Tire rims are too soft!!!! Have replace 2 rims and have owned vehicle less than 18 months. Door panels are defective!!! Sunroof upholstery is defective. Engine roars. Over drive button is located in a bad place. Instructions are confusing between panel instructions and o/d manuel. I love to drive this car....but I hate it! Am extremely disappointed!!!( dot number: )
1998 Chrysler Sebring body complaints
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I have had nothing but problems out of this car!! The car was purchased in charlotte, but I live in spartanburg, so all service and maintenance had been performed at quality chrysler (1030 n. Church st., spartanburg, sc 29303; phone: 864/596-4550). The transmission was not shifting correctly in 11/98, but they couldn't find anything wrong with it at the dealership. It would not move when put into reverse or drive. They finally found the problem in 6/98. Started having additional problems in 11/99, and they stated once again that there was not a problem. - the door panels have come off of both doors on numerous occasions. Blew a tire while driving approximately 25mph. Rim appears to have cut through side wall. - horn on right side of steering wheel does not work. This is a safety issue in that I couldn't alert a vehicle that was about to shift into my lane. I had to drive onto the shoulder of the road to avoid an accident. - I have had other problems that are not safety issues, including : spots in paint on spoiler, alarm sounding when unlocking passenger door with key, spots on back window. I am very unhappy with the quality of this car, especially since it is my very first new car.
The left and right side door panels fall off continuously. Yh
Outside panel of the driver's side door came loose and hung out on the side. Dealer has repaired driver side door seven times, and one time on passenger side. But problem still exists.
In rainy weather conditions rain enters the vehicle from the convertible top, cause unknown. Please give any further details.
The lower outside door (garnish)panels have parted from the car. The problem seems to advance when the outside air temp is high, causing panels to warp. At that point the plastic clips fail and panel parts from car. Dealer has made several attempts to repair but problems are not remediated. Design of molding clips may be defective.
Side door panels keep falling off. Advised by dealer due to design flaw air gets under panels during driving and causes the panel to come off. Advised by dealer that there is no permanent fix...that they have several customers with same problem...one man has had his door panels replaced at least six or seven times. I have been fortunate in that panel has not come off during driving. However, if it does, it could very easily cause another unsuspecting motorist to have a fatal accident since panel is very large. I have my third appointment to get this fixed again on sept 29, 1999. Please note my e-mail address is [email protected] (I was unable to go back and correct this error).
The clips that are attached to the door panel are plastic and easily break, causing the door panel to disengage from the door frame. Plesase give any further details.
The outside molder panel on the door is held on by plastic clips that do not hold. Panel has fallen off vehicle when door was opened. The dealer has been contacted.
Right-side passenger lower panel fell off.
When drving at any speed the outside frame panel on the driver's side and the passenger's side is coming off. Also, all four wheel rims are bend and sticking in the tires.
While in a parking lot the siding on the front passenger door side fell off. On july 19th while driving about 20-25 MPH the siding fell off. The siding has been completely replaced once and reattached twice by the dealership.
The sebring has multiple structural and functional defects which devalue the car. No safety defect (s) mentioned in summary.
Passenger door panels fallen off multiple (10+) times. Dealer has not offered a solution.
Consumer was driving on a toll road when passenger's side exterior door panel disconected. Dealership says they will repair it.
Brake system - caliper installed incorrectly at factory causing rotor and pad on front/driver's side to fail. Remaining pads/rotors in fair condition. Plastic exterior door panel on driver's side falls off will speed above 45mph. Sunroof fails to open or close. Battery died. Anti-theft not working
At 300 miles all inside panels had be replaced. ( the panels had what looked like sun spots in them. But after getting new panel's which had the same spots in them. It seems to be a production problem. On the 3rd set panels.) at 400 miles driver's window trim started coming loose. The car's insulation or lack of is so poor that you hear the exhaust system grinding on the frame of the car. When you press on the brakes the l/h front wheel starts to vibrate. Both door's leak when it rain's or when you wash the car. On dec 24, 1998 it rained and with weather droping down below freezing and with no ice on the outside of the car showing I could not open the door's on the car for about one hour. On dec 23, 1998 I called daimlerchrsler motors corportion customer assistance center ( 1‑800‑992‑1997 ) to find out chrysler meaning of quality. The answer was mitsubishi build's the sebring and that chrysler has no control over there quality and that what you have warranty for.
Car is falling apart, unsafe to drive, can't see out of it due to icing and other problems took to dealer for repairs, repairs were not completed
Sun visor failed.
On three occasions the exterior door side panel plastic rivets fell off.
Front end is to low, causing failure.
The front of the car drags on everything. No matter how slow or how carefully we drive, it either drags or gets the front caught. The front bumper has been damaged to the point that it is actually broken in some parts. We will be taking the car back to the dealer next week to see what can be done to replace the front bumper panel and fix the car so it does not continue to drag.
The passenger-side door panel, called cladding, continues to come loose. The first time, I heard a loud rattling sound and had to pull over. The side panel, a very large plastic piece which extends the length of the door was hanging on by only one plastic clip. I took the panel off because I was afraid that it might fly off and hit someone else's vehicle. I waited for approximately two months before the part even came in because it was on a national back order. I am curious to know if this part is in such a high demand because other owners of this vehicle are having the same problem. The second time, I simply closed my door and noticed that the side panel was once again, barely hanging on. The same part is still on national back order. This time I had the body shop look at the panel to see if they could repair the panel and they did have to remove the piece because the plastic clips on this piece were also broken.
Door paneling fell off on interstate causing damage to the rim, repairs made several times for door panel.
While driving the door moulding fell off, resulting in loss of control and causing damage to the to the rim. Dealer has been notified.
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