Ownership Cost for 2005 Chrysler Sebring Base
Estimated: $33613 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $1092 | $524 | $459 | $415 | $371 | $2861 |
| Insurance | $1451 | $1502 | $1554 | $1609 | $1665 | $7781 |
| Fuel | $1500 | $1545 | $1599 | $1663 | $1738 | $8045 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1659 | $840 | $408 | $2291 | $7961 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $344 | $344 | $344 | $344 | $344 | $509 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $8126 | $6407 | $5799 | $5543 | $7737 | $33613 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 1998 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | DT: VEHICLE HAS A HOLE BURNT IN THE GAS TANK FROM HEAT SHIELD/EXHAUST. COULD SMELL FUMES WHEN STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AND COULD SEE THE HOLE. VEHICLE PARKED SINCE.*AK |
| 2005 | SUSPENSION | I HAVE A 2005 CHRYSLER SEBRING I HAVE OWNED FOR 2 YEARS NOW IN 2008 I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A LOUD POP AND A THUD I GOT OUT AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR STRUT MOUNT SHATTERED AND THE STRUT WAS LOOSE SO I DROVE IT HOME AND CALLED THE DEALER THEY SAID THERE IS A BACK ORDER ON THEM DUE TO THE CONSTANT FAILURE OF THESE SO I WAS ABLE TO GET 2 FROM THEIR PARTNER DEALERSHIP SOMEONE INSTEAD OF FIXING THEIR CAR THEY TRADED IT IN ER SOMETHING TO THAT IS WHAT I WAS TOLD SO I PUT THEM ON, NOW ITS 2009 DEC 23RD I CHANGED THE REAR STRUTS AND FRONT DUE TO THE CAR HAVING 171,000 MILES ON THEM I TOOK THE GOOD MOUNTS OFF THAT I HAD JUST PURCHASED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO AND THEY ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAR ALSO BUT I THREW THEM ON SINCE THEY WAS BETTER THEN THE ONES I JUST BOUGHT WITH THE NEW STRUTS FROM A JUNK YARD I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER ITS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS DATING BACK TO 1999 OR 2000 ITS ALL OVER THE INTERNET WHEN THEY FIRST SHATTERED I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS MATTER AND GOT HUNG UP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN I TOLD THEM THE ISSUE IS ALL OVER THE NET ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM I DO HAVE OLD PARTS THAT WAS REPLACED IN 2008 AND THE ONES OFF OF THE USED STRUTS THAT I JUST PURCHASED I HAVE ALOT OF FRIENDS THAT HAVE A SEBRING OR HAVE HAD ONE AND THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES IF IT WASN'T A ISSUE WHY WAS THE STRUT MOUNTS IN 2008-2009 ALWAYS ON BACK ORDER AND DEALERSHIPS COULD ONLY GET A LIMITED # OF THEM PER MONTH DUE TO THE PROBLEM. *TR |
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