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1995 Chrysler Sebring problems

NHTSA has received 229 complaints about the 1995 Chrysler Sebring, and 21% of them involve suspension. After that come brakes (18%) and engine (9%).

At a glance

Complaints
229 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Suspension 21% of complaints
Crashes and fires
27 and 4
Injuries and deaths
23 and 1
Typical mileage
97,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Where the complaints are

Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.

  • Suspension 21%
  • Brakes 18%
  • Engine 9%
  • Air bags 8%
  • Transmission 5%
  • Wipers, windshield & visibility 5%
  • Electrical system 5%
  • Body & structure 4%
  • Seats 4%
  • Fuel system 3%

When problems show up

Complaints by mileage, 1995 Chrysler Sebring Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 97,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 97,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 25% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Among the 12 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 97,000 miles.

Safety-related details: 27 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 23 injuries reported; 1 death reported.

Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Chrysler Sebring with enough data (150 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.

What owners wrote

A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.

On april 9, 2000, my vehicle lost control of itself due to a ball joint separation, since that accident occurred another has happen involing the lower arm control, no one is doing anything about this recall issue from chrysler, my back seat passenger suffered abnormal bleeding during during her pregnancy term and resulted in the loss of her infant while she was pregnaunt, will it take for one of the person insurued driving the car to have another mishap before they see this is a unsafe car to drive, please help…

April 2000 CrashInjury

Dual airbags did not deploy during rollover accident, driver lost control, vehicle went off road, hit guard rail, flipped over.

July 1996 CrashInjury

No deployment of airbag and failure of shoulder belt to lock upon front end collision caused driver to hit head on steering wheel and sustain cuts and scrapes to forhead and bruise to the left hip.

February 1999 CrashInjury

On 06-28-03 I was driving my car at a speed of 35 MPH, while driving my lower ball joint broke and my car lost controll. I was later informed of the recall on the lower ball joint, which I was never informed of, and was never repaired. I took my vehicle directly to a chrysler dealership on that same day 06-28-03. They have had my car for over three weeks now and I have yet to be informed of what will exactly happen as far as repairs go.

Reported at 96,000 miles, June 2003

Consumer took vehicle to mechanic and was informed that the lower lateral arm ball joints needed replacement. The air conditioner idler was replaced. When the consumer took the vehicle back to the dealer, the consumer was told when the air conditioner unit was replaced the recall regarding the lower lateral ball joints was performed, however the consumer was not aware that there was a recall or even that the work was done.

Reported at 70,000 miles

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