2010 Chrysler Sebring
This year drew an ordinary 104 complaints for a Chrysler Sebring — the model's median is 138. What they were about is the unusual part: 15.4% of them mention belts, against 3.7% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 104 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 138 |
| Involving a crash | 8 |
| Involving a fire | 5 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 21.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- belts — 15.4% of this year's complaints, against 3.7% across the model's other years (4.2×). Owners wrote it as: belts, seat belts, convertible, sebring convertible.
- writes — 6.7% of this year's complaints, against 0.6% across the model's other years (11.8×). Owners wrote it as: writes, regards, consumer writes, writes regards.
- september — 6.7% of this year's complaints, against 0.9% across the model's other years (7.6×). Owners wrote it as: september, failed vehicle, axle, pinion failed.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE [VIN] EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCE…
NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE [VIN] EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE [VIN] WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE C…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 16V668000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 10V475000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 10V009000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chrysler Sebring was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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