Chrysler PT Cruiser Complaints

2,623 consumer complaints on file.

#10124384June 6, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT: CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS TELLING HER THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT GOING INTO FOURTH GEAR. 11/2004, 5/5/2005, 5/6/2005, 2/25/2005 SHE HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED. THE LIGHT ON THE DASH BOARD CAME ON SO SHE TOOK VEHICLE IN, GOT THE CAR BACK AND THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK IN LAST WEDNESDAY AND VEHICLE HAS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE. CONSUMER FEELS THE VEHICLE IS TOO NEW TO HAVE THIS MANY PROBLEMS. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124240June 5, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE COOLING SYSTEM IN MY CAR. AT THE TIME I ONLY HAD 39000 MILES ON IT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU THINK MY MANUFACTURER WARRANTY FROM CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE COVERED THIS REPAIR. MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AT 36000 MILES, EVEN THOUGH I HAD ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR 2 1/2 YEARS. I HAVE NEVER HAD A RADIATOR REPLACEMENT ON A CAR WITH SO FEW MILES. I AM ASKING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I HAVE HAD SEVERAL VERY EXPENSIVE AND UNUSUAL PARTS REPLACEMENT RECENTLY ON THIS CAR., IE THE MAIN ENGINE WIRING HARNESS AND THE POWER CONTROL MODULE. I HAD ALREADY HAD THE POWERSTEERING UNIT REPLACED AND THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED AS PART OF A DEALER RECALL. THIS SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF EXPENSIVE MAJOR REPAIRS FOR A CAR WITH LESS THAT IS LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124218June 4, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS
BATTERY FAILURE WHEN FOG LIGHTS GO ON DUE TO FAULTY SWITCH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124013June 2, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
AFTER REFUELING GAGUE STILL READS EMPTY ,NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL YOU HAVE,DEALER HAD CAR FOR SEVEN DAYS TO RUN TESTS COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM SO THEY CHANGED INSTREMENT CLUSTER THIS ONLY LASTED 4 ON&OFF CYCLES AND BACK TO SAME PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121673May 20, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
CONSUMER STATES: HAD 2 BRAND NEW TRANSMISSIONS INSTALLED, AND IT STILL LEAKED TRANSMISSION FLUID. NO LIGHTS CAME ON, FIRST TIME IT WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT. SECOND TIME IT WASN'T SHIFTING PROPERLY. CONSUMER TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER PUT IN ANOTHER TRANSMISSION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122620May 20, 2005
SUSPENSION
2003 PT CRUISER SWAY ARM LINK BAR BROKE.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS 2231 MILES OVER THE WARRANTY WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THIS FAILURE LIKELY OCCURRED DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121590May 18, 2005
STRUCTURE
CONSUMER HAS PROBLEMS VIEWING THE DASHBOARD GAUGES ON 2004 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER DUE TO LACK OF BRIGHT LIGHTING.*MR THE DESIGN OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BLOCK OUT DAYLIGHT WHICH RESULTS IN THE DRIVER STRAINING TO SEE THE READING OF THE SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, ETC. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121236May 17, 2005
WHEELS
CHROME PLATED ALUMINUM WHEELS ON 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISE LIMITED. CHROME PEELS OFF AND THE RIM LEAKS AIR.. LOCAL DEALER WAS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121009May 16, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH
IN OCTOBER, 2004 THE FOG LIGHT INDICATOR WOULD STAY ON, EVEN THOUGH THE FOGS LIGHTS WERE NOT ON. THEN THE FOG LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. MAY, 2005, THE FOGS LIGHTS CAME BACK ON BY THEMSELVES, EVEN THOUGH NO LIGHTS WERE ON AND THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF. I HAD THE LIGHT STALK REPLACED BY THE DEALER ON THE EXTENDED WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118954May 16, 2005
TIRES
ALL FOUR TIRES CONTAINED BULGES IN THEM, AND CRACKS. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. GOODYEAR, EAGLE RSA, 205/50 R17.*AK THE 5TH TIRE HAD A BULGE AFTER 7 DAYS. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120883May 13, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CAME OUT TO CAR AFTER WORK TO GO HOME. THE CAR WOULDN'T START, THE IGNITION WOULD TURN ON, BUT THE ENGINE WOULDN'T TURN OVER. I TURNED THE IGNITION ON-OFF-ON TO GET ANY TROUBLE CODES AND WHEN I TOOK THE KEY OUT AFTERWARDS THE "KEY IN IGNITION CHIME" SOUNDED WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR AFTER I HAD ALREADY REMOVED THE KEY. I PUT THE KEY BACK IN THE IGNITION AND TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN, BUT THE IGNITION WOULDN'T EVEN TURN ON, THERE WAS NO DISCERNBLE CLICK AS I TURNED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AT ALL. