Chrysler PT Cruiser Complaints

2,623 consumer complaints on file.

#10544527September 20, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAD SMOKE AND SMELLED BURNING COMING FROM MY MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH, *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10544415September 19, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SINCE SPRING 2013, ALL GAUGES/LIGHTS ON INSTRUMENT PANEL SPORADICALLY FLICKER OFF AND ON, USUALLY NO MORE THAN 1 MINUTE. THIS OCCURS WHILE IDLING AND DRIVING AND MAY OCCUR ONE MONTH FOR 2-3 DAYS AND NOT AGAIN FOR A MONTH. CAR DIDN'T DRIVE NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT, BUT LIGHTS AND CHIME ARE ALARMING. TOOK PICTURE OF CAR AT 40MPH AND LIGHTS ON TO SHOW MECHANIC BECAUSE OF COURSE IT NEVER HAPPENS WHEN THEY HAVE CAR. AT NEXT OIL CHANGE, TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND SHOWED PICTURE. THEY SAID IT COULD BE A WIRING SHORT AND CHECKED IT. TOLD THERE WERE NO CODES OR INFO STORED IN COMPUTER AND THEY SAW NOTHING WRONG. DON'T KNOW IF MECHANIC DID RESET, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN FOR 2 WEEKS. TRIED TO NOTE ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON WHEN IT DOES IT. NOT SURE IF ONE LIGHT TRIGGERS THEM ALL, E.G., WHEN LOW FUEL INDICATOR CAME ON, THEY ALL CAME ON. LATEST INCIDENT IN 9/2013, GOING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND LIGHTS DID BACK-TO-BACK FLICKER, GAUGES ZEROED AND CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE. COULD NOT ACCELERATE BUT WITHIN 10 SECS (SCARY 10 SECS!), GAUGES BACK AND CAR POWERED BACK UP TO 60. CALLED DEALER AGAIN AND THEY WANT TO KEEP 2-3 DAYS TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK BUT I HOPE THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO TAKE MY MONEY WITHOUT FIXING IT. MY CAR HAS OTHERWISE BEEN PERFECT AND NOT HAD TO BE SERVICED OTHER THAN REPLACING SUSPENSION. I'VE BEEN DOING INTERNET SEARCHES AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING THIS PROBLEM AND THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM. PLEASE FIND A SOLUTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10544265September 18, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING GAUGES RANDOMLY GO TO ZERO, ALL WARNING LIGHTS COME ON, SOMETIMES ENGINE STALLS FOR ONE SECOND AND THEN RESTARTS, THEN GAUGES GO BACK TO NORMAL. HAPPENED ONCE IN A WHILE A YEAR AGO, NOW HAPPENS DAILY. TOOK TO DEALER LAST YEAR AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE PROBLEM. HAVE SEEN THIS ISSUE ON VARIOUS INTERNET SITES INCLUDING THIS ONE BUT WITH NO SOLUTIONS. LOTS OF SUGGESTIONS - FUSES, BATTERY WIRES, BATTERY, IGNITION SWITCH - BUT NOTHING DEFINITIVE. CAR IS VERY DANGEROUS, I'M JUST LUCKY IT HASN'T STALLED AT THE WRONG TIME. FRIEND WITH A DODGE HAS SAME PROBLEM AND HIS DEALER CAN'T FIX EITHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10543867September 16, 2013
SEAT BELTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. AS A RESULT, THE SEAT BELT NOT SECURED WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE CONTINUOUSLY, AS THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO FASTEN THE SEAT BELT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10543635September 14, 2013
VISIBILITY/WIPER
MY REAR WIPER BLADE DOES NOT WORK. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS AND DIDN'T THINK ABOUT CHECKING THE REAR WIPER. WELL NOW IT IS FALL AND RAINING ALL THE TIME, AND GUESS WHAT IT DOESN'T WORK.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10543392September 13, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, VISIBILITY/WIPER
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 75 MPH, AT SOME POINT THE SIDE REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT , I HEARD THE SOUND OF A OPEN WINDOW BUT COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM, I PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THE WINDOW WAS GONE. IF THERE HAD BEEN A MOTOR CYCLE OR ANOTHER VEHICLE IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10543406September 13, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY AS ALL THE GAUGES FAILED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,474. ...UPDATED 11-18-13 *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10543426September 13, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING ALL OF A SUDDEN. TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC WHO SAID IT WAS MY TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE AND WOULD COST AROUND 1000 TO REPLACE!