Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Chrysler Sebring submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. SHE FINALLY GOT IT STOPPED BY PUTTING IT IN PARK, USING THE BRAKES HAD NO EFFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL ON HER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 200,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
THE THROTTLE CABLE FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AT A HIGH SPEED.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THE THROTTLE STICKS, THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS FRAYED AND THE THROTTLE CABLE/BODY GASKET WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT, AND FEELS THAT HE WAS GIVEN WRONG INFORMATION FROM THE DEALER. *SCC
DEALER TAKING TO LONG TO PERFORM RECALL. RECALL#02V186000 THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE. BROCKMEN AUTOMOTIVE 2730 LAURENS RD GREENSVILLE, SC 29607 864-281-1500. *MR
CONSUMERS SON AND GRAND DAUGHTER WERE TRAVELLING APRROX. 60 MPH. THE ACCELERATOR WAS RELEASED BUT THE VEHICLE REMAINED AT 60 MPH. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE ONLY SLOWED TO 55 MILES PER HOUR. UPON RELEASING THE BRAKE THE CAR SPED TO 65 MPH WITH NO MECHANICAL ACCELERATION. BRAKES WOULD NOT SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. WHEN THE FLOOR ACCELERATOR WAS RELEASED THE RPMS REVED AND THE SPEED STAYED THE SAME. SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE TIRES. THE SPEED WAS STEADILY RISING. VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND TURNED OFF. *JG
HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 02V186000 FOR THROTTLE. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND SET UP AN APPOINTMENT. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS ON THROTTLE CABLE. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC AFTER ARRIVING, THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. PARTS FOR THROTTLE CABLE WERE ON BACK ORDER. DELUCKA CHRYSLER/PLYMOUTH, BEDFORD, OHIO 44146, 440-232-0880.*AK
CABLE CONNECTING GAS PEDAL TO ENGINE FRAYED AND STUCK AT FULL THROTTLE. BRAKES DID NOT WORK. WAS TRAVELING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AT FULL SPEED TWO TIMES. THE FIRST TIME REPEATED STOMPING ON THE GAS PEDAL AND BRAKE PEDAL AND THROWING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL UNJAMMED IT AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES. THE SECOND TIME ALSO IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC THESE EFFORTS DID NOT HELP. I WOVE IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC UNTIL I GOT TO AN OFF RAMP, AND LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION AT THE OFF RAMP AND ONTO A SIDESTREET WHERE I PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL AND LANDED IT LIKE AN AIRPLANE ON A LANDING STRIP WITH THE BRAKES SMOKING AND THE ENGINE SCREAMING AND THE CAR GLIDED TO A STOP. WAS TOLD THE CABLE HAD UNWOUND LIKE A FRAYED PIECE OF ROPE AND STUCK INSIDE THE CABLE CONNECTING THE PEDAL TO THE ENGINE.*AK
ACCELERATOR STUCK AT 60 MPH AND IT WAS DUE TO A FRAYED CABLE. CHRYSLER DEALER SAID THAT IT HAPPENED TO MOST OF THE SEBRING CONV. THE CURRENT CABLE IS DISCONTINUED FROM CHRYSLER AND A NEW THROTTLE BODY MUST BE PURCHASED FOR THE NEW CABLE TO BE INSTALLED. DEALER SAID THAT A NEW AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENT CABLE WOULD BE UNSAFE DUE TO ITS DESIGN AND ARE FORBIDDEN TO INSTALL ANYTHING BUT THE NEW "SAFER" CABLE.*AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 35-40 MPH AND TOOK FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN, ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK, AND VEHICLE KEPT MOVING. CONSUMER WENT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS NOT INJURED. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 5422.00. CHRYSLER INVESTIGATOR WILL LOOK AT VEHICLE.*AK CHRYSLER SENT CONSUMER A LETTER STATING THAT THE THROTTLE SYSTEM WAS THOROUGHLY INSPECTED AND ALL CABLES AND LEVERS WERE FOUND FREE AND MOVING WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS, THEY ALSO FOUND NO STORED OR ACTIVE CODES IN THE SYSTEM. *SLC
WAS DRIVING 60MPH WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. SPEED INCREASED UPHILL. TURNED VEHICLE OFF. CHECKED THROTTLE CABLE WHICH WAS FRAZED. INSIDE HOUSING WIRES WERE TOGETHER. CLIPPED WIRES & PIECES & ABLE TO CONTINUE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC REPLACED CABLES. WAS INFORMED THROTTLE WAS CHANGED. MECHANIC WOULD NOT GIVE ORIGINAL PARTS AFTER REPLACING PARTS. [XXX] *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
WHILE ACCELERATING TO PASS A VEHICLE AT 60 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD. VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING WITHOUT APPLICATION. WHEN BRAKING WAS NOT EFFECTED, DRIVER DOWN SHIFTED TO THE LOWEST GEAR, SHIFTED VEHCLE IN PARK AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. THROTTLE CABLE WAS FRAYED. THIS WAS DISCOVERED BY OWNER BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOWN HILL THROTTLE CABLE BROKE, CAUSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO NOT RETURN TO IDLE AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. THE DRIVER HAD TO DOWNSHIFT INTO LOW GEAR AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. DEALER HAS VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THROTTLE CABLE FELL APART, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK, WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE CABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
THE VEHICLE HAD REMAINED STUCK ON CRUISE CONTROL. IT KEPT ON ACCELERATING. HAD APPLIED BRAKES; VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. RELAXED ON BRAKES & VEHICLE ACCELERATED AGAIN. HAD WORN BRAKES OUT. AT SIDE OF ROAD & TURNED VEHICLE OFF & DISENGAGED CRUISE CONTROL. RESTARTED VEHICLE & HAD NO BRAKES. USED EMERGENCY BRAKES. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH WHEN VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE.
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TOOK FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR AND VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK
IN DRIVE-THROUGH; VEHICLE IDLING & IN PARK; SHIFTED INTO GEAR & HEARD ENGINE REV UP; VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED & HIT PARKED SEMI TRUCK. NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. ENGINE PUSHED TO FIREWALL & DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S DOORS DAMAGED SEVERELY. VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK
CONSUMER SAYS WHEN ELECTRICAL SHORT HAPPENS ALL GAUGES RETURN TO (0), AND THE POWER WINDOWS QUIT WORKING. THE CRUISE CONTROL AND REAR DEFROSTERS ALSO QUIT WORKING. *AK
CRUISE CONTROL ONCE DISENGAGED AND RESUMED, VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE HIGHLY, KICKING INTO SECOND GEAR. TWO AREA DEALERSHIPS CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
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