2001 Chrysler Sebring Convertible

I BOUGHT MY 2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE BRAND NEW BACK IN 2001. FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, I'D BEEN HEARING A SLIGHT CLUNKING COMING FROM SOMEWHERE IN MY PASSENGER SIDE, REAR SUSPENSION. ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 10TH, 2008 MY WIFE AND I WERE ON THE HIGHWAY AND STARTING HEARING A MAJOR BANGING COMING FROM THE SAME AREA. I THOUGHT MY SHOCK HAD LOOSENED AS I HAD HEARD THAT BEFORE ON A PREVIOUS CAR. I WAS 140 MILES FROM HOME ON MY WAY FOR A WEEKEND VACATION. THEN ON MONDAY I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY MECHANIC TELLING HIM I THOUGHT I NEED NEW REAR STRUTS. AFTER LOOKING AT MY CAR, HE TELLS ME THAT IT WASN'T THE STRUT THAT LET GO IT WAS THE STRUT MOUNT PLATE THAT HAS RUBBER IN THE MIDDLE OF IT THAT RUSTED AWAY AND IT PUNCHED THROUGH UP INTO THE REAR DASH COMPARTMENT. HE SAID HE CALLED AROUND TO THE DEALERS AND EVERY ONE OF THEM SAID THAT PART WAS ON BACKORDER DUE TO A FACTORY CLOSING AND THAT AS OF THAT DATE THERE WERE OVER 11,000 CARS THAT NEEDED THEM AND WERE WAITING ON CHRYSLER TO GET THE PART FROM AN OUT OF COUNTRY FACTORY. THEN HE SAID EVEN WORSE, WHEN THE PART WAS AVAILABLE TO SHIP TO A LOCAL DEALER IT WOULD TAKE 5 WORKING DAYS TO GET IT INTO THE COUNTRY AND ANOTHER 5 WORKING DAYS TO GET IT SHIPPED TO THE DEALER. I'VE BEEN WITHOUT MY CAR NOW FOR OVER 2 WEEKS AND MY MECHANIC WAS TOLD THAT THE FACTORY IS ONLY PRODUCING AND SHIPPING OUT ONLY 500 EVERY OTHER WEEK OR SO .... WHERE I'M ABOUT NUMBER 10,999 ON THE WAITING LIST I'D SAY THAT PUTS ME AT AROUND 10 MONTHS WITHOUT A CAR !!!! UNACCEPTABLE ! THE FACT THAT THIS PART IS SO FAR BACK ORDERED TELLS ME THAT CHRYSLER WAS USING FAULTY PARTS TO BEGIN WITH OR THEY WOULDN'T BE ROTTING OUT LIKE THEY ARE SO CONSISTENTLY. MY MECHANIC SAID HE EVEN TRIED TO GET THE PART FROM A NETWORK OF JUNKYARDS AND THEY ALL SAID THAT THE EXACT SAME PART WERE ALL HALF ROTTED OUT OF ALL THE SEBRINGS IN THE LOT .... HELP !! *TR

REAR TOP STRUT BRACKETS ARE MADE OF ALUMINUM AND HAVE DISINTEGRATED. THIS ALLOWS STRUT TO SHIFT OUTWARD RESULTING IN COIL SPRING RUBBING ON INSIDE OF REAR TIRE. I AM WAITING ON THE REPLACEMENT BRACKET, BUT DEALER TELLS ME THERE ARE 10,000 ON BACK ORDER! THIS IS APPARENTLY A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE TOP REAR STRUT BRACKETS ON SEBRING CONVERTIBLES AND SEDANS. SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED LONG BEFORE BRACKETS DESINTEGRATE. *TR

WELL THE FIRST TIME MY WATER PUMP FAILED,I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK. THEN AFTER A 1400$ REPAIR, I GOT ME VEHICLE BACK AND AFTER ANOTHER 5000 MILES. I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND THERE WAS NO NOISE NO NOTHING IT JUST STOPPED. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CONNECTING ROD HAD GOTTEN HOT AND BROKE DESTROYING THE BLOCK. I WAS ALSO TOLD IT WOULD BE A 8,000$ REPAIR JOB. I WAS ALSO TOLD IT WAS STARVED OF OIL,THE TEMPERATURES GAUGE NEVER GOT HOT NOTHING,MY VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AFTER 4 BLOCKS OF DRIVING. *TR

