NHTSA Complaint #10234590 — 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE RPM'S WOULD SPORADICALLY INCREASE AND DECREASE WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH. SECONDLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE WHEN DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HE EITHER HAS TO CONTINUALLY APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN OR PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL. A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WOULD NOT DECELERATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,000. UPDATED 09/15/08 *BF WHEN THE CONSUMER REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. THE DEALER STATED IT SOUNDED AS IF THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS NOT DISENGAGING. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER IT WAS A DESIGN ISSUE. UPDATED 09/17/08. *JB