Chrysler PT Cruiser Complaints

2,623 consumer complaints on file.

#10780214October 6, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
OK MAYBE 4TH TIME IS A CHARM ON TRYING TO GET PT CRUISER OFF ROAD. I HAD A FIRE IN THIS VEHICLE DUE TO OVERHEATING WHICH WAS REPORTED BUT DUMB ME PUT IT OUT AND REPLACED GRILL AND RADIATOR AND HAD TO TAKE SEPERATE LOAN OUT FOR $2500 IN REPAIRS AND NOW VEHICLE WON'T START AND NOW BEING TOLD IS COMPUTER WELL THAT EXPLAINS WHY WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO GET OUT OF CAR WHEN WAS ON FIRE THE DOOR LOCKS DIDN'T WON'T TO WORK FIRST TIME. THE CAR IS A 2002 WITH 100,000 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE ALREADY PUT NEW TIRES ON IT AND BATTERY AND HAD ALL THESE REPAIRS DONE TRYING TO SAVE THE CAR BECAUSE I AM A SINGLE MOM ON DISABILITY MAYBE SINCE CHRYSLER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR INJURIES AND DEATHS NOT BEING REPORTED YOU CAN ADD ME BECAUSE I WAS BURNED DURING THE FIRE TRYING TO PUT OUT. I HAVE FORWARDED EVERY SINGLE DOCUMENTATION OF EVERY INCIDENT NOT ONLY TO CHRYSLER BUT NHTSA AND NOW WANT ME TO REPLACE A COMPUTER AT $1300 THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD BY EVERYONE WHO HAS EXAMINED CAR IT IS SERIOUS BUT I GUESS IF ME OR MY SON HAD DIED IN CAR THEN MAYBE SOMETHING WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. I HAVE MADE MY PAYMENTS AND PAID FULL COVERAGE INSURANCE FOR 6 MONTHS WHILE ALL THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON AND ONLY WAS ABLE TO DRIVE CAR FOR A MONTH. THE VEHICLE IS AT CHRYSLER DODGE IN COLUMBIA,TN AND PHONE NUMBER IS 1-931-380-0326. I HAVE 9 TOW BILLS AND NOBODY CARES THAT ME OR MY SON COULD HAVE LOST OUR LIVES!
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10779286October 2, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WHEN PROMPTED. THE DEALER REQUIRED THAT A NEW COMPUTER BE INSTALLED INTO THE VEHICLE RELATED TO THE MANUFACTURER'S KEY IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10778740September 30, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE BACK, ARM, AND NECK THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A IMPOUND LOT WHERE IT WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 172,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10778525September 29, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE OIL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FRONT CRANK SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10778014September 28, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10776564September 25, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING 55 MPHR AND THE CAR DIED. IT WOULDNT START BACK UP HAD TO TOW IT HOME. REPLACED THE TIMING, WATER PUMP, HEAD GASKET. IT WOULD CRANK BUT WONT START. I NEVER IN MY LIFE HAD THIS MUCH PROBLEMS OUT OF A SOME CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775887September 24, 2015
AIR BAGS
DRIVING DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREET AND AN SUV ACCELERATED FROM DRIVEWAY OR SIDE OF ROAD WITHOUT LOOKING AND CRUSHED THE PASSENGER DOOR AND PANEL. PASSENGER HAD TO BE EXTRICATED AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10775388September 23, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT START. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED SO MANY TIMES THAT THE INSURANCE RATE WENT UP AND WE PAID FOR REPAIRS THAT WE DID NOT NEED BECAUSE IT NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEM. REPAIRS INCLUDE (BATTERY, STARTER, IGNITION, SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES) WE NOW BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE TIPM. THE OTHER PROBLEMS WE ENCOUNTERED ARE WINDOW WON'T GO UP OR DOWN. DEALERSHIPS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM SO THEY CONTINUE TO CHARGE US FOR UNNECCESARY REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10766519September 21, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASHBOARD LIGHTS GO OUT AT WILL AND ENGINE LIGHTS SHOW CODES EVEN AFTER REPLACING SENSORS NOW 02 SENSORS NOT WORKING .LOOK LIKE THIS HAD BEEN A ONGOING PROBLEM FOR YEARS NOW AND CHRYSLER FAILS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP MYSELF AND OTHER PT DRIVERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10764229September 16, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10763439September 14, 2015
ENGINE
