Chrysler PT Cruiser Complaints (2004)

217 consumer complaints on file.

#10340290June 27, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FOG LIGHTS ON MY 2004 PT CRUISER STAY ON ALL THE TIME, DRAINING THE BATTERY. MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH DOES NOT TURN OFF THE FOG LIGHTS. PULLED THE FUSE TO DISABLE THE CIRCUIT AND ATTEMPTING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT PART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10339336June 21, 2010
TIRES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. SHE STATED THAT IN JULY 2007 SHE PURCHASED FOUR GOODYEAR ASSURANCE COMFORTED TIRES. THE TIRES BECAME DRY ROTTED AND WORE PREMATURELY. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THE TIRES WERE DISCONTINUED BY THE MANUFACTURER YET WERE STILL BEING SOLD BY A SEPARATE UNKNOWN COMPANY. GOODYEAR ANALYZED THE TIRES AND DETERMINED THE TIRES EXHIBITED PREMATURE WEAR. THE MANUFACTURER AGREED TO DISCOUNT A NEW SET OF TIRES FOR THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT DECLINED AND STATED THE TIRES MAY BE THE SAME AS THE DEFECTIVE TIRES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,481 AND THE CURRENT WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10328529May 4, 2010
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL STABILITY CONTROL IN VEHICLES *GR THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT ADDING ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROLS AS A MANDATORY FEATURE WAS AN EVASIVE DECISION. *JB THE CONSUMER ALSO PROTESTED THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION OF EVENT DATA RECORDERS. THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY PROBLEMS WITH HIS VEHICLE. UPDATED 06/21/10*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315432March 3, 2010
SEATS, SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING RE CHRYSLER AND GM BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS OWNER OF 2004 PT CRUISER IS NO LONGER ABLE TO SEEK COMPENSATION FM CHRYSLER/GM FOR A DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *TGW THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT LEFT HER PARALYZED FROM THE NECK DOWN BECAUSE THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BACK WAS DEFECTIVE AND COLLAPSED. THE CONSUMER FILED SUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER. EXPECTING TO HAVE HER DAY IN COURT, CHRYSLER FILED CHAPTER 11 A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED TRIAL DATE. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10314938February 28, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. FOG LIGHTS WILL NOT TURN OFF. BATTERY WILL RUN DOWN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302098January 24, 2010
SUSPENSION:FRONT, STEERING
MY 2004 PT CRUISER NEEDS THE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY REPLACED AGAIN AFTER APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES. THE BEARINGS ARE SHOT AND YOU HAVE TO BUY A WHOLE ASSEMBLY RATHER THAN AN INDIVIDUAL BEARING. I'VE SPOKEN TO NUMEROUS OWNERS AND THEY TOO HAVE THIS PROBLEM IS THERE A CHANCE OF A RECALL?? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10301895January 22, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2004 PT CRUISER WHICH I BOUGHT IN NOV 2005. FIRST INCIDENT, REAR LEFT PASSENGER WINDOW STOPPED WORKING. HEADLIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS BURN OUT VERY RAPIDLY. LATEST "BIG" PROBLEM STARTED IN JUNE 2009, BROTHER NOTICED MY FOG LAMPS ON, NOT ONLY HAD I NOT TURNED THEM ON, I NEVER USED THEM BEFORE. THOUGHT IT WAS A RANDOM INCIDENT BUT BATTERY KEPT DYING. FINALLY DETERMINED IN JULY 2008 BY MECHANIC THAT THE SWITCH ARM WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TOLD BY DEALERSHIP ARE BACK ORDERED AND TO "JUST UNPLUG THE LIGHTS" TO FIX. MECHANIC REPLACED, THOUGHT PROBLEM SOLVED. THEN PANEL KEPT CLAIMING DOOR AJAR. NO DOOR WAS OPEN!!! MECHANIC REPLACED DOOR LATCH. THOUGHT PROBLEM SOLVED. WENT OUT TO CAR ON 1/19/09, IT WAS GONE. CITY TOWED IT DUE TO COMPLAINT OF MY ALARM GOING OFF AND NOT SHUTTING OFF. COST ME $234 TO RECLAIM AND FIND ALARM IS MALFUNCTIONING AND BATTERY BEING DRAINED AGAIN!! INTERIOR LIGHTS GOING OFF AND ON WHILE DRIVING. SO FAR SINCE JUNE 2009, (BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, SWITCH ARM, DOOR LATCH, TOWING) HAVE SPENT ABOUT $1000 IN REPAIRS. I HAVE YET TO FIND OUT COST OF ALARM AND OBVIOUS ELECTRICAL REPAIRS TO COME. UNTIL READING OTHER COMPLAINTS, HAD NO IDEA THE SMELL OF BURNING I HAVE SMELT ON OCCASION MAY ACTUALLY BE COMING FROM MY OWN CAR. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR, DON'T EVER BUY A CHRYSLER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10295864December 15, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, MY 2004 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER LOST ALL THE OIL OUT OF MY ENGINE. THIS CAUSED MY ENGINE OIL LIGHT IMMEDIATELY CAME ON AND I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY. AFTER PUTTING 2 PINTS OF OIL INTO THE ENGINE, I DROVE HOME ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT AGAIN MY ENGINE HAD NO OIL IN IT AFTER ROUGHLY 50 MILES OF DRIVING. I PUT 3 PINTS OF OIL IN A DAY LATER AND TURNED OVER THE ENGINE AND FOUND THAT MY OIL WAS LEAKING OUT OF THE ENGINE GASKET SEAL. