A short in the throttle wiring harness located near fuel line was a result of a fire in engine compartment.
1999 Chrysler Sebring acceleration complaints
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Front air bags didn't deploy upon impact. Throttle got stuck while going in reverse at 5mph. Vehicle went to full throttle/going into drive and backing over a curve, jumping a 2 feet retainer wall & into a building. Dealer seemed to be concerned, but not aware of the problem.
Car was started and put in reverse to back up when the car lundged and accelatrated out of control in reverse striking another vehicle. When put into drive to pull away from vehicle, the car did the same out of control acceleration forward jumping a curb and striking a grocery store foundation and the vehicle proceeding partially into the store. We have witnesses that discribed the car totally out of control leaving the injured driver helpless. Suspect fuel system and automatic transmission failure. The incident occured in an approx 20-30 distance. The vehicle was a total. The dealer and chrysler was contacted by both myself and state farm insurance agency. No return call from chryler at present date for diagonositic check.
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.
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