Other visibility problem on the 2006 Chrysler Crossfire
When other visibility problem gets reported
Owners of the 2006 Chrysler Crossfire report other visibility problem at a median of 35,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 25,000 miles and a quarter after 45,000 miles, from 19 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 75,000 miles. It is the 2nd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 20,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 60,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 41,081 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
Reports bunched into a band this tight usually mean the component has a life of its own: it goes at roughly the same mileage regardless of who owns it.
53% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,319 miles | 25,500 miles | 34,300 miles | 43,422 miles | 59,400 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $150–$1,400 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 4 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2008, at a median of 20,000 miles, and latest on the 2005 at 50,000 miles.
By volume the 2005 carries the most reports, with 84; the 2006 has 22. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
2006 chrysler crossfire convertible. Back glass fell out. Appears that it is glued into the top and the glue failed. Word from chrysler dealership is that there is no fix for it. Only solution is to replace entire convertible top at a cost of 2400 dollars. Hard to believe that it cannot be just glued back in since that is how it was installed to begin with from the factory. Also have extended warranty but was told that it is not covered because that is considered normal wear and tear. *tr
Tl* the contact owns 2006 chrysler crossfire. The contact stated that the rear window on the convertible top would fall inside the vehicle. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that the top of the vehicle needed to be replaced. The failure mileage was 34,300.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler crossfire. The contact stated while washing her vehicle she noticed water was entering the rear of the vehicle, through the window. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing and stated they had to replace the top part of the vehicle and the back window. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure and current mileage were 57,000.
Also reported on the 2006 Chrysler Crossfire
Other body or interior problem
No-start or intermittent start failure
Headlight failure or clouding
Wiper or washer failure
Other electrical problem
Other lighting problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 22 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other visibility problem happen on the 2006 Chrysler Crossfire?
Across 19 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 35,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 25,000 miles and a quarter after 45,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other visibility problem on the 2006 Chrysler Crossfire?
22 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 2.1 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed