Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | ||||||
| AQ10001 | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 11/18/2010 | Fleet Vehicle Recall Completion Audit | |||
| The agency, particularly in recent months, has been informed of incidents involving allegations of personal injury and death claimed to have been caused by safety defects and failures to conform to minimum federal motor vehicle safety standards (fmvss) on rental car vehicles for which a safety recall to remedy the safety defect or noncompliance had allegedly not been performed prior to the rental car company's lease of the vehicle.nhtsa understands that there is presently a petition before the federal trade commission (ftc) seeking to prohibit at least one rental car company from renting vehicles on which safety recall campaign remedies remain outstanding.the purpose of this audit query (aq) is to investigate recall remedy completion by rental car companies on the above-listed safety recall campaigns.these campaigns were chosen due to their inclusion of vehicles used in the rental market.this information is expected to provide the agency an indication of how completely and how quickly rental car fleets, in general or individually, perform necessary recall-related repairs or other remedies on the vehicles owned and then leased for use on the roadways.this aq is opened. | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 07/27/2012 | 65027 | ||
| I drove to work this morning just fine. upon preparing to leave, the car would not come out of the parked position. the gear was stuck. | |||
| 01/05/2012 | 80641 | ||
| Went out to car to go to the store unlocked my car with my remote and horn started sounding for no reason. tried to press unlock/lock with remote horn still sounding. at that point i got back in my car tried shutting the doors and starting the vehicle alarm still sounding. after about 10 minutes i kept messing with the remote trying to shut off the horn finally the horn stopped. after a huge embarrassment and several by-standers trying to assist me in shutting the horn off i had to leave my car unlocked while i went into the grocery store. quickly raced through the store got what i needed went back out to my vehicle started the engine horn continuously went off as i drove home. this is continually happening to me as i drive my car. i feel that this is a safety issue that chrysler needs to repair free of charge. | |||
| 10/02/2011 | 46464 | ||
| My accelarator has been sticking and begin not long after i bought the car used in 2010. i thought at first it was the car mat getting in the way but that was not the case this last time on sunday october 2,2011. i was pulling into parking space and had my foot off the accelarator when the car accelarated on its own and i hit the cement curb which was taller than most. there was substantial damage to the lower passenger side of the car. i was able to slam on the brakes getting it to stop before further damage. my daughter was in the car with me but no one was injured. if the curb would not have been tall the car would have more and likely jumped it and ran into building, but because of height of it this did not happen. i then got out and inspected the damage which was less than i thought it would be and no air bags disbursed. | |||
| 06/04/2010 | |||
| I was driving my car along the freeway and all of a sudden the car began to accelerate. i was unable to stop. i ended up in a ditch and crashing into some trees and i lost three of my fingers. i was driving a 2008 chrysler sebring. i need any information concerning any recalls or defects regarding this vehicle. thank you. | |||
| 03/15/2010 | 58000 | ||
| I have an 08 chrysler sebring. my electronic throttle control light comes on randomly, and within 5 seconds, my car stalls. i've taken it to two dealerships, they can't figure out what is causing this defect. this is not safe! once when it stalled, i couldn't pull over because there was no shoulder. i pulled over in the little triangle area between merging traffic. on a trip from il to va, i had to restart my car 7 times. one dealership replaced the map sensor, this didn't help at all. the other dealership told me there was nothing they could do, since there were no stored codes and they couldn't duplicate the problem. | |||