1998 Chrysler Sebring — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 355 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Body & structure68 (19.2%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 1996–2007.
• Brakes39 (11.0%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 1996–2010.
• Tires & wheels36 (10.1%)
• Suspension29 (8.2%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 1995–2006.
• Speed control & accelerator23 (6.5%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1996–1998.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)21 (5.9%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 1996–2009.

Other / uncategorized: 12 classifications (3.4%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (5,660 records, model years 1995–2010) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and air bags (restraint system).
• Safety recalls (151 records, model years 1995–2010) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, air bags (restraint system) and suspension.
• Transport Canada recalls (71 records, model years 1995–2010) are most frequently classified under: brakes, air bags (restraint system) and steering.
• Manufacturer communications (1,657 records, model years 1995–2010) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 64reports included a mileage
• 86,599average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 220 records for 1995 220
2. 1996 488 records for 1996 488
3. 1997 360 records for 1997 360
4. 1998 397 records for 1998 397
5. 1999 257 records for 1999 257
6. 2000 142 records for 2000 142
7. 2001 366 records for 2001 366
8. 2002 300 records for 2002 300
9. 2003 123 records for 2003 123
10. 2004 302 records for 2004 302
11. 2005 137 records for 2005 137
12. 2006 163 records for 2006 163
13. 2007 420 records for 2007 420
14. 2008 320 records for 2008 320
15. 2009 102 records for 2009 102
16. 2010 152 records for 2010 152

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 33mention a crash
• 5mention a fire
• 23mention an injury
• 1mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 10
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 112
• Investigations NHTSA 4
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 4
• Owner complaints NHTSA 267

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0442 in 1 record
• P0455 in 1 record
• P1494 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.