general problems of the 1999 Chrysler Sebring

The contact owns a 1999 Chrysler Sebring. The contact was driving approximately 5 mph when the vehicle abnormally accelerated until he turned off the ignition. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed. The contact stated that the failure occurred once a few months prior to the most recent incident, but the vehicle was never taken to have the failure diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 111,000.

When the vehicle was in reverse, and the brake pedal applied, the vehicle accelerated at a high speed. The vehicle had gone out of control approximately 55 feet and hit the garage and two parked vehicles. The brakes did not respond because the vehicle did not shift into any other gear.

After shifing gear out of park into drive vehicle suddenly took off and hit another vehicle. Dealer and manufactrer were not notified at this time. The vehicle was totalled.

Car accelerated, went into reverse - even though it was in drive and crashed. Steering wheel and brakes would not respond.

Car surged backward and crashed into a truck.

The car is started and acceleration begins without any problems. Then within a fairly short time the car begins to decelerate and sometime completely stops. There were times when it jerked forward as the accelerator was pressed. It is currently at its 4th location which is also the 2nd dealership in trying to diagnose the problem. Last week the dealership said they were 100% sure they knew the problem and how to fix it. After they did the repair the problem was still there. I am waiting for them to contact Chrysler engineers. I am afraid to drive the car becasuse you never know when it will cut out and this could put me and my children in a very dangerous situation that could result in an accident. I have taken very good care of the car and expected it to last me another 1-2 years. This has been very upsetting as I do not have any other transportation and am a single parent.

A short in the throttle wiring harness located near fuel line was a result of a fire in engine compartment.

Car was started and put in reverse to back up when the car lundged and accelatrated out of control in reverse striking another vehicle. When put into drive to pull away from vehicle, the car did the same out of control acceleration forward jumping a curb and striking a grocery store foundation and the vehicle proceeding partially into the store. We have witnesses that discribed the car totally out of control leaving the injured driver helpless. Suspect fuel system and automatic transmission failure. The incident occured in an approx 20-30 distance. The vehicle was a total. The dealer and Chrysler was contacted by both myself and state farm insurance agency. No return call from chryler at present date for diagonositic check.