Door problems of the 1998 Chrysler Sebring

When we acquired our 1998 Chrysler Sebring June 2010, both outside door handles were broken. We could only open the door through an open window. The dealer wanted $500 to install them. In April 2012, the passenger handle broke again. Now, June 2012, the driver handle broke again. The parts installed two years ago have both broken again. These parts are plastic and apparently do not last very long. Is there a recall? what do we do?.

: the contact stated both outside door handles are plastic and have cracked. The doors will not open therefore; the vehicle has not been to a dealership.

Driver side door molding/paneling slid, becoming detached. Passenger side has detached and been repaired twice, driver side one other time prior to this incident.

1998 Chrysler Sebring. Last year sport moulding fell off passenger door. Two weeks ago, passenger door handle broke when opening door.

In April 2003 my exterior driverside doorhandle broke off. In june2003, my exterior passanger side doorhandle broke off. Both handles broke off in the same places. Very weak plastic, dealer told me the car was old(1998). I have owned older cars and had no problems with the handles breaking off. I am not that strong I didn't rip it off.

Outside door handle broke upon attempting to open unlocked door. One junk yard informed me he has 10 calls a week on the Sebring door handles.

Consumer states that both outside door handles fell off, within three days apart. Dealer and the manufacturer have been notified. Feel free to provide any further information.

Exterior door handles break off and internal components fall inside of door. The door cannot be opened from an outside source. The door handle components are or appear to be made of some type of hard plastic, when exposed to elements it becomes brittle.

Door handles are breaking off -- both doors on my vehicle -- average 8 per month at the colonial Chrysler Plymouth dealership in mesquite, texas.

Consumer states after having recall repairs completed to the door garnish molding trim clip, there was a minor vibration that could be heard on the passenger side of the vehicle, consumer noticed the passneger door molding had moved toward the front of the vehicle, when opening the the passenger door, the molding contacted the front fender, when closing the door and moving the molding away from the fender toward the reaer of the vehicle approximately half an inch, the vibration no longer occured.

Both door handles broke off in consumers hand when attempting to open door.

The trim on the outside of both driver side and passenger side doors have been fixed once and replaced once. The trim seems to fall of during the summer when tempuratures reach 105 or above for several days in a row. The trim has come loose from the passanger side door again. I have been talking with the dealer since September 15, 2000, I have brought my car into the dealer ship 3 since September, and I received a repair notice in the mail. The notice stated that Chrysler world replace the part free of charge for my car. The last time I brought my car in, the dealer handed me a qoute for $276. I was told they will not replace for free unless I had the card, which I can not find.

Inside door panel plastic is falling off, especially when weather changes. Dealer will fix it under warranty, but consumer feels that this has happened too many times.

While in a parking lot the siding on the front passenger door side fell off. On July 19th while driving about 20-25 mph the siding fell off. The siding has been completely replaced once and reattached twice by the dealership.

The lower outside door (garnish)panels have parted from the car. The problem seems to advance when the outside air temp is high, causing panels to warp. At that point the plastic clips fail and panel parts from car. Dealer has made several attempts to repair but problems are not remediated. Design of molding clips may be defective.

Consumer was driving on a toll road when passenger's side exterior door panel disconected. Dealership says they will repair it.

Car is falling apart, unsafe to drive, can't see out of it due to icing and other problems took to dealer for repairs, repairs were not completed.

Right-side passenger lower panel fell off.

Side door panels keep falling off. Advised by dealer due to design flaw air gets under panels during driving and causes the panel to come off. Advised by dealer that there is no permanent fix. . . That they have several customers with same problem. . . One man has had his door panels replaced at least six or seven times. I have been fortunate in that panel has not come off during driving. However, if it does, it could very easily cause another unsuspecting motorist to have a fatal accident since panel is very large. I have my third appointment to get this fixed again on sept 29, 1999. Please note my e-mail address is pbd5332@aol. Com (I was unable to go back and correct this error).

Passenger door panels fallen off multiple (10+) times. Dealer has not offered a solution.

On three occasions the exterior door side panel plastic rivets fell off.

While driving down highway at 50-55 mph molding on passenger's side door flew off vehicle in middle of traffic. Consumer has yet to contact dealer. But, this is a big problem with this year/ make a model. Please provide any further details.

The outer door panels on my automoble have at numerous occasions become loose & have fallen off & are unable to be professionally fixed.

The left and right side door panels fall off continuously. Yh.

Outside panel of the driver's side door came loose and hung out on the side. Dealer has repaired driver side door seven times, and one time on passenger side. But problem still exists.

The clips that are attached to the door panel are plastic and easily break, causing the door panel to disengage from the door frame. Plesase give any further details.

The outside molder panel on the door is held on by plastic clips that do not hold. Panel has fallen off vehicle when door was opened. The dealer has been contacted.

While driving the door moulding fell off, resulting in loss of control and causing damage to the to the rim. Dealer has been notified.