Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. 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. 28 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.
The 25 most recent of 28, in the owner's own words
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FLOOR SHIFTER WILL NOT STAY IN PARK AND THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 04V021000, REGARDING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: LEVER AND LINKAGE: FLOOR SHIFT. THE MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.
I PURCHASED A 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING IN JULY 2005. MY TRANSMISSION BLEW UP ALMOST CAUSING THE CAR TO CATCH FIRE. I WAS ON THE FREEWAY RETURNING HOME FROM A TRIP AND HEARD THIS LOUD NOISE THAT SHOOK THE ENTIRE CAR. I THOUGHT THAT A TRUCK TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT UNTIL I LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW A BIG PLOOM OF SMOKE THAT APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM MY CAR. I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED AT THE DASH TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY WARNING LIGHTS AND THERE WEREN'T. BUT THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN VERY FAST. WHILE GETTING OVER TO THE EXIT LANE I WAS CALMLY TELLING MY DAUGHTER TO UNFASTENED HER SAFETY BELT, AND TO SLIDE OVER TO THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND TO PREPARE TO GET OUT FAST. I WAS SO FRIGHTENED THAT I COULDN'T EVEN DIAL ON MY CELL PHONE. WE COASTED OFF OF THE FREEWAY TO A GAS STATION. I THREW THAT CAR IN GEAR AND WE BOTH JUMPED OUT. THANK GOD. THE ATTENDANT NOTICED US BEFORE WE TURNED UP INTO THE STATION AND GOT A FLASHLIGHT AND SOME OTHER TOOLS AND TOLD US TO STAND BACK. BEFORE I KNEW IT ABOUT SEVEN GUYS WERE AROUND THIS VEHICLE SAYING HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM WAS. SO I ASKED THE NATURAL QUESTION. DO YOU THINK THERE WAS A RECALL? I CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER THE NEXT MORNING AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD TAKE MY COMPLAINT BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD HEARD OF THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. ESPECIALLY ON THAT VEHICLE. I TOLD THEM WHAT WAS TOLD ME BY THESE MEN ONE OF WHICH WAS A MASTER MECHANIC FOR FORD AND ANOTHER A MECHANIC FOR DODGE, AND TOW TRUCK GUY. HERE I AM. I AM ANGRY BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THIS COMPANY WAS NOT LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF MYSELF OR MY FAMILY. I KNOW THAT VERY QUICKLY THIS INCIDENT COULD VERY WELL HAVE TURNED INTO A CATASTROPHE. WHEN I WONDER IF THEY OR THEIR FAMILIES BUY THEIR VEHICLES I HAVE TO SAY NO NO NO. HOW DARE THEY TALK ABOUT BEING THE BEST VEHICLE MADE IN AMERICA. ARE YOU TALKING CLASS ACTION ? I WANT IN. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER MY TRANSMISSION BLEW UP! *JB
UPSET WITH THE FACT THAT I HAVE TWO CHRYSLER PRODUCTS: 1990 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AND 1999 CHRSYLER SEBRING BOTH OF WHICH FAILED PREMATURELY. THE VOYAGER HAD TWO TRANSMISSION REPLACMENTS AND THE SEBRING HAD ONE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. BOTH FAILED BEFORE 70,000 MILES. I SEE THAT THERE'S BULLETINS ADDRESSING THE ISSUES, BUT WHEN THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED I WAS TOLD SORRY AND IT'S TO LATE TO MAKE ANY CLAIMS. WE ARE ALL AWARE THERE ARE SECRET WARRANTY WATCHES AS WELL AS REASONABLE DURABILITY. I HAVE WRITTEN AND CALLED BUT SEEM TO GET NOWHERE
RECALL REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FOR TRANSAXLE SHIFTER IGNITION/PARK INTERLOCK. *BF THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY HAD BROKEN. *SC *JB
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE(00V421002) LOWER BALL JOINT BOOT. AFTER THE WORK WAS DONE THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A CURB. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DRIVER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON HIS OWN. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. CHRYSLER SERVICE MANAGER FAULKNER. *JB THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. PER INSPECTION, THE STEERING WAS FOUND DAMAGED. REFER TO RECALL#01I012000. *SC
RECALL CAMPAIGN CONCERNING TRANSAXLE FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION/PARK INTERLOCK, CONSUMER REQUEST THIS PART TO BE INSTALL. *BF SINCE THE INSTALLATION OF THE TRANSAXLE FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION/PARK INTERLOCK RECALL, THE POWER TOP SWITCH ON THE CONSOLE DID NOT SEAT PROPERLY AND OTHER PROLEMS WERE; THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED, A GROAN WOULD BE PRESENT IN THE FRONT END WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN, WHEN GOING DOWN HILL OR WHEN BRAKING FAST. *SC THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION EVEN WHEN THE GEAR IS NOT IN PARK. *JB
MAIN TRANSMISSION SEAL FAILURE, PAN GASKET FAILURE, BUSHINGS AND SUPPORT BRACKET FAILURE. *BF THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER REGARDING A DEFECTIVE INTERLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER BELIEVED SINCE THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED, ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION HAD ARISEN. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE OCCURRED HAD NOT TO DO WITH THE RECALL. PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN PARK, ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE ROLLED INTO A PARKING GARAGE WHICH CAUSED DAMAGED TO THE CONSUMERS REAR BUMPER. *JB
