2 DIFFERENT TIRE INVOLVED. *AK

1. AIRBAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOES ON. . NO ACCIDENT OR DAMAGE YET 3. MULTIPLE TRIPS TO SERVICE DEALER TO FIX SEATS, SEAT BELTS, AND AIR BAG LIGHT/SENSOR. *AK

AUTOMOBILE WAS RUNNING NORMALLY, SUDDENLY THERE WAS A LOUD "CLACKING SOUND" FROM THE ENGINE, OIL LIGHT WENT ON, CAR SHUT OFF AS I SLOWED DOWN AND PULLED OFF OF THE TURNPIKE. CHRYSLER IS REFUSING TO HONOR WARRANTY, DESPITE FACT THAT CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED PROPERLY. A NEW ENGINE IS REQUIRED (THIS IS THE INFAMOUS 2.7 CHRYSLER/DODGE ENGINE). *AK

DRIVING NORTH ON I-75 I LOST CONTROL OVER MY 2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE - THE CAR VEERED LEFT CROSSED ONE LANE AND HIT THE MEDIAN CONCRETE DIVIDER. 2 FAILURES WERE THE BRAKES AND THE STEERING BECAME UNRESPONSIVE AS I WAS UNABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND UNABLE TO STEER THE CAR. THERE WAS NO SKID MARKS REPORTED BY THE POLICE REPORT. THE DRIVER AIRBAG RIPPED AND DID NOT SUCCESSFULLY BLOW. THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED PROPERLY. I SUSPECT THAT THE MAIN CAUSE CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE LACK OF STEERING, WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO VEER LEFT AND HIT THE CENTER CONCRETE DIVIDER. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY IN STORAGE IN ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN AND IS A TOTAL LOSS.*AK

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

CAR HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE 3 TIMES TO CORRECT A THUMPING SOUND FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR WHEN STARTING FROM A STAND STIL OR VERY SLOW ROLLING. DEALERS (2) HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND REASON, TIGHTENING FRONT AXEL BOLTS ON ONE OCCASION WITH NO EFFECT.

WINSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WHEN SWITCH TURNED TO HIGH POWER UNDER TERRIBLE CONDITIONS POURING RAIN, GOING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION SITE, NO BREAKDOWN LANE. WIPERS WERE FROZEN IN A NON-PARRALEL POSITION, SWITCH UNRESPONSIVE AND VISIBLITY WAS 0. MANAGED TO GET OFF HIGHWAY AND WAS ASSISTED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO PUSHED THE WIPER BLADES DOWN. THEN TRIED SWITCH AND IT WORKED. WIPERS HAVE WORKED SINCE AND REPAIR DEALER (CROWLEY) WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE FAILURE. CROWLEY REPLACED WIPER ARM SYSTEM BUT THEY ARE UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT HAPPENED AND CONSEQUENLT IF THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED. LACK PIECE OF MIND NOW ABOUT DRIVING AND NEEDING WIPERS AFRAID THEY MIGHT FAIL AGAIN WHEN MOST NEEDED. DT

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY SHE HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND SHE LOST POWER. VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR, MY FIRST PROBLEM WITH THE CAR HAPPEN WHEN IT HAD ABOUT 1,300 MILES. WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE CAR (PRESS ON THE GAS) THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND, BUT THEN "LURCHES" FORWARD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, REQUIRING ME TO SLAM ON BRAKES. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED TO STOP THE CAR, IT THEN SHAKES AND STOPS OR ALMOST STOPS WORKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 4 TIMES SINCE BUYING MY CAR IN DECEMBER, 2001.ONCE, NEAR MY HOME, THE CAR STARTED LURCHING AT A VERY HIGH SPEED--WHEN MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE GAS, AND I ALMOST HIT A SMALL CHILD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS CAR GIVES NO FORWARNING AND IF I TURN THE MOTOR OFF AND LET IT REST FOR SEVERAL HOURS, IT BEGINS TO DRIVE NORMALLY AGAIN. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE, IN THAT IT IS HARD FOR ME TO CONTROL WHEN IT MYSTERIOUSLY ACCELERATES AT HIGH SPEEDS AND THEN STOPS RUNNING. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN 3 TIMES FOR REPAIRS, AND ONCE A DIFFERENT COMPUTER PART WAS REPLACED, ETC. BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE OTHER TIMES I EXPERIENCED THIS PRBOLEM WAS ON DOWNTOWN BRIDGE, AND ON INNER CITY STREETS. EACH TIME, I WAS LUCKY NOT TO HAVE INJURED MYSELF OR OTHERS. PLEASE NOTE THAT VERY SIMILAR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN RECORDED FOR THIS SAME MAKE AND MODEL FOR THE YEAR 2001. *AK

ON 1/15/2002 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 55 MILES PER HOUR. SUDDENLY, THE CAR BEGAN DECELERATING RAPIDLY. CONSUMER PUSHED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. INSTEAD, IT CONTINUED ITS RAPID DECELERATION. IT FELT AS THOUGH THE ENGINE HAD SIMPLY DIED. THERE WAS A VEHICLE BEHIND CONSUMER WHICH CAME VERY CLOSE TO MY REAR END. THIS EXPERIENCE NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PROCEED AT A NORMAL SPEED. CONSUMER CONTACTED A LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY, DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM, AND BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR TESTING. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM. JLG *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND LOOKING THROUGH WINDSHIELD WOULD GET A VERY DISTORTED VIEW. WINDSHIELD WAS VERY BLURRY, CONSUMER HAVE CONTACTED DEALER.*AK CONSUMER STATED VISION DISTORTED, MAKES THE ROAD APPEAR TO MOVE, DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES.*SLC