Consumer Complaint Detail

CHRYSLER / SEBRING / 2004

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005062911 Incident Date: Apr, 13 2005
Consumer's City: BROCKTON Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: SEBRING Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 17 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 15 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2004 sebring 4 door sedan has occasionally lunged or surged forward when stopped at a light or in traffic. this occurs while my foot has been on the brake and i hate to think of what could happen if i did not have my foot on the brake when it lunges forward. i could hit someone or something. have had it to the dealer 3 times for this. the 2nd time i had found a service bulletin on this website describing what should be done to correct the problem.(the first time they just said they couldn't do anything because they couldn't make the problem happen)when i brought the service bulletin to them last dec 2005, they said they fixed it. it has now happened again, and is back into the dealership where i was at first told that if they couldn't make it happen, they couldn't fix it. i told them this was the 3rd time in the shop for the same issue and it is a safety issue. they are going to try replacing a throttle positioning sensor. i was reading other complaints on this website and decided it was time to write one because this is definitely happening to other people and is a safety issue. is chrysler waiting for someone to get hurt before they find out what the problem is? someone needs to hold them accountable. it only happens occasionally so it is hard to recreate it when you bring it to the dealer, but there are many people with the same types of problems on this site. *nm