OK THIS IS MY 3RD COMPLAINT ON THIS VEHICLE THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS OVERHEATING AND YES CAUGHT FIRE AFTER A MONTH OF THAT EVERYTIME TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD RISE I PULLED CAR OVER AND HAD TOWED I HAVE 7 TOW BILLS ON THAT WELL LAST TIME CAUGHT FIRE WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT HAD TO REPLACE RADIATOR,HOSES,HAD A CRACKED HEAD,FAN,FAN SENSOR AND THERMOSTAT AND GRILL THAT WAS $2000 FOR ALL THAT. I GOT CAR BACK AND NOW HAVE HAD BACK FOR A MONTH AND CAR WON'T START HAD BATTERY CHANGED OUT,HAD 25 POINT INSPECTION DONE AND NOW SAYING ALARM SYSTEM IS TRIGGERING SOMETHING OR POSSIBLY COMPUTER GOING BAD. THIS IS A 2002 WITH ONLY 100,000 MILES ON IT. I OWE $2300 TO CHASE FOR PURCHASE THEN HAVE 2ND LIEN BECAUSE OF ALL THESE OTHER PROBLEMS OF $2000. I BOUGHT THE CAR BACK IN 4/2013 AND HAD TO HAVE ALL RECALLS DONE ON IT AND I HAVE REPORTED ALL THIS BEFORE AND CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ADMIT IT IS A LEMON. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY DEALER AND 2 OTHER MECHANICS THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE AND SHOULD NOT BE ON ROAD. I AM A SINGLE MOM WITH MS AND ON DISABILITY AND NOW SCARED TO DRIVE CAR. THE CAR IS PARKED AND I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON SOMETHING I CAN'T DRIVE. I DO KNOW CAR WAS ASSEMBLED IN MEXICO AND DON'T KNOW IF A SIESTA WAS TAKEN DURING MY CAR OR NOT. I AM TOLD NOT TO DRIVE CAR IT IS A HAZARD AND CHRYSLER AFTER FIRE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CAR BACK BUT THEY REFUSED A FIRE AND WAS ME AND MY SON 2 LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN LOST. I WANT CAR TAKEN BACK BY CHRYSLER AND I WANT PAYOFF ON LOAN OF $3000.00 BY CHRYSLER THIS CAR WON'T BE DRIVEN. I HAVE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE REPORTING EVERYTHING BUT WHEN MINE AND MY SON'S LIFE IS AT RISK THAT IS ENOUGH! IF YOU DO RESEARCH THE OVERHEATING AND ELECTRICAL HAS BEEN A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND I WOULD THINK THAT A FIRE WOULD GET YOU TO MAKE CHRYSLER TAKE THESE CARS BACK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10763400September 13, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR HAS DEMONSTRATED MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL ISSUES...LIGHTS TURNING ON AND OFF, HORN NOT TURNING OFF, INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING UP AND FLASHIING OR NOT COMING ON AT ALL. THIS HAS CULMINATED IN ALL POWER IN CAR TURNING OFF WHILE ON THE FREEWAY CAUSING NEAR ACCIDENT AS HAD TO FIGHT TO PULL CAR OVER. TOOK CAR FOR REPAIRS...TINIMNG BELT REPLACED, ALTERNATOR REPLACED...INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN AT 65 MILES AN HOUR RIDING DOWN A STEEP GRADE ON FREEWAY. DOES SOMEONE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DIE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE...RESEARCHING THIS TOPIC SHOWS HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10762892September 10, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2007 IT WAS HARD TO SHIFT AND I KEPT TAKING IT BACK TO THE DEALER ON BLANDING BLVD. HERE IN JACKSONVILLE, FL. THEY KEPT TELLING ME THEIR WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WAY IT SHIFTED AND CONSEQUENTLY PUT ME OFF TIL THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTED PERIOD. WELL, MY WIFE HAS NEVER DRIVEN THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT SHIFTS AND THE DEALER OF OF 295 HERE IN JAX FOUND THAT THE CLUTCH CABLE WAS BAD, OF COURSE THIS WAS AFTER THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTEE AND NOW THE PT CRUISER HAS BEEN DING THE SAME FOR SOME WHILE. I HAVE DRIVEN A SHIFT SINCE I WAS 16, FROM CORVETTES TO MACH 1'S AND KNOW THEIR IS NOT A CLUTCH PROBLEM. I AM 64 YEARS OLD NOW AND THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON IT. IT'S HARD TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR AT ANY TIME. NO CLUTCH OR TRANNY PROBLEM AND CLUTCH CABLE SHOULD BE BAD A SECOND TIME BUT IT IS AND IT'S TOO BAD YOUR ENGINEERS COULD NOT HAVE GIVEN THE MPG MORE ATTENTION AT THE TIME OF BUILD BECAUSE IT HAS SUCKED SINCE NEW. I DON'T EVEN USE THE AC BECAUSE OF GAS GUZZLING, BUT THE CLUTCH CABLE IS MY CONCERN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10762646September 9, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
