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Engine
02/11/2020
MY ENGINE OVERHEATED DUE TO A WATER PUMP LEAK. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE REMAINED IN THE NORMAL OPERATING RANGE DURING MY TRIP WHICH WAS ABOUT 30 MILES OF MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING. I HAD NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR UNTIL IT SHUT OFF AT A STOP LIGHT.
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Exterior Lighting, air Bags, structure
04/22/2018
WE WERE IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND ALTHOUGH WE WERE HIT IN THE FRONT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
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Suspension
04/10/2017
WHILE DRIVING I WAS HEARING NOISE UNDER CAR. THEN FRONT DRIVERS WHEEL CAME OFF DAMAGING CAR ABOVE THE TIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE STREET AT ABOUT 35 MILES. CAR WAS TOWED IN TO FIRESTONE WHERE THEY HAD TO REPLACE BALL JOINT AND ARM. AMONG THE MAINTENANCE AFTER THAT I WAS THEN TOLD ON PASSENGERS SIDE THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT WAS ABOUT TO FALL OFF.
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Unknown Or Other
10/03/2017
HORN GOING OFF WHILE DRIVING OR PARKED.
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Steering, air Bags, vehicle Speed Control, service Brakes
05/03/2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 CHRYSLER SEBRING SEDAN. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND LATER IMPOUNDED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A NECK INJURY, INTERNAL STOMACH INJURY, AND A MIGRAINE HEADACHE DUE TO HITTING THE HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 177,000.
