2005 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER Complaints

BRIDGESTONE, FUZION HRI, TIRES CAN ONLY BE MOUNTED ONE WAY WITH LEFT (DRIVERS SIDE ) BEAD/TREAD POINTING >, BUT PASSENGER ( RIGHT SIDE ) TIRES CAN ONLY BE MOUNTED WITH BEAD/TREAD POINTING <, THIS LEADS TO RIGHT SIDE TIRE FAILURE; AND VEHICLE HANDLING ON WET ROADS PULLS TO RIGHT; WHEN HITTING PUDDLE AT 55 MPH JERKS CAR TO RIGHT CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND ACCIDENT. *TR

2005 PT CRUISER OVERHEATS WHEN IDLING HAVE SPENT 700.00 DOLLARS AND THEY CANT FIND THE PROBLEM SEE ONLINE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE FOG LIGHTS COME ON UNINTENTIONALLY AND DRAIN THE BATTERY WHEN THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF. I WAS LEFT STRANDED IN EMPTY PARKING LOTS 3 TIMES WITH MY CAR BATTERY DEAD. IT SEEMS THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH IS THE CULPRIT AND THIS ISSUE EXISTED SINCE 2001 MODELS, CHRYSLER HAS DONE NOTHING TO FIX IT FOR 10 YEARS. *TR

FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL BEARINGS WORE OUT AT 21,919 MILES 4/12/2008, REPLACED THEM, AND THEN THEY WORE OUT AGAIN AT 32,100 MILES (SAME WHEEL). CAUSES STEERING WOBBLES & COULD LEAD TO A CRASH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN THE CONTACT DROVE OVER BLACK ICE, SLID AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 89,000.

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE DRIVER EXPERIENCED VIBRATION FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS. HE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES TO HAVE THE BUSHINGS REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE CONTACT STILL EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM EVEN AFTER THE THREE REPAIRS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 51,000. UPDATED 6/21/10 *CN UPDATED 07/19/10*JB

HAVE A 2005 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER AND ONLY 45,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER FEELING A BAD VIBRATION FOR A WEEK OR SO AND NOISES WHEN MAKING TURNS, I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO WHERE I HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON THINKING THEY HAD DEFECTIVE DETAILS TO THEM. COME TO FIND OUT THAT THE FRONT BEARINGS ARE BAD ALREADY. THINKING TO MYSELF THAT THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING IN THIS EARLY OF MILEAGE, I STARTED LOOKING INTO TRYING TO REPLACE THEM MYSELF AS THE COSTS EVERYWHERE FOR THIS REPAIR IS TOO MUCH FOR OUR FAMILY TO BEAR RIGHT NOW. IN LOOKING FOR THE DIAGRAMS FOR THE FRONT END, I CAME ACROSS THIS FORUM WITH 155 POSTS OF THE SAME COMPLAINT ON THIS MODEL CAR FROM 2001 TO CURRENT MODELS, INCLUDING ONE POST OF A LADY WHO LOST HER SON IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS FAULTY PART/ASSEMBLY. I TRUELY BELIEVE THIS WARRANTS FURTHER REVIEW AS IT SEEMS WITH SO MANY OF THE SAME ISSUE (AND THIS IS ONLY WHAT HAD BEEN POSTED, NOT INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO HAD THIS ISSUE AND JUST KEEP PAYING FOR THE REPAIR OVER AND OVER) IT MAKES ME QUESTION THE QUALITY OF CHRYSLER PT'S FOR SURE. PLEASE REVIEW THIS AS IT MAY SAVE SOMEONE'S (INCLUDING MY OWN) LIFE. WEBSITE FOR POSTS FOR YOUR REFERENCE IS HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHRYSLER-PT-CRUISER/TIL09OD8D72ERULQA/P4

