2008 Chrysler Sebring

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OVERHEATING WHILE BEING OPERATED AT LOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRING WAS DEFECTIVE AND THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. TYSON MOTOR CORPORATION (1 SW FRONTAGE RD SHORWOOD, IL) WAS ALSO CONTACTED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 07V473000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND 08V152000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SCHUMACHER CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP, RAM OF DELRAY (2102 S FEDERAL HIGHWAY, STE A DELRAY BEACH, FL 33483), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V152000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) IN 2007. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,800.

THIS CAR IS A DEATHTRAP , AND ACCELERATES AT HIGH SPEEDS AT ANY GIVEN TIME WITHOUT WARNING !!!! COULD DIE OR WIND UP KILLING SOMEONE . LOOKS LIKE IT HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR YEARS AND NOTHING AS COME OF IT! JUST BOUGHT THE CAR, HAD IT SHIPPED TO MY STATE & I CANNOT EVEN DRIVE IT! AND CANNOT SELL IT TO ANYONE AS ITS DANGEROUS. NOONE CAN FIND A FIX FOR IT. CHRYSLER PLAYED DUMB AND OVER THE YEARS CLAIMS THEY NEVER HEARD ABOUT THIS MAJOR PROBLEM , YET ITS ONLINE .. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THRU HELL. MAYBE EVEN A DEATH ... I NEED HELP.. OR ANSWERS...UPDATED 11/15/17 *BF UPDATED 10/4/18*JB

I WAS DRIVING AND MY VEHICLE STARTED OVER HEATING AND THEN WOULDN'T RUN. I HAVE PUT W GONE COOLANT IN IT SEVERAL TIME. THE RADIATOR HOSE TOP PART IS COMPLETELY BUSTED. NEEDING A NEW HEAD GASKET, AND WHOLE TOP RADIATOR HOSE NOW. ON TOP OF THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSE IS MESSED UP ALSO. MY CAR WINDOW ALSO DOESN'T WORK. IT'S STUCK ROLLED DOWN BECAUSE OF AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I WANT IT ALL FIXED ASAP. I CAN'T AFFORD THE FIX. I AM A SINGLE PREGNANT MOTHER WHO HAS SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS TO GET TO AND FROM BETWEEN MY DAUGHTER AND I. JUST GOING TO THE STORE FOR FOOD HAS ALMOST BEEN IMPOSSIBLE. WE HAVE TO RELY ON OTHERS TO HELP US. I NEED MY CAR OUT THE SHOP. PLEASE HELP

OUR CAR WAS RUNNING FINE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED TO OVER HEAT. FOR A WHILE IT WAS GOING THROUGH COOLANT THOUGHT IT WAS A LEAK BUT THEY DIDNT FIND ONE BUT THEN IT STOPPED USING COOLANT FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL AND IS OVERHEATING WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS. AIR STOPPED WORKING AND EVEN WITH HEAT ON IT OVER HEATS. I SAW A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE ON THESE CARS STARTING WITH THE 1996 MODEL AND THERE WERE RECALLS ON THIS SAME ISSUE ON 07-08 MODELS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. WE TRIED THE THERMOSTAT AND THEY CHECKED OTHER THINGS FOUND NOTHING SO I WENT LOOKING TO SEE IF ONE OF THE RECALLS YOU PUT OUT A FEW YEARS AGO WAS MY CAR MAYBE.

WHILE DRIVING AT A STEADY SPEED, VEHICLE WILL HESITATE WHEN CLIMBING AN INCLIINE OR WHEN I ACCELERATE, THIS IS NOT A STEADY HAPPENING.I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO DIFFERENT CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS TO HAVE IT COMPUTER CHECKED BUT NOTHING SHOWS UP. A YOUNGER MECHANIC AT THE SECOND DEALERSHIP STATED IT SOUNDED TO HIM LIKE POSSIBLY THE CLUTCHES WERE SLIPPING AND CAUSING THE PROBLEM. SINCE IT DOESN'T SHOW UP ON THE COMPUTER HE SUGGESTED THAT I JUST CONTINUE DRIVING UNTIL SUCH TIME AS IT MAY STOP MOVING COMPLETELY AND THEN THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE FOUND.

