Fuel filter location and replacement?

Tiny
LIONKINGCMSL
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  • 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING
  • 2.5L
  • V6
  • 2WD
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  • 65,000 MILES
Where the devil is the fuel filter on the vehicle?

I have a Haynes manual and the official Chrysler service manual and the fuel filter is "not" located on the rear frame rail/cross-member. I see where it should be mounted, but it is not there.

Thanks for any assistance.
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Friday, January 29th, 2021 AT 11:08 AM (Merged)
Tiny
DANNY L
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Hello, I'm Danny.

Here is a tutorial showing how to replace a fuel filter:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-change-a-fuel-filter

I've attached picture steps below showing the location and how to replace the fuel filter on your car. Hope this helps and thanks for using 2CarPros.
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Friday, January 29th, 2021 AT 11:08 AM (Merged)
Tiny
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Unfortunately, you did not answer my question of where exactly the fuel filter is located.
Why do I have the sinking feeling the fuel tank will have to be dropped?
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Tiny
STEVE W.
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Both the convertible and the coupe used a frame mounted fuel filter. On the coupe it was normally mounted just in front of the tank as the above shows and looks like the first image. On the convertible it is stuffed between the top of the tank and the frame rail at the rear of the tank near the filler neck and looks like the attached image.
Other than the Sebring name the two cars share no other parts. If neither filter is there then somewhere along the line the fuel system was modified to omit the external filter and it is only using the in tank strainer. In that case you are correct and you would need to get to the pump module to change the strainer.
On the coupe you can do that without dropping the tank, there is an access panel under the rear seat. On the convertible the tank has to come out, but it also needs to be lowered at least on the driver's side to replace the filter.

What is the issue you have or is it just maintenance?
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Friday, January 29th, 2021 AT 11:08 AM (Merged)
Tiny
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Maintenance and the car will stop running without reason. It's like someone turned off the key. I've replaced the fuel pump. I also cannot get the car to start. It cranks and cranks, but it won't start. When it stops there is no indication it is starving for fuel. One moment it is running, the next it stops.

When the car runs it purrs like a kitten. No miss, no hesitation, and when you press down on the accelerator the car has immediate response and accelerates smoothly and quickly. With the above, I doubt it has anything to do with the fuel system or the distributor or plug wires.
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Friday, January 29th, 2021 AT 11:08 AM (Merged)
Tiny
STEVE W.
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Okay, in that case it sounds like it isn't the filter or pump themselves. However it could be the controls that turn the pump on/off. Unfortunately this site requires us to request that you ask that as a different question as it isn't about the location of the filter.
When you ask that you can put in the question that you changed the pump and reference this post. Also in the meantime you could see if the pump is getting power when it shuts down. A simple test light connected up with the pump would tell you that. Then include that with the new post as well and we will see what we can do from there.
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Friday, January 29th, 2021 AT 11:08 AM (Merged)
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DANNY L
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Hello again.

What we need you to do is start a new question with the symptoms you just described. Since this seems a little different from your fuel filter the protocol is to start a new question. Here is the link:

https://www.2carpros.com/questions/new

Be sure to include all your vehicles information as well as all the symptoms on this issue to help us aid in the diagnosis. We will be looking for your new updated question. Hope this helps and thanks again for using 2CarPros.

Danny-
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