Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 02/16/2013 | 47600 | ||
| Horn blows without warning while in traffic or standing still. is disrupting and a distraction to surrounding vehicles and pedestrians and could cause an accident. | |||
| 11/15/2012 | 50000 | ||
| Horn/air bag module broken. horn goes off randomly while driving, parking or unlocking/locking the doors. i drove into a garage on the way to work and they diagnosed the problem as the horn/airbag module was broken. the estimate was $1100; however, i opted for the less expensive, unsafe remedy and just had him disconnect the horn. (big safety hazard). there have been so many complaints for this and im curious why this has not been recalled. its clearly a major saftey issue, i scared an elderly driver this morning, my horn was blowing non-stop and she froze in the intersection. very unsafe! | |||
| 05/24/2012 | 115634 | 1 | |
| Horn continuously blows. pulled fuse to stop horn blowing and disabling the air bag. *tr | |||
| 11/10/2010 | 40000 | ||
| Was sitting at a red light when horn went off by itself. driver in front of me yelled back at me in anger asking what is my problem. told her my horn just went off and i cant turn it off. finally after hitting the horn pad a number of times it stopped. another time i beeped the horn in front of my house and the horn wouldn't stop. couple days ago i was driving down the street when the horn went off and i had a hard time getting it to stop. now the horn will not work when pushing the horn pad. | |||
| 05/24/2012 | 115634 | ||
| Horn continuously blows. pulled fuse to stop horn blowing and disabling the air bag | |||
| 11/10/2010 | 40000 | ||
| Was sitting at a red light when horn went off by itself. driver in front of me yelled back at me in anger asking what is my problem. told her my horn just went off and i cant turn it off. finally after hitting the horn pad a number of times it stopped. another time i beeped the horn in front of my house and the horn wouldn't stop. couple days ago i was driving down the street when the horn went off and i had a hard time getting it to stop. now the horn will not work when pushing the horn pad. | |||
| 05/24/2012 | 115634 | ||
| Horn continuously blows. pulled fuse to stop horn blowing and disabling the air bag | |||
| 11/10/2010 | 40000 | ||
| Was sitting at a red light when horn went off by itself. driver in front of me yelled back at me in anger asking what is my problem. told her my horn just went off and i cant turn it off. finally after hitting the horn pad a number of times it stopped. another time i beeped the horn in front of my house and the horn wouldn't stop. couple days ago i was driving down the street when the horn went off and i had a hard time getting it to stop. now the horn will not work when pushing the horn pad. | |||
| 05/24/2012 | 115634 | ||
| Horn continuously blows. pulled fuse to stop horn blowing and disabling the air bag | |||
| 11/10/2010 | 40000 | ||
| Was sitting at a red light when horn went off by itself. driver in front of me yelled back at me in anger asking what is my problem. told her my horn just went off and i cant turn it off. finally after hitting the horn pad a number of times it stopped. another time i beeped the horn in front of my house and the horn wouldn't stop. couple days ago i was driving down the street when the horn went off and i had a hard time getting it to stop. now the horn will not work when pushing the horn pad. | |||
| 02/25/2012 | 94527 | ||
| At random times while driveing the horn blows and stays on like it's stuck , it will do it at random times while parked or locking and unlocking the doors . sometimes you can beat on the center of the steering wheel and it will go off like their is a short in the electrical wireing of the horn button . the only way to drive the car or keep the battery from draining is to pull the horn relay out of the fuse block and then you don't have the safety of the air bags . in most states the horn must work in order to pass a vehicle inspection . i also phoned the chrysler corp. to let them know of this on going unsafe issue that so many of thier customers are liveing with and they said their were no recalls at this time . thier has probably already been many accidents and fatalities from this hidden failure . horn blowing at the wrong time or no horn at the right time and no air bags to protect you at that time ....... | |||
| 10/03/2011 | 74500 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler sebring convertible. the contact stated that the anti-theft alarm would constantly sound and could not be reset. the dealer was contacted who advised that if the vehicle was repaired, it would be at the owners expense. the vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 74,500. | |||
| 10/03/2011 | 74500 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 chrysler sebring convertible. the contact stated that the anti-theft alarm would constantly sound and could not be reset. the dealer was contacted who advised that if the vehicle was repaired, it would be at the owners expense. the vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 74,500. kmj | |||
| 10/03/2011 | 74500 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 chrysler sebring convertible. the contact stated the car alarm constantly goes off. when the vehicle was turned on and off it did not reset the alarm. the dealer was contacted who stated if the vehicle was repaired it would be at the owners expense. the vehicloe was not repaired. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was 74,500. mw | |||
| 09/01/2011 | 36500 | ||
| The horn begin blowing intermittently whenever the steering wheel was turned, then whenever there was a bump in the road, then while in the garage. banging on the steering wheel sometimes stopped it. local mechanic diagnosed the problem as the horn contacts that are part of the airbag in the steering wheel. replacement cost quoted as $998. on searching the internet, i find many reports of the same problem. chrysler should issue a recall for this problem and refund the cost to any who have paid to fix the problem. | |||
| 06/01/2011 | 42000 | ||
| Several times my horn came on and honked continually. it happened when i was driving as well as when my car was just sitting in the driveway. i almost got a ticket from the local police one day because of it. it happened when i hit the button on the remote to unlock the car door, or for no reason at all... when i was driving, i had to push down hard on the center of the steering wheel as i steered with the other hand. it was very dangerous. when i took it to the car dealer, i was told it was caused by a clock switch that controls the horn and the air bag. it would cost over $600 just for the part. it will be around $1100 with labor. since i don't have that much money to spare, my they told me to pull the horn relay fuse out. the service technician said doing that would stop the horn, but also prevent the air bag from deploying. so now i am driving without a horn or an air bag, a major safety hazard, especially when my wife and children must ride in our car. i contacted chrysler to lodge a complaint & they were very rude to me & the rep told me to do whatever as they have never heard of such a complaint, even though there are thousands of gtc owners that are complaining all over the internet of the exact same issues!!! it is ridiculous that i have to sacrifice my family's safety due to no support from chrysler. i could understand if it was a part that wears out , or could be broken by negligence, but it's not!! i informed them that i will register a complaint with you. | |||
| 08/13/2011 | 70100 | ||
| 2006 chrysler sebring convertible: the horn honks without pushing the horn pad. the horn fuse has to be disconnected in order to stop the random honking. this disables the horn and air bag deployment which is unsafe. | |||
| 03/05/2011 | 45000 | ||
| 2006 chrysler sebring convertable approx 45,000 miles for no reason horn goes off and will not stop blowing. only way stop stop the horn is by removing the fuse which deactivates the airbag as well as the horn. to stop my horn i have to drive without an airbag. i have taken the car tto the chrysler dealer who says warrenty is up and it will cost up to $1000 dollars to replace the hornpad and airbag. i have read numerous complaints of other sebring owners having the same issue and cannot believe a safety recall has not been issued. | |||
| 01/03/2011 | 31862 | ||
| Failure of horn. vehicle was being driven at 45mph. the horn started operating with out any input from driver. the driver could not turn off horn. driver pulled the vehicle onto the shoulder of the road and turned off ignition. the horn stopped operating. as soon as ignition was turned on, the horn began to sound once again. driver turned off ignition and removed the fuse for the horn. driver continued on with the horn disabled. chrysler dealership said the clock spring and/or horn contacts under steering wheel cover were the problem. | |||
| 08/10/2010 | 35272 | ||
| Upon starting the car the horn sounds. until repaired, the temporary solution was to remove the horn fuse, but this of course meant driving without a functional horn. eventually it was repaired by the dealer. we have the old parts. | |||