LEAVING A RESTAURANT-BACKED OUT OF PARKING SPACE, HAD TURNED WRONG WAY TO LEAVE; RE-ENTER PARKING SPACE, WENT TO BACK OUT AGAIN WHEN GEARSHIFT BROKE, WAS LOOSE & COULDN'T PUT IN GEAR TO GO FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. WAS PUSHED BACK INTO PARKING SPACE. CALLED FOR HELP. SEVERAL PEOPLE LOOKED AT IT & FOUND A WAY TO TURN TRANSMISSION/GEARSHIFT INTO GEAR MANUALLY. TOOK PT CRUISER TO SHOP TO BE FIXED. THE GEARSHIFT SELECTOR CABLE HAD BROKEN. HAD TO REMOVE & REPLACE SHIFT SELECTOR CABLE - AUTOMATIC TRANS. THE GEARSHIFT WAS SLIGHTLY TIGHT TO SHIFT WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE CAR, BUT THE DAY BEFORE THE CABLE BROKE, IT WAS GETTING REALLY HARD TO SHIFT. NOW THAT IT IS FIXED IT SHIFTS REALLY EASY. WONDERING IF THE CABLE WAS ALREADY TIGHTENING UP FROM THE BEGINNING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10762585September 9, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT FLICKERED AND SUDDENLY REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE UNDERBODY PREMATURELY RUSTED AND COULD FRACTURE AT ANY MOMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CASING FOR THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT POWER STEERING FLUID HAD TO BE CONSTANTLY ADDED TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V268000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,621.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10762594September 9, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, SEVERAL UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED O THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10761836September 6, 2015
SEAT BELTS
THE DRIVER SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY FASTENED IT COMES LOSE AND HITS ME IN THE FACE OR HEAD AS IT RETRACTS THE FAILURE OF IT TO LOCK IN IN THIS TYPE OF CIRCUMSTANCE IS DANGEROUS AND THE SEAT BELT IS INEFFECTIVE AND MAKES THE CAR UNSAFE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10760870September 1, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
ALL LIGHTS ON INSTRUMENT PANEL FLASHES ON-OFF. SOMETIMES THE GAUGES WILL ZERO-OUT AND GO BACK TO NORMAL POSITION. SOMETIMES WHEN THE LIGHTS FLASH AND GAUGES ZERO-OUT, THERE WILL BE A QUICK POWER LOSS. MAYBE 2-3% OF THE TIME POWER LOSS WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL ALMOST NEEDED TO PULL OVER. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE IN THE HEAT AND POSSIBLY RAIN OR DAY AFTER A HEAVY RAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747765August 11, 2015
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
-AIRBAGS LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS ON. -AT TIMES TURNING CAR OFF THE FAN WILL REMAIN ON TILL POWER DRAINED. -WHILE DRIVING, ALL THE LIGHTS ON DASH WILL TURN ON AND CAR WILL SHUT DOWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED COUNTLESS TIMES. AFTER AWHILE THE CAR WILL TURN BACK ON AND BE PERFECTLY NORMAL AGAIN TO DRIVE UNTIL THIS REOCCURS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747134August 7, 2015
SEAT BELTS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ALMOST 3 MONTHS AGO, THE INDICATOR LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STARTED FLASHING. THE GAS GAUGE, THE SPEEDOMETER, THE SEAT BELT LIGHT, AND OTHER LIGHTS, EXCEPT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, FLASHED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM EVEN USING THE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL. IN JULY, AFTER SERVICING THE CAR (TUNE-UP) AND WITH MY REPORTING THE CONTINUATION OF THE INTERMITTENT FLASHING, MY MECHANIC TOLD ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY KEPT IT FOR TWO DAYS AND WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE AND THEREFORE DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. FOR THAT I PAID $145.00. SOMETIMES WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE FLASHING AND THE INDICATORS ARE ACTING CRAZY, THE CAR HAS SLOWED AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STOP. ON TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK, THE CAR SHUT ITSELF OFF COMPLETELY WHEN I STARTED TO DRIVE AFTER STOPPING FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR STARTED AGAIN AFTER PUTTING IT IN PARK AND THEN TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP. CUSTOMER SERVICE WHO WERE NOT HELPFUL. I HAVE LOOKED ON-LINE AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEMS WITH THE CRUISER. I AM AFRAID THIS STOPPAGE WILL HAPPEN ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND I WILL BE INJURED OR KILLED. IF THIS IS AND HAS BEEN A PROBLEM, WOULD YOU NOT THINK CHRYSLER WOULD TRY TO FIX IT BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. I DO PLAN TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER AGAIN, HOWEVER, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY AND I DO NOT WISH TO CONTINUE TO PAY FOR UNFRUITFUL DIAGNOSES. I HOPE YOU ARE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE - MAYBE THEY WILL TRY TO FIND A "FIX". THANK YOU. *TR.....UPDATED 09-29-15 *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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