NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Chrysler Sebring Recalls
The 2002 Chrysler Sebring has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 3, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Chrysler Sebring. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 210
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Chrysler Sebring, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2002 Chrysler Sebring
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V401000
- Reported
- June 3, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,315
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Sebring, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V338000
- Reported
- June 2, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 443,442
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2001, 2003–2005 Sebring, 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 07E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001, 2003–2006 Sebring, 19 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Sebring, 57 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 09E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001, 2003–2006 Sebring, 3 other models
2002 Chrysler Sebring complaints by year
NHTSA has received 210 owner complaints about the 2002 Chrysler Sebring, the newest on July 10, 2021. Of these, 17 describe a crash (8%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2002 Chrysler Sebring, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (23%), followed by the suspension (18%) and the power train (13%).
1 of the 2002 Chrysler Sebring's 5 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2002 Chrysler Sebring owners gave the mileage (139 complaints), the median was 64,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling48
- Suspension37
- Power Train28
- Steering22
- Air Bags16
- Electrical System15
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 16 | |
| 2005 | 31 | |
| 2006 | 32 | |
| 2007 | 25 | |
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 12 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Chrysler Sebring peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 32. 40% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Chrysler Sebring drew 2.1× the complaints of the median Chrysler Sebring year in the same window: 4th highest of the 11 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the Chrysler Sebring years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 210 complaints about the 2002 Chrysler Sebring are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chrysler Sebring by model year
Other 2002 Chrysler models
Newest record on this page: July 10, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted