2000 Chrysler Sebring Convertible problems

Filed Jan 23, 2018 · Airbags · 80,326 miles · CA · 1 injury

At approximately 20 MPH on a quite neighborhood street both air bags went off with no accident, big bumps or dips or any other reason. I have photos but do not know how to up load them. *dsy.

Filed Feb 16, 2017 · Acceleration, Brakes · 60,000 miles · NY · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 chrysler sebring convertible. While pulling out of a car wash, the vehicle was shifted into drive with the brake pedal depressed. The vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot were it was awaiting inspection. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000. Updated 05/16/17*lj

Filed May 4, 2016 · Electrical · 80,000 miles · PA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 chrysler sebring convertible. The contact stated that the wiring harness caught fire. The contact stated that the rain extinguished the fire. A fire report was not filed. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not occupied. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

Filed Feb 22, 2016 · Seat belts · 113,000 miles · MN

Drivers inboard seat belt broke off when my son tried to buckle up in the driveway. Potentially a fatal situation in an accident. The connecting cable frayed. It would not have held in any type of forward accident.

Filed Dec 12, 2015 · Tires · 105 miles · WA

Took my car in 10/23/15 to have the tires rotated and was told by the shop I needed new tires that they were almost bald and the thread indicators were showing on all 4. My tires had only 20k miles on them and the warranty was for 60k miles. Shop said they would contact falken tires and call me back. Falken jerked the shop around for over a week passing him from dept. To dept. Red flag!!!! In the meantime I checked w/ several other shops and in online forums and reviews. All said they had they're tires wear out in 6-8 months or more. The shops said because of the wear problems they wouldn't sell them and falken had shortened the warranty to 40k and 5 years. Many submitted claims and were denied 2 or 3 times. The shop was told by falken for me to buy new tires and they'd reimburse me if they found a problem w/ the tires. Am disabled on a fixed income and can't do this. What good is a warranty if the company is going to ignore you? I don't trust falken the company or the brand based on their deception and not recalling a defective product based on many many problems. These are falken ziex 912's size 205/65/r15. Things remain right at a stalemate, but I have sent a letter to the falken ceo.

Filed Aug 8, 2015 · Electrical · 124,649 miles · MA

Alarm system will activate multiple times automatically while the vehicle is park. When driving, the doors will luck and unluck multiple times and all the interiors lights will turn on and off at the same time the doors will luck and unluck.

Filed Jul 27, 2015 · Seat belts · 100,000 miles · NY

The seats belts will lock and you cannot loosen them. If you are just entereing the car you cannot put them on.

Filed May 15, 2015 · Engine · 105,000 miles · GA

When applying brakes after pulling into a parking space, engine stalls. Sometimes engine (car) stalls when stopped at traffic light or stop sign or stopping before backing out of driveway into the street. No codes show up on the car computer. Have had checked out twice.this is ongoing for two months and happens every time I drive the car.

Filed Aug 4, 2014 · Suspension · 154,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 chrysler sebring convertible. The contact stated that while parking, there was an abnormal noise coming from the front end of the vehicle as the steering wheel became difficult to maneuver. The contact discovered that the ball joints in the suspension system became detached from the housing. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was made aware the federal safety agency campaign number: 10e059000 (suspension), however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 154,000. Updated 12/19/14*cn updated 05/27/2015

Filed Dec 7, 2013 · Airbags · 102,489 miles · TX

This morning at approximately 8:00 a.m. Central, my husband and I were awaken to our car horn blaring. I am quite sure that all of our neighbors are now awake as well. We tried to turn it off thinking it was the panic button, but turn out that it was the horn. My husband had to press on it repeatedly to make it stop. He gets out of the vehicle, and as soon as he shuts the door, it start blaring again!!! He then leaves the car door open and starts the vehicle to heat up the engine, since we had freezing temperatures the last couple of nights. It wasn't until the engine was warm that he was able to shut the door without it going off again. I googled the problem online and found that many others have had the same issue with this type of vehicle and some have experienced the horn going off while driving!!!! I also have read where the dealerships are not taking responsibility for this problem, as it should be a recall issue and covered 100%!! It is very annoying and embarrassing, but also a danger if it occurs while people are driving!!!!!!