1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING

231 complaints filed with NHTSA.

231
Complaints
35
Crashes
8
Fires
19
Injuries
0
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION17
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR14
WHEELS:RIM11
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL10
TIRES9
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL8
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP7
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS7
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT7
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM7
SUSPENSION6
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT6
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION5
SUSPENSION:FRONT5
UNKNOWN OR OTHER5

Recent Complaints

20150128FireSTEERING

1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING. CAR WAS CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO POWER STEERING LEAK. *TA THE CONSUMER ALSO HAD A FUEL PUMP ISSUE. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THE CONNECTIONS HAD BURNED AT THE FUEL PUMP. *JB

20150128FireFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING. CAR WAS CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO POWER STEERING LEAK. *TA THE CONSUMER ALSO HAD A FUEL PUMP ISSUE. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THE CONNECTIONS HAD BURNED AT THE FUEL PUMP. *JB

20140909CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO AN EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED. THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

Mileage: 155,000

20111025CrashSUSPENSION

I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE STREET AT ABOUT 30 OR LESS MPH. I HAD JUST PICKED UP MY BABIES FROM SCHOOL AND THE TIRE CAME COMPLETELY OFF OF MY CAR . WE FELL TO THE GROUND VERY HARD STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THE WHOLE ARM THAT HOLDS MY TIRE ON OR THE FRONT END BALL JOINTS CAME OFF AS WELL . THEIR WAS NO WARNING SIGNS THE TIRE AND ALL OF ITS PARTS CAME APART SOME HOW . *TR

20111025CrashWHEELS

I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE STREET AT ABOUT 30 OR LESS MPH. I HAD JUST PICKED UP MY BABIES FROM SCHOOL AND THE TIRE CAME COMPLETELY OFF OF MY CAR . WE FELL TO THE GROUND VERY HARD STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THE WHOLE ARM THAT HOLDS MY TIRE ON OR THE FRONT END BALL JOINTS CAME OFF AS WELL . THEIR WAS NO WARNING SIGNS THE TIRE AND ALL OF ITS PARTS CAME APART SOME HOW . *TR

20091015FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS,THE SPARKS PLUG WIRES FOR THE 3 REAR CYLINDERS ARE ROUTED IN A MANNER THAT PUTS THEM ON TOP OF THE FUEL RAIL,IN THE ODD OCCURRENCE THE SPARKS PLUG WIRES FAIL THEY CAN SEND A SHOCK OF ELECTRICITY AT THE FUEL RAIL CAUSING IT TO SHORT OUT THE IGNITION AND CAUSING A FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

20080306CrashAIR BAGS

I WAS IN A COLLISION WITH A STOPPED VEHICLE WHERE I REAR ENDED THEM. I WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 43 MPH AND HIT THEM HEAD ON YET MY AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED. *TR

Mileage: 52,213

20060606STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID

TRUNK FALLS WITHOUT WARNING - HAS HIT ME ON THE BACK, HEAD AND HAND ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, CAUSING SEVERE BRUISING, BUT NO BROKEN BONES, YET. *NM

Mileage: 39,000

20050415CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY, CHANGED DIRECTIONS, THROTTLE APPLIED, SPEED OF VEHICLE INCREASED, SPEED CONTINUED TO INCREASE. THE VEHICLE HAD NO RESPONSE TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM, VEHICLE PROCEEDED THROUGH A STOP SIGN ACROSS A MAJOR 4 LANE ROAD, STROKE THE FRONT OF A BRICK BUILDING, AND CONTINUED ALONG THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THEN, STRIKING A PARKED VEHICLE WITH TRAILER. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO DEALERSHIP FOR VERIFICATION. *AK

Mileage: 73,645

20050118CrashSUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE(00V421002) LOWER BALL JOINT BOOT. AFTER THE WORK WAS DONE THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A CURB. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DRIVER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON HIS OWN. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. CHRYSLER SERVICE MANAGER FAU

20050118CrashPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE(00V421002) LOWER BALL JOINT BOOT. AFTER THE WORK WAS DONE THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A CURB. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DRIVER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON HIS OWN. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. CHRYSLER SERVICE MANAGER FAU

20050118CrashENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE(00V421002) LOWER BALL JOINT BOOT. AFTER THE WORK WAS DONE THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A CURB. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DRIVER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON HIS OWN. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. CHRYSLER SERVICE MANAGER FAU

20041025CrashPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT

MAIN TRANSMISSION SEAL FAILURE, PAN GASKET FAILURE, BUSHINGS AND SUPPORT BRACKET FAILURE. *BF THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER REGARDING A DEFECTIVE INTERLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER BELIEVED SINCE THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED, ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION HAD ARISEN. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE OCCURRED HAD NOT TO DO WITH THE RECALL. PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE

20040927FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM

WHILE DRIVING BLACK SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THERE WAS NO INDICATION ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OF ANY MALFUNCTION. THE CONSUMER PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *NM THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE FIRE WAS UNDERNEATH THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. *SC THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY A DAIMLER CHRYSLER INSPECTOR THAT THE FIRE WAS DUE TO A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHICH STARTED IN THE GENERATOR SYSTEM. *JB

20040708CrashPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT ROLLED BACKWARD AND INTO A TREE. THE KEY WAS NOT INSIDE THE IGNITION SWITCH AND VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

Mileage: 120,000

20030709CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

20030527CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL APPLIED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD GONE OUT OF CONTROL APPROXIMATELY 55 FEET AND HIT THE GARAGE AND TWO PARKED VEHICLES. THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND BECAUSE THE VEHICLE DID NOT SHIFT INTO ANY OTHER GEAR. *SCC *JB

Mileage: 69,488

20030124CrashAIR BAGS

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT SPRINGS FORWARD, AS IF IT'S GOING 80 MPH. DURING AN ACCIDENT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SCC

20030124CrashSEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT SPRINGS FORWARD, AS IF IT'S GOING 80 MPH. DURING AN ACCIDENT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SCC

20021203CrashPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

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