2004 Chrysler Sebring transmission problems

Filed Oct 12, 2011 · Acceleration, Engine · 80,291 miles · MN

I bought my used touring model sebring in may of 2011, and since then it has repeatedly jumped or leaped forward when coming to a stop or idling, even with my foot on the brake. I have almost caused a few accidents by ramming the car in front of me at a stop light and such. As well, it stalled out on me when I made a complete stop on 10/11/11. I have seen many, many of the same complaints and wish I knew what the issue was. Will be taking it into the repair shop tomorrow.

Filed Jan 5, 2010 · Transmission · 48,000 miles · PA

For approximately 2 weeks, my 2004 chrysler sebring has been having what I consider to be a huge safety issue. When the car is placed into reverse to back up, then shifted into drive and the gas pedal pressed, the car continues to travel in reverse. I placed the car in park, then shifted to drive. The car continued to travel in reverse. Again, shifted to park and back to drive. The car the drifted forward while the engine sounded like it was revving. I continued to shift from park to drive numerous times, and the car continued to drift and make the revving sounds. For the past 2 days, I have shifted from reverse to drive and have to stomp on the gas pedal, at which point the engine seems to lurch into gear and then drives fine. And when I say stomp on the gas pedal, I mean stomp - hard.

Filed Aug 14, 2009 · Transmission, Wheels · 72,300 miles · MA

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chrysler sebring. While driving approximately 20 MPH downhill, the contact heard a loud clunking noise outside of the vehicle. The vehicle stopped without warning. The contact pulled the vehicle over near the sidewalk and noticed that the front passenger side tire was detached from the vehicle. There were no injuries. Roadside assistance was called to the scene and the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The technician stated that the failure was contributed to the cv joints, axle, and rim. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileages were 72,300.

Filed Nov 3, 2008 · Transmission · 27,000 miles · WA

I bought the car used at in 2005 with 23k miles. After about a month we noticed a hard shift problem between 1st and 2nd mainly. We took the car in for repairs several time but the dealer claimed they couldn't find a problem. Finally they acknowledged the problem and did a partial rebuild on the transmission. After about two weeks the problem resurfaced and the dealers still could not find the problem. I tried a different dealer just after the car hit 36k and they also claimed no problem and charged me for the service since it was just out of warranty. The driving lights also quit just after the warranty ran out. At this point I'm just living with the problem because the dealers can't seem to find the problem.

Filed Jan 14, 2008 · Transmission · 47,000 miles · MI

I have a 2004 chrysler sebring with a 2.7l v6 engine. The potentially dangerous problem which has come up numerous times is the engine RPM will surge causing the car to lurch forward. The problem occurs when coming to a stop - the engine RPM will drop to the point where the engine will almost stall, then surge excessively causing the car to lurch forward. This surge of rpms has caused me to almost hit cars in front of me and worse, sending me into an intersection with oncoming cars. I have called about this issue and brought my car in to have this issue examined - the only thing that was does was to reprogram the transmission PCM. I do see that this is a fairly common problem with other owners.

Filed Feb 27, 2007 · Engine, Transmission · MI

Engine was leaking some type of red fluid. Turned out to be transmission fluid, paperwork said replaced trans hoses, clamps, and solenoid pack (2/6/07). Blower motor only worked on highest setting, the replaced the bad blower motor for heat/cooling(10/17/06). Replaced resonator pipe and muffler after noticing acceleration was sluggish and loud (3/22/06).

Filed Sep 11, 2006 · Engine, Transmission · 30,258 miles · NC

I purchased my car in nov 2005 and on several occasions the car has stalled on me I started the car back up immediately. On other occasions the engine would rev up while sitting at a red light or either in a drive thru lane at a restaurant. The car was not in park it scared me to death. I don't know the reason for this. The car isn't under warranty any longer and I know the wont fix it problem.

Filed May 31, 2006 · Transmission · KS

I purchased my sebring touring fall 2005. Since my purchased I have noticed that there is a vibration (the car kind of shakes) between the speeds of 30 MPH and 45 MPH. Once it shifts again (automatic transmission) it stops.

Filed Apr 18, 2006 · Transmission · 25,000 miles · MA

2004 sebring 4 door sedan has occasionally lunged or surged forward when stopped at a light or in traffic. This occurs while my foot has been on the brake and I hate to think of what could happen if I did not have my foot on the brake when it lunges forward. I could hit someone or something. Have had it to the dealer 3 times for this. The 2nd time I had found a service bulletin on this website describing what should be done to correct the problem.(the first time they just said they couldn't do anything because they couldn't make the problem happen)when I brought the service bulletin to them last dec 2005, they said they fixed it. It has now happened again, and is back into the dealership where I was at first told that if they couldn't make it happen, they couldn't fix it. I told them this was the 3rd time in the shop for the same issue and it is a safety issue. They are going to try replacing a throttle positioning sensor. I was reading other complaints on this website and decided it was time to write one because this is definitely happening to other people and is a safety issue. Is chrysler waiting for someone to get hurt before they find out what the problem is? Someone needs to hold them accountable. It only happens occasionally so it is hard to recreate it when you bring it to the dealer, but there are many people with the same types of problems on this site.

Filed Nov 24, 2005 · Engine, Transmission · 28,420 miles · AZ

1) parking gear gets stuck in gear and will not come out of gear at times. 2) even when car in park the key will not come out or go into the access key mode. 3) car cuts off at the spare of the moment with no notice and no indication why.