Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Chrysler Sebring submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 22 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
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN.DEALER REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAD THE OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED AGAIN ALONG WITH A EXHAUST MANIFOLD- STILL DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AGAIN! DRIVING AT ABOUT 65MPH ON BUSY HIGHWAYS THE CAR JUST SHUTS DOWN. ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE. PULLED VEHICLE OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD. HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING OIL FROM THE ENGINE. DROVE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC CONFIRMED WHAT PROBLEM WAS. HAD NOT HAD HEAD GASKETS REPAIRED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND STALLED OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED OUT OF TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER HAS NOT FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION. *NLM
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND VEHICLE OVERHEATED. *AK
WHILE THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING, THE LUG NUTS SHEARED OFF THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATED THAT POOR DESIGN SET UP AN IRREGULAR VIBRATION IN THE WHEEL WHICH GRADUALLY WORKED THE LUG NUTS LOOSE AND FAILED. *YH
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE SEEMED A BIT SLUGGISH DUE TO LDP PUMP FAILURE. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON FULL THROTTLE (02V-186) TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS FIXED BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *YH
ENGINE WOULD STALL WHEN MAKING A TURN AND GOING ONTO AN INCLINE. VEHICLE BEEN TO A DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND THE PROBLEM IS STILLOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
HEAD GASKET FAILURE. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS AN OIL LEAK ON THE VEHICLE WHEN THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING AND WHEN THE CONSUMER IS AT A COMPLETE STOP. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT IT IS A POSSIBLE HEAD GASKET LEAK. NLM
WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, LOST POWER TO ACCELERATOR AND ENGINE DIED. HAD NO PRIOR WARNING. ALSO, OWNER'S MANUAL STATES IF ENGINE FAILS THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CHIME, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO CHIME. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *TT
TIMING BELT TENSIONER FAILED @ 54,000 MILES. FAILURE CAUSED TIMING BELT TO JUMP WHICH BENT VALVES. INTERNET INVESTIGATION SHOWS SEBRING HAS HISTORY OF THIS FAILURE. MANUFACTURER SHOULD COVER REPAIRS BUT WON'T. DON'T BUY CARS OR EXTENDED WARRANTIES FROM CHRYSLER.
RECALL 97V201000; LOWER BALL JOINT WITH CONTROL ON BOTH SIDES, DEALER STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE'S VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. ROTORS, BRAKE PADS AND CALIPERS NEEDED REPLACED. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN OIL LEAK. LOCKS DO NOT WORK. *SLC
ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM FAILED , LEADING TO COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE (ENGINE SIEZURE). THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD ALL REQUIRED SCHEDUALED MAINT AND DEALER STATES THAT EVERY THING ALWAYS CHECKED OUT. ON 04/01/98 THE CORE PLUGS WERE CHECKED PER REC. *AK
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED THE OXGEN SENSOR WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
DEALER WORK ON ALL PROBLEMS/I BELIEVE POHANKA SOLD ME A LEMON CAR AND DEALER WANTS BRAKE ENGINE DOWN AND DON'T WANT TO FIX THEY ORIGINAL START WORKING ON MY CAR. *AK
ENGINE WILL TURN OFF BY ITSELF, COMPLETELY STALLS, CAUSING LOSS OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND ENGINE . DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF DEFECT. *AK
OIL IS LEAKING INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM. THE DEALER IS FLUSHING THE COOLING SYSTEM.*AK
VEHICLE HAS EXCESSIVE OIL LOSS. OIL IS SPRAYING ONTO CATALYTIC CONVERTER. COULD NOT DETERMINE WHERE OIL WAS GOING. DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED OIL WAS COMING FROM THE HEAD GASKETS. MANUFACTURER REFERENCE NO. 5380798. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
ENGINE LIGHT CONSISTENTLY AND ARBITRARILY CAME ON. THIS TIME CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN. VEHICLE IS 1 YEAR OLD AND CANNOT BE DRIVEN.
TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING GEARS TO STICK.
BRAKE PROBLEMS.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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