Ownership Cost for 2003 Chrysler Sebring LXi
Estimated: $33925 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $984 | $472 | $413 | $374 | $335 | $2578 |
| Insurance | $1451 | $1502 | $1554 | $1609 | $1665 | $7781 |
| Fuel | $1625 | $1674 | $1732 | $1802 | $1883 | $8716 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1725 | $830 | $341 | $2291 | $7950 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $299 | $299 | $299 | $299 | $299 | $443 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $8099 | $6545 | $5871 | $5570 | $7839 | $33925 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2007 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | THE CAR HAD A NEW SET OF SPARK PLUGS AND A TRANSMISSION SERVICE AT 60,000 MILES. THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WHEN IT LOST POWER AND THEN WAS STUCK IN SECOND GEAR. IT WAS TOWED TO A CHRYSLER DEALER WHERE THEY SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION BELIEVING THAT WAS THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE OBDII SYSTEM REPORTED NO CURRENT OR STORED ERROR CODES. THEY RETURNED THE CAR AND STATED THAT IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND SHOULD HAVE A TUNE UP. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN ABOUT 180 MILES AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WHEN IT AGAIN LOST POWER AND WAS STUCK IN SECOND GEAR. THIS TIME THE CAR WAS DRIVEN ALONG THE SHOULDER TO THE NEXT OFF RAMP AT WHICH TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO ANOTHER CHRYSLER DEALER WHERE THE OBDII CODES SHOWED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND AN OXYGEN SENSOR HAD FAILED. THE DEALER REPLACED THESE ITEMS. FUEL ECONOMY DROPPED FROM ABOUT 30 MPG TO ABOUT 23 MPG. THE LOCAL DEALER LOOKED INTO THIS PROBLEM BUT SAID THAT THE OBDII SYSTEM IS REPORTING NO CURRENT OR STORED CODES SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO PER THE FACTORY, THEY ALSO HAVE NOTED THAT THE ENGINE IS RUNNING ROUGHLY. CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND AGREED TO REFUND THE COST OF THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. I MAILED ALL THE COPIES OF THE REQUESTED PAPERWORK TO THEM BUT THEY NEVER RESPONDED BACK AND HAVE NOT PAID. |
| 2003 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | I AM A 2003 CHRYSLER SEBRING OWNER WITH A 2.7L ENGINE, RIGHT AFTER I BOUGHT IT OF THE LOT PRE-OWNED IT HAD TO BE BOUGHT BACK TO GET CHECKED OUT BECAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON A FEW TIMES AND THE WATER PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY IT JUST SEIZED ON ME, TURNS OUT THAT A ROD BARRING SPUN IN THE ENGINE COMPLETELY TOTALING THE ENGINE AND FROM WHAT IM TOLD THE WATER PUMP AND A FEW MORE COMPONENTS NEED TO BE REPLACE BECAUSE OF THE ENGINE, GOT WORD FROM THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THERE WAS NO BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE THE OIL WAS WELL MAINTAINED BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE CAUSE WAS. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND SINCE IT FELL OUT OF WARRANTY BY 8,000 MILES THE ONLY THING THEY WOULD DO IS REPLACE IT WITH A REBUILT ENGINE AT THE COST OF $6,758.69 BUT ONLY WOULD PAY 50% OF THAT COST. I TOLD THEM ITS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE ENGINE AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING BUT THEY WILL ONLY DO 50% AND A REBUILT ENGINE.*JB |
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