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME I NEED TO HAVE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED AND THAT IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER SERVICE CONTRACT I HAD PURCHASED WHEN I GOT THE CAR NEW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120822May 12, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING OUR BRAND NEW 2003 PT CRUISER, WE NOTICED THE DASH LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS WOULD OCCASIONALLY FLICKER FOR NO APPARENT REASON. AT FIRST, IT WAS VERY INTERMITTENT AND WE DID NOT PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO IT. HOWEVER, SINCE ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER OF 2004, THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE. NOW WHENEVER THE BRAKE IS APPLIED, THE DASH LIGHTS AND THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER VERY NOTICEABLY, AND THE FREQUENCY OF THE FLICKERING FOR NO REASON HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. ON NOVEMBER 18, 2004, WE TOOK THE CRUISER INTO SPOKANE CHRYSLER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM (INVOICE 147545). SPOKANE CHRYSLER WAS VERY COURTEOUS AND TRIED DILIGENTLY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED THE GENERATOR, THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE, AND EVEN TRIED A NEW BATTERY -- UNFORTUNATELY, NONE OF THEIR EFFORTS FIXED THE PROBLEM. SPOKANE CHRYSLER DID DISCOVER THAT THIS FLICKERING LIGHTS DEFECT WAS NOT UNIQUE TO OUR CRUISER. THE TECHNICIAN TESTED SEVERAL 2002, 2004, AND EVEN BRAND NEW 2005 PT CRUISERS AND FOUND THAT IN EACH OF THESE MODELS, WHILE NOT ALL, BUT SOME OF THEM HAD THE SAME DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PROBLEM IS PARTICULARLY DISTURBING CONSIDERING THE NATURE OF MANY OF THE PT CRUISERS CONTROL SYSTEMS. THE PT IS IN MANY RESPECTS A FLY-BY-WIRE TYPE OF VEHICLE. EVERYTHING FROM THROTTLE CONTROL, AIR/FUEL MIX, SPEED CONTROL, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING, TRACTION CONTROL, TO ABS BRAKE CONTROL IS GOVERNED BY ELECTRONICS. THE FLICKERING LIGHTS ARE A DEFECT THAT CAN CLEARLY BE SEEN, BUT WHAT ABOUT DEFECTS THAT CANNOT BE SO EASILY SEEN. WHAT ABOUT A BRAKE CONTROL FLICKER OR AN ERRATIC THROTTLE CONTROL FLICKER THAT YOU DO NOT NOTICE UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. OR, WHAT HAPPENS IF IT IS PITCH DARK, YOU ARE ROUNDING A CURVE AT 60 MPH, AND THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER OUT AND STAY OUT! AT THIS TIME, THE PROBLEM HAS STILL NOT BEEN FIXED. WE FEEL CHRYSLER HAS TWO OPTIONS--EITHER FIX THE DEFECT IMMEDIATELY (THIS IS OUR PREFERRED CHOICE) OR REPLACE THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120508May 10, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: THE CAR RANDOMLY STALLS OR DIES WHEN APPROACHING A STOP. ALSO, DID THIS WHEN TURNING A SHARP CORNER. THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP NOW FOR THIS PROBLEM. MECHANIC DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG, BUT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. OTHER CARS OF THE SAME YEAR AND MAKE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ALSO, SOME NEWER MODELS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS ACCORDING TO THE DEALERS THAT CALLER SPOKE TOO.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120522May 10, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: BRAKES FAILED. WAS STOPPING AT STOP LIGHT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CAR DID NOT STOP. THERE WAS A CRASH. VEHICLE HIT A SUV . THERE WERE INJURIES. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE DUE TO THE BRAKES AND CRASH. NO INQUIRES ABOUT RECALLS, BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEARCH FOR RECALLS AFTER COMPLAINT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10120258May 9, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
SEVERE CLUNKING NOISED UNDER THE FRONT END OF MY 2001 PT CRUISER AT 60K MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED THAT BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARM (BUSHINGS) HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. LUCKILY, I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SO THE OUT OF POCKET COST WAS $100 DEDUCTIBLE AND $70 FRONT END ALIGNMENT. WHY SHOULD CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS FAIL SO EARLY? I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SINCE I FOUND MANY PT OWNERS ON THE WEB EXPERIENCING SIMILIAR SUSPENSION FAILURES, DAIMLER CHRYSLER SHOULD COVER ALL THE COST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120111May 6, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AFTER 42,000 MILES, MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118606April 28, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN
I HAVE HAD MY CHRYSLER PT CRUISER IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME STEERING COLUMN NOISE 4 TIMES. IN 2 TIMES THEY HAVE SCRATCHED MY STEERING WHEEL TWICE . THEY REPLACED THE STEERING WHEEL ALREADY ONCE. I TOOK THE CAR BACK IN ON FRIDAY APRIL 22 AND I RECEIVED THE CAR BACK TONIGHT. I SAW 2 SCRATCHES ON THE STEERING WHEEL AGAIN I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE SERVICE REP LOOK AT THE STEERING WHEEL. I'M NOT HAPPY THAT I HAVE TO KEEP BRINGING THE CAR BACK IN FOR THE SAME THING, I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER THE PT UNDER THE LEMON LAW. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119109April 25, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE STOPPING AT A LIGHT THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. THEN, PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED CHEST AND RIB INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10119123April 25, 2005
AIR BAGS
VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. IT FLIPPED INTO A PHONE POLE, UPON IMPACT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, KILLING THE DRIVER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#10118936April 19, 2005
WHEELS:RIM
CHROME WHEEL CENTER CAPS CAME OFF THE 2001 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER WHILE DRIVING.*MR *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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