2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

PURCHASED 2004 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE MEMORIAL WEEKEND 2011. DURING DELIVERY FROM UTAH AUTO GALLERY OIL LIGHT FLICKERED. DEALER CHEATED OIL AND SAID WAS ION. OIL CHANGE IN JULY WITH SYNTHETIC OIL. VEHICLE ENGINE SEIZED WHILE ON MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY I80, OUT SIDE OF SALT LAKE CITY. DISCOVERED VIA INTERNET THAT 2.7 ENGINES DEFECTIVE. DEALER NOT RETURNING CALL. RESEARCH SAYS THE SIGN THAT THE ENGINE IS STARTING TO SEIZE IS THE FLICKER OF THE OIL LIGHT. VEHICLE SOLD WITH THE POTENTIAL OF A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE, WHICH HAPPENED A MONTH AND A HALF AFTER VEHICLE SOLD. CAR HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN 922 MILES SINCE PURCHASED. *TR

CHRYSLER 2.7 L V6 ENGINE PRONE TO SLUDGE AND FAILURE, DESPITE CONTINUOUS MAINTENANCE. *TR

THE ENGINE ON MY 2004 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE GTS BLEW WHILE DRIVING DOWN I 95 TOWARD MIAMI GOING 75 MPH. I LOST ALL CONTROL AND POWER TO VEHICLE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF EXIT 129 IN FT PIERCE TO A GAS STATION. ONLY TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO FIRESTONE WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY ENGINE HAD BLOWN AND THAT IT WAS A VERY KNOWN AND COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS ENGINE. *TR

2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING LIMITED. OIL SLUDGE IN ENGINE LED TO ENGINE FAILURE AT 50,000 MILES. THIS CAR WAS PERFECTLY MAINTAINED, INCLUDING REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND OTHER MAINTENANCE. THE ENGINE SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED. APPARENTLY THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. MY MOTHER WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED. SHE HAD JUST HAD DENTAL SURGERY THE DAY BEFORE AND WAS RECOVERING FROM A SEVERE INFECTION. SHE HAD TO SIT IN 98 DEGREE TEMPERATURES FOR MANY HOURS AFTER HAVING TO PUSH THE CAR TO A SAFE SPOT. THE CAR WAS ALMOST HIT BY OTHER CARS AS SHE PUSHED IT AND SHE SUFFERED HEAT EXHAUSTION AND OTHER PROBLEMS AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE CAR AS IT WILL REQUIRE COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE. *TR

VEHICLE HAS DIED FOR NO REASON ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND THEN RECENTLY STARTED KNOCKING. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUINED WITH SLUDGE. IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. WE HAVE DONE A FEW OF THE OIL CHANGES OURSELVES, AND HAD SOME DONE AT AUTO SERVICES OTHER THAN CHRYSLER SO THEY DO NOT WISH TO WARRANTY THE ENGINE. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM I DISCOVERED AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND CHRYSLER IS TRYING NOT TO HONOR THE WARRANTY BY CLAIMING THE OIL WAS NOT CHANGED CORRECTLY BY THE OWNER, AND OR, THE SERVICE COMPANIES OTHER THAN CHRYSLER. I CANNOT AFFORD TO CONTINUE PAYING FOR A CAR THAT DOES NOT RUN, AND I CANNOT AFFORD A NEW ENGINE FOR A CAR THAT IS A 2004 MODEL, OR ANY YEAR MODEL FOR THAT MATTER. A $20,000 VEHICLE SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 4 OR 5 YEARS....

AT 30,987 MILES, MY 2004 CHRYSLER CONVERTIBLE 2.7L V6 ENGINE SEIZED UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE HIGH SPEED LANE OF INTERSTATE RT 95 IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. I HAD JUST LEFT PHILA. CITY AND WAS DRIVING ONLY 5-10 MINS WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THERE WAS NO WARNING, NO ENGINE LIGHT OR OIL LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR JUST DIED. LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS VERY LIGHT AND I COULD COAST SAFELY OVER TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE. ENDED UP AFTER TOWING TO LOCAL SHOP OF PEPBOYS AND THEN AGAIN TO A 5-STAR CHRYSLER DEALER, THE ENGINE WAS DIAGNOSED AS FREEZING UP DUE TO SLUDGE IN OIL. HAD TO REPLACE WHOLE ENGINE AT COST OF $4,855 ON A VIRTUALLY BRAND NEW CAR. WARRANTY COVERAGE DENIED SINCE I COULD NOT PROVIDE PROOF OF OIL CHANGES THROUGH RECEIPTS. *JB