10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
24,000 miles

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problem #2

Aug 172005

Sebring 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 48,000 miles
1) the vehicle was parked outside securely (doors and windows closed properly, top closed properly, ignition locked and no keys in the car). 2) after a rain, I happened to walk by the car and heard it making loud strange noises that sounded like speaker amplified electrical arcing. The noise seemed to be coming from everywhere in the vehicle (no apparent point source). Suspecting some type of electrical problem I began pulling fuses with no effect on stopping the noise. I began smelling something burning and disconnected the car battery. The noises stopped immediately and the burning smell dissapated. 3) the dealer advises that there is a drain in the right rear quarter panel of the car that is not working and causes water to enter the passenger compartment. There is an amplfier under the front passenger seat for the infinity sound system that water had entered into. Dealer advises that the failed part must be returned to the manufacturer to get a replacement and that further damage cannot be determined until the replacement part is installed. There are two design defects in this car, one of which is a serious safety concern. The first defect is the rear quarter panel drains that can stop working and flood the car resulting in significant damage.the owner is not made aware of this defect or how to prevent the problem. The second design defect is a safety concern. An amplifier under the passenger seat has no fuse protection whatsoever. If I had not happened by the car when I did, and had not disconnected the car battery, the car was beginning to catch fire (I smelled burning!). this amplifier can malfunction electrically and start an electrical fire in the vehicle without any electrical interupt protection available. Had I not disconnected the battery when I did this car could have caught fire as a result of this lack of any short circuit protection.

- Rutherfordton, NC, USA

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problem #1

Oct 011997

Sebring

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Turn signal does not light up inside or outside the vehicle. Has no identification of signaling to turn. The dealer cannot duplicate the problem.

- Houston, TX, USA

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