Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 08/22/2012 | 83000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler sebring convertible. the contact stated that the horn activated independently. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 83,000. | |||
| 08/22/2012 | 83000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2005 chrysler sebring convertible. the contact stated that the horn activated independently. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 83,000. pmb | |||
| 08/22/2012 | 83000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2005 chrysler sebring convertible. the contact stated that the horn activated independently. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 83,000. pm | |||
| 02/12/2012 | 58000 | ||
| Horn blows for no apparent reason. usually occurs when using the remote to unlock doors but has happened when just opening the car door. continues to sound for several minutes. occassionally will stop if holding horn pad down on steering wheel but then resumes when pressure is released. service department unable to replicate. states it is probably a faulty horn pad which is connected to air bag assembly so all must be replaced. very expensive fix! apparently this is a frequent problem with sebrings for this year. why not a recall? | |||
| 05/06/2011 | 79500 | ||
| Horn will start working on it's on and will not stop until fuse burns out. the only way to fix this is by replacing the driver airbag since the horn pad is inside the airbag assy. needless to say, a vehicle without an horn will not pass inspection and since this is the only way a driver has to communicate with the surrounding drivers in case they get too close or to warn them of a danger a head, this most certainly is a safety issue. by chrysler avoiding their responsibility for this bad design, there are a lot of people out there who are driving sebrings with no horns (since they can not afford $800 for a new airbag, which by the way is going to be no more then a temporary solution since no change in the design have been made). that posses as much as a threat on all of us who share the road with them as it does on those sebrings owners... i have to admit i'm skeptical about nhtsa making sure chrysler make things right, but at least i'll give it a try. to see how big of a problem this is i suggest you google chrysler sebring horn fix. thank you. p.s there was no incident just yet, but i had to choose a dat of the * approximate incident date: or it will not let me go to the next page | |||
| 10/20/2010 | 63000 | ||
| The horn randomly begins honking. it occationally happens as i'm driving down the road. when the car is turned off it continues honking. it occationally begins when i push the button on the remote to open the locked doors. it will then suddenly stop honking, only to start again further down the road. the only way i can get it to stop while i'm driving is to push hard on the center of the steering wheel with one hand while i steer with the other hand. this is a major safety hazard. i took it to the local repair shop. the mechanic told me that the problem is a switch in the steering wheel that controls the horn and the air bag. the switch costs around $500 and labor will cost about $500 more. since i can't afford to pay that now, the technician suggested i remove the relay for the horn. he told me that would stop the horn from honking, but also disable the air bag. so now i am driving without a horn and without an airbag. this is also a major safety concern. | |||
| 11/04/2005 | 188 | 1 | |
| 08/18/2009 | 90000 | 1 | |
| [ 2005 chrysler sebring] i smelled and saw smoke coming out of steering column, car towed to dealership. i was told they could not find a problem. two weeks later same issue. the car went back to the dealership and i was told the wiring harness burnt up. about 3000 in damages..... *tr | |||
| 08/15/2008 | 84000 | 1 | |
| Purchased 2005 sebring convertible in early 2006 with 18,000 miles on it. was pushed into an extended warranty that has went out of business. car cruise control quit working, was a wiring issue, had to have steering wheel tore apart and repaired. dealer cost $374. interior lights in car flicker and continue to flicker. car goes into gear hard sometimes, like a clunk. no the blower motor in the vehicle has went out and the car only has 84,000 miles on it. if you google this vehicle for blowers it is all over the internet, a manufacturer problem that only has a service bulletin. how nice of chrysler to know they have thousands of this issue and they do nothing about it. i am very displeased with the problems i am experiencing with this vehicle. signed a very upset customer. *tr | |||
| 05/03/2008 | 45000 | 1 | |
| My horn has started going off for no reason. it will not work when i press on it, but will sound itself at any time during the day or night. the lights on my stereo have been flickering, and the components on the steering wheel (such as the stereo volume and crust control) will turn themselves on and off or up and down. the car has also had problems shifting into gears like it is supposed to. i have only had the car for a year this month, and i have had nothing but problems with it. when i have had it looked at, i am told there is nothing wrong with it. i know it is not normal for the horn to sound off like it does, and for the stereo controls on the steering wheel to turn the volume up or down without anyone pressing on the buttons like they do. i read another persons report about the airbag system that is very similar to my problems, and i feel like the manufacture should be responsible to fix these problems. if i would have known that this car would end up with problems like this, i never would have bought it! *tr | |||