1997 Chrysler Sebring Convertible review from North America
"Fun to drive and not too problematic"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
I drive a 1997 Sebring JXi Convertible. I love the car to death, all of my friends make fun of me cause its supposedly a "girls car". I don't care, I would like to drive something manual and faster, but this car is quite fast.
There are just a few things I would like to list:
- In owning the car for almost 4 years and having 115,000 miles on it, I have had to replace the brakes and rotors one time! In my opinion that is great. Most people say that the Sebring is a lemon and they list this as a fault, however, I'm pretty sure that every car needs this type of maintenance, especially at this mileage.
- There is of course some wear on the leather seats which is expected, but it is nothing too crazy, just wear and its not bad at all
- There is a strong whistling at about 60 MPH that can be annoying, but I do play loud music so its not too bothersome, and even when its off its not that bad I guess I might just be used to it.
- The stock radio is horrible, when I turn it down, the volume goes wayy up before it goes down. So I replaced it and got an aftermarket head unit which really I did not need to get because everything worked fine pretty much
- The indicators on the dash decide to go on randomly. I once had to spend 80 for a diagnostics test on my car because I couldn't figure out why the "check engine" light was on. Well there was no problem at all.
- The trunk is something that really makes me angry, it is so heavy that it will not prop itself up, I have had so many people, including myself, get hurt from the trunk closing on their head.
- Lastly, the door panels. The door panels are coming loose, really only the part where you have the controls on both passenger and driver side. And the speaker covers... the worst idea Chrysler had was putting plastic speaker covers on heavy doors because the tendency of people is to push open the door with their feet, so there is a big hole in my speaker covers. I just took them off and am going to get aftermarket speaker covers that are aluminum.
- One more thing, the tires often get uneven due to the weight distribution on the turns, the front tires get very low quickly so you have to watch that closely.
General comments?
Overall, this car is wonderful, it is fun to drive. It takes corners well and it is just so much fun!
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| Model year | 1997 |
| Year of manufacture | 1996 |
| First year of ownership | 2001 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2007 |
| Engine and transmission | 2.5L V6 Automatic |
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| Distance when acquired | 70000 miles |
| Most recent distance | 115000 miles |
| Previous car | Ford Tempo |
| Date of Entry | 6th February, 2007 |