Safety Score
90
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1998 Chrysler Sebring Convertible.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSAXLE FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION/PARK INTERLOCK RECALL REPAIR HIS… |
| 2013-08-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE THIS CAR FROM 2011, I WENT TO THE DEALER ON BAKERSFIELD CA, TO PROGRAM THE ALARM PAGER, THEY CHANGE THE SHIFT P… |
| 2013-05-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STARTING THE IGNITION, THE FRON… |
| 2013-03-13 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 0 | I WAS DRIVING HOME AND TURNED DOWN MY STREET GOING ONLY 5 MPH AND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF. *TR |
| 2012-08-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE JX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING INTO A PARKING SPA… |
| 2012-06-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I WENT TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION LOOKED AT AS IT'S UNDER WARRANTY. I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH 75,000 MILES ON IT 3 YEARS AG… |
| 2012-03-16 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I MADE A COMPLETE STOP AND TURNED ONTO ANOTHER ROAD AND HEARD A LOUD METAL ON CEMENT NOISE PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD … |
| 2011-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY ALARM KEEPS GOING OFF!!! A FEW MONTHS AGO, MY CAR ALARM STARTED GOING OFF RANDOMLY AND WILL NOT STOP. IT STARTED BY … |
| 2009-08-23 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING, I BOUGHT IT AT 45,000 MILES AND THE SEATBELTS ON THE DRIVER SIDE WILL LOCK TO WHERE I C… |
| 2009-04-18 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | 1998 SEBRING CONV. LEFT BALL JOINT CAME APART CAUSING FRONT END DAMAGE. CHRYSLER DENIES PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL . I H… |
| 2008-09-18 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE SUFFERED THE EXACT FAILURE OF SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE OF RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN… |
| 2007-12-03 | STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS OFF FOR TEN MINUTES, IT WOULD NOT RESTA… |
| 2007-08-15 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | LOWER BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY CAME APART FROM THE HOUSING RESULTING IN THE CAR FALLING ON THE GROUND. *TR |
| 2007-07-01 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | Yes | 1 | AFTER EXPLAINING TO MY MECHANIC THAT MY FRONT END WAS RUBBING AND GRINDING AT A SPEED OF 40 AND ABOVE, AND THAT IT WAS … |
| 2005-11-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THE HOOD SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE AND FELL OFF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES… |
| 2005-06-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES | No | 0 | DT: WITHOUT WARNING THE ACCELERATOR CABLE UNRAVELED AND THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING. THE CALLER HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NE… |
| 2005-02-01 | STEERING:COLUMN | No | 0 | OWNER SAYS THAT THE FLOOR MATS BIND UP, CAUSING THE MATS TO TANGLE UP WITH THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT COUPLER, WHI… |
| 2005-01-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN IGNITION PROBLEM. IN THE LAST 4 YEARS CONSUMER REPLACED THE KEY CYLINDER 4 TIMES. CONSUM… |
| 2004-12-15 | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER | No | 0 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR SEAT BELT. THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT LOCK NOR WILL IT RETRACT. *AK...NEITHER R… |
| 2004-11-20 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR | No | 0 | THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AUTOMATIC DIMMING REAR VIEW MIRROR BECAME FOGGY AND LEAKED A SOLVENT THAT DISSOLVED THE PLASTIC … |
| 2004-09-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT | No | 0 | RECALL 04V021000/FLOOR SHIFT IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SHIFTING PROBLEM SINCE RE… |
| 2004-08-26 | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | RIGHT TIE ROD END BROKE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING, WITH RIGHT FRONT WHEEL NOT STEERING WHEN STEERING WHEEL TURNED.… |
| 2004-08-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | ALL OF THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WENT OUT BECAUSE OF THE SENSOR IN THE COMPUTER. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK T… |
| 2004-08-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID | No | 2 | WHILE UNLOADING THE VEHICLE TRUNK LID FELL DOWN . *AK THE COMPONENT HIT THE CONSUMER SHARPLY ON THE WRIST AND HIS W… |
| 2004-07-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT | No | 0 | CONSUMER CONCERNED ABOUT 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING INTERLOCK SHIFTER. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 3… |
| 2004-07-14 | STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS | No | 0 | THE CLOTH TOPS ON THE SEBRING CONVERTIBLE IS IN MY OPINION DEFECTIVE AND A HAZARD. THE THREAD HOLDING THE TOP TOGETHER… |
