2001 Chrysler Sebring Convertible

I HAVE READ ABOUT SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE OF THE CHRYSLER SEBRING 2.7 ENGINES. I AM EXPERIANCING A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE OR SUSPENSION THAT IS INTERMETTENT. I EXPERIANCE THIS PROBLEM WHEN MY ENGINE IS HOT AND ALSO WHEN THE WEATHER IS HOT (AS I LIVE IN FLORIDA). I DO NOT NOTICE THIS WHEN THE WEATHER IS COOLER AND THE ENGINE IS COOL. COULD THIS BE THE STARTING OF ENGINE BUILD UP TOO. SUNCOAST CHRYSLER CANNOT SEEM TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. WOULD A DIAGNOSIS TEST ON THE ENGINE REVEAL SIGNS OF BUILD UP? HOW CAN I HAVE THIS CHECKED OUT AND FIXED? I HAVE ALSO EXPERIANCED A CLICKING NOISE IN MY STERRING COLUMN WHICH SUNCOAST CLAIMS TO HAVE A TSB ON THIS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO REPLACE A SOME PARTS. YOUR INPUT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

I PURCHASE MY CAR IN 2001 BRAND NEW. SHORTLY AFTER I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT WHEN I GET IN MY CAR IN THE MORNING TIME OR AT NIGHT ( WHENEVER I USE THE LIGHTS) IT WOULD FLASH FROM BRIGHT TO DIM I TOOK IT TO STOCKBURGER SO THEY COULD LOOK AT IT BUT IT WASN'T FLICKERING THEN SO THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. AND IT'S STILL DOING THE SAME THING THERE IS THIS NOISE IN THE ENGINE LIKE A TICKING SOUND WHEN I START THE CAR I TOOK TO MIDAS FOR THEM TO CHECK IT OUT BUT THEY SAID THE NOISE WAS NORMAL IT DOESN'T SOUND NORMAL. THE WINDOW ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOESN'T ALWAYS GO UP WHEN ITS LET DOWN IT STAYS STUCK FOR A WHILE THEN IT GOES UP. I DID HAVE A RADIO PROBLEM STOCKBURGER COULDN'T REALLY FIND THE PROBLEM SO THEY JUST REPLACE THE WHOLE THING. WHEN I DRIVE THE CAR THE DRIVER DOOR CONSTANTLY COMES OPEN. *JB

THE ENGINE STALLED, DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. *JB THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO KNOCK AND SLOWED DOWN. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN UP DUE TO THE BUILD UP. THERE WAS NO WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE, BUT HAD NOT BEEN FIXED. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS HAD CONSTANTLY COME ON. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS HAD CONSTANTLY WENT OFF AND ON, THE DRIVER DOOR DID NOT SHUT PROPERLY, MADE A CLICKING SOUND, WAS INTERMITTENT, AND THE LATCH ON TOP WAS LOOSE, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKERED FROM BRIGHT TO DIM, THE RADIO AND DOOR LOCK HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED TO THE RIGHT, A DINGING SOUND WAS HEARD AND THE BRAKE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, AND THE HEADLIGHTS HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE. *SCC *JB

THE CHROME PLATE ON THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE HAS "SPLIT". THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO CUT MY FINGER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN OPENING THE DOOR. I HAVE ASKED TWO DEALERS TO REPAIR THE HANDLE. I AM TOLD THAT IT WILL COST IN EXCESS OF $500.00 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE DOOR PANEL. I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THIS EXPENSE TO REPLACE A $10-15.00 PART. IT WAS A "DEFECT" IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE HANDLE, NOT ABUSE, THAT HAS CREATED THIS SITUATION. I WAS IN TOUCH WITH CUSTOMER "DISSERVICE" ON ONE OCCASION, BUT THEY HAVE NOT RETURNED ANY OF MY CALLS SINCE.*JB

MY 2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE WITH A 2.7 LITER ENGINE JUST QUITE ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO PRIOR WARNING OR WARNING LIGHTS COMING ON ONE DAY LAST JULY. THE DEALER CLAIMS THE ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD-UP. SINCE THE CAR WAS 3, 600 MILES OVER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY, CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO REPAIR THE ENGINE OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE OVER-HEATING AND CAUSING SLUDGE BUILD-UP. *NLM

VERY SNOWY CONDITIONS IN KILLINGTON, VERMONT. REVVING THE ENGINE TO TRY AND GET TRACTION. SPARKS AND FUMES EMITTED FROM THE WIRING THAT CONNECTS THE WIRE TO THE REAR DEFROSTER. EVENTUALLY, THE WIRE CAME DETACHED, MAKING THE REAR DEFROSTER BOTH INOPERABLE AND A FIRE/HEALTH HAZARD. A USELESS REAR DEFROSTER MEANS A USELESS REAR WINDOW. NO DIRECT BACKWARDS VISIBILITY OTHER THAN THE OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRRORS.

TWO INCIDENTS OCCURRED WITH SUBJECT VEHICLE, THE FIRST ON 12/27/01. WHEN APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WHILE SLOWING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED. I IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE FOWARD TOWARD A DOUBLE PARKED VEHICLE. AFTER PUSHING HARD ON THE BRAKES WHILE PULLING MY BODY UP OFF THE SEAT, THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. THE NEXT MISHAP OCCURRED ON 1/27/02, WHEREIN I WAS TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE SHIFTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE. THE 2001 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE LURCHED BUT COULD NOT MOVE BECAUSE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS BEING THE SECOND TIME, I CALMLY PLACED THE CAR IN PARK. THESE TOO MISHAPS ARE FRIGHTENING AND DANGEROUS AS ITS OCCUPANTS AND ANY PEDESTRIAN(S) IN THE PATH OF THE VEHICLE COULD EASILY BE INJURED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED.*AK

THIS CAR BEGAN "LURCHING" AT FIRST. THE DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND INSTALLED A BLACK BOX DEVICE TO RECORD ANY FUTURE PROBLEMS. THE NEXT DAY, THE CAR BEGAN ACCELERATING TO HIGH SPEEDS ON ITS OWN. THE ONLY REMEDY (ASIDE FROM BRAKING WHICH STALLED THE VEHICLE) WAS TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. I TRAVELLED THREE MILES TO MY HOUSE AND NEARLY COLLIDED WITH SEVERAL CARS DUE TO THIS MYSTERIOUS ACCELERATION. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SIYUATION AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY!!*AK