NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Chrysler Sebring Recalls
The 2005 Chrysler Sebring has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 2, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Chrysler Sebring. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 75
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Chrysler Sebring, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2005 Chrysler Sebring
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 2001–2004 Sebring, 3 other models
Steering: linkages: knuckle: spindle: arm
- Campaign
- 04V579000
- Reported
- December 9, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,354
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 04V532000
- Reported
- November 2, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 07E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004, 2006 Sebring, 19 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004 Sebring, 57 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 09E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004, 2006 Sebring, 3 other models
2005 Chrysler Sebring complaints by year
NHTSA has received 75 owner complaints about the 2005 Chrysler Sebring, the newest on July 8, 2022. Of these, 10 describe a crash (13%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Chrysler Sebring, the component group named most often is the air bags (28%), followed by the electrical system (28%) and the engine and engine cooling (11%).
1 of the 2005 Chrysler Sebring's 6 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2005 Chrysler Sebring owners gave the mileage (66 complaints), the median was 72,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags21
- Electrical System21
- Engine And Engine Cooling8
- Power Train8
- Steering7
- Engine6
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Chrysler Sebring peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 9. 27% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Chrysler Sebring drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Chrysler Sebring year in the same window: 9th highest of the 11 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Chrysler Sebring years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 75 complaints about the 2005 Chrysler Sebring are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chrysler Sebring by model year
Other 2005 Chrysler models
Newest record on this page: July 8, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted