Four problems related to ball joint have been reported for the 1998 Chrysler Sebring. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I went to have the transmission looked at as it's under warranty. I bought this car with 75,000 miles on it 3 years ago. Shortly after that the transmission went out. When the mechanic put one in he found out that there was already a used one in there. Two months later that tranmission went out and it got replaced. Well this brings us to present day where I'm getting it checked out and have them check everything out. They tell me that the rear ball joints are out and it'll cost $1200 to fix it. I'm like that's not worth it. I then find out that this is recalled.
I made a complete stop and turned onto another road and heard a loud metal on cement noise pulled over to side of road as good as possible and got out of car and seen ball joint cracked and tire off car. My car was completely on ground in front right of vehicle. Had no reason to believe the ball joints needed to be fixed. Car drove smooth otherwise. If I would have known it would have been fixed but to just snap. Thank goodness I wasn't going faster or nothing was in my way and didn't crash! it was the scariest car "accident" I ever had. Never in my life have I had something like that happen to me in a car that had no signs of needing to be fixed.
Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6) NHTSA campaign id number 00v421002 make Chrysler / model Sebring / year 1998 [xxx] recall number 967 front ball joint fell apart and almost killed both of us . We were never notified by Chrysler there was a recall on this vehicle or we would have had it looked at immediately .
1998 Sebring conv. Left ball joint came apart causing front end damage. Chrysler denies problems with this model . I had to pay for repairs myself and still drive the car with the front end damage.