1999 Chrysler Sebring problems
NHTSA has received 231 complaints about the 1999 Chrysler Sebring, and 14% of them involve body & structure. After that come transmission (14%) and suspension (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 231 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 35 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 86,000 miles 49 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 8 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Among the 49 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 86,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 35 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 19 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Chrysler Sebring with enough data (149 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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 5 MPH, vehicle rolled into the bumper of the car in front of it. As a result of the accident vehicle caught fire, there was no air bag deployment.
Consumer went to back out of parking space ,put vehicle into reverse with foot on brake, and vehicle accelerated rapidly, hitting a parked vehicle. Consumer then put gear into drive, and vehicle accelerated forward, running into a grocery store. Brakes did not override the acceleration.
When the vehicle was in reverse, and the brake pedal applied, the vehicle accelerated at a high speed. The vehicle had gone out of control approximately 55 feet and hit the garage and two parked vehicles. The brakes did not respond because the vehicle did not shift into any other gear. *scc
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 chrysler sebring. While driving in reverse, the vehicle suddenly accelerated to an extremely high speed. The contact crashed the vehicle into the passenger side of another vehicle. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The speed was unknown. The failure mileage was 155,000.