1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE

136 complaints filed with NHTSA.

136
Complaints
12
Crashes
3
Fires
17
Injuries
1
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
SEAT BELTS13
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION11
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM9
POWER TRAIN6
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS5
SUSPENSION5
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING5
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL4
SEAT BELTS:FRONT4
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID4
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP4
ENGINE4
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL3
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT3
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT3

Recent Complaints

20140116FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

I WAS STARTING THE CAR - IT STARTED RAN FOR 30 TO 45 SECONDS THEN STALLED. I TURNED THE MOTOR OVER AGAIN AND THE CAR BURS INTO FLAMES. THE CAR BURNED TO THE GROUND BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT THERE. *TR

Mileage: 182,572

20090803FireFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. HE BELIEVED THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM. HE REMOVED THE FUEL TANK FROM THE VEHICLE AND FOUND BURNT WIRES, WHICH WERE CONTROLLING THE FUEL PUMP. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP WIRES AND THE FUEL PUMP ITSELF, BUT CURRENTLY THE VEH

Mileage: 81,000

20090718STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

TRUNK LID WILL NOT STAY UP. PROBLEM BEGAN INTERMITTENTLY AT APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MILES, POSSIBLY DEPENDENT ON AIR TEMPERATURE; BY APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES TRUNK LID WILL NOT STAY UP WITHOUT BEING PROPPED. NUMEROUS INJURIES TO HEAD, NECK AND BACK, OVER THE ELEVEN YEARS I HAVE OWNED VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 75,223

20090605CrashPOWER TRAIN

WHILE SLOWLY BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY IN REVERSE IN OUR 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO FULL THROTTLE, I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, TRIED TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL, INSTEAD SHIFTED TO DRIVE AND THE CAR SHOT FORWARD AT FULL THROTTLE UNTIL HITTING A GOLF CART AND THE END OF THE GARAGE, DESPITE STANDING ON THE BRAKE FULL FORCE. IT ONLY STOPPED AFTER TURNING OFF THE IGNITION. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

20080617STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID

TRUNK LID DOES NOT STAY UP - MUST BE PROPPED. MULTITUDE OF FAILURES HAVE CAUSED INJURIES TO HEAD, NECK AND BACK. *TR

Mileage: 72,013

20080617STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

TRUNK LID DOES NOT STAY UP - MUST BE PROPPED. MULTITUDE OF FAILURES HAVE CAUSED INJURIES TO HEAD, NECK AND BACK. *TR

Mileage: 72,013

20080415STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID

TRUNK LID WILL NOT STAY UP. WILL SLAM CLOSED IF NOT PROPPED OPEN. IN THE PAST THERE HAVE BEEN A MULTITUDE OF THESE SAME COMPLAINTS, INCLUDING ONES I HAVE FILED, BUT NO THEY ARE NO LONGER ON THE LIST. *TR

Mileage: 72,179

20040716CrashAIR BAGS

REAR-ENDED A STOPPED VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELLING 60 MPH. IR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.RIVER SUSTAINED MILD WHIPLASH; 3 PASSENGERS IN OTHER VEHICLE(S) REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT.*AK

Mileage: 22,134

20040204Fire

I HAD A 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING. IT WAS A CERTIFIED VEHICLE PURCHASED FROM RANCHO CHRYSLER IN SAN DIEGO, CA. APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED IT, I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 20 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES. THE INVESTIGATOR HIRED BY CHRYSLER SAID IT WAS AN AIR CONDITIONING LINE THAT BROKE AND SPRAYED CHEMICAL ONTO MANIFOLD, CAUSING THE FIRE.

Mileage: 45,000

20031121CrashSEAT BELTS:FRONT

INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION SEAT BELT OR SEAT DID NOT HOLD AND NEITHER OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY SERIOUS INJURIES OCCURRED TO DRIVER OF VEHICLE. *LA

Mileage: 3,650

20031121CrashSEATS

INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION SEAT BELT OR SEAT DID NOT HOLD AND NEITHER OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY SERIOUS INJURIES OCCURRED TO DRIVER OF VEHICLE. *LA

Mileage: 3,650

20031121CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION SEAT BELT OR SEAT DID NOT HOLD AND NEITHER OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY SERIOUS INJURIES OCCURRED TO DRIVER OF VEHICLE. *LA

Mileage: 3,650

20030506CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *JB THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *SCC *JB

Mileage: 51,000

20030501CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

IN A HEAD ON COLLISION SEAT BELT LET GO AND FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY SERIOUS INJURY OCCURED

Mileage: 35,000

20030501CrashSEAT BELTS:FRONT

IN A HEAD ON COLLISION SEAT BELT LET GO AND FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY SERIOUS INJURY OCCURED

Mileage: 35,000

20030306CrashPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

WHILE PARKED, SHIFT LEVER JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT/INJURY. *AK

20030305CrashFatalVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, IT WENT AIRBORNE AND CRASHED INTO A LIGHT POLE, AND KILLED THE DRIVER. *JB

20020909CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

AFTER SHIFING GEAR OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE VEHICLE SUDDENLY TOOK OFF AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTRER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.*AK THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*JB

20020815CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

CAR SURGED BACKWARD AND CRASHED INTO A TRUCK. *AK