2003 Chrysler Sebring problems
NHTSA has received 53 complaints about the 2003 Chrysler Sebring, and 15% of them involve suspension. After that come air bags (13%) and engine (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 53 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Suspension 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 61,000 miles 40 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 | 6 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 11 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 40 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 61,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 6 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 81% 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 2003 ranks 16th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Chrysler Sebring with enough data (30 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
I purchased a 2003 chrysler sebring on nov 11, 2002. On dec. 26, 2003 I was driving home at about 0730. My car suddenly pulled to the left, like a magnet was pulling . I had no control of the stairing, I tried to slow the car down by down shifting the gears. The only thing that brought that car to a stop was the curve on the other side of the road. This was right before the curve. The manufacture was nasty. My insurance stated, "there was a complete brake in the rack and that it was unlikely caused by collision.
I was in a wreck on 11/06/2015, a women failed to yield and I t-boned her passenger side by back door/back tire, I was going 30 miles an hour the speed limit on the city road, I had my safety restraint on and still managed to hit the steering wheel and window, I had a loose car seat in front that hit the passenger dash, no airbags deployed, she was headed north and I was headed west, I was driving straight on the road when I hit her, so it felt like a brick wall at 30 MPH, I ended up in the er with a sprained…
While traveling on highway and without prior warning another vehicle hit consumer's vehicle. Upon impact, driver's side air bag exploded and chemical content came out onto driver's face.
I own a 2003 chyrsler that has been brought in two times to address a problem with the car not driving smoothly. It begun by acting as though it was stalling only in reverse. It then became even when moving forward at low speeds to now when on the freeway at 60MPH it does this. I have taken it in to the dealership who first time told me they could not pinpoint the problem to keep driving it till it got worse. Well, it did.
Start car, when in idle it shuts off with in a few seconds of hitting gas now. It use to idle and I would have to rev a little so it would not turn off. That worked for a little bit today to broke down. Luckily in my drive way this time instead of the middle of road like last week. Why is my car doing this?