Three problems related to ball joint have been reported for the 1999 Chrysler Sebring. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 1999 Chrysler Sebring. The contact stated that while driving approximately 3 mph, the vehicle became impossible to steer. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the ball joint was faulty. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 168,000.
I was driving straight down the street at about 30 or less mph. I had just picked up my babies from school and the tire came completely off of my car . We fell to the ground very hard stuck in the middle of the road the whole arm that holds my tire on or the front end ball joints came off as well . Their was no warning signs the tire and all of its parts came apart some how .
Front passenger side ball joint failure. While turning right into a shopping plaza the passenger side front ball joint failed on my wife's 1999 Chrysler Sebring convertible limited. This car at the time had less than 61,000 miles on it. The car was purchased as a used car the day before. The car was safety checked by the dealers mechanic before the sale with no issues noted that were not repaired. I understand through a search of the NHTSA database that there are other reports of ball joint failures and a safety recall on the coupe model of the Sebring for this failure. I would say given the mileage on this used car that a similar recall is warranted since this car exhibits the same type of failure with little warning of a problem existing. This is a safety issue that needs to be rectified by the manufacture due to a clearly faulty design. Fortunately in this case no one was injured nor was damage done to anything other than the car.