FaultScore

Worst years for a Chrysler Sebring

Owners have filed 4,094 complaints about the Chrysler Sebring with NHTSA across model years 1995 to 2011. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

1996 Chrysler Sebring

481 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly suspension.

Cleanest on record

2003 Chrysler Sebring

53 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chrysler Sebring year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2011 6 0 0 Airbags
2010 C 140 11 8 68,103 Airbags
2009 C 64 5 1 61,350 Electrical System
2008 D 388 30 16 73,259 Electrical System
2007 D 534 23 31 64,480 Electrical System
2006 C 181 18 0 70,000 Electrical System
2005 C 107 12 4 74,000 Electrical System
2004 D 304 36 14 39,960 Engine & Cooling
2003 C 53 5 0 61,270 Engine & Cooling
2002 C 261 22 5 64,000 Engine & Cooling
2001 D 322 27 6 65,000 Engine & Cooling
2000 C 141 25 3 87,500 Brakes
1999 C 231 35 8 86,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1998 D 357 41 7 80,000 Body & Structure
1997 D 295 47 5 86,788 Brakes
1996 F 481 52 11 76,000 Suspension
1995 C 229 27 4 97,000 Suspension

What breaks on a Chrysler Sebring

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 536 13.1%

Worst in 2001

Electrical System 511 12.5%

Worst in 2007

Airbags 389 9.5%

Worst in 2007

Suspension 364 8.9%

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1996

Brakes 343 8.4%

Worst in 1996

Body & Structure 254 6.2%

Worst in 1998

Worst in 2007

Steering 180 4.4%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 1996

Seat Belts 124 3.0%

Worst in 1997

Wheels 122 3.0%

Worst in 1998

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2008

Exactly what failed on a Chrysler Sebring

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Transmission 149 17.8%
Engine 128 15.3%
Frontal 116 13.9%
Lower Ball Joint 94 11.2%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 81 9.7%
Door 73 8.7%
Gasoline 53 6.3%
RIM 50 6.0%
Body 47 5.6%
Horn 46 5.5%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chrysler Sebring, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 1995 peak 49 Feb 2026

Chrysler Sebring problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chrysler Sebring

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.