2010 Chrysler Sebring Owner Complaints

tHE HORN IS NOT WORKING AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, DIAGNOSED AS BROKEN CLOCKSPRING.

NHTSA ID

11717556

Incident

Feb 12, 2026

On 6/22/24 I made a left turn, stopped to park. I shifted the gear into reverse and heard a loud pop sound then smoke start coming from underneath the driver side of the hood. I put the car into park and lifted the hood, there were flames on the driver side of the car. The fire department was contacted and put the fire out. The car is totaled.

NHTSA ID

11597409

Incident

Jun 22, 2024

The steering wheel got stiff and hard to turn making turning a struggle. The shifting gears slipped and locked in place. The electronic throttle is is indicating a problem. These are just a problem over some time.

NHTSA ID

11543978

Incident

Apr 4, 2023

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler Sebring. The contact stated that while the vehicle was idling, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer however, the vehicle had not yet been diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000.

NHTSA ID

11526674

Incident

Jun 11, 2023

Mileage

85,000 mi

Air bag light stays on at all times and it put fear of safety issue is a wreck is to happen. Driver seatbelt light doesn’t go off, it’s as though when putting the belt on even though it’s latched it isn’t and causes the warning light to stay on.

NHTSA ID

11522827

Incident

May 16, 2023

The driver seat has a part that wears out and causes the power seat to move forward and backward on its slide track. eventually the part will fail and the seat will slide right into the steering wheel which will impact the drivers chest. The power seat has two acme threaded rods that drive the seat rails forward/ backwards to allow driver to adjust the seat. the acme rods drive a custom screw block to allow the motion. when in static position only the screw block holds the seat and stops it from moving forward and backward. from what i can observe the acme rod is case hardened but the screw block is not. the screw block seems to wear out prematurely after four years. if left unaddressed the screw block could fail completely and allow the seat and passenger to hit the steering wheel while braking or in a front end collisdion.

NHTSA ID

11493065

Incident

Oct 26, 2022

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler Sebring. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, and the dealer performed a recall repair under NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V668000 (Seat Belts, Air Bags). The dealer informed the contact that the recall was not related to the failure. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that an unknown part of the driver's side air bag needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 101,462.

NHTSA ID

11483690

Incident

Jul 29, 2022

Mileage

101,462 mi

MY SON WAS DRIVING FORWARD UP A HILL. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS WHILE IN DRIVE GEAR. THEN WHILE THE VEHICLE DECIDED TO ROLL BACKWARDS IN DRIVE GEAR HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP. SINCE MY SON WAS UNABLE TO STOP HE PUT THE CAR IN PARK THE VEHICLE STILL CONTINUE TO ROLL BACKWARDS. AS A RESULT MY SON JUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE HILL AND HIT A TREE AND BOULDERS. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. HOWEVER A WITNESS SEEN WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO MY SON IN DISBELIEF. THIS VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE FOR ANYONE TO DRIVE,

NHTSA ID

11405828

Incident

Mar 26, 2021

Mileage

50,000 mi

JUMPED TO MINING CHAIN AT 159,000 MILES I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW OR WHY .

NHTSA ID

11365859

Incident

Oct 1, 2020

Mileage

159,000 mi

DRIVING VEHICLE ON INTERSTATE WITH NO WARNING CAR LOST SPEED, STALLED THEN SHUT OFF. WOULD NOT START BACK UP. VEHICLE TUT OWED TO LICENSE MECHANIC AND ENGINE PISTONS WAS BROKEN. ENGINE BLEW UP WITHOUT SIGNS. LESS THAN 64,000 MILES.

NHTSA ID

11361659

Incident

Apr 16, 2020

Mileage

63,000 mi

1. SENSOR LIGHTS ARE ON. 2. SEATBELTS GET STUCK. 3. HORN DOESN'T WORK. 4. SENSOR IS ON FOR THE BACK LEFT REAR TIRE.

NHTSA ID

11355144

Incident

Mar 16, 2012

Mileage

50,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE THROTTLE BODY WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY, ALTERNATOR AND SENSOR HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND DIAGNOSED WITH A LOW VOLTAGE FAILURE, AND A DEFECTIVE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. AN UNKNOWN DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

NHTSA ID

11322166

Incident

Apr 1, 2018

Mileage

95,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK AND RESTARTED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 300,000.

NHTSA ID

11278397

Incident

Nov 5, 2019

Mileage

300,000 mi

THE CAR DIED ON THE ROAD WHILE I WAS MAKING THE TURN AND WHEN I WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED THE CAR LEFT A TRAIL OF CLEARISH FLUID. KEEP IN MIND THAT MY CAR HAS ONLY 73,000 MILES ON IT

NHTSA ID

11267642

Incident

Oct 5, 2019

TAKATA RECALL - THERE HASN'T BEEN ONE ON THIS VEHICLE. WILL THERE BE A RECALL??

NHTSA ID

11244815

Incident

Aug 17, 2019

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WESTBURY JEEP EAGLE CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH (100 JERICHO TURNPIKE, WESTBURY, NY 11590, 516-333-2666), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

NHTSA ID

11243850

Incident

Jul 29, 2019

Mileage

70,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AT SLOW SPEEDS TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V009000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

NHTSA ID

11210361

Incident

May 20, 2019

Mileage

118,000 mi

PERIODIC LOSS OF THROTTLE CONTROL. THROTTLE LIGHT WILL COME ON USUALLY WHILE IDLING AT A STOP, CAR STARTS SHAKING, WILL NOT ACCELERATE. ALMOST GOT INTO A WRECK. I HAVE TWO KIDS WITH ME IN THE CAR. I THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE BECAUSE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AND DIDNT HAVE PROBLEMS FOR A COUPLE WEEKS SINCE THEN! MECHANICS CANT EVEN FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

11197192

Incident

Apr 18, 2019

Mileage

108,000 mi

TAKATA RECALL-MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE AND THROTTLE PETAL IS NOT WORKING. IT STOPPED WORKING ON MONDAY AS I WAS DRIVING HOME. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME COMING DOWN GLENWOOD AVENUE IN RALEIGH. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WAS NOT ABLE TO GIVE GAS TO THE CAR AND THE CAR SLOWED DOWN ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT SINCE WE WERE DRIVING AT A CERTAIN SPEED. I HAD TO GET IN THE RIGHT LANE AND COAST TO THE LIGHT AND TURNED THE CORNER TO PARK THE CAR TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. I HAD TO GET MY BROTHER TO DRIVE BEHIND ME AS I COAST HOME NOT ABLE TO GIVE THE CAR GAS BECAUSE IT WAS NOT WORKING. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE MECHANIC AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOME AND A DIAGNOSTIC HAS BEEN DONE ON THE CAR AND I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE AND A THROTTLE PETAL REPLACED. I KEEP EVERYTHING ON MY CAR CARE UP TO DATE. I SEEN A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE FOR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BUT WAS TOLD THAT THAT INFORMATION IS INCORRECT FOR MY CAR. I NEED AN INVESTIGATION DOWN ON THIS SINCE THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. PLEASE GET BACK WITH MY WITH THIS INFORMATION. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE ERROR MESSAGE THAT CAME UP ON THE DASHBOARD.

NHTSA ID

11173388

Incident

Jan 28, 2019

Mileage

123,800 mi

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I STARTED HAVING ERRACTIC SHIFTING, CODES CAME BACK AS PO755, P0700, P0716, P1607. THIS VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT. I HAVE TAKEN TO NUMEROUS SHOPS HALF OF THEM SAY IT THE PCM THE OTHER SAY IT NEEDS A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. I HAVE HAD THE SHIFT SOLENOID B REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP ONLY FOR THEM TO CHARGE ME THEN TELL ME IT NEED A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WILL STILL DRIVE FORWARD AND BACKWARD BUT WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS AT ALL. LOSSES ACCELERATION EVERY SO OFTEN THEN HARSELY GOES BACK INTO GEAR WHILE IN MOTION. RPM IS VERY HIGH BUT WILL STILL DRIVE.

NHTSA ID

11129704

Incident

Aug 27, 2018

Mileage

179,000 mi

2010 CHRYSLER SEBRING. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SAFETY RECALL 16V-668. *LD *JS

NHTSA ID

11091789

Incident

Sep 1, 2017

TAKATA RECALL WHILE DRIVING MY AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND GOING OFF

NHTSA ID

11075949

Incident

Feb 23, 2018

TAKATA RECALL. I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET AN APPOINTMENT FOR THIS DEFECT. THEY SCHEDULE ME IN SEPTEMBER 19; 2017. THE MORNING OF THE APPOINTMENT BEFORE LEAVING, I GAVE THEM A CALL IT WAS THEN THAT I WAS TOLD THE PARTS DID NOT COME IN. I HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT FOR DECEMBER 5 2017. I HOPE THEY CAN REPAIR THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

11052119

Incident

Dec 3, 2017

2010 CHRYSLER SEBRING. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROLLER SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER REQUESTED INFORMATION ON HAVING A RECALL COMPLETED. UPDATED 10/04/2017*JS

NHTSA ID

11032451

Incident

Sep 1, 2017

2010 CHRYSLER SEBRING. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL REPAIR EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT TIME. UPDATED 09/14/2017*JS

NHTSA ID

11023068

Incident

Nov 1, 2016