2005 PT CRUISER CONVERTIBLE FOG LIGHTS CAME ON WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND PARKED IN PARKING LOT. CAME BACK 1 HOUR LATER AND THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. HAD NO PHONE AND HAD TO WALK 4 BLOCKS IN A DARK VACANT, "SCARY PART OF TOWN" BY MYSELF. CALLED BCAA AND THEY CAME OUT TO GIVE ME A BOOST. THE TECH TOLD ME THIS IS A RAMPANT PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT OIL LEAK. SHE CHECKED THE ENGINE AND SAW THAT THERE WAS AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF OIL INSIDE OF IT. LATER THAT EVENING, THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. WHEN SHE CHECKED THE ENGINE, THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE STICK AT ALL. THE NEXT MORNING, SHE PUT FOUR QUARTS OF OIL IN THE ENGINE. BEFORE LEAVING WORK, SHE PUT TWO MORE QUARTS IN THE VEHICLE AS IT SHOWED THAT SHE WAS TWO QUARTS LOW. BY THE TIME SHE REACHED HOME, THE OIL LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AGAIN. SHE PUT FOUR QUARTS OF OIL AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP THE NEXT MORNING. THE MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT CAM SEAL FAILED AND POSSIBLY CAUSED THE OIL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. WHEN THE MECHANIC RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED, ALL OF THE OIL LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND. THE MECHANIC THEN CALLED HER TO SAY THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE ENGINE PUMP. SHE CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD TO INSTRUCT THE MECHANIC TO INSPECT THE THRUST BEARINGS. THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE THRUST BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT SOMEONE WOULD CALL HER IN 24 TO 48 HOURS (SHE WAS CURRENTLY AWAITING A RESPONSE). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 66,000.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) MALFUNCTION ON THE HEADLIGHT/FOGLIGHT MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH ON A CHRYSLER PT CRUISER 2005, [XXX] (EXPORT VEHICLE, RUNS IN BRAZI). IT STARTED UNWITTINGLY TURNING ON THE FOGLIGHTS EVEN WHEN THE CAR IGNITION WAS OFF, IT LEAD TO DRAIN CAR BATTERIES AND FOR ME TO THINK AT FIRST THAT WAS A PROBLEM WITH MY BATTERY, SINCE WHEN I SAW THE CAR THE FOGLIGHTS WERE OFF BECAUSE IT DRAINED THE POWER. THEN, AFTER A HOT DAY I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT ON A RAINY AND DANGEROUS HIGHWAY AND MY FOGLIGHTS WENT OFF AND I FELT A SMELL OF BURN CABLE AND SMOKE INSIDE THE CAR, SO I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OFTHE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AND GOT REALLY SCARED. AFTER SO MANY DAYS AND SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET I FINALLY DISCOVERED THAT THE BATTERY DRAIN HAD TO DO WITH THE FOGLIGHTS SWITCH. I TOOK ALMOST 6 MONTHS TO DISCOVER IT AND SO MY FOGLIGHTS REFLECTOR STARTED TO MELT AND LOOSE THERE FLEXIBILITY. I WENT TO CHRYSLER DEALERS IN BRAZIL AND THEY SAID THEY CANT DO NOTHING FOR ME SINCE THE CAR IS NO LONGER IN WARRANTY. THE THING IS, THERE IS MORE THAN 550 COMPLAINTS (AND COUNTING) ON A WEBSITE EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM AND WHAT THE MANY DANGEROUS POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES. AND 95% OF THE CARS IN THOSE COMPLAINTS ARE NOT UNDER WARRANTY FROM CHRYSLER MANUFACTURE. NOW I ACTUALLY RUN WITH THE CAR WITHOUT THE FUSE RESPONSIBLE TO FOGLIGHTS. IT COST ME A BRAND NEW BATTERY AND 2 DAMAGED FOGLIGHT REFLECTORS AND THE OBLIGATION OF RUNNING WITHOUT FOGLIGHTS ON HIGHWAYS. (THAT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WITHOUT THE PROPER ILLUMINATION! HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHRYSLER-PT-CRUISER/TF81KHBDLDVT92AH2. *TR