Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-02-10 | 97V015000 |
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | 39,000 | — | Details |
| 1996-07-02 | 96V123000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST | 22,500 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I was driving my car & listening to music. All of a sudden my passenger side dash speaker started smoking, then was sh… |
| 2022-05-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I was driving on the highway; all of a sudden my right dash speaker started on fire. I had a Bubbler in my vehicle, s… |
| 2019-01-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHT GOES OFF AND ON WHEN STARTING AND DRIVING THEN THE GAGES ON THE DASHBOARD STOP WORKING. SOMETIMES JUST TH… |
| 2018-03-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG COMES ON AND THE ALL DIALS ON THE DASHBOARD GO BLANK. |
| 2015-08-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I TOOK MY CAR TO GET DIAGNOSTIC FOR SMOG. THE SHOP I TOOK IT TO SMOG SMART EXPLAIN THEY HAVE DISMATELED MY CAR CLAI… |
| 2014-06-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN TH… |
| 2013-03-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANS CABLE BROKE CAUSED THE CAR NOT TO SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AT ALL. *TR |
| 2010-09-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. … |
| 2010-02-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE … |
| 2009-08-12 | WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS | No | 0 | 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING WHEEL CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE. WHILE THE DRIVER PULLED OFF TO THE RIGHT BERM,… |
| 2009-01-01 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS… |
| 2007-01-18 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM | No | 0 | LOWER LATERAL ARM BROKE ON OUR 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING. DEALER AND CHRYSLER HAVE REFUSED TO FIX THE CAR UNDER RECALL. THI… |
| 2006-10-12 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | MY AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT PERIODICALLY COMES ON FOR APPROX 30 SECONDS AND THEN GOES OFF. ON 10/12/06 I WAS DRIVING THE V… |
| 2006-03-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED O… |
| 2006-02-04 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE FLIPPED SIDEWAYS, THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT SHEERED OFF … |
| 2005-10-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | MY 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE ALMOST CAUGHT FIRE FROM THE DASH STEREO SPEAKERS MID 10/05 .. SCREECHING NOISES CA… |
| 2005-06-30 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | DT: JUNE 30 2005 THE LEFT FRONT BALL JOINT BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 35 MPH. THERE WAS A NOISE, SP… |
| 2005-02-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS | Yes | 1 | 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING HAS PROBLEMS WITH ROOF LEAKING, FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SEPARATING FROM THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS PROBL… |
| 2004-12-11 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | Yes | 0 | THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN 1999. NHTSA'S RECALL # 99V066003. WHEN TAKEN TO GET SERVICED, THEY DID NOT SERVI… |
| 2004-10-01 | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE'S RH TIE ROD WAS EXTREMELY RUSTED AND PITTED. AS A RESULT THE TIE ROD FAILED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS BACKIN… |
| 2004-09-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | PROBLEMS WITH BALL JOINTS ON 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED IN DEC 1997 AND THE DEALER STATED THEY… |
| 2004-08-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | Yes | 0 | NHTSA CAMPAIGN 00V421002; DAIMLER CHRYSLER ISSUED A LOWER BALL JOINT RECALL. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL… |
| 2004-06-28 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE SRS LIGHT CAME ON. THIS INDICATES A FAILURE IN THE AIR BAG THAT COULD RESULT IN PREMATURE OR NONE DE… |
| 2004-06-21 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS FAILED. THE SEAT BELTS WOULD RETRACT BACK INTO THE SEAT AND FAILED … |
| 2004-05-27 | VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WAS UNRAVELING AT THE SEAMS. THE CONSUMER C… |
| 2004-05-15 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | WHILE TURNING, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT FAILED. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. TH… |
| 2004-02-19 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOY… |
| 2004-01-31 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING...NON DEPLOYING AIRBAG IN FRONT END COLLISION. *JB |
| 2003-12-19 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 5-10 MPH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL FELL OFF DUE TO THE SEPARATION OF THE LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOIN… |
| 2003-11-03 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | AFTER BUYING A NEW TIRE AND PLACING IT IN THE TRUNK THE TIRE TREAD EXPLODED. THE EXPLOSION CAUSED THE REAR WINDOW TO S… |
| 2003-09-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | ON THE ENGINE I HAD THE PULLEY ON THE TIMING BELT COME APART AND JUST LAST MONTH I HAD THE HEAD GASKET START TO LEAK FR… |
| 2003-08-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION KEY SHIFT INTERLOCK AS STATED IN RECALL NUMBER 98 V 183 000, HOWEV… |
| 2003-07-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | PROBLEMS WITH MY 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING. IT GOES THRO TONS OF OIL, I KEEP HAVING TO ADD OIL TO THE CAR, EVERYTHING HAS … |
| 2003-06-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS HAD TEN WHEEL BEARING REPLACEMENTS SINCE TIME OF PURCHASE. *MR *NM |
| 2003-04-30 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A 96 CHRYSLER SEBRING IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, AND WAS TOLD BY THE PRIVATE OWNER, FROM WHOM HE PUR… |
| 2003-04-15 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | Yes | 0 | I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE FRONT END. THE BALL JOINT FELL TOTALLY OUT OF THE CONTROL ARM CAUS… |
| 2003-03-17 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CONSUMER WILL DESCRIBE VEHICLE PROBLEMS. *JB |
| 2003-03-07 | STEERING | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER LOSS THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A WALL.*JB |
| 2003-03-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN STOPPED, AND WENT OUT WHEN IN MOTION. THE DEALER SERVICED VEHICLE ,BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURR… |
| 2002-11-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2.4 HEAD GASKET. EXHAUST MANIFOLD. MILEAGE ILLUMINATION. POPPING NOISE FRONT SUSPENSION. RATTLE REAR SUSPENSION, POPI… |
| 2002-10-08 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS AFTER RECALL HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. RECALL#00V421002 LOWER BALL JOINT. PL… |
| 2002-09-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DEALER TAKING TO LONG TO PERFORM RECALL. RECALL#02V186000 THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE. BROCKMEN AUTOMOTIVE 2730 LAURENS RD… |
| 2002-07-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT | No | 1 | TRUNK STRUTS RUSTED AND BROKE AND FELL ON CONSUMER, HITING HIS HEAD. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK |
| 2002-07-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WILL NOT UNBUCKLE INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER HAS TO CLIMB OF OUT VEHICLE WITHOUT REMOVING BELT. ALSO… |
| 2002-06-29 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | No | 0 | FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD WAS ABLE TO SHIFT VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR WHILE PARKED AND TURNED OFF. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FE… |
| 2002-05-22 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, THE LOWER BALL JOINT BROKE, PULLING OUT AXLE, AND DAMAGING FENDER. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. *AK.*MJ |
| 2002-05-16 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | CONSUMER STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN WHEN AIR BAG EXPLODED WITH OUT STRIKING AN OBJECT OR BEING HIT. PASSENGER SIDE AIRBA… |
| 2002-03-14 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE T… |
| 2002-02-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE BLEWOUT AND VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK |
| 2002-02-13 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 30 MPH, AND NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL F… |