NHTSA Complaint #10303811 — 2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE

WAS DRIVING MY 2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE THAT I HAD ONLY OWNED FOR 2 MOS. FOR MY DELIVERY JOB. WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS SMOKING BAD AND ALSO STARTED RUNNING REALLY ROUGH WHEN STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. ADDED QUART OF OIL AFTER LETTING THE ENGINE COOL AND IT SEEMED TO RUN FINE. TRIED TO USE FOR WORK THE NEXT DAY AND IT DID THE SAME THING + DIED 2X. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT ONE OF THE HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN AND WAS ALSO LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE AND A LOT OF SLUDGE. AFTER GETTING A QUOTE OF $850 I LEFT IT AT HIS SHOP HE DID FURTHER RESEARCH & CALLED TO INFORM ME THAT THE 2.7 DOHC V6 IN THE SEBRING CONVERTIBLE HAS A HISTORY OF PROBLEMS LIKE THIS AND THE ONLY SURE SORT OF LONG TERM SOLUTION WAS TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. ALSO HAVE FOUND OUT AFTER MY OWN RESEARCH THAT CHRYSLER IS DOING NOTHING TO REMEDY THIS DEFECT. I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SEE CHRYSLER RECALL THESE PIECE OF JUNK ENGINES AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DEFECT. *TR