2004 Chrysler Sebring

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

I HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED ONE COMPLAINT AND THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT PLUS A NEW COMPLAINT. ON 7/11/2004 MY VEHICLE SURGED AGAIN WHEN I STARTED TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE WHILE SITTING AT A STOP SIGN. WHEN WILL AN INVESTIGATION BEGIN ON THIS PROBLEM? INCLUDING MY PAST COMPLAINT I HAVE FOUND 10 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE AN INVESTIGATION IS STARTED? THE ODI ID# FOR JUST THE SURGING ISSUE ARE: 10075295, 10079965, 10079969, 10072311, 10063597, 10064593, 10074633, 10065378, 10075041, AND 10080475. I INFORMED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY LOOKED AT ALL THE SENSORS AND COMPUTERS AND SAID THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM OR RECORD OF A PROBLEM IN THE CAR'S COMPUTER, THIS WAS ON 7/12/2004. ALSO A PROBLEM FROM MONTHS AGO, THE CAR SUDDENLY DIED, LUCKILY MY WIFE WAS CRUISING THROUGH A PARK AND THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 10 MPH, SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND AGAIN THEY CHECKED EVERYTHING AND FOUND NO PROBLEM. 3RD ISSUE, MY SEBRING HAS BEEN IDLING VERY ROUGH EVERY NOW AND THEN. I DRIVE MY CAR EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT IT APPEARS TO DO IT MAINLY WHEN IT IS THE FIRST START OF THE DAY BUT IT HAS DONE IT AT OTHER TIMES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY REQUESTED WE LEAVE IT WITH THEM OVER NIGHT SO THEY COULD TEST IT ON THE FIRST START. SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS ISSUE HAVE NOT BEEN MADE YET. I HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT ALL THREE OF THESE PROBLEMS ON THIS WEBSITE, BUT THERE IS NOT A SINGLE INVESTIGATION OPEN ON THIS MODEL OF CHRYSLER, WHY?*AK

SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE'S RPMS INCREASED AND IT TRIED TO SURGE FORWARD, BUT FOOT WAS STILL FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE SO THE CAR DIDN'T MOVE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF INCHES. THE NEXT DAY A TRUCK STOPPED IN THE ROAD AND IT HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS, SO MY WIFE HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES. SHE RELEASED THE BRAKE AND AS SHE DID THE ENGINE'S RPMS REVVED UP VERY STRONGLY AND THE CAR SURGED FORWARD. THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED AGAIN AND THE CAR CAME TO A STOP AND HELD THE CAR BACK UNTIL THE ENGINE'S IDLE SPEED RETURNED TO NORMAL A FEW SECONDS LATER, BECAUSE OF THE SURGE AN ACCIDENT ALMOST OCCURRED. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY LOOKED AT IT AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS, SAID IT MAY HAVE BEEN A COMPUTER GLITCH. A FEW WEEKS LATER, WHILE LETTING OFF THE BRAKE THE CAR SURGED AGAIN, BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND CAR CAME TO A STOP. THEN A WEEK OR TWO AFTER THAT WHILE STOPPED IN A PARKING LOT WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE AND THE BRAKE APPLIED, THE CAR REVVED UP AGAIN AND TRIED TO SURGE FORWARD, BUT AGAIN ONLY MOVED A COUPLE OF INCHES BECAUSE THE BRAKE WAS FIRMLY APPLIED. LATER CAR DIED, BUT WAS ABLE TO RESTART RIGHT AWAY. CAR TAKEN BACK TO DEALER IN REGARD TO BOTH PROBLEMS. THE DEALER SAID THE STALLING PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE OF THE OIL FILTER. THEY REPLACED THE OIL FILTER AND THE OIL SWITCH, AS FOR THE SURGING PROBLEM THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, AND AGAIN IT COULD HAVE BEEN A COMPUTER GLITCH. *JB

I HAVE JUST BOUGHT A CHRYSLER SEBRING 2004, AND EXPERIENCED SOME PROBLEMS. I HAVE NOT BEEN TO TEH DEALER YET FOR THEM, JUST WANTED TO CONFORM THE PROBLEM FIRST. I DID A SEARCH ONLINE AND SAW THIS WEBSITE AN DTHE I AGREED WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS ALREADY ON HERE. 1). THE CAR IDLES BADLY, AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN AT A LIGHT OR WHILE U HAVE YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE WILL JUMP FORWARD SUDDENLY! I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE SO FAR. I HAVE 128 MILES ON MY CAR. AFTER READING SAME COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE, I AM AFFRAID THAT THE DEALER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FIX THIS, WHICH IS PATHETIC THAT A 30000 DOLLAR CAR WOULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT IS SO ANNOYING. 2. WHEN U ARE DECELLERATING WITH UR FOOT ON BRAKE TO STOP AT A STOP LIGHT FOR EXAMPLE, JUST BEFORE THE RPM NEEDLE REACHES TEH IDLE POINT AT "1" ALMOST.. IT WILL SUDDENLY GO BACK UP TO ABOUT 1.5 AND THEN COME BACK TO 1. I DONT KNOW IF ITS BAD GEAR SHIFTING BY TEH AUTOTRAN OR JUST BAD TIMMING ADJUSTEMENT? BUT ITS ANNOYING, CUZ IT MAKE TEH CAR JUMP A LITTLE IF YOU ARE SOFT BRAKING. 3). TWICE ALREADY THE ENGINE JUST DIES.. AND I THINK THSI IS RELATED TO THE PREVIOUS TWO PROBLEMS. I WAS BACKING UP IN MY PARKING AT HIME.. AND AS SOON AS I PUT GEAR IN REVERSE.. THE RPM SUDEENLY DROPPED.. AND EVENTUALLY ENGINE SHUT DOWN. SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN I PULLED UP TO THE PARKING ENTRANCE AT WORK TO SHOW MY ACCESS CARD, AND WHEN I PUT IT IN P, THE RPM DROPPED CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL. 4). TRANSMISSION MAKES CLUNK SOUND SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING WHEN CHANGING FROM N TO D. OR WHEN I DO A COLD START IN TEH MORNING AND THEN PUT TEH GEAR IN D, AS SOON AS I MOVE TEH CAR AN INCH.. IT MAKES THSI SOUND.. SOMETHIMES LOOKS LIEK COMING FROM TEH FRONT END NOT THE TRAN.. I DONNO WHAT THAT IS. BUT THIS ALSO HAS BEEN REPORTED BY OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS SAME SITE, NO ONE IS HURT BUT I SEE MY SELF BUMPING SOMEONE IN FUTURE SOOO CLEARLY.!!*AK

MY 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING LIMITED CONVERTABLE HAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM OF THE ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY SURGING, REVVING, AND DYING AT SLOW SPEEDS. I'VE BEEN TO THE DEALER 11 TIMES. HE CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM BUT HAS FOUND OIL ON MAP SESOR,PCV VALVE & HOSE AND INTAKE PLENUM. HE HAS REPLACED THESE PARTS AND FINALLY HAD TO REPLACE WHOLE ENGINE ALONG WITH RUNNING SERVICE BULLETIN # 18-041-03. THE SURGING, REVING, AND DYING HAS STARTED AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT 531 MILES AND THE MOST RESENT WAS AT 18500 MILES. THE CHRYSLER PEOPLE TOLD ME MINE WAS THE ONLY CASE BUT I'VE FOUND 9 MORE ON THIS WEBSITE. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE!!!!*AK