Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 07/16/2012 | 94000 | 1 | |
| I lost power to my speed, my brakes failed. i was able to stop the car with my emergency brake. once stopped i turned off my vehicle. once i restarted the vehicle, the light did not come on however i still did not have the speed. my transmission would not shift from 3rd to overdrive. it would stay at 3000 rpm at 55 mph. my car normally runs @ 2500rpm or less up to 60mph. i do not know what i need to deo to have this issue resolved. this is my second time experiencing this with this vehicle. i also have a 2009 chrysler pt cruiser and owned a 2006 chrysler sebring and never have experienced this. *tr | |||
| 07/16/2012 | 94000 | ||
| I lost power to my speed, my brakes failed. i was able to stop the car with my emergency brake. once stopped i turned off my vehicle. once i restarted the vehicle, the light did not come on however i still did not have the speed. my transmission would not shift from 3rd to overdrive. it would stay at 3000 rpm at 55 mph. my car normally runs @ 2500rpm or less up to 60mph. i do not know what i need to deo to have this issue resolved. this is my second time experiencing this with this vehicle. i also have a 2009 chrysler pt cruiser and owned a 2006 chrysler sebring and never have experienced this. | |||
| 07/18/2012 | 80000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 chrysler sebring. the contact stated that while attempting a left turn, the vehicle stalled and lost power. the electronic throttle control light was illuminated. the contact was able to restart the vehicle approximately 45 minutes later. the failure was resolved momentarily. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer or a repair shop for inspection or repair. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vin was unavailable. the approximate current and failure mileage was 80,000. kmj | |||
| 07/18/2012 | 80000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 chrysler sebring. the contact stated that while making a left turn, the vehicle stalled and lost power. the electronic throttle control light was illuminated. the contact stopped at a side; and turned vehicle off for approximately 45 minutes, and restarted. the failure was resolved momentarily. the vehicle was not taken to dealer or repair shop for inspection or repair. the manufacturer was not made aware. the vin was unavailable. the approximate current and failure mileage was 80,000.yn | |||
| 06/06/2012 | 89660 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler sebring. the contact stated that the vehicle failed to accelerate over 25 mph after the accelerator pedal was depressed. the electronic throttle sensor illuminated during the failure. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was not contacted. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 89,660 and the current mileage was 89,663. | |||
| 06/06/2012 | 89660 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 chrysler sebring. the contact stated that the vehicle failed to accelerate over 25 mph after the accelerator pedal was depressed. the electronic throttle sensor illuminated during the failure. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was not contacted. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 89,660 and the current mileage was 89,663. kmj | |||
| 03/31/2012 | 85700 | ||
| My wife was driving our 2008 chrysler sebring at roughly around 45mph when the (etc) electronic throttle control light came. she lost control of the vehicle momentarily, had to use the emergency brake to slow the car down. she shut the care off, went to start it back up again and it wouldn't do anything, keep in mind she had our 2 children in the vehicle also. after a couple of tries to start the vehicle, it finally started again, no more light! she had told me what the car was doing, so i drove it for a day, and nothing happened at all. later that night she went to the store, and it did it again!! this time it stayed on and started blinking. i drove the car, and it wont go over 20mph, and idles really rough, also idles high, between 1500-2100rpm. i am writing this because after doing some research on this it seem's as though there is more than a couple thousand vehicles that have done the same thing. (the 07' to 08' chrysler sebring) it put my family in danger, this is why i am posting this complaint. please look into this. | |||
| 06/17/2011 | 60000 | ||
| A throttle control warning light appears on the dash off and on at intermittent times the car loses power and dies without warning. it has died on the highway several times so far, but will restart after a few minutes. it seems to happen when the fuel is less than half way full more than any other time and/or when traveling uphill. rpm dial on the car jumps erratically just before the throttle warning light appears. problem has not occurred while traveling at less than 45 mph. afraid that the problem will cause an accident, if it happens when another vehicle is traveling behind me. | |||
| 11/10/2011 | |||
| My instrumental cluster lights went out so i can not see anything at night. my speed control/cruise control is no longer functioning. | |||
| 03/11/2011 | 33000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 chrysler sebring. the contact stated that the driver was pulling to a store at a low speed when the accelerator pedal became stuck and accelerated into two poles. the driver was injured. there was a police report filed. the contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. the vehicle had not been repaired. the current and failure mileages were approximately 33,000-bk | |||
| 10/01/2008 | 2800 | 2 | 03/01/2008 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2008 chrysler sebring. a month after purchasing the vehicle, the contact noticed that the vehicle would vibrate when shifting gears at 20-40 mph. when the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle would accelerate on its own. the vehicle was driven to the dealer on several occasions, but the mechanic could not duplicate the failure. the mechanic performed diagnostic testing as well and was informed that there was no defect. recently, while idling at a stop sign, the vehicle inadvertently accelerated and almost caused a rear end crash. the dealer was notified and they stated that they were not liable for the repairs because they could not duplicate the failure. the manufacturer was notified and they informed her that they would replace the vehicle, but only if she paid twenty-five cents per mile. the current mileage was 14,500 and failure mileage was 2,800. updated 2/17/09 *cn updated 02/19/09. *jb | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 11/04/2008 | 26000 | 1 | |
| On the date mentioned, i was driving an enterprise rental car, 2008 chrysler sebring lx, from idaho falls, id to salt lake city, ut. i was traveling appx. 73-75mph with the cruise control set for the last 50 miles. i was approaching asemi truck/trailer and tapped the brakes to disengage the cruise control. at that time the car started to accelerate, i tapped the brakes two more times to try to disengage the cc and the car just continued to accelerate. at this time i decided i need to take a more aggressive approach and started slamming on the brakes which caused me to lose control of the car and strike the rear end of the trailer. that caused me to spin out of control and enter into the center median of the i-15. i was able to get the car stopped after the wreck. for whatever reason, i couldn't get the cc to disengage and in fact the cc caused the vehicle to suddenly accelerate. i had no control of the speed of the car. the brakes were really not too effective in slowing the car while it was accelerating. *tr | |||