2004 Chrysler Sebring

ENGINE WAS LEAKING SOME TYPE OF RED FLUID. TURNED OUT TO BE TRANSMISSION FLUID, PAPERWORK SAID REPLACED TRANS HOSES, CLAMPS, AND SOLENOID PACK (2/6/07). BLOWER MOTOR ONLY WORKED ON HIGHEST SETTING, THE REPLACED THE BAD BLOWER MOTOR FOR HEAT/COOLING(10/17/06). REPLACED RESONATOR PIPE AND MUFFLER AFTER NOTICING ACCELERATION WAS SLUGGISH AND LOUD (3/22/06). *NM

THE MOTOR IN MY 2004 SEBRING FAILED ON MY WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING ALMOST A MONTH AGO. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO IMMEDIATELY ASKED ME ABOUT OIL CHANGES. I SAID THAT I DIDN'T HAVE ANY RECEIPTS BUT COULD FIND THEM AT HOME IF NECESSARY. 4 DAYS LATER THEY WANTED THE RECEIPTS. I FAXED THEM OVER AND THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT SUFFICIENT AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $7000 FOR A NEW MOTOR BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT UNDER THE WARRANTY. THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE MOTOR AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TIMING CHAIN. THEY SAID THAT THE RECEIPTS I HAD SENT THEM WERE NOT IN THE PROPER FORMAT AND THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT THEM. I TOLD THEM THAT THOSE WERE THE RECEIPTS I WAS GIVEN BY A LICENSED GARAGE IN THE STATE OF NEVADA AND THEY COULD TAKE IT UP WITH THEM. THEY CALLED THE GARAGE AND WANTED THEM TO SUBMIT NEW RECEIPTS IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT. ACCORDING TO THE GARAGE THEY WERE VERY RUDE AND CONDESCENDING AND THE GARAGE AGREED TO GIVE THEM NEW RECEIPTS. THE NEW RECEIPTS WERE FAXED OVER AND AFTER 4 DAYS WHEN I DID NOT HEAR FROM THE DEALER I CALLED THEM AND THEY SAID THEY NEVER GOT THE NEW RECEIPTS. I ASKED WHY THEY DIDN'T CALL ME AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR JOB TO TRACK DOWN MY RECEIPTS. I CALLED THE GARAGE AND THEY FAXED THEM AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT TOOK THE DEALER 3 DAYS TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THEM. THEY SAID THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER AND SOMEONE FROM CHRYSLER WOULD BE OUT TO LOOK AT IT. 3 DAYS LATER THEY CALLED AGAIN AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THE OIL FILTER IN THE CAR DID NOT MATCH THE RECEIPTS. I NOW HAVE A 2004 SEBRING WITH 41,000 MILES ON IT (IT HAD 22,000 WHEN I BOUGHT IT LAST YEAR) THAT NEEDS A $7000 MOTOR. THE DEALER WILL NOT GIVE ME ANY SATISFACTION AND I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER 4 TIMES AND THEY DON'T CARE. *JB

CAR KEPT STALLING AND JUST DIED ONE MORNING. A PASSERBY STOPPED TO HELP ME AND SAID THE OIL WAS LOW. I PUT OIL IN IT AND HEADED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER ASKED FOR RECEIPTS TO PROVE I HAD OIL CHANGES OVER THE PAST YEAR SO THE WORK WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. I PROVIDED RECEIPTS AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE RECEIPTS WERE UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE THE GARAGE THAT DID THE OIL CHANGES DID NOT USE THE PROPER FORMAT ON THEIR RECEIPTS. CHRYSLER WANTED ME TO PAY $6950 FOR A NEW ENGINE. MY MECHANIC THEN FAXED OVER RECEIPTS THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEALER AND BECAUSE THE RECEIPT SAID THAT I HAD A FRAM OIL FILTER PUT IN THE CAR AND THERE WAS STILL A FACTORY OIL FILTER IN IT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE MOTOR UNDER THE WARRANTY. THEY SAID THE ENGINE WAS FULL OF SLUDGE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TIMING BELT AND HEADS. *NM