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10543063September 11, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUMN JUST STOPS WORKING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU LOSE HEAD LIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND WINDSHIELD SPRAY. THE SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE NOW AND THE SAME PROBLEM KEEPS OCCURRING. IT EITHER FAILS TOTALLY OR WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. YOU CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR AT NIGHT OR WHEN IT'S RAINING - IT'S A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10543166September 11, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER CONVERTIBLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FIRE WALL RIPPED CAUSING THE CLUTCH PEDAL TO PUSH THROUGH THE FIRE WALL. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN DUE TO THE HOLE IN THE FIRE WALL THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER OR MECHANIC. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10542613September 9, 2013
STEERING
I FOUND THAT YOU ALL HAD ISSUED A RECALL ON 2004 NON TURBO CHRYSLER PT CRUISER PRESSURE HOSE. I HAVE A TURBO'ED EDITION, HOWEVER I HAVE NOT FOUND WHERE THERE ARE ANY DIFFERENCES IN ANY OF THE POWER-STEERING COMPONENTS FOR THIS EDITION OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE FOUND A LEAK IN MY PRESSURE HOSE THAT CONNECTS TO THE POWER STEERING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY HAVE BEEN BURNED FROM TOUCHING ANOTHER PART ON THE CAR. I AM NOT A MECHANIC SO I HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED TO DO ANY WORK ON THIS VEHICLE. I CANNOT HAVE THE PART REPLACED BECAUSE THE RECALL IS FOR "NON-TURBO" EDITIONS OF THE CAR. I WOULD ASK THAT SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE POWER STEERING COMPONENTS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE RECALLED 04 PT CRUISER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10541984September 5, 2013
ENGINE
FAILED CRANK SEAL. CAR WENT IN FOR ROUTINE INSPECTION AT DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW MOTOR MOUNT. WHEN THEY RETURNED THE CAR, THEY MENTIONED IT HAD A LEAK AT THE CRANK SEAL. WE TOOK THE CAR HOME AND IT WAS HEAVILY LEAKING OIL, SO WE TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LOCAL GARAGE. THEY "REPAIRED" THE SEAL, ALONG WITH THINGS LIKE A NEW TIMING BELT, ETC "WHILE WE ARE IN THERE" AND RETURNED THE CAR AT A COST OF $1700. DROVE IT FOR ONLY A FEW DAYS WHILE DRIVING THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON A FEW MILES FROM HOME. WHEN WE GOT THE CAR HOME THERE WAS NEARLY NO OIL LEFT IN THE CAR, THE CRANK SEAL HAD BLOWN/ BURNED OUT AGAIN. TOWED TO GARAGE. TOLD BY GARAGE AND ALSO DEALERSHIP THAT IT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED, THE CRANK BEARING WAS WORN AND WOULD "WALK OUT" AND THE SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN. WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. (AT 39K MILES???) MY BROTHER REMOVED THE ENGINE HIMSELF, TOOK IT TO A MACHINE SHOP WHO REMOVED THE CRANK AND USED SOME SORT OF KIT TO REPAIR THE ENGINE. THE COST WAS $600 PARTS, $600 LABOR. THE CAR RECENTLY WAS PUT BACK IN SERVICE BUT IS NOT TRUSTED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT IS LIT UP. THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVEN HARD IN ITS LIFE (DRIVEN MY BY 70 YR OLD MOTHER) AND HAD REGULAR SERVICE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10538536September 3, 2013
SEATS
THE SEAT STARTED MOVING UP AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL IT WAS AT THE HIGHEST POINT MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE DUE TO REACHING THE PEDALS AND LEGS JAMMED UP AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10538631September 3, 2013
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER CONVERTIBLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS IDLE. HOWEVER, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN SHE APPROACHED A STOP SIGN WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE AND STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOTH AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE ENGINE NO LONGER BEING PRODUCED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10541698September 3, 2013
SUSPENSION, WHEELS, STRUCTURE, ENGINE
