Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chrysler sebring. The vehicle is experiencing electrical failure. The lights in the passenger compartment and instrument panel flash on and off and the radio shuts on and off as well. The contact took the vehicle to a lot and they were unable to find any failure. Days later, when he removed the key from the ignition, the entire ignition source came out with the key. He has not taken the vehicle to the dealer because he feels it is unsafe to drive. The failure mileage was 80,000 and current mileage was 81,000.
2001 Chrysler Sebring electrical complaints
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None of the gauges work on the dash. Such as the odometer the gas gauge,the radio. I really don't know what LED up to the failure. For this is a used car.
2001 chrysler sebring lxi customer states that the dash lights died one year after purchase**nar**cc the consumer found out there was a solder defect in the dash, which eventually caused a meltdown in the electrical circuit.
Dt*: the contact stated upon starting the vehicle, the gauges oscillated back and forth rapidly before returning to normal. The dealership determined the instrument panel needed to be replaced. The repair was not made and the problem corrected itself. The consumer stated whenever he went to accelerate, the needle would not move. Updated 11/30/06.
Sputtering, burning smell and smoke in dash. Cracked dash. Flooding in car, various mfg. Defects. Lemon, but cannot file lemon law as car just turned 5 y/o. Single mom, limited income.
On december 13, 2003 I was involved in a car accident where damage was sustanined to the front driver side of the vehicle. Since the acccident the radio has not worked. The insurance company did not find that the problem with the radio was as a result of the accident. The car dealer indicated that there may have been a defect with the radio. The radio has not been replaced or fixed.
Sporadically the fuse that controls the starter and fuel pump blew upon starting the vehicle. When the fuse is replaced everything is fine. On 1 occasion when this occurred 12 fuses where replaced, and they all blew out when the vehicle was restarted. The starter was diagnosed as the problem and replaced. The following day the problem recurred. Dealership kept the vehicle for a week, and indicated that they were not able to get the problem to constantly recur in order to further diagnose the problem.
On friday, april 16th I noticed my battery light on in my car as I drove home. That evening we drove my car to a friends and noticed the light stayed on. When we got there, 3 people looked at my car and noticed that my alternator was smoking and smelt hot, the wire that goes into the alternator was burnt completely in two and was seperated from the alternator. It was thankfully touching just enough to keep my car running. The next day, they took my alternator out of my car and one side was completely melted. We called serveral parts stores and were told by each one that chrysler has not released some of its parts to be sold yet, and the alternator was one of them. Leaving us to only go to a dealer to have it replaced and pay numerous charges to have it replaced when we could of done it ourself. One, a 3yr old car, should not be having problems with an alternator yet unless its faulty, two it definetely shouldn't be catching on fire, three, chrysler should be letting parts stores sell their parts....
The passenger rear and front floor is completely soaked after driving in the rain. The service technician stated that there is a leak in both the front and rear doors. At the same time, the heater/AC fan does not work. It will only be on when the selector is turned to 4, otherwise it is off. Technican says the resistor is blown.
2001 chrysler sebring - defected door handle, cutting off each time you stop w/o topping it off. The car was in the shop 4 times, october, november, december and january-2002. Recently, april 15-18,2003, it started cutting off. Not under warranty I bought a new battery and then had to by a new auto computer system. I want haynes jeep chrysler and plymouyh to refund me all of my money and take the car back. My mother and I are handicapped, she has lupus and I just had major surgery as a kidney donor to my uncle. We were stranded in salisbury, nc after my follow up doctors visit at the carolinas transplant center.
After it rained, water collected in a puddle on the back interior floorboard. The dealer previously suspected the water came from the door seals and replaced them, however the leak resurfaced and it did not come from door seals. Consumer believed the leak came from the chassis. *jb other problems are as followed: cd player malfunctioned, A/C unit failed and was repaired two times, the door panel was replaced, the steering column was replaced/squealed when turned/repair kit was installed/clockspring was replaced, the vehicle wouldn't start, there were electrical problems, a loud sound had come from the brakes, the window buttons were loose at the switch, and the engine cranked but did not start and was found to be flooded. Scc
I have had electrical system go out twice while driving. The tires were replaced at 22,000 because they were worn out. Stering wheel vibrates to the point it is inoperable.
Consumer states per dealership there was signficant electrical faultiness to ignite the wiring installation and immediate combustibles into open flame. Vehicle was totalled.
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