MY VEHICLE IN MAY 2006 STARTING SHOWING SIGNS OF IGNITION FAILURE. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON WHILE I AM DRIVING THE VEHICLE. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO TURN OFF VEHICLE OFF,IT REMAINS ON FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES OR LONGER UNTIL I CAN GET IT TO TURN OFF W/O THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. THIS MEANS MY CAR IS DRIVABLE W/O A KEY IN THE IGNITION. THIS CAR STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS AT 29,000 MILES. THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE GETS EXTREMELY HOT. ACCORDING TO THE RECALL REPORTS WHICH STATES THAT A BREAK IN MOLDING IN THE FUEL PUMP CAN LEAD TO IGNITION FAILURE WHICH IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND CAN CAUSE A FIRE. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3X IN LESS THAN 5 MONTHS. ANCIRA JEEP CHRYSLER HAS FAILED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND HAS CONTINUED TO CHARGE ME FOR A FUEL PUMP, CAM SENSOR, AND IGNITION. I PICKED UP MY CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP JUST A FEW DAYS AGO AND NOT EVEN 10 MIN LATER WHEN I GOT HOME THE PROBLEM WAS STILL OCCURING BUT WORSE. MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP AS WE SPEAK AND I HAVE YET TO HEAR FEEDBACK UNLESS I CALL; EVEN THEN, THEY CAN'T GIVE ME AN ANSWER. THE SERVICE ADVISOR CALLED ME TO ASK ME HOW TO TURN MY CAR OFF, THERE IS A HUGE PROBLEM WHEN A CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP W/MECHANICS IS ASKING THEIR CUSTOMER HOW TO FIX THEIR CAR. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY AT ALL, THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AND THE SERVICE AND QUALITY I HAVE RECIEVED IS UNACCEPTABLE. I WAS NOT PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR THERE ERRORS AND I AM RELYING ON OTHERS FOR TRANSPORTATION. *NM

DRIVING OUR CAR IN CHICAGO AND WE LIVE IN OHIO. STOP AT A LIGHT AND THE CAR STARTS MAKING THIS LOUD NOISE. GET THE CAR TO MY SISTERS (THANKFULLY). HAD TO RENT A TRAILER TO GET THE CAR HOME. BROUGHT IT TO THE MECHANIC WHO SAID THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE. OIL WAS CHANGED 3 DAYS BEFORE. ENGINE COULD NOT BE REBUILT. CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS IS A FAULTY ENGINE AND CHRYSLER SHOULD STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCT.

I PURCHASED MY CAR IN NOV 2005 AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE CAR HAS STALLED ON ME I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP IMMEDIATELY. ON OTHER OCCASIONS THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT OR EITHER IN A DRIVE THRU LANE AT A RESTAURANT. THE CAR WAS NOT IN PARK IT SCARED ME TO DEATH. I DON'T KNOW THE REASON FOR THIS. THE CAR ISN'T UNDER WARRANTY ANY LONGER AND I KNOW THE WONT FIX IT PROBLEM. *JB

I WANT TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. ON THE WAY TO TOWN, MY CAR STALLED AT A STOP LIGHT. STARTED IT, STALLED AGAIN, RESTARTED AND NOW I CAN HEAR A LOUD KNOCKING(THE ROD) I EASED IT IN TO THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE, WHERE THE KNOCKING PERSISTED. I THEN WENT TOWARDS HOME, GOT ON TO MY ROAD AND CALLED MY FATHER IN LAW AND WE DECIDED TO PUSH IT IN TO THE DRIVEWAY. I CALLED THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS (2) AND THE FIRST WORDS OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS WAS, "AS LONG AS WE DON'T FIND ANY SLUDGE, THIS WILL BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY." IN RESEARCHING THE ENGINE ON THE INTERNET, THERE ARE SOMETHING LIKE 1500 OR MORE COMPLAINTS REGARDING CHRYSLER NOT FIXING THIS CAR, ON CARS THAT ARE UNDER THEIR WARRANTY. THEY ARE DENYING UNDER THE "GUISE" THAT THE OWNERS ARE NOT MAINTAINING THEIR VEHICLES. THIS IS PURE HOGWASH, BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE MODELS BACK TO 1999. IT IS EMBARRASSING THAT A CAR MANUFACTURER IS SO CHEAP THAT THEY CAN NOT ADMIT THEIR MISTAKE, COVER IT UNDER THE WARRANTY AND JUST BE DONE WITH IT. I HAD MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR, I AM GLAD THAT I DID NOT HAVE A TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE AND END UP IN THE DITCH OR REAR ENDED LIKE MANY OTHERS I HAVE READ ABOUT. WHEN IT STALLED, LUCKILY THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME REALIZED THAT I WAS HAVING AN ISSUE AND GOT OVER TO THE OTHER LANE QUICK ENOUGH, THEY ONLY HONKED THEIR HORN AT ME, AS TO WHICH MY DAUGHTER WANTED TO KNOW WHY. CHRYSLER SHOULD BE FORCED TO TAKE CARE OF THESE ISSUES. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER MAJOR CAR MANUFACTURERS, AUDI, TOYOTA, THAT HAVE HAD SIMILAR SLUDGE ISSUES AND THEY HAVE STEPPED UP AND STARTED ENGINE REPLACEMENT, AND/OR REPAIR PROGRAMS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR MISTAKES. EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO HEAR ABOUT THIS, TO AVOID BUYING THIS TERRIBLE ENGINE AND THE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OF US DRIVING A VEHICLE WITH A 2.7L ENGINE AND FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES, PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TERRIBLE INJUSTICE. *JB