1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

I PURCHASED A 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING IN JULY 2005. MY TRANSMISSION BLEW UP ALMOST CAUSING THE CAR TO CATCH FIRE. I WAS ON THE FREEWAY RETURNING HOME FROM A TRIP AND HEARD THIS LOUD NOISE THAT SHOOK THE ENTIRE CAR. I THOUGHT THAT A TRUCK TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT UNTIL I LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW A BIG PLOOM OF SMOKE THAT APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM MY CAR. I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED AT THE DASH TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY WARNING LIGHTS AND THERE WEREN'T. BUT THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN VERY FAST. WHILE GETTING OVER TO THE EXIT LANE I WAS CALMLY TELLING MY DAUGHTER TO UNFASTENED HER SAFETY BELT, AND TO SLIDE OVER TO THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND TO PREPARE TO GET OUT FAST. I WAS SO FRIGHTENED THAT I COULDN'T EVEN DIAL ON MY CELL PHONE. WE COASTED OFF OF THE...

UPSET WITH THE FACT THAT I HAVE TWO CHRYSLER PRODUCTS: 1990 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AND 1999 CHRSYLER SEBRING BOTH OF WHICH FAILED PREMATURELY. THE VOYAGER HAD TWO TRANSMISSION REPLACMENTS AND THE SEBRING HAD ONE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. BOTH FAILED BEFORE 70,000 MILES. I SEE THAT THERE'S BULLETINS ADDRESSING THE ISSUES, BUT WHEN THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED I WAS TOLD SORRY AND IT'S TO LATE TO MAKE ANY CLAIMS. WE ARE ALL AWARE THERE ARE SECRET WARRANTY WATCHES AS WELL AS REASONABLE DURABILITY. I HAVE WRITTEN AND CALLED BUT SEEM TO GET NOWHERE

CONSUMER STATES THAT HE HAS PROBLEMS PUTTING HIS VEHICLE INTO GEAR. HE STATES THAT WHEN THE GEAR IS IN PARK, HE HAS TO FORCE HIS VEHICLE INTO DRIVE. HE STATES WHEN HE DOES THIS HE HEARS A FUNNY NOISE, AS IF THE VEHICLE IS STRAINING TO FORCE ITSELF INTO GEAR. HE SAYS HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT HE IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSAXLE. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE TRANSAXLE, TRANSMISSION, FLOOR SHIFTER( SHIFTER, IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK). *JB

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A THUD COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. TWO MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE ENGINE STALLED ON A BRIDGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE AND WAS EXAMINED BY A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC FOUND A HOLE IN THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSED BY THE DIFFERENTIAL AND THE KEEPER PIN SEPARATING INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM THIRD GEAR. THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AS WELL. THE DEALER STATED A SENSOR IN TRANSMISSION HAD BLOWN. THIS WAS CAUSED BY CHANGING THE BATTERY. *NLM

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TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. AFTER INSPECTION DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS WITHIN TRANSMISSION. 6,000 MILES LATER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE HESITATED BEFORE TAKING OFF. GEARS DO NOT ENGAGE UNTIL REACHING 3RD OR 4TH GEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 60-70 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHIFTED TO SECOND GEAR, RPMS WENT TO RED, AND VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO 25-30 MPH. DEALER REPLACED O2 SENSOR. THIS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES, AT THIS TIME VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC FOUND METAL FLAKES IN TRANSMISSION FLUID, TRANSMISSON NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

VEHICLE STUCK IN LOW GEAR, SPEEDOMETER DID NOT WORK, ENGING CHECK LIGHT ON - DEALER KNEW RIGHT AWAY THE FIX AS THEY HAVE SEEN THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. *AK

CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO GEARS . ALSO, SPEEDODMETER WON'T MOVE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR ONE DAY. VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER STATED THAT COMPUTER BOARD WAS LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO ENGINE, CAUSING COMPUTER BOARD TO OVERHEAT AND BURN OUT. *AK DEALER DIAGNOSE AND REPLACE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND CHANGE INPUT SPEED SENSOR, TOP OFF WITH ATF. *YH

TRANSMISSION FAILED AND REPLACED AT 15,000 MILES, NEW TRANSMISSION FAILED AND REPAIRED HOWEVER THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL LEAKING FLUID. *MJS

ONLY 38,000 MILES ON THIS CAR & ALREADY HAVING TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION. *AK

MY TRANSMISION HAS STALLED ON ME MANY TIMES ONE OF THE TIMES ALMOST CAUSING ME TO GET INTO A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT WHEN TURNING INTO A BUSY HIGHWAY. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN DEALERSHIP FOR ALMOST ONE MONTH NOW. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKES HAVING THE ROTORS CUT ONCE THEN REPLACED A SECOND TIME. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR IN THE FIRST TIME FOR THE TRANSMISSION THEY SAID IT ONLY NEEDED TRANSMISSION FLUID. WEEKS LATER CAR STALLED ON ME AGAIN AND WHEN WE CHECKED IT, IT HAD NO TRANSMISION FLUID AND WHEN I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT HAD TWO LEAKS AND I AM STILL WAITING FOR THEM TO RECIEVE PARTS TO FIX. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED AND STRESSED OUT DUE TO THIS BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM. I DO NOT WANT THE VEHICLE AND AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT AGAIN.

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THE INTAKE SENSOR FAILED AND THEY REPLACED IT ONCE I DROVE IT THE REST OF THE WAY TO THEM. IT TOOK @ 10 MIN TO REPLACE. THEY REPORTED TO ME THAT I WAS THE SECOND ONE IN A WEEKS PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEN A WEEK LATER I HAD MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION AND IT NEEDS REBUILT. THE PROBLEM WITHT HE BRAKES HAS BEEN ON GOING. REPLACE FRONT PADS 3 TIMES SINCE MAY OF 2000.

THE INTAKE SENSOR FAILED AND THEY REPLACED IT ONCE I DROVE IT THE REST OF THE WAY TO THEM. IT TOOK @ 10 MIN TO REPLACE. THEY REPORTED TO ME THAT I WAS THE SECOND ONE IN A WEEKS PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEN A WEEK LATER I HAD MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION AND IT NEEDS REBUILT. THE PROBLEM WITHT HE BRAKES HAS BEEN ON GOING. REPLACE FRONT PADS 3 TIMES SINCE MAY OF 2000.