engine problem
7.0
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$320.00
Average Mileage:
95,093 miles
Number of complaints:
4 complaints
Most common solutions:
- check distributor--may need to be replaced since non-serviceable (2 reports)
- not sure (2 reports)
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2008Mar 20
Sebring LXI 3.2L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 106,000 miles
Car would die randomly--at intersections, while parking, etc. Usually happened after getting warmed up. One time it died while driving 70 on the interstate!
When I let it cool down for a while, it would start back up again. Thought my car was possessed! LOL
Thought it might be a fuel problem, so I replaced the fuel pump. Didn't work. Thought it might be the crank sensor, so I replaced it. Didn't work......3rd time is a charm--replaced distributor--WORKED!! By the way, the distributor is very expensive and it is a non-serviceable part. What a bitch!
My advice? Go to an after-market store; dealer wanted about $900.00. YEAH RIGHT CHRYSLER!!
2008Jan 01
Sebring
- Automatic transmission
- 98,000 miles
The damn thing just shuts off in the middle of intersections, at stoplights, or just going down the road. It only shuts down after i get down below 20 miles a hour. The rpm drops down to zero, and sometimes its a bitch to start again. I think its the fuel injection system, will buy another, or have that one cleaned out. May fix the damn problem. If not will report again.
2004Jul 08
(reported on)Sebring LXI
- Automatic transmission
- 98,571 miles
While I am driving, periodically the RPM's will just drop to zero, the car will run for a few more feet then the engine shuts off. Sometimes when this happens I can gun the gas and the RPM's pick back up, sometimes I can gun the gas and the engine still shuts off. Then I have to pull over, put it in park and try to restart the engine. Sometimes it restarts right away, sometimes it takes some time. But it always restarts. Any ideas on what it could be?
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2008Aug 04
Sebring LXI
Car will shut off on its own periodically. Also, sometimes when I start it, it sputters and when I try to hit the gas pedal, it's as if I'm doing nothing!!! Everytime it shuts down on it's own, I have to pull over or hit my hazard lights and put it in park to shut it off to get it to start again. Sometimes it starts right back up and sometimes it takes a while!!!! It is soooo frustrating, annoying and frustrating!!! One time, I couldn't get it to start at all, so I had to get it towed to the dealership. I've been to about 4 or 5 places, but everytime I take it in to get the problem resolved, it always acts like it's just fine.....which REALLY ticks me off!!!! From reading other complaints, I'm going to get a rebuilt distributor from a friend who can install it for approximately 200 something dollars. When I took it to the dealership, they couldn't diagnose it and they MAKE the freakin' car!!!! DUH!!! I think this should be a recall and they should fix all the sebrings that have the same problem!!!! I thought for a while my car was haunted or possessed, but now I know it's most likely the distributor and will look into that.
coraljeane
Clinton Twp., MI, USA
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