I AM FED UP WITH THIS CHRYSLER SEBRING I BOUGHT 2 YEARS AGO. ITS HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS AND NOW A MAJOR ONE AND A POPULAR ONE I SEE IS HAPPENING AND BEFORE AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS LORD WILLING I WILL MAKE IT TO THE DEALER TOMORROW. MY STEERING IN MY 2001 SEBRING STARTED UP LAST WEEK WHEN I WENT TO TURN THE WHEEL IT WAS SUPER TIGHT AND I KNEW INSTANTLY SOMETHING WAS WRONG. NOW IT IS MAKING CRACKING SOUNDS AND IS STILL HARD TO TURN. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE ITS MY RACK AND PINION. I HAD TAKEN IT TO MY OWN MECHANIC WHO COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING VISIBLY WRONG WITH IT AND SAID IT MIGHT BE THE RACK AND PINION. AFTER READING ALL THE PROBLEMS THIS CAR HAS HAD WITH THE STEERING I AM NOT SURPRISED MINE IS RIGHT THERE WITH THEM ALL. I HAVE ONLY 51,000 MILES ON THE CAR. I AM FURIOUS. I DON'T WANT TO PAY TO GET THIS FIXED. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. ITS CHRYSLERS FAULT. MY AIR BAG LIGHT IS ALSO ON. WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT IS ALL ABOUT. MY CAR STARTED LEAKING OIL FROM THE OIL PAN GASKET A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT IT AT 32,000 MILES AND 2 OF THE MOTORS HAVE GONE OUT IN THE POWER WINDOWS. THIS IS REALLY A PIECE OF JUNK! *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE (2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING 2.7L) ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 70 MILES PER HOUR WHEN IT SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO MANEUVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE AND ANTIFREEZE IN THE OIL. THE $2000 GE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I PURCHASED HAS DENIED THE CLAIM DUE TO "POOR MAINTENANCE" WITHOUT EVEN SEEING ALL OF MY RECEIPTS. CHRYSLER MANUAL RECOMMENDS OIL CHANGE EVERY 7500 MILES AND THEY WERE ALL DONE WELL BEFORE THAT. NO WORK HAS CURRENTLY BEEN DONE ON THE VEHICLE AS GE IS REQUESTING COMPLETE TEAR DOWN OF THE MOTOR FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION, YET THEY WILL NOT PAY THE COST. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY AN SUV. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THE IMPACT WAS GREAT ENOUGH FOR THE AIRBAGS TO HAVE DEPLOYED. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 86,000.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND THE CAR STARTED MAKING LOUD KNOCKING NOISES. WHEN I GOT HOME I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AS THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE, 2.7L V6 DOHC, IS KNOW TO HAVE DESIGN PROBLEMS THAT LEAD TO FAILURE. I HAD IT TOWED TO ANOTHER MECHANIC FOR A SECOND OPINION AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING ALMOST VERBATIM. THERE WERE 76,000 MILES ON THE CAR WHEN IT FAILED AND BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE OF THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT, $5,800, AND THE AMOUNT I STILL OWE ON THIS CAR WHICH I HAVE ONLY HAD FOR 2 YEARS, $8,000, I AM AT A FINANCIAL LOSS HAVING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON A CAR THAT WILL NOT RUN. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY THE DEALER AND MAINTAINED ON A ROUTINE SCHEDULE AS YOU COULD IMAGINE (BEING THAT THE DEALERS WIFE DROVE IT) AND THEN I PURCHASED IT IN 2006 AND KEPT ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AS WELL, DOING OIL CHANGES AS SUGGESTED. WELL, I WAS RECENTLY DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING OR ANYTHING, I JUST STARTED HEARING THIS LOUD KNOCKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND THEN IT JUST DIED....RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY...I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE HIT. I HAD TO BE TOWED AND TOOK IT TO THE CLOSEST SERVICE SHOP AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT HE HAD JUST REPLACED AN ENGINE LIKE MINE IN ANOTHER CUSTOMERS CAR TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. HE SAID THAT THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE FROM CLOGGED OIL PASSAGES, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BE STARVED OF OIL, CAUSING THE FAILURE OF THE ENGINE PARTS. I CALLED THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD MY CAR MAINTENANCE THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME "WELL THOSE WEREN'T THE BEST ENGINES THAT CHRYLSER EVER BUILT" BUT HE THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, I WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE, TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $7,000. I REGULARLY DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO KEEP THIS VEHICLE IN TIP TOP CONDITION AND HAD NO WARNING THERE WAS ANY ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE AND FEEL THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY CHRYSLER. *TR