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER, AND THE INFORMED ME THAT ENGINE GASKET REPAIRS ARE NOT COVERED FOR VEHICLES OVER 120,000 MILES. LEAKING OIL IN THIS MANNER IS A MAJOR FIRE HAZARD, AND I'M LUCKY THAT MY VEHICLE DID NOT CATCH FIRE WHILE DRIVING HOME. I NOTICED ONLINE, THAT MANY OTHER PT OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THESE TYPES OF ENGINE FAILURES CONSISTENTLY. I CANNOT PAY THE 2800 DOLLARS FOR THIS REPAIR, THE CAR WILL SIT UNTIL CHRYSLER LOSES THIS LAWSUIT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10289240October 21, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS VEHICLE I PURCHASED NEW WITH 236 MI. AT 36000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS STARTED TO LUNGE FORWARD UPON STARTING OF THE VEHICLE AND ALSO AT A STOP IT LUNGES AND ACTS LIKE THE ENGINE IS GOING TO QUIT . IS IT GOING TO TAKE A FATALITY OF A PEDESTRIAN OR OTHER MOTORISTS BEFORE THIS ISSUE IS ADDRESSED? THIS IS CONSISTENTLY THE WAY THIS VEHICLE RUNS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10289103October 20, 2009
SUSPENSION:FRONT, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
04' PT CRUISER - BOUGHT NEW AND I AM NOW HAVING THE FRONT BEARING AND HUBS REPLACED FOR THE 4TH TIME. LESS THAN 38,000 MILES ON THE CAR. BOUGHT NEW TIRES YESTERDAY TO THEN BE TOLD THAT THE BEARING S ARE BAD. RATHER TICKED OFF AS THIS IS CAUSING ME TO TAKE TIME FROM WORK AND TO ARRANGE A RIDE TO PICK UP THE CAR ONCE REPAIRED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10288910October 19, 2009
SUSPENSION
ON 04/26/07 MY PT CRUISER WAS INTO DEALERSHIP (NOT SAME AS WHERE I BOUGHT CAR). TECH SAID EXCESSIVE PLAY IN FRONT BEARINGS & MAY NEED HUBS REPLACED. I BOUGHT CAR 07/28/06 FROM DAYTONA CHRYSLER IN AUTO MALL. I PAID TO HAVE BEARINGS REPLACED, LATER IN 2007, @ DEALERSHIP IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FL. & OTHER ONE REPLACED IN 2008 OR 2009. THE ONE REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP IN ST. AUGUSTINE IS MAKING NOISE AGAIN! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10288786October 17, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AFTER BEING RESET. CHECKED BY MECHANIC, COMPUTER SAYS PROBLEM IS IN "CRUISE CONTROL", & HAS BEEN RESET 3 TIMES. & IS ON AGAIN! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10287429October 14, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
IN MY 2004 PT CRUISER-FIRST WAS UNABLE TO TURN ON LIGHT IN RAIN, THEN ALL OF THE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING, WHILE I WAS DRIVING. GOT IT FIXED FOR $600, THEN FOG LAMPS WILL NOT TURN OFF. ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE IS SMOKE COMING FROM THE CONSOLE, NOW THE ONLY WAY I CAN KEEP MY FOG LIGHTS FROM DRAINING THE BATTERY IS TO REMOVE THE FUSE EACH DAY. I HAVE HEARD OF BOTH PROBLEMS OCCURRING IN PTS WITH OTHER PEOPLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10285334September 26, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
2004 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER, THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FAILED AND THE FOG LIGHTS ON THE CAR REMAIN ON EVEN WITH THE SWITCH OFF AND THE KEY OUT. THIS DRAINS THE BATTERY. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE, THERE ARE OVER 4000 PARTS ON BACK-ORDER SO MANY OTHER PT CRUISERS ARE HAVING THE ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10284733September 21, 2009
SUSPENSION:FRONT
2004 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER - THIS IS THE 3RD REPAIR TO CONTROL ARMS IN 5 YEARS. I LEARNED OF THE LATEST ISSUE THROUGH A STATE CAR INSPECTION. THE CONTROL ARMS COLLAPSED AND NOW THE MECHANISM IS USING THE CAR FRAME FOR SUPPORT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10276727July 14, 2009
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
LIGHTS WILL NOT SHUT OFF DUE TO DEFECTIVE SWITCH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10274885June 24, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH FAILURE - FOG LIGHTS WILL NOT TURN ON - HEADLAMPS FLICKER - DEALERSHIP REPORTS THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 3000 OF THESE ON BACKORDER - PART #05073049AB. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10269835May 24, 2009
SUSPENSION:FRONT, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
HAVE HAD TO REPLACE RT FRT WHEEL BEARING 3 TIMES, STARTING @ APPROX 35K MILES & NOW ONLY 65K MILES. WHEEL BEARINGS SHOULD LAST MUCH LONGER. IT HAS ONLY BEEN 3 MO & 10K SINCE LAST TIME REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10268600May 13, 2009
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH. HE INVESTIGATED FURTHER AND NOTICED THAT THE SWITCH WAS MELTING AND SMOKING. HE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO STOP A FIRE FROM OCCURRING. THE HEADLIGHTS CANNOT BE USED BECAUSE THE SWITCH FAILED; THEREFORE, HE CANNOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT THERE WERE NO CURRENT REPLACEMENT PARTS TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE PART THAT THEY BELIEVE WILL CORRECT THE FAILURE IS ON BACK ORDER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,600.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10268365May 11, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FOG LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON WITHOUT BEING TURNED ON, EVEN WHEN CAR IS OFF. SMOKE FROM STEERING COLUMN. DEAD BATTERY. 395 INSTANCES OF THIS ON ONE WEB SITE. 77,000 MILES ON A 2004 PT CRUISER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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