CONSUMER STATES THAT HE HAS PROBLEMS PUTTING HIS VEHICLE INTO GEAR. HE STATES THAT WHEN THE GEAR IS IN PARK, HE HAS TO FORCE HIS VEHICLE INTO DRIVE. HE STATES WHEN HE DOES THIS HE HEARS A FUNNY NOISE, AS IF THE VEHICLE IS STRAINING TO FORCE ITSELF INTO GEAR. HE SAYS HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT HE IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSAXLE. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE TRANSAXLE, TRANSMISSION, FLOOR SHIFTER( SHIFTER, IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK). *JB
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT ROLLED BACKWARD AND INTO A TREE. THE KEY WAS NOT INSIDE THE IGNITION SWITCH AND VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A THUD COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. TWO MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE ENGINE STALLED ON A BRIDGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE AND WAS EXAMINED BY A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC FOUND A HOLE IN THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSED BY THE DIFFERENTIAL AND THE KEEPER PIN SEPARATING INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM
THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM THIRD GEAR. THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AS WELL. THE DEALER STATED A SENSOR IN TRANSMISSION HAD BLOWN. THIS WAS CAUSED BY CHANGING THE BATTERY. *NLM
NO SUMMARY. DT
TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. AFTER INSPECTION DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS WITHIN TRANSMISSION. 6,000 MILES LATER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE HESITATED BEFORE TAKING OFF. GEARS DO NOT ENGAGE UNTIL REACHING 3RD OR 4TH GEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
THERE IS A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE IGNITION KEY AND THE GEAR SHIFT IS ABLE TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION AND CHANGE GEARS. *AK *JB REF IE03013
WHILE DRIVING 60-70 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHIFTED TO SECOND GEAR, RPMS WENT TO RED, AND VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO 25-30 MPH. DEALER REPLACED O2 SENSOR. THIS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES, AT THIS TIME VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC FOUND METAL FLAKES IN TRANSMISSION FLUID, TRANSMISSON NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK
AFTER STOPPING AT A GAS STATION AND GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE, IT SUDDENLY LURCHED BACKWARD THROWING THE CONSUMER TO THE GROUND, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES TO HER LEFT LEG AS IT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR, VEHICLE ALSO COLLIDED WITH THE CEMENT BUFFER AT THE END OF THE FUEL ISLAND AND THE REAR BUMPER OF A PARKED VEHICLE, ATTORNEY STATES THIS INCIDENT IS IDENTICAL TO THE FAILURE OF THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *SLC
CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO GEARS . ALSO, SPEEDODMETER WON'T MOVE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
VEHICLE STUCK IN LOW GEAR, SPEEDOMETER DID NOT WORK, ENGING CHECK LIGHT ON - DEALER KNEW RIGHT AWAY THE FIX AS THEY HAVE SEEN THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. *AK
THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILED RESULTING IN IT NOT SHIFTING. *YH CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS IWTH THE TRANSMISSION, IT WAS REPLACED AT 52426 MILES. *SLC
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR ONE DAY. VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER STATED THAT COMPUTER BOARD WAS LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO ENGINE, CAUSING COMPUTER BOARD TO OVERHEAT AND BURN OUT. *AK DEALER DIAGNOSE AND REPLACE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND CHANGE INPUT SPEED SENSOR, TOP OFF WITH ATF. *YH
WHILE PARKED WITH IGNITION OFF,VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO REVERSE GEAR, ROLLING BACK ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, AND STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *SLC REF IE03013
ONLY 38,000 MILES ON THIS CAR & ALREADY HAVING TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION. *AK
THE EMERGENCY BRAKE STICKS ON AND THE CONSUMER HAS NEVER USED IT. *MJS
MY TRANSMISION HAS STALLED ON ME MANY TIMES ONE OF THE TIMES ALMOST CAUSING ME TO GET INTO A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT WHEN TURNING INTO A BUSY HIGHWAY. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN DEALERSHIP FOR ALMOST ONE MONTH NOW. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKES HAVING THE ROTORS CUT ONCE THEN REPLACED A SECOND TIME. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR IN THE FIRST TIME FOR THE TRANSMISSION THEY SAID IT ONLY NEEDED TRANSMISSION FLUID. WEEKS LATER CAR STALLED ON ME AGAIN AND WHEN WE CHECKED IT, IT HAD NO TRANSMISION FLUID AND WHEN I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT HAD TWO LEAKS AND I AM STILL WAITING FOR THEM TO RECIEVE PARTS TO FIX. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED AND STRESSED OUT DUE TO THIS BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM. I DO NOT WANT THE VEHICLE AND AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT AGAIN.
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