I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN FROM A MAIN ROAD ONTO A SIDE STREET. WHILE THE CAR WAS TURNING, I HEARD A CLUNK AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS JERKED FROM MY HANDS. THE CAR PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND CRASHED INTO THE CURB. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE SERVICE TECH SHOWED ME THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND THE K FRAME WAS CRACKED ALL THE WAY THRU. IT'S TO RUSTED TO BE WELDED AND I WAS TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISER AND DODGE NEON, SINCE THEY USE THE SAME FRAME. THE TECH ALSO TOLD ME I WAS LUCKY THAT I WASN'T MOVING AT HIGH SPEED OR THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, THEY ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF REPLACEMENT PARTS, AND THEY BASICALLY IGNORE ANY COMPLAINTS. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10537232August 26, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVING 70 MPH ON FREEWAY. REAR QUARTER WINDOW DETACHED FROM VEHICLE. THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL BUT ONLY COVERS THE MODEL YEAR BEFORE (2005). THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE WITH THE 2006 VERSION AS WELL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536915August 23, 2013
SEATS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THE SEAT CONTROL BECAME FRACTURED, CAUSING THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO MOVE AROUND INDEPENDENTLY WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER, WHO ORDERED AND REPLACED THE CONTROL PANEL. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE NEW CONTROL PANEL WOULD NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE DUE TO THE WAY THE CONTROL PANEL WAS DESIGNED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. UPDATED 10/17/13*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536997August 23, 2013
STRUCTURE
I WAS NOT INITIALLY GOING TO FILE A COMPLAINT UNTIL I SEEN OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DASH CRACKED INTO MANY PIECES. I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT MY WIFE HAD DONE SOMETHING TO CRACK THE DASH, AND SHE THOUGHT THAT I HAD. THE PART REMAINED BASICALLY INTACT UNTIL THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER HAD TO REMOVE THE DASH FOR OTHER REPAIRS. AT THAT TIME WE HAD TO PAY FOR ANOTHER DASH BECAUSE IT FELL COMPLETELY APART AND COULD NOT BE RE-ASSEMBLED. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS EXACTLY A HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY CONCERN, BUT ONLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT, NOR AN INCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536996August 23, 2013
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WAS DRIVING DAUGHTER TO WORK AND BEGAN TO SMELL A BURNING ODOR. HOWEVER, I ASSUMED IT WAS A PASSING VEHICLE (STREETS WERE VERY WELL LIT, AND I WOULD NOT HAVE NOTICED MY LIGHTS WERE OUT). THE NEXT MORNING MY WIFE WAS HEADING OUT TO PICK-UP OUR DAUGHTER FROM WORK, AND WAS FLASHED BY THE LOCAL POLICE FOR NOT HAVING LIGHTS ON. THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION I DECIDED TO REPLACE THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. WHEN I RECEIVED THE SWITCH AND ATTEMPTED TO INSTALL IT I NOTICED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS SLIGHTLY MELTED. UPON INVESTIGATING THE INTERNET FOR A HARNESS I CAME UPON SEVERAL WEBSITES WITH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS INVOLVING THE SAME PROBLEM. (IF EVERYONE WERE TO UNITE AND POST THEIR COMPLAINTS HERE THERE WOULD BE MANY) THESE PROBLEMS SEEM TO BE RELATED TO A SHORTING OUT OF THE WIRING CAUSED BY THE OEM FOG LIGHTS. THIS HOWEVER, DID NOT CAUSE EITHER THE DASH FUSE OR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FUSE TO BLOW, WHICH IS A REAL CONCERN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536825August 22, 2013
SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I SLOWED AT AN INTERSECTION AND THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY PULLED TO THE RIGHT. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND ENDED UP IN THE DITCH, BUT I WAS ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. I PROCEEDED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME AND WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THE SUBFRAME OF MY VEHICLE HAD RUSTED THROUGH. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN WITH THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND OTHERS THAT I COULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO AN ACCIDENT WITH. I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS OF MY VEHICLE, OTHER THEN THE SUBFRAME I NEEDED TO HAVE MY CAR LAST MORE THEN 10 YEARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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