2010 Chrysler Sebring

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHRYSLER SERBRING. WHILE MAKING A TURN, THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER CONTROL MODULE AND THE BRAKE HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 10V009000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND 10V475000(STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

THIS CAR FOR SURE IS A LEMON. I AM ATTACHING THE E-MAIL THAT I HAVE SENT TO SEVERAL PEOPLE. THIS CAR HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. PLEASE HELP ME WITH SOME MUCH NEEDED ADVICE. LAST SEPTEMBER 2012, THE RACK AND PINION FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD 52,000 MILES ON WHEN THE FIRST RACK AND PINION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. HOWEVER, IT STILL HAD THE SAME NOISE AS BEFORE. THE DEALER THEN STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW STEERING COLUMN. THEN I WAS TOLD THE AXLE AND WHEEL BEARING WERE BAD. ..UPDATED 12/17/13 *BF

2010 CHRYSLER SEBRING. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE RACKING PINION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE RACK PINION FAILED AGAIN THREE YEARS LATER. WHEN THE CONSUMER PICKED THE VEHICLE UP, FROM THE DEALER, THE NOISE WAS STILL THERE. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER, AND ACCORDING TO THEIR DIAGNOSIS, THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW STEERING COLUMN. WHEN THE CONSUMER PICKED THE VEHICLE UP AGAIN, THE NOISE WAS STILL PRESENT. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE RACK AND PINION AGAIN, AND THERE WAS NO REMEDY. LATER IN THE EVENING, THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING ANOTHER NOISE, AND WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE LEFT FRONT AXLE AND WHEEL BEARING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

ON MAY 31, 2013, I WAS TRAVELING TO VISIT FAMILY FOR EASTER. MY TWENTY-MONTH-OLD SON WAS ALSO IN MY VEHICLE. DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30-35 MILES PER HOUR, LESS THAN 2 RPM, AROUND A CURVE WHEN I LOST ALL POWER STEERING OUT OF NOWHERE AND COULD NOT STEER. ALSO MY BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD NOT WORK. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE EMBANKMENT UNCONTROLLABLY, ALMOST FLIPPING AND HITTING CONCRETE PLATES HEAD ON AND THAT QUICK THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. DURING IMPACT I SMACKED MY FACE OFF OF THE STEERING WHEEL, SUFFERING A BLOODY BROKEN NOSE. MY SON THANKFULLY RECEIVED NO INJURY. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT I NOTICED MY BRAKES WERE SHAKING WHEN APPLIED, I MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO CHECK THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK. MY CAR RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER AND BACK BUMPER AS WELL AS A TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR AND A POPPED TIRE, TOTALING $419.00. ON THURSDAY APRIL, 4, I WENT TO GO PICK UP MY VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR A TEST DRIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE ACCIDENT TO TEST THE NEW TIRE. HE NOTIFIED ME THAT I HAD NO POWER STEERING AND RULED MY CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND DOCUMENTED HIS EXPERIENCE. I CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AND THEY PICKED THE CAR UP AND DECLARED THAT MY POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED AND SO FAR I HAVE NO RECEIVED NOTICE ON THE CONDITION OF THE BRAKES. ALSO ON THURSDAY, I CALLED CHRYSLER TO EXAMINE FURTHER INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF MY VEHICLE BEING ONES RECALLED. THEY INFORMED THAT MY VIN WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL AND A SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR WILL BE IN TOUCH. NO CONTACT HAS YET BEEN MADE. *TR