2004 Chrysler Sebring

I WAS TURNING RIGHT AFTER A STOP, AND MY FRONT RIGHT BALL JOINT FAILED, CAUSING THE CAR SUSPENSION TO FALL ONTO THE WHEEL RIM, AND I LOST MY STEERING. I BACKED UP TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF CROSS-TRAFFIC, AND INADVERTENTLY PULLED THE RIGHT BOOT OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION, AND THE FRONT PASSENGER CORNER OF THE CAR FELL ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND. CAR WAS TOWED, INSPECTED, AND FOUND TAT THE LEFT BALL JOINT WAS ALSO LOOSE, SO I REPLACED BOTH SIDES, AS WELL AS A NEW RIGHT DRIVE AXLE AND BOOT. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS MODEL HAS GREASELESS BEARINGS IN THE BALL JOINTS, WHICH IS A PROBLEM HE HAS SEEN BEFORE. TOTAL REPAIR BILL WAS OVER $770. I FEEL LUCKY, IN THAT IN ANOTHER 5 MILES I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. *TR

ON SUNDAY MORNING I WAS TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON I-35 PASSING THE I-35 & I-40 JUNCTION TRAVELING ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN ON MY DRIVERS SIDE I NOTICED A WHITE DODGE NEON COMING OVER INTO MY LANE. I IMMEDIATELY HONKED HORN AND MOVED OVER SLIGHTLY. CAR CONTINUED TO COME OVER INTO MY LANE SO I HIT MY BRAKES WHICH SLOWED ME DOWN SOME TO ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR, AND THEN MY CARS FRONT END STARTED VIBRATING VIGOROUSLY AND CAR WENT INTO TAILSPIN AND HIT HEAD ON INTO CENTER HIGHWAY CONCRETE MEDIAN AND THEN TAILEND SWUNG AROUND AND ALSO HIT MEDIAN ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND I WANT TO INVESTIGATE IF THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY DEPLOYED AND WERE NOT RE-INSTALLED PROPERLY. OR IF THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER HAD A DEFECT IN THE AIRBAGS THEMSELVES. *TR

FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING WHILE WAITING AT A STOP SIGN AND WHILE RUNNING SMOOTHLY ON THE HIGHWAY WILL SUDDENLY SKIP AND MISS. I ATTRIBUTED THIS TO "BAD GASOLINE" OR AS MY FATHER WOULD SAY, AIR IN THE LINE. I FINALLY TOOK THE CAR TO AN AUTOMOTIVE SHOP AND HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND ADVISED ME TO TAKE IT TO A CHRYSLER DEALER TO CHECK FOR IDLE QUALITY ON THEIR COMPUTER. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL VERO BEACH CHRYSLER DEALER YESTERDAY AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. WHEN I WAS LEAVING, THE YOUNG WOMAN ADVISOR TOLD ME TO CALL AAA IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH I TOLD HER I HAD NO TROUBLE RESTARTING THE CAR. SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG HERE! *TR

I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AT IN 2005 WITH 23K MILES. AFTER ABOUT A MONTH WE NOTICED A HARD SHIFT PROBLEM BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND MAINLY. WE TOOK THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS SEVERAL TIME BUT THE DEALER CLAIMED THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. FINALLY THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AND DID A PARTIAL REBUILD ON THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER ABOUT TWO WEEKS THE PROBLEM RESURFACED AND THE DEALERS STILL COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I TRIED A DIFFERENT DEALER JUST AFTER THE CAR HIT 36K AND THEY ALSO CLAIMED NO PROBLEM AND CHARGED ME FOR THE SERVICE SINCE IT WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. THE DRIVING LIGHTS ALSO QUIT JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. AT THIS POINT I'M JUST LIVING WITH THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE DEALERS CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG, AND SUDDENLY A RATTLING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE RIGHT REAR OF THE CAR WHEN I WOULD HIT BUMPS. THE CAR'S HANDLING WAS THE SAME AND THE VEHICLE STILL FELT STABLE, SO I CONTINUED DRIVING UNTIL I GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. THE Y ADVISED THAT THE REAR STRUT MOUNTS HAD DETERIORATED, AND THAT CHRYSLER HAD REVISED THE MOUNTS AFTER MY VEHICLE YEAR BECAUSE OF SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. NOW I HAVE TO PAY $300 TO GET THEM FIXED! *TR

I BOUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST OF 06'. IT'S AN 04' CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE [XXX] CAR STARTED STALLING AND STOPPING WHEN I CAME TO A STOP. IT DIES ON ME AT LEAST ONCE A DAY NOW. IT FINALLY STOPPED WHILE DRIVING TODAY IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON A HIGHWAY. IT SCARES ME. I READ ON AUTO BEEF (WHICH IS WHERE I FOUND YOU) OF OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIPS AND OTHER MECHANICS CANNOT SEEM TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY AND THEY RAN A TEST AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE SAME PROBLEM EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING. I DON'T GET IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO....PLEASE HELP!!! *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR EAGLE GT II TIRES, SIZE P275/60R15. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE TIRE WAS CHANGED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 39,000.