NHTSA Complaint #10220924 — 2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING

MY SEBRING DIED TODAY LITERALLY 6 SECONDS FROM HOME. I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC FROM THE LOCAL MIJER AND IT DIED! I JUST SANK A BUNCH OF CASH INTO IT TO WHICH MAKES THIS REALLY GREAT. AROUND LAST JUNE I NOTICED A RATTLING THAT KIND OF MADE THE CAR SOUND LIKE A DIESEL SEMI. TROUBLE WAS IT WOULD HAPPEN DURING INITIAL STARTING AND KICK OUT AND GO BACK TO NORMAL AFTER 5 - 10 MIN. SO NATURALLY NO PROFESSIONAL EVER HEARD THIS RATTLE AS BY THE TIME I GOT IT INTO A SHOP IT SEEMED FINE!!! EVEN BETTER, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS A NEW PROBLEM CROPPED UP YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE FLICKERING LOW OIL PRESSURE GAUGE AT IDOL? THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. IT GRADUALLY REQUIRED HIGHER RPM TO MAKE IT FADE AWAY AND EVENTUALLY ALWAYS ON. WELL $200.00 REPLACES THE OIL SENSOR BUT DON'T EXPECT THAT TO FIX THE PROBLEM YOU JUST GET TO START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN!!! TWO DAYS AGO I HAD IT IN AGAIN FOR A CAM SHAFT SENSOR ANOTHER $200.00 AND THE MECHANIC WARNS ME NOT TO INVEST TOO MUCH MORE INTO THIS POS BECAUSE THE RATTLING AND THE LOW OIL PRESSURE ARE PROBABLY A SIGN THAT THE ENGINE IS GOING. "IT COULD BE TWO MONTHS IT COULD BE TWO YEARS BUT IT'S GOING GO." HOW ABOUT TWO DAYS. ENGINE FAILURE!!!!!!! TO ANY ONE WILLING TO GIVE IT A TRY, I WISH I DID IF ONLY FOR FEELING PROACTIVE IS YOU CAN PURCHASE A PURE ONE PURELITE OIL FILTER WHICH WILL ADD 5LBS OF PRESSURE TO THE SYSTEM AND RUN A THICKER OIL. THIS ADVICE I RECEIVED FROM CHRYSLER'S HEAD MECHANIC! A BUSY MAN IM GUESSING. HE SAID THAT THE RATTLING WAS BECAUSE LOW OIL PRESSURE WAS NOT PUSHING IT UP INTO THE (TECHNICAL MUMBO JUMBO) IM NO PRO. FOR THE RECORD I DID NOT DO THIS. IT'S WINTER HERE! AND THIS FANCY OIL FILTER IS NOT SOLD ANY WHERE I KNOW SHORT OF ORDERING ONLINE. THE BEST PART IS I WAS PLANNING TO FIGURE IT OUT TOMORROW ON MY ONLY DAY OFF IN TWO WEEKS! MY WIFE'S FORD HAS TWICE THE MILES MY SEBRING DOES AND AT LEAST IT STILL RUNS!!!! A FORD!!!! *TR