2002 Chrysler Sebring

ON 2/5/05 CAR STARTED TO VIBRATE EVERY TIME I APPLIED THE BRAKE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER 2/8/05. THE REP CALLED TO SAY THE CAR NEEDED BRAKE PADS AND THAT THE ROTORS COULD NOT BE TURNED BECAUSE THE PROBLEM HAD GONE ON TOO LONG. WHEN ASKED WHAT PROBLEM HE INDICATED THAT THE BRAKES HAD BEEN SCRAPING. I TOLD HIM THAT WAS NOT TRUE. HE THEN INDICATED THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND THAT A LOT OF SEBRINGS AND 300 M'S CAME IN FOR WARPED ROTORS. I ASKED IF THAT WERE NOT AN INDICATION THAT THE ROTORS WERE DEFECTIVE. HE ANSWERED, WELL YES AND NO. ON A CAR WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES, THE BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED. MY TICKET ONLY SHOWS THAT THEY WERE REPLACED. IF THE DEALER DOES NOT REPORT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS TO THE MANUFACTURER HOW CAN CONSUMERS BE SAFE. WARPED ROTORS COULD COMPROMISE THE ABS SYSTEM AND BRING GREAT BODILY HARM TO THE DRIVER, PASSENGERS, AND ANYONE HIT BY THE VEHICLE. *JB

THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING. *NM THE VEHICLE HAD A CONTINUING BRAKE PROBLEMS AND WOULD DIE WHILE IN MOTION. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST PURCHASED AT 92 MILES, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH LOW OIL. THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION LEAKED. THE VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE TO LOSE POWER AND THE OIL LIGHT HAD COME BACK ON. OTHER PROBLEMS WERE: THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT, THE FRONT END WOULD VIBRATE, THE BRAKES SQUEALED, THERE WAS SLIGHT LEAK AT THE PROPORTIONING VALVE, THE TOP WAS PULLED DOWN AND THE RADIO HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE, THE SIDE MIRRORS AND THE POWER LOCKS HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE, AND THE BRAKE PADS HAD WORN DOWN TO 2/32. *SC *JB

BRAKING DOES NOT SEEM TO WORK PROPERLY, CAR FISHTAILS WHILE BRAKING, ESPECIALLY ON DAMP OR WET SURFACES, TO THE POINT THAT I HAVE ALMOST HIT OTHER VEHICLES EVEN WITH PLENTY OF ADVANCED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE CAR IS ALMOST OUT OF CONTROL TO DRIVE ON A WET ROAD, AND IT CERTAINLY ISN'T COMPLETELY EFFECTIVE ON DRY ROAD SURFACES. PROBLEM HAS OCCURED SINCE VEHICLE WAS BRAND-NEW, AND BRAKES/ROTORS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.*AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED BEYOND REPAIR AT DELIVERY. FRONT GRILL AREA DEEPLY SCRATCHED ON BOTH SIDES OF GRILL. TRANSMISSION JERKS BADLY WHEN GOING INTO GEAR. ALL TIRES BADLY OUT OF BALANCE AT DELIVERY. BECAUSE OF THE OUT OF BALANCE TIRES AND THE WARPED BRAKES THE ABS SYSTEM SENSOR COULD RECEIVE FALSE SIGNALS THEREFORE RENDERING THE ABS INOPERABLE.

SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR 4/13/03 I HAVE HAD BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEMS ON 6/2002,9/23,11/27-3/2003,5/03,9/03,9/18,10/01/03,10/07/03 EACH TIME ADJUSTMENTS, REPAIRS, REPLACEMENT HAVE BEEN DONE. NOW SINCE 9/23/03 ALONG WITH THE BRAKE PROBLEM THAT STILL EXISTING I AM EXPERIENCING VERY A HEAVY,VIBRATION THIS IS FELT WHEN THE CAR IS AT A STANDSTILL CAR CAN EITHER BE IN NEUTRAL OR PARK AND IT FEELS AS THOUGH THERE IS A VIBRATING MECHANISM ATTACHED TO YOUR CAR. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY COULDN'T DETECT ANYTHING ON THEIR SCANNING DEVICE. *LA