1996 Chrysler Sebring

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. SHE FINALLY GOT IT STOPPED BY PUTTING IT IN PARK, USING THE BRAKES HAD NO EFFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL ON HER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 200,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

CONSUMERS SON AND GRAND DAUGHTER WERE TRAVELLING APRROX. 60 MPH. THE ACCELERATOR WAS RELEASED BUT THE VEHICLE REMAINED AT 60 MPH. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE ONLY SLOWED TO 55 MILES PER HOUR. UPON RELEASING THE BRAKE THE CAR SPED TO 65 MPH WITH NO MECHANICAL ACCELERATION. BRAKES WOULD NOT SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. WHEN THE FLOOR ACCELERATOR WAS RELEASED THE RPMS REVED AND THE SPEED STAYED THE SAME. SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE TIRES. THE SPEED WAS STEADILY RISING. VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND TURNED OFF. *JG

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 02V186000 FOR THROTTLE. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND SET UP AN APPOINTMENT. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS ON THROTTLE CABLE. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC AFTER ARRIVING, THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. PARTS FOR THROTTLE CABLE WERE ON BACK ORDER. DELUCKA CHRYSLER/PLYMOUTH, BEDFORD, OHIO 44146, 440-232-0880.*AK

CABLE CONNECTING GAS PEDAL TO ENGINE FRAYED AND STUCK AT FULL THROTTLE. BRAKES DID NOT WORK. WAS TRAVELING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AT FULL SPEED TWO TIMES. THE FIRST TIME REPEATED STOMPING ON THE GAS PEDAL AND BRAKE PEDAL AND THROWING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL UNJAMMED IT AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES. THE SECOND TIME ALSO IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC THESE EFFORTS DID NOT HELP. I WOVE IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC UNTIL I GOT TO AN OFF RAMP, AND LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION AT THE OFF RAMP AND ONTO A SIDESTREET WHERE I PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL AND LANDED IT LIKE AN AIRPLANE ON A LANDING STRIP WITH THE BRAKES SMOKING AND THE ENGINE SCREAMING AND THE CAR GLIDED TO A STOP. WAS TOLD THE CABLE HAD UNWOUND LIKE A FRAYED PIECE OF ROPE AND STUCK INSIDE THE CABLE CONNECTING THE PEDAL TO THE ENGINE.*AK

ACCELERATOR STUCK AT 60 MPH AND IT WAS DUE TO A FRAYED CABLE. CHRYSLER DEALER SAID THAT IT HAPPENED TO MOST OF THE SEBRING CONV. THE CURRENT CABLE IS DISCONTINUED FROM CHRYSLER AND A NEW THROTTLE BODY MUST BE PURCHASED FOR THE NEW CABLE TO BE INSTALLED. DEALER SAID THAT A NEW AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENT CABLE WOULD BE UNSAFE DUE TO ITS DESIGN AND ARE FORBIDDEN TO INSTALL ANYTHING BUT THE NEW "SAFER" CABLE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 35-40 MPH AND TOOK FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN, ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK, AND VEHICLE KEPT MOVING. CONSUMER WENT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS NOT INJURED. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 5422.00. CHRYSLER INVESTIGATOR WILL LOOK AT VEHICLE.*AK CHRYSLER SENT CONSUMER A LETTER STATING THAT THE THROTTLE SYSTEM WAS THOROUGHLY INSPECTED AND ALL CABLES AND LEVERS WERE FOUND FREE AND MOVING WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS, THEY ALSO FOUND NO STORED OR ACTIVE CODES IN THE SYSTEM. *SLC

WAS DRIVING 60MPH WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. SPEED INCREASED UPHILL. TURNED VEHICLE OFF. CHECKED THROTTLE CABLE WHICH WAS FRAZED. INSIDE HOUSING WIRES WERE TOGETHER. CLIPPED WIRES & PIECES & ABLE TO CONTINUE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC REPLACED CABLES. WAS INFORMED THROTTLE WAS CHANGED. MECHANIC WOULD NOT GIVE ORIGINAL PARTS AFTER REPLACING PARTS. [XXX] *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR