2000 Chrysler Sebring

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 45-50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. UNEXPECTEDLY, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STEER IN ONE DIRECTION WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT WAS REQUIRED TO EXERT GREATER FORCE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE TIE ROD ENDS. THE TIE ROD ENDS WERE REPLACED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND RECENTLY FAILED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION WHEN ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,700.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER APPROXIMATELY FOUR SECONDS, BUT RAN NORMALLY AS LONG AS THE TRANSMISSION WAS ENGAGED. THE DEALER NEVER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. IF THE CONTACT UNPLUGED THE COMPUTER, AND THEN PLUGED IT BACK IN THE VEHICLE WILL RESTART NORMALLY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 110,000.*AK

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE SEBRING I PURCHASED ON 09/27/2000. FIRST THE BLOWER FOR THE HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT. THE RESISTOR WAS REPLACED IN MY CAR A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES AT PAT BERRANG CHRYSLER IN WAYNESBORO VA. THE FIFTH TIME I TOOK THE CAR TO PEP BOYS AND THEY FOUND A SHORT IN MY BLOWER MOTOR WHICH WAS CAUSING MY RESISTOR TO SHORT OUT. CHRYSLER SUPPLIES THE BLOWER MOTOR AFTER MANY FUTILE ATTEMPTS AT TRYING TO GET THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I HAD ASKED THEM WHEN THE RESISTOR WENT OUT THE SECOND TIME IF IT COULD BE A POSSIBLE SHORT SOMEWHERE THAT WAS CAUSING THIS AND WAS TOLD THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE. AFTER MANY THREATS I FINALLY GOT THEM TO REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR AND I HAD TO PAY FOR THE LABOR. THEY SAID SINCE THE CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURES WARRANTY THAT IT WAS BASICALLY NOT THEIR PROBLEM. THE SECOND PROBLEM I HAD WITH THE CAR WAS THAT THERE WAS A SHAKE WHEN YOU STEPPED ON THE BRAKES AND I HAD TO HAVE MY ROTORS TURNED. THE THIRD PROBLEM I HAD WAS WHEN THE FUEL PUMP WENT OUT AND I HAD TO FIGHT WITH THE DEALERSHIP FOR A REPLACEMENT CAR SINCE THEY HAD MINE FOR TWO WEEKS. THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING NOW IS THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY OUT ON MY CAR. IT WAS JUST TOWED THIS MORNING TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. I CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER ABOUT THE CAR BEING ONLY THREE YEARS OLD AND THE TRANSMISSION BLOWING IN IT. I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND IT HAS 95,000 MILES. SO YOU?RE SAYING THAT CHRYSLER VEHICLES DO NOT LAST PAST 95,000 MILES. THE MAN NAMED JOHNATHAN ARGUED WITH ME ON THE PHONE ABOUT HOW CHRYSLER MAKES DEPENDABLE VEHICLES. I TOLD HIM THAT MY MOTHER?S 1991 FORD TEMPO HAS 170,000 MILES ON IT AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS NEVER WENT OUT ON THAT. HE SAID ALL HE COULD DO WAS NOTE MY COMPLAINT AND HE HUNG UP. I WANT THIS TO BE DOCUMENTED IN CASE THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS THAT I AM HAVING.

CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT, PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE, AND VEHICLE WOULD ONLY GO BACK. CONSUMER TRIED 4 TIMES, SAME RESULT. ON LAST TRY, SHE BACKED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, WHO COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. ALSO, CONTACTED CHRYSLER WHO SENT AN INDIVIDUAL TO EXAMINE VEHICLE. CHRYSLER WILL MAIL HER WHATEVER THEY FOUND OUT.*AK