2004 Chrysler Sebring

DT: CONSUMER HAS A 2004 CHRYSLER SEABRING. CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN INTERMITTENT STALLING PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAS BEEN WORKED ON TWICE DUE TO STALLING. DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER ON AUGUST 12, 2005. THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN ON AUGUST THE 13, 2005. DEALER SAID THE PROBLEM WAS BUILD UP IN THE THROTTLE BODY. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED THERE WAS NO WARNING, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED UP WITH NO PROBLEM AFTER STALLING. SHE CONTACTED DEALER AUGUST 15, 2005 AND THE DEALERSHIP ASSURED HER THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE, AND DID NOT OFFER TO TRY TO DO ANYTHING ELSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SHE DID NOT THINK VEHICLE WAS SAFE, AND WAS SCARED TO LET HER FAMILY RIDE IN IT. *AK

PURCHASED 4 DOOR CHRYSLER SEBRING SEDAN (4 CYLINDER AT MCDONNOUGH CHRYLSER OF EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ 7/9/04 W/ 13 MILES. 2 DAYS FOLLOWING THE PURCHASE, CAR STALLED AT APPROXIMATELY 42 MPH ON A CROWDED INTERSTATE, AND STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. DROVE TO DEALER TO FIND THAT I NEEDED A COMPUTER SOFTWARE UPDATE. TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK, IDLING ROUGH, RPMS JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN THIS TIME ON NJ TURNPIKE WHILE SLOWING DOWN, BUT NOT BEFORE SURGING FORWARD, MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR, AND AGAIN STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. RETURNED TO DEALER @ 994 MI, NOTHING REGISTERED ON DIAGNOSTIC CHECK, ANOTHER CPU UPDATE. CAR STILL IN SAME CONDITION ONLY DID NOT STALL. SURGING GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, FINALLY AT APPROXIMATELY 8,000 MILES CAR STALLED COUNTLESS TIMES IN THE 13 MILE RIDE TO DEALER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, COULD HARDLY DRIVE THE ENTIRE WAY. DEALER FOUND BAD IGNITION COIL, BUT ONLY BECAUSE THE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED COULD THEY DETECT A PROBLEM. DEALER KEPT CAR 3 DAYS, DID NOT OFFER RENTAL OR COMP CAR, NOR TRANSPORTATION TO MY WORK. PICKED UP CAR, NOT STALLING BUT STILL IDLING ROUGH, STEERING WHEEL VISIBLY SHAKING. CAR SURGES FORWARD AT EVERY STOPLIGHT, I HAVE JUST LEARNED TO CONTROL THE BRAKE TO AVOID ACCIDENT, NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY & TRANSMISSION SLIPS AT LOW SPEEDS. WHY CAN'T THIS PROBLEM BE ERRADICATED, THIS IS MY FIRST BRAND NEW CAR, AND RUNS AS POORLY AS MY TRADE IN DID AT 230,000 MILES! I NEED A BREAK, AND I NEED A SOLUTION. IN ADDITION, CAR MAKES LOUD WHISTLING NOISE BETWEEN 68-73 MPH , AND HEADLIGHTS HAVE SHUT OFF 2 TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING AT NIGHT AND FLICKERED BACK ON ALSO, NOT TRACABLE BY DEALER COMPUTER.*AK

I HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED ONE COMPLAINT AND THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT PLUS A NEW COMPLAINT. ON 7/11/2004 MY VEHICLE SURGED AGAIN WHEN I STARTED TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE WHILE SITTING AT A STOP SIGN. WHEN WILL AN INVESTIGATION BEGIN ON THIS PROBLEM? INCLUDING MY PAST COMPLAINT I HAVE FOUND 10 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE AN INVESTIGATION IS STARTED? THE ODI ID# FOR JUST THE SURGING ISSUE ARE: 10075295, 10079965, 10079969, 10072311, 10063597, 10064593, 10074633, 10065378, 10075041, AND 10080475. I INFORMED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY LOOKED AT ALL THE SENSORS AND COMPUTERS AND SAID THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM OR RECORD OF A PROBLEM IN THE CAR'S COMPUTER, THIS WAS ON 7/12/2004. ALSO A PROBLEM FROM MONTHS AGO, THE CAR SUDDENLY DIED, LUCKILY MY WIFE WAS CRUISING THROUGH A PARK AND THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 10 MPH, SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND AGAIN THEY CHECKED EVERYTHING AND FOUND NO PROBLEM. 3RD ISSUE, MY SEBRING HAS BEEN IDLING VERY ROUGH EVERY NOW AND THEN. I DRIVE MY CAR EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT IT APPEARS TO DO IT MAINLY WHEN IT IS THE FIRST START OF THE DAY BUT IT HAS DONE IT AT OTHER TIMES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY REQUESTED WE LEAVE IT WITH THEM OVER NIGHT SO THEY COULD TEST IT ON THE FIRST START. SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS ISSUE HAVE NOT BEEN MADE YET. I HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT ALL THREE OF THESE PROBLEMS ON THIS WEBSITE, BUT THERE IS NOT A SINGLE INVESTIGATION OPEN ON THIS MODEL OF CHRYSLER, WHY?*AK

SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE'S RPMS INCREASED AND IT TRIED TO SURGE FORWARD, BUT FOOT WAS STILL FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE SO THE CAR DIDN'T MOVE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF INCHES. THE NEXT DAY A TRUCK STOPPED IN THE ROAD AND IT HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS, SO MY WIFE HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES. SHE RELEASED THE BRAKE AND AS SHE DID THE ENGINE'S RPMS REVVED UP VERY STRONGLY AND THE CAR SURGED FORWARD. THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED AGAIN AND THE CAR CAME TO A STOP AND HELD THE CAR BACK UNTIL THE ENGINE'S IDLE SPEED RETURNED TO NORMAL A FEW SECONDS LATER, BECAUSE OF THE SURGE AN ACCIDENT ALMOST OCCURRED. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY LOOKED AT IT AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS, SAID IT MAY HAVE BEEN A COMPUTER GLITCH. A FEW WEEKS LATER, WHILE LETTING OFF THE BRAKE THE CAR SURGED AGAIN, BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND CAR CAME TO A STOP. THEN A WEEK OR TWO AFTER THAT WHILE STOPPED IN A PARKING LOT WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE AND THE BRAKE APPLIED, THE CAR REVVED UP AGAIN AND TRIED TO SURGE FORWARD, BUT AGAIN ONLY MOVED A COUPLE OF INCHES BECAUSE THE BRAKE WAS FIRMLY APPLIED. LATER CAR DIED, BUT WAS ABLE TO RESTART RIGHT AWAY. CAR TAKEN BACK TO DEALER IN REGARD TO BOTH PROBLEMS. THE DEALER SAID THE STALLING PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE OF THE OIL FILTER. THEY REPLACED THE OIL FILTER AND THE OIL SWITCH, AS FOR THE SURGING PROBLEM THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, AND AGAIN IT COULD HAVE BEEN A COMPUTER GLITCH. *JB

MY 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING LIMITED CONVERTABLE HAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM OF THE ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY SURGING, REVVING, AND DYING AT SLOW SPEEDS. I'VE BEEN TO THE DEALER 11 TIMES. HE CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM BUT HAS FOUND OIL ON MAP SESOR,PCV VALVE & HOSE AND INTAKE PLENUM. HE HAS REPLACED THESE PARTS AND FINALLY HAD TO REPLACE WHOLE ENGINE ALONG WITH RUNNING SERVICE BULLETIN # 18-041-03. THE SURGING, REVING, AND DYING HAS STARTED AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT 531 MILES AND THE MOST RESENT WAS AT 18500 MILES. THE CHRYSLER PEOPLE TOLD ME MINE WAS THE ONLY CASE BUT I'VE FOUND 9 MORE ON THIS WEBSITE. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE!!!!*AK

FOLLOW UP TO ODI #10064593. VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE SITTING AT A STOP. HAS ALSO STALLED ON THREE OCCASIONS AND IDLES ROUGH. IT HAS BEEN TO TWO (2) DEALERSHIPS 8 TIMES. TCP SENSOR, AD SOLENOID, MAP SENSOR AND PCV VALVE ALL BEEN REPLACED. SERVICE BULLETIN #18-041-03 HAS BEEN RAN TWICE. THE VEHICLE HAS ALMOST HIT TWO CARS, ONE MOTORCYCLE, ONE CONCRETE PILING AND TWO BUILDINGS. THE ONLY THING THAT HAS KEPT ME FROM HITTING ANYTHING IS THE FACT THAT I ALWAYS HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. WHY WON'T CHRYSLER OR THE NHTSA BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION? I HAVE FOUND OVER A DOZEN COMPLAINTS REGARDING CHRYSLER/JEEP VEHICLES WITH THE SAME DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION. I LOVE MY CAR, BUT I AM AFRAID SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT.*AK

MY 2004 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE HAS MADE TWO DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT NOISES: 1ST AT ANY SPEED WHEN I RELEASE MY FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL I GET WHAT I CALL A CRICKET SOUNDING NOISE - VERY ANNOYING. 2ND AT SPEEDS OF 70 MPH AND UP I GET WHAT I CALL A WHISTLING SOUND THAT IS ALSO VERY ANNOYING AND STAYS ON WHEN I USE CRUISE CONTROL. I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AT MASSEY YARDLEY, HOBE SOUND, FL ON AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND GONE FOR TEST DRIVES WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER. HE RECOGNIZES THE PROBLEM TRIES TO FIX IT TO NO AVAIL. FINALLY HAVE HAD CHRYSLER LOOK AT THE PROBLEM - THEY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, BUT TELL ME I HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. I AM GOING TO ARBITRATION SHORTLY. *JB