1998 Chrysler Sebring problems
NHTSA has received 357 complaints about the 1998 Chrysler Sebring, and 19% of them involve body & structure. After that come brakes (11%) and suspension (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 357 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 41 and 7
- Injuries and deaths
- 28 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 80,000 miles 83 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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 19 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 13 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 13 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 16 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 7 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 83 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 80,000 miles. For body & structure specifically, the median reported mileage is about 85,000 miles (13 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 41 complaints mention a crash; 7 complaints mention a fire; 28 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 1998 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Chrysler Sebring with enough data (221 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.
While traveling at 35 MPH consumer was involved in a head-on collision. Upon impact, neither driver's side nor passenger side air bag deployed.
NHTSA campaign id number 00v421002 make chrysler / model sebring / year 1998 [xxx] recall number 967 front ball joint fell apart and almost killed both of us . We were never notified by chrysler there was a recall on this vehicle or we would have had it looked at immediately .
Plz note 1998 chrysler sebrings door levers will break on you both mine did as well as others I notice on the internet. First it was one door handle tried to lift it and the other one brakes. So for mths I had to get into the passenger side door to open drivers side door. Then passenger side door lever wont open. I read some guy door even came of while he was driving. And to there is a distributor you will have that problem I notice with a 1998 chrysler sebring it will die on you.
History of failed attempts of dealer [ whitten brothers,richmond,va ] to diagnosis this problem and correct it. Problem is a harsh noise coming from the front[under ]the car when a road pot hole or imperfection [substantial ] is run over. The noise is pronounced , indicating some type of defect must be present.. The last time I was there at whitten bros the recall which would have corrected this was not issued yet...