2001 Chrysler Sebring Powertrain & Transmission Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING COUPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH UP AN INCLINE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON THE ROAD, THE RPMS REVED UP TO HIGH LEVELS AND THE CAR ACCLERATED AT A HIGHER SPEED WITHOUT INTENTION, AFTER LETTING FOOT COMPLETELY OFF THE GAS PEDAL THE RPMS CONTINUED TO GO TO HIGH LEVELS AND CAR AUTOMATICALLY DROVE ITSELF WITHOUT ACCELERATING THE GAS PEDAL AND EVEN WHILE BREAKING THE RPMS CONTINUED TO REV UP AND CAR DROVE ITSELF. AFTER FINALLY BEING ABLE TO GET THE CAR SLOWED DOWN ENOUGH IT WAS ABLE TO BE PUT INTO PARK, HOWEVER, AFTER TRYING TO GO INTO DRIVE OR ANOTHER GEAR THE RPMS REVED UP AGAIN. AFTER GETTING VEHICLE APPARENTLY FIXED OF THAT PROBLEM IN WHICH THEY BELIEVED TO BE A GAS PEDAL PROBLEM, ONE WEEK LATER THE SAME EXPERIENCE HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE ROAD, A SPLASH WAS HEARD UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AS IF SOMETHING BROKE SPLASHING FLUID, THE CAR WENT INTO A NEUTRAL LIKE POSITION WHILE DRIVING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY OTHER GEAR AFTER. AFTER GETTING IT INSPECTED IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. I HAVE LOOKED ON INTERNET TO FIND MANY OTHER VERY SIMILIAR EXPERIENCES WITH OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME EXACT YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL CAR AND HAVE FOUND FAULTY VALVE SPRING IN THESE TRANSMISSIONS. *JS

WHEN I PARK MY CAR OR STOP AT INTERSECTION IT DOES NOT MOVE WHEN I GIVE GAS, I GIVE MORE AND MORE GAS THEN CAR START MOVES. WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM I DON'T KNOW. DTC IS P0007 SHOWING TRANSAXLE. *LN

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH OUT WARNING. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED FROM THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING IT TO SMOKE. THE TRANSMISSION HOSE AND THE SOLENOID PACK WERE REPLACED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 01V011002, REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION LINES. THE VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. UPDATED 3/20/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 35 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE CUSHION SPRING. THE STOCK REPLACEMENT PART PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER WAS AT LEAST FIVE TIMES HEAVIER THAN THE ORIGINAL PART. THE GAUGE OF THE ORIGINAL CUSHION SPRING WAS MUCH LESS THAN THE STOCK REPLACEMENT PART. AS THE CUSHION SPRING BEGAN TO DISINTEGRATE THE PARTS LODGED IN THE PUMP GEARS, RESULTING IN HAVING TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING COUPE LXI NEEDS REBUILT TRANSMISSION AT 63,000. THE COST $2000.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED, MAKING IT HARD FOR CONSUMER TO SHIFT THE GEARS. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM

TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING 6 CYL-2.7 AT 56K. I MONTH PRIOR DEALERSHIP PERFORMED SERVICE TO TRANSMISSION AND REPORTED NO PROBLEMS. ONE MONTH TO DATE LATER TRANS NEEDED REPLACEMENT.*AK

OUR 2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING HAS SOME TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES THAT ARE "DETERIORATED", FIRST DISCOVERED WITH 36,184 MILES. *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL #01V011000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED A WHINING NOISE, DEALER REPLACED WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION, BUT NEW TRANSMISSION SLIPS DURING TAKE OFF ASSOCIATED WITH HARD SHIFTING, JERKING AT 30 MPH, AND POOR ACCELERATION, DEALER TEST DROVE VEHICLE, BUT IS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *TT

AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE TO HAVE RECALL 01V-011 PERFORMED BUT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. NLM