2004 Chrysler Sebring

I HAVE OWNED 2 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVT AND BOTH HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON. ON VEHICLE #1 THE SEAT BELT TENSIONERS WERE REPLACED ON THE FRONT SEATS TWICE. I WAS IN A COLLISION IN THAT CAR AND IT WAS A FORCEFUL FRONT IMPACT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NOW I HAVE HAD THE SECOND CAR FOR ALMOST 6 MONTHS AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAS ALREADY COME ON. I GOT UPSET AND PULLED THE FUSES OUT OF THE FUSE BOX HOPING THE LIGHT ON THE DASH WOULD GO OFF UNTIL I COULD GET IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP ON MONDAY. WHEN THE FUSES WERE REPLACED THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME ALL INFO WAS ERASED AND WHEN THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON TO BRING IT BACK IN. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE STALLED, BUT RESTARTED EACH TIME. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD SLUDGE IN IT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE STICKS, AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. TAKEN SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALER TO BE FIXED, BUT IT WAS NEVER FIXED. UPDATED ON 06/07/2006. *AK *TS

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED WITH 18,455 MILES ON IT. AFTER VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WE NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE WITH THE BRAKES. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE WARPED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO HAVE THE GRINDING SOUND, WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AGAIN WORK WAS DONE ON THE BRAKES. WE DID NOT HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE IT MUCH AFTER AS OUR DAUGHTER GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE ON OCT 13, 2005, SHE WAS PULLING OUT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARKING LOT (NO MORE THAN 5-10 MPH) TO GO ACROSS THE ROAD TO ENTER THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT HER FRONT CORNER PASSENGER SIDE (OTHER VEHICLE WAS GOING APPROX 40-45 MPH). THE REAL ISSUE IS THAT BOTH FRONT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UNTIL SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED...THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE MAJORITY OF THE INJURIES TO MY CHILDREN. *JB

I AM POA FOR JAMES HAMPTON OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION , JAMES HAMPTON SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURY , THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WAS DOWN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. OBSERVING HIM PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT IN THE VEHICLE I MADE THE OBSERVATION THAT HE DIDN'T APPEAR TO FIT THIS CAR WELL, HE IS SIX FOOT THREE INCHES TALL, TOP OF WINDSHIELD IS ABOUT MID FOREHEAD IN HEIGHT ON HIM, AT TIME OF INCIDENT AIR BAG DID DEPLOY, STILL SEVERE HEAD INJURY TO FOREHEAD ON LEFT SIDE, OBSERVATION OF INJURY AND LOCATION LEADS ME TO QUESTION THAT HAD HE BEEN UNDER SIX FOOT IN HEIGHT AIR BAG WOULD HAVE AFFORDED MORE PROTECTION FROM IMPACT OF WINDSHIELD, OR IF HEIGHT OF WINDSHIELD WAS HIGHER IMPACT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT, CAR WAS DETERMINED A LOSS. I AM CONCERNED THAT CONSUMER HEIGHT, ABOVE AVERAGE COULD POSSIBLY PREDISPOSE ONE TO MORE SERIOUS OR FATAL INJURY DUE TO HEIGHT OF WINDSHIELD RELEVANT TO AREA OF IMPACT. *JB

DT CONSUMER STATES THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL BREAK WHILE SNAPPING INTO THE LATCH. CONSUMER STATES THE DEALER S FIXED THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES TWICE. ALSO WHEN PUTTING ON THE BRAKES THE BACK SEAT IS ALL ONE PIECE AND IT WILL GO FORWARD AND WILL RISE UP GOING TOWARD THE FRONT SEATS. CONSUMER STATES ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE THE AIR BAG COVER IS WARPED, AND THE DEALERSHIP STATED IF INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT THE AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER STATED THEY STARTED NOTICING THESE PROBLEMS ON JANUARY 16, 2005. *AK

DT: THE ABS BRAKES FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED WITH 19,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE WITH THE BRAKES. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE WARPED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO HAVE THE GRINDING SOUND, BUT BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT SUPPLY HER WITH A LOANER VEHICLE SHE DID NOT TAKE IT IN. ON MAY 31, 2005, SHE WAS GOING AROUND 40-45 MILES PER HOUR AND SHE TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES WHEN THE ABS FAILED. SHE SKID 75 FEET ON DRY PAVEMENT. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT TAKEN AND A TICKET WAS ISSUED, BUT SHE IS FIGHTING THE TICKET BECAUSE IT WAS DUE TO THE BRAKES FAILING. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT HER HEAD AND SHE HAS POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME WITH POSSIBLE SEIZURES AND IS OUT OF WORK. SHE ALSO HAD BRUISED RIBS AND A NECK AND SHOULDER INJURY, ALL ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE DOCTOR HAS PUT HER ON COMPLETE DISABILITY AND SHE CAN NOT EVEN DRIVE A VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. SHE IS CURRENTLY ON SEIZURE MEDICATION. THE VEHICLE IS IN NEW JERSEY, SHE WAS COMING HOME FROM MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IN ATLANTIC CITY. THE DAMAGE IS ALL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT. THE VEHICLE IS CONSIDERED TOTALED. *AK

2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING HAS A RECURRING AIR BAG PROBLEM.*MR THE AIR BAG LIGHT WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING. A SEAT BELT PRE-TENSIONER WAS REQUIRED, BUT THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE AIR BAG LIGHT PROBLEM. THE A/C WOULD ONLY BLOW ON THE HIGHEST SETTING. THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW MADE A CREAKING NOISE WHEN GOING UP OR DOWN. THE THERMOSTAT AND GASKET WERE REPLACED DUE TO A COOLANT LEAK. THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR WAS LOOSE. *JB

I HAVE SEVERAL ACQUAINTANCES THAT ARE EMITS, AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT RESPONDING TO ACCIDENTS IN WHICH DURING THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS AIRBAG SYSTEMS PASSENGERS AND DRIVERS HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED. FOR EXAMPLE, THE COVER ON THE STEERING WHEEL, WHEN ACTIVATED, AND DEPENDING ON THE POSITIONS OF THE DRIVERS HANDS ON THE WHEEL, DIGITS HAVE BEEN SEVERED. WHILE PASSENGERS ARE RIDING, THEY OFTEN PLACE THEIR FEET ON THE DASH, THEN WHEN THE AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED IF THEY DO NOT REACT AND MOVE THEIR FEET, THEIR KNEES ARE DRIVEN INTO THEIR FACE OR CHEST CAUSING SEVERE INJURY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THESE INCIDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN ANY REPORT THAT I HAVE READ NOR HAS THE GENERAL PUBLIC BEEN NOTIFIED AS TO THE HAZARDS OF LEG OR HAND POSITION WHILE RIDING OR DRIVING. IS THIS NOT INFORMATION THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF? YES, AIRBAGS SAVE LIVES, BUT LIVES WERE SAVED BY ONLY SEAT BELTS PRIOR TO AIRBAGS. LIVING IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN DYING, HOWEVER LOOSING DIGITS OR SUFFERING FACIAL OR RIB CAGE DAMAGE, WHEN UNNECESSARY IS UNCALLED FOR--DON'T YOU AGREE. THESE INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN VARIOUS MAKES AND MODELS OF VEHICLES, SO PLEASE DO NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THE INCIDENT DATE, YEAR OF VEHICLE, TYPE OF VEHICLE, ETC., REQUIRED BY THIS FORM. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS A REPORT OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THIS MATTER THAT I AM NOT AWARE OF, AND ITS LOCATION. IF NOT, COULD ACTION BE TAKEN TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC?*AK