2004 Chrysler Sebring

SINCE PURCHASING OUR 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING (TOURING) NEW OFF THE DEALER'S LOT IN THE SUMMER OF 2004, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL CASES OF SUDDEN AND UNEXPLAINED STALLING. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAPPEN MOST OFTEN WHEN WE COME TO A STOP DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING. THE CAR USUALLY SPUTTERS A FEW SECONDS BEFORE STALLING. I THEN HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND THEN TURN THE KEYS BACK. THIS HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEAR-MISSES BECAUSE CARS APPROACHING FROM BEHIND DO NOT REALIZE MY VEHICLE IS DEAD. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED ABOUT 15 TO 20 STALLING INCIDENTS. AFTER THE FIRST FEW CASES, WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE STALLING AND COULD NOT FIND ANY FAULT CODES OR OBVIOUS DEFECTS. WE HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES SINCE OUR VISIT TO SEE IF CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED ANY UPDATES ON THE APPARENT MANUFACTURING ISSUE. SO FAR, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE STALLED, BUT RESTARTED EACH TIME. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD SLUDGE IN IT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE STICKS, AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. TAKEN SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALER TO BE FIXED, BUT IT WAS NEVER FIXED. UPDATED ON 06/07/2006. *AK *TS

2.7L V6 ENGINE FAILURE IN OUR 2004 SEBRING WITH 48,300 MILES. THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING, HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED AND FIND A WAY BACK HOME 30 MILES AWAY. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THE CAUSE AS OIL SLUDGE WILL NOT COVER UNDER 7 YR/70000 MILE WARRANTY. WE COMPLAINED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT ACTING RIGHT ON 3-26-06 AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WRONG. *NM

THE PROBLEM BEGINS IN THIS ORDER OF OCCURRENCE: I CAN IMMEDIATELY FEEL A DRAG LIKE THE ENGINE IS WORKING REALLY HARD. THE TACHOMETER GOES UP TO 3 OR 3.5. SHORTLY THEREAFTER I FEEL A STRONG VIBRATION AND I CAN'T PICK UP SPEED. THE CAR STARTS BUCKING. IT JUST FEELS LIKE I AM BRAKING AND ACCELERATING AT THE SAME TIME. THE TACHOMETER STARTS FLUCTUATING FROM 1 TO 3 AND SOMETIMES UP TO 4. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS START TO FLICKER. I START LOSING POWER AND BEGIN TO DECELERATE RAPIDLY AND THE SPEEDOMETER DROPS TO ABOUT 10 MPH WITHIN A FEW SECONDS. TRYING TO ACCELERATE DOES NOTHING EXCEPT MAKE IT BUCK EVEN MORE. THERE WERE TWO TIMES WHEN A WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED, ONCE WHEN I WAS DOING 55 AND SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND THE CAR BEHIND ME HAD TO AVOID HITTING ME BY GOING OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ANOTHER TIME WHILE ACCELERATING IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A LEFT TURN ON A GREEN ARROW, THE CAR LOST POWER AND 3 CARS BEHIND ME HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES AND SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY. EVERYONE WAS APPARENTLY PAYING ATTENTION BOTH TIMES SO THERE WERE NO COLLISIONS, OR DAMAGE TO ANYONE'S VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM IS COMPLETELY INTERMITTENT. *JB UPDATED

2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING TOURING 20000 MILES. WHEN CAR IS STOPPED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE CAR JUMPS FORWARD FOR NO REASON LIKE SOME ONE HAD PUT THEIR FOOT ON THE GAS THIS HAS HAPPEN COUPLE TIMES TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. HE FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN AND WAS GOING TO DO IT WHEN I TAKE IT BACK. BUT AFTER READING IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM THERE SHOULD BE RECALL BEFORE SOME ONE IS KILLED!!!! ALSO WHEN IN TRACTION CONTROL IT MAKES A TERRIBLE NOISE LIKE THE BRAKES GRINDING ON THE ROTORS WHEN THE WHEELS ARE SPINNING DEALER NOT SURE WHAT IS WRONG AND IS GOING TO LOOK INTO IT. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER OWNING THE CAR FOR ONE YEAR. SHE CALLED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ,AND BECAUSE SHE DID NOT HAVE A WARRANTY, NO ONE WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE COOLING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED SHORTLY AFTER SHE BOUGHT THE CAR. THEN, THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE ENGINE WENT OUT. THE LABOR WILL BE $2,000 AND THE PARTS WILL COST $5,000.00. WHEN SHE BOUGHT THE CAR IT HAD 28,838 MILES ON IT. CURRENTLY, IT HAS 51,488 MILES ON IT.*AK

I HAVE HAD RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE STALLING WHEN THE ENGINE IS HOT. AFTER DRIVING FOR SOME TIME ON AN INTERSTATE, THE CAR WILL STALL WHEN TAKEN DOWN TO A LOWER SPEED- LIKE GETTING OFF THE EXIT RAMP, OR JUST BRAKING TO SLOW DOWN FOR TRAFFIC. THIS HAS HAPPENED NO LESS THAN 20 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT- THE CAR JUST STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY, EXIT RAMP, OR INTERSECTION. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES FOR THE PROBLEM, AND THEY SAY THEY CANNOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM AND JUST RESET THE ENGINE TIMING,ETC. IT HAS HAPPENED AS RECENTLY AS THIS WEEK. I HAVE JUST READ AT LEAST 24 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE- I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS COMMON. THE DEALERS SHOULD HAVE A REMEDY FOR THIS BY NOW. I AM SCARED SOMEONE WILL PLOW INTO ME. THIS IS MY FIFTH SEBRING CONVERTIBLE AND NOW I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER ONE. *NM

DT: CONSUMER OWNED A 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING TOURING. VEHICLE WAS CUTTING OFF WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS AT CROSS WALK AT QUEENS CHAPEL ROAD AND AGER ROAD WHEN CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO SLAM BRAKES TO STOP DUE TO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPING QUICKLY. VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT START WHEN TRYING TO START IT. CONSUMER TURNED HAZARD LIGHTS ON TO KEEP FROM GETTING HIT IN THE REAR, SHE WAITED A MINUTE THEN TRIED TO START VEHICLE AGAIN. VEHICLE STARTED AND SHOOK REAL HARD, THEN WAS ABLE TO PULL AWAY AND DRIVE HOME. THIS HAPPENED ON JULY 28, 2005 AT ABOUT 7:40 PM. VEHICLE STALLED 9 TIMES. DEALER RAN A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THIS WAS THE LAST TIME VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE STALLED THREE TIMES TODAY, AND CONSUMER WAS WORRIED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE. *AK *NM

DT VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE, CALLED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN BY THAT TIME IT HAD OVERHEATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THERMOSTAT WAS BAD, AND THEY REPLACED IT. THEN IT DID IT AGAIN. CALLED A TOW TRUCK, THEY TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. TTHEY NEEDED TO BLEED THE LINE. GOT THE VEHICLE BACK AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME . CURRENTLY, WAS MAKING FUNNY SOUNDS. IN THE BOOK IT SAID IF THE LIGHT WAS ON IT COULD BE ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE IS AT DEALER. *AK