PROBLEM: 2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING ENGINE, TRANSMISSION & ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. I BEGAN FINANCING IN NOV 2013 FROM TOYOTA OF RIVERSIDE, 1YR AND 3 MONTHS LATER ON FEB 17, 2015 WHILE I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY, MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN, I HAD NO BRAKES, I WAS FEARFUL AND HELD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL COASTED NEAR AN ARCO STATION. I WAS THANKFUL I DID NOT HIT ANYONE OR HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I CALLED AAA WHO TOWED ME TO TOYOTA OF RIVERSIDE. [XXX] THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TIMING BELT AND THE ENGINE FOR $1500. IT TOOK ABOUT 3 WEEKS FOR THE ENGINE TO BE REPAIRED, MY CAR WAS RETURNED ON MARCH 12, 2015. HOWEVER, I NOTICED WHEN I RECEIVED MY CAR BACK THE CRUISE CONTROL LEVER NEAR THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HANGING LOOSELY AND WAS NOT ATTACHED. WEEKS, LATER THE ELECTRONIC SPEED CONTROL LIGHT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH PROBLEMS SHIFTING. I SENT PICTURES OF MY ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON FROM MY PHONE TO [XXX] AND [XXX] AND WENT TO SEE [XXX] WHO TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION NEED REPAIR AND IT WOULD COST $3000 TO $4000." I WENT TO MOSS BROTHERS RIVERSIDE, [XXX] ON 09/17/15 DID A DIAGNOSTIC. HE TOLD ME THERE IS AN AUTO TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER RECALL AND A SPRING HOOK RETAINER HE CAN REPLACE FOR FREE. HE ALSO REPLACED A STOP LAMP SWITCH BINDS AND REPROGRAMMED THE PCM FOR $290. I PICKED UP MY CAR ON 9/22/15 IT CONTINUED TO STALL, RETURNED IT TO MOSS BROTHERS [XXX] SAID IT MAY BE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BEFORE WE CAN BEGIN WE WILL NEED $1690 UP TO $4480 TO REPAIR IT. IHAD MY CAR TOWED TO MANUEL AUTO CENTER, HE REPLACED MY LEFT TIE RODS FOR $275 IN THE PAST. HE COMPLETED A DIAGNOSTIC, REPLACED SOLENOID PACKAGE FOR $800. HOWEVER, MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN, ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND NEGLIGENCE AT HIS SHOP. HE WAS WILLING TO PAY $275 TO REPAIR. MY CAR IS UNSAFE. THANK YOU [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT THE OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND RESUME NORMAL FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

DRIVING DOWN A SLIGHT HILL AT 35MPH USING NO THROTTLE, THE CAR STALLED. NO LIGHTS, NO ALARMS. REALIZED IT STALLED WHEN I HAD NO POWER STEERING FOR CORNER. NO POWER STEERING. NO POWER BRAKES. MUSCLED CAR TO STOP SAFELY, BUT IF MY 16YO DAUGHTER HAD BEEN DRIVING.... VERY SCARY. CAR HAS STALLED ONCE WHILE IDLING AT A STOP AND STUTTERED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL AT A RED LIGHT TWICE SINCE THE INITIAL STALLING INCIDENT.

MY 2008 CHYRSLER SEABRING ENGINE STOP ON HIGHWAY AND STEERING WHEEL LOCK. THE REASON WHY IS A CHYRSLER DEFECTED PART (TIPM) WHICH IS TOTAL INTERGRATED POWER MODULE. CHYRSLER HAVE A LAWSUIT ON THEM ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. MY CAR IS AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. COST $1100.00 WHICH I HAVE TO PAY. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE FIX FOR FREE UNDER RECALL. ALSO HORN BLOWING, DOOR WINDOW MOVING , TRUNK OPENING,INTERIOR LIGHT NOT COMING ON. IT WOULD HELP I YOU COULD CONTACT THE DEALER CONCERNING MY ISSUE. CONTACT INFORMATION: GINN CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE ,5190 US-278 ,COVINGTON GEORGIA 30014 ,770-786-2271 TIM DABNEY TIMD@GELGINN.COM (BUSINESS MANAGER) ZACK THACKSTON (SERVICE ADVISOR ).