2000 Chrysler Sebring suspension problems
16 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 2000 Chrysler Sebring, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 16 11% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 6 crashes, 2 injuries.
What owners wrote
I was not informed of a recall and me and my son were in the vehicle driving and it started hopping almost as if it had hydraulic. I told my son to fasten his seat belt considering we were just leaving the store and pulling onto a busy highway. It continued to wobble and I sped up to get off the hwy and then hen the jumping real high and hard began I was going maybe 45 MPH and the axle or ballpoint had snapped causing the car wheel to lock up and cause me to run in the ditch luckily no one was harmed but we were…
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 chrysler sebring. When the vehicle was started or while driving at any speed, the contact heard a grinding and squeaking noise underneath the vehicle. A mechanic stated that the front ball joints needed to be replaced. NHTSA campaign id number 00v21002 (suspension:front: control arm:lower ball joint) was referenced. The vehicle was taken to the dealer in may of 2001 and was inspected for the safety recall at that time, but no repair was made. The failure mileage was 56,184.
Other problems reported for the 2000 Chrysler Sebring
- Brakes 19 complaints