2004 Chrysler Sebring

2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING HAS A RECURRING AIR BAG PROBLEM.*MR THE AIR BAG LIGHT WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING. A SEAT BELT PRE-TENSIONER WAS REQUIRED, BUT THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE AIR BAG LIGHT PROBLEM. THE A/C WOULD ONLY BLOW ON THE HIGHEST SETTING. THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW MADE A CREAKING NOISE WHEN GOING UP OR DOWN. THE THERMOSTAT AND GASKET WERE REPLACED DUE TO A COOLANT LEAK. THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR WAS LOOSE. *JB

VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ABOUT SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES WITH SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL, WHEREBY THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTED. *AK........VEHICLE SINCE ACKNOWLEDGED BY CHRYSLER UNDER LEMON LAW, AND IN PROCESS OF REPURCHASING. TWO SUBSEQUENT CHRYSLER SEBRING RETURNE DTO DEALER FOR SAME STALLING PROBLEM. *AK

2002 CHRYSLER SEBRING , THE CAR WAS FOUND WITH SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. OIL CHANGES WERE DONE EVERY 7500 MILES WITH THE ECEPTION OF THE FIRST WHICH WAS AT 4800 MILES. THE DEALER CHANGED THE FIRST ONE BUT WAS TOLD NOT TO BRING THE CAR IN UNTIL EVERY 7500 MILES . THE NEXT TWO OIL CHANGES WERE DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP AT 13454 AND 20932. THE NEXT TWO WAS DONE BY THE CUSTOMER AT 26532 AND 33750. THE LAST ONE WAS DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP AT 41258 AND THEN THE CAR AT 46819 WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR A KNOCKING SOUND AND CAR NOT BEING ABLE TO GO PAST 35 MILES AN HOUR.DEALER BLAMES CUSTOMER.AFTER CUSTOMER INVESTAGATION HE FOUND SERVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET WITH THE SAME "SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE". THIS SLUDGE WAS DUE TO SMALL OIL FLOW PASSAGEWAY CAUSING THE OIL TO HEAT UP TO A HIGH ENOUGH TEMPERATURE TO FORM INTO SLUDGE. THIS CAUSING NO OIL IN THE CAR WITH OIL LIGHT NEVER COMING ON AND THE SLUDGE CLOGGING THE FILTER CAUSING OIL STARVATION TO THE ENGINE.DEALER ACUSING CUSTOMER OF NOT CHANGING THE OIL THE TWO TIMES SINCE HE ONLY HAS IT WRITTEN IN A CALENDAR BOOK. CUSTOMER HAS TWO OTHER VEHICLES WITH 180,000 MILES AND 100,000 MILES THAT HE CHANGES THE OIL IN AND THEY RUN PERFECTLY FINE. IN FACT THE 180,000 MILE CAR ALWAYS RAN POWERFULTHAN THE SEBRING WITH LESS MILES. WARRENTY DENIES CLAIM AND BLAMES CUSTOMER FOR THE SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE.WHAT IS THE TRUTH BEHIND THE SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE ? IS THEIR A DEFECT IN THE ENGINE? DID THE DEALERSHIP CHANGE THE OIL AT 41,258 MILES?. *AK

ENGINE IDLES ROUGH AND OFTEN STALLS... VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO DIFFERENT SERVICE DEALERSHIPS... THE OXYGEN SENSOR WAS CHANGED 1ST....THEN THE PLENUM GASKET AND TSB 18-041-03 WAS RAN.....VEHICLE STILL STALLS AND CONTINUES TO IDLE ROUGH LIKE MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE PERFOMED A COMPLAINT....ANYBODY WANT TO COMPARE NOTES E-MAIL VW_NUT74@HOTMAIL.COM. *JB

I HAVE A 2004 SEBRING WITH AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ENGINE SURGING, DYING, REVING UP WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE DEALER HAS TRIED SEVERAL FIXES WITHOUT SOLVING THE PROBLEM, THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE CONCERN SO THEY SAY THERE IS NO PROBLEM. I HAVE FOUND 19 COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE THAT SHARE THE SAME CONCERN. IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE PROBLEM CARS, LETS COMPARE NOTES. JJJGRUMPS@COX.NET.*AK

CAR HAS 5500 MILES ON IT AND HAS STALLED THREE TIMES UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. IT HAS LUNGED FORWARD ON TWO SEPARATED OCCASIONS ALONG WITH IDLING ROUGH AT TIMES. I AM PICKING IT UP AT DEALER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE ABOVE PROBLEMS. THEY HAVE RESET THE COMPUTER. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. AFTER READING THIS SITE I AM WORRIED ABOUT MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS. *LA

FOLLOW UP TO ODI #10064593. VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE SITTING AT A STOP. HAS ALSO STALLED ON THREE OCCASIONS AND IDLES ROUGH. IT HAS BEEN TO TWO (2) DEALERSHIPS 8 TIMES. TCP SENSOR, AD SOLENOID, MAP SENSOR AND PCV VALVE ALL BEEN REPLACED. SERVICE BULLETIN #18-041-03 HAS BEEN RAN TWICE. THE VEHICLE HAS ALMOST HIT TWO CARS, ONE MOTORCYCLE, ONE CONCRETE PILING AND TWO BUILDINGS. THE ONLY THING THAT HAS KEPT ME FROM HITTING ANYTHING IS THE FACT THAT I ALWAYS HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. WHY WON'T CHRYSLER OR THE NHTSA BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION? I HAVE FOUND OVER A DOZEN COMPLAINTS REGARDING CHRYSLER/JEEP VEHICLES WITH THE SAME DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION. I LOVE MY CAR, BUT I AM AFRAID SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT.*AK