| 2004-07-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT | No | 0 | SAFETY RECALL NOTICE RELATED TO A FLOOR MOUNTED SHIFTER AND AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLES ON 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING. *MR REC… |
| 2004-06-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS | No | 0 | CONVERTIBLE ROOF FABRIC STITCHING WAS COMING APART, CAUSING THE REAR WINDOW TO FALL. AS A RESULT, THE CONSUMER STAPLE… |
| 2004-05-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT | Yes | 0 | MY WIFE'S 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE WAS PARKED IN A WAL-MART PARKING LOT ON U.S. ROUTE 130N, HAMILTON TOWNSHIP,… |
| 2004-01-02 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS | No | 0 | THIS COMPLAINT IS THE SAME AS THE ONE FILED ON MARCH 12TH OF 01. PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR. ON MY MAKE AND MODEL CHRYSLER S… |
| 2003-12-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | (1) RAINED (2) CARS PANELS AND INTERIOR RETAINING AND FILLING UP WITH WATER (3) CANNOT FIND LEAK, ANOTHER OWNER OF SA… |
| 2003-08-09 | STEERING:LINKAGES | No | 0 | CONTINUAL FRONT END PROBLEMS INCLUDING THE COLLAPSING OF THE LEFT FRONT CONTROL ARM. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A "FATAL" DEFEC… |
| 2003-07-28 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | I OWN A 1998 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE WHICH I HAVE MAJOR FRONT END PROBLEMS. I WAS TOLD BY FIRESTONE THAT IT NEEDS A NEW RAC… |
| 2003-06-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE IGNITION FUSE ON MY CAR KEEPS BLOWING. I HAVE HAD WIRING REPLACED AS WELL AS THE NEUTRAL CONTROL SWITCH, BUT NEITH… |
| 2003-06-09 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | No | 0 | 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE: BRAKE WORK. AFTER HAVING MY BRAKES REPAIRED THREE TIMES I NOW HEAR THERE IS A PROBL… |
| 2003-06-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS | No | 0 | AFTER HAVING TWO HYDRAULIC PISTONS FOR THE CONVERTIBLE TOP REPLACED BY THE DEALER=COURTESY CHRYSLER,JEEP OF CASSELBERRY… |
| 2003-04-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS OCT - 2001, BLEW IGNITION FUSE , THEN HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DEALER. REPLACED STARTER AND FU… |
| 2003-03-27 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | THE SAFETY BELT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WILL NOT COME OUT, AGAIN! THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN FIVE YEARS THAT THIS HAS HAP… |
| 2003-03-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | MY CAR KEEPS BLOWING THE IGNITION FUSE. IT WILL BE FINE FOR A WHILE THEN IT BLOWS TWO IN A ROW AND ON THE THIRD IT WILL… |
| 2002-01-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS | No | 0 | 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVETIIBLE TOP IS FRAYING AROUND ALL THE EDGES. AROUND THE BACK WINDOW THE TOP HAS COME AWAY FRO… |
| 2001-12-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO REVERSE WITHOUT KEY IN ON POSTION. CONSUMER REACHED ACROSS GEAR SHIFT,AND KNOCKED SHIFT LEVE… |
| 2001-11-12 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED, PREMATURE FAILURE OF ROTORS. PADS NOT FAILED. *AK |
| 2001-10-20 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | PROBLEM FIRST DETECTED AS A MOANING/SLIPPING SOUND. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK |
| 2001-09-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | PULLEY OF COMPRESSEOR FAILED IN 5/99, CAUSING BELT TO BREAK AND MAJOR ENGINE DAMAGE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. PULLY FAILE… |
| 2001-08-19 | WHEELS:RIM | No | 0 | ALL FOUR RIMS ARE CAUSING THE TIRES TO LOSE AIR PRESSURE. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE AIR IN RIGHT FRONT TIRE EVERY MORNING… |
| 2001-08-17 | PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL | No | 0 | BUTTON ON END OF EMERGENCY BRAKE BROKE RENDERING EMERGENCY BRAKE INOPERABLE. DEALER REPLACED COMPLETE EMERGENCY BRAKE H… |
| 2001-04-17 | SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE | No | 0 | ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WITHIN A FEW THOUSAND MILES OF EACH OTHER I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR WHEEL … |
| 1999-08-15 | VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR | No | 0 | REAR WINDOW OF MY SEVERING IS COMING OUT BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE TOP THAT THEY PUT ON THE CAR,THE TOP IS LITERALLY COMIN… |
| 1998-09-11 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE STEERING SYSTEM CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCES PROBLEMS, POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE STEERING LOCKE… |
| 1998-03-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | YOU HAVE A PREVIOUS RECALL FOR THIS ON MY CAR. I TESTED THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS INOPERATIONAL. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO A DO… |