Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Chrysler Sebring submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 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
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKE LINE AND FITTINGS. *JB THE CONSUMER WAS ROTATING HIS TIRES WHEN HE NOTICED THE FRONT LEFT RUBBER BRAKE LINE HAD FIVE BULDGES, AND ONE LEAKED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE HOSE, BLED THE BRAKES, AND RESURFACED THE TWO FRONT ROTORS. SCC
ABS LIGHT STAYS ON. WHEN BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON ABS LIGHT ALSO COMES ON. BRAKES ARE CONSTANTLY SQUEAKING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND TOOK VEHICLE TO SHOP.*AK
I AHVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIPABOUT THE HOT TAR THAT WAS LEAKING FROM MY DOOR AND THEY SAID THAT THEY FIXED IT. WELL THE NEXT SUMMER IT GOT HOT ONCE AGAIN AND THE HOT TAR GOT ON CLOTHING AND MY LEG. HOW EVER BY THIS TIME MY WARRANTY WAS OUT AND SO THEY SAID IT WAS NOT THERE RESPONSEBILITY AND I AHD TO COVER THE REPAIR SINCE THEY HAD NO RECORD OF THE REPAIR. I ALSO CONTACTED CHRYSLER ONTHE PROBLEM AND THE EMPLOYEE RESPONSE WAS "JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE HAVEING PROBLEMS DOES NOT MEAN ANYONE ELSE IS!"I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT I WOULD NEVER EVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN! I HAVE GOTTEN NO CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM THE DEALERSHIP BUT I AHD AN AWESOME SALESAMAN WHO CAN NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP! BUT SELL ME ANOTHER CAR IN SIX MONTHS AFTER I PAY THIS ONE OFF MORE. ALL IN ALL THIS HAS BEEN A LEARNING ADVENTURE FOR ME.*AK
I AM VERY DISAPOINTED WITH THE FRONT BUMPER ALL I DID WAS PARK AND NOW ITS RUINED I DONT THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY SINCE THEY MADE IT SO LOW TO THE GROUND I HAVE FOUND ALOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ALSO THE BRAKES I THOUGH MAYBE THEY DIDNT FIX THEM RIGHT BUT NOW I AM FINDING OUT FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWN A SEBRING THAT IT IS NORMAL FOR THE BREAKS TO ALWAYS GO AND THE BUMBER TO CRACK PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANY WAY I CAN HAVE CHRYSLER PAY FOR THIS*AK
CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE DRUMS TWICE SINCE OWNING VEHICLE. DRUMS ARE CONTINUALLY MAKING A NOISE, AND NOISE WILL NOT GO AWAY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
THE EMERGENCY BRAKE STICKS ON AND THE CONSUMER HAS NEVER USED IT. *MJS
THE INTAKE SENSOR FAILED AND THEY REPLACED IT ONCE I DROVE IT THE REST OF THE WAY TO THEM. IT TOOK @ 10 MIN TO REPLACE. THEY REPORTED TO ME THAT I WAS THE SECOND ONE IN A WEEKS PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEN A WEEK LATER I HAD MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION AND IT NEEDS REBUILT. THE PROBLEM WITHT HE BRAKES HAS BEEN ON GOING. REPLACE FRONT PADS 3 TIMES SINCE MAY OF 2000.
NO SUMMARY
CONSUMER WENT TO BACK OUT OF PARKING SPACE ,PUT VEHICLE INTO REVERSE WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED RAPIDLY, HITTING A PARKED VEHICLE. CONSUMER THEN PUT GEAR INTO DRIVE, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD, RUNNING INTO A GROCERY STORE. BRAKES DID NOT OVERRIDE THE ACCELERATION. *AK
VEHICLE HAS ONLY 19000 MILES. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL GETS VERY SOFT, AND BRAKES GRAB SLIGHTLY. *AK BRAKE PEDAL IS STILL VERY SOFT AFTER THE DEALER REPLACING THE FRONT BRAKE AND MASTER CYLINDERS. *YH
WHEN DRIVING AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A GRAUDAL STOP, CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION NOISES WHEN CHANGING GEARS AND WHEN PLACING THE CAR IN PARK THERE IS A JOLT AND A THUD NOISE. NLM
INTERMITTENT UNRESPONSIVENESS OF BRAKE SYSTEM (LOSS OF VACUUM ) WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC FROM 2/15/99 TO 2/20/99. FULL LOSS OF BRAKES 2/20/99 AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH RESULTING IN MINOR ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER CAR. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAVE FAILED TO IDENTIFY/REPAIR BRAKE PROBLEM.
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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