NHTSA complaint: 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH SHE SMELLED RUBBER BURNING AND THOUGHT THAT IT WAS COMING FROM A TRUCK STOP. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE AND NOTICED SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED TO DETERMINE WHERE THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM WHEN SHE REACHED HER DESTINATION. SHE LEFT HER VEHICLE AT A FRIENDS HOME AND LATER RECEIVED A CALL FROM A POLICE OFFICER STATING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE POLICE REPORT INDICATED THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT WAS FILED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 57,000.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation