2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT HER DASHBOARD WAS CRACKING. SHE RECENTLY NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WAS COMPLETELY CRACKED, MOSTLY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND IN THE MIDDLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,591 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,000.

AFTER REPLACING THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE AUTO WE HAD A SERIES OF PROBLEMS WITH KEEPING THE TIRES INFLATED. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CHROME ON THE RIMS WAS OXIDIZING AND IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH ALL CHRYSLER CORP. CHROME RIMS. WE HAD FIVE (5) FLAT TIRES WITH IN A TWO WEEK PERIOD AND DECIDED TO TALK TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER REGARDING THE PROBLEM. WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT THIS SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE THE AUTO WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. WE THEN CONTACTED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE PHONE NUMBER AND WERE TOLD THEY WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCT BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. WE THEN SENT A LETTER TO CHRYSLER CORP. AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY RESPONSE. AGAIN WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE ARE MANY CHRYSLER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WITH RIMS THAT WILL CAUSE A FLAT TIRE AT ANY TIME AND NO ONE AT CHRYSLER SEEMS TO WANT TO CORRECT THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

A FIXED REAR WINDOW ON A 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER IS COMING LOOSE. THIS IS A RECALL ON AN OLDER MODEL OF PT CRUISER. I ASKED A DODGE DEALER ABOUT IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR MY YEAR MODEL AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT EXTENDED TO THE 2002 YEAR MODEL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CRACK DIRECTLY DOWN THE MIDDLE. THE CRACK BEGAN AT THE VERY EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD IN A HORIZONTAL LINE ALL THE WAY ACROSS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR IT FOR FREE. THE CONTACT REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE HE FEELS THAT IT IS NOT A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

THE MULTIFUNCTION TURN SIGNAL SWITCH ALLOWS STOPS WORKING AND FOG LIGHTS STAY ON MAKING THE BATTERY RUN DOWN AND THE ONLY IMMEDIATE REMEDY IS TO DISCONNECT THE FOG LIGHTS, I PULLED THE FUSE. THERE IS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET. CHRYSLER SHOULD MAN UP TO THIS PROBLEM. SOMEONE COULD GET SERIOUSLY HURT IF THERE IS A FIRE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. DEATH OR EXTREME BURNS COULD COME AS A RESULT OF CHRYSLER NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. WHY DOES IT HAVE TO GO TO SUCH EXTREME MEASURES FOR CHRYSLER TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ELECTRICAL HAZARD. THERE ARE SO MANY INSTANCES OF THIS PROBLEM OUT ON THE WEB, SO I KNOW CHRYSLER CAN'T SAY THAT THEY'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT BEFORE. I WILL SUE IF ME OR ANY OF MY FAMILY ARE HARMED BY THIS ELECTRICAL SHORT. THIS IS JUST A BAD ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND WHEN HE PULLED THE BRAKE HANDLE UP, IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. THERE WAS NO BRAKING ABILITY. HE PURCHASED A PARKING EQUALIZER AND CLIP BECAUSE THE CABLE WAS BURNED AND FRAYED. HE WAS INFORMED AT THAT TIME THAT HE HAD TO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM ASSEMBLY (LEVER, GRIP, HANDLE) RATHER THAN JUST THE 8 TO 10 INCH EQUALIZER CABLE AND CLIP. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 140,085.

CAN WAS DUE FOR INSPECTION THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON THE CAR FAILED FOR EMISSIONS BUT THE CODE THAT WAS GIVEN WAS FOR A POWER STEERING SECTOR SHORTLY AFTER THAT ON MY WAY TO WORK THE CAR JUST STOPPED RUNNING AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I PULLED OVER TRY A FEW TIMES TO START IT BUT IT WOULD NOT START HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A GARAGE I TOLD THAT IT WAS THE TIMING BELT WHICH I HAD REPLACED 2 WEEKS LATER DROVE CAR FOR ABOUT 30 OR 35 MINS WHEN I SHUT THE CAR OFF I HEARD THE WATER IN THE ENGINE BOILING THERE WAS NOT WARNING LIGHTS OR ANYTHING TO SHOW THAT THE CAR WAS OVER HEATED I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED AGAIN AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE IT AND WILL NOT DRIVE IT UNTIL I CAE SEE ABOUT HAVING IT REPAIRED AGAIN THIS IT GETTING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE AND IS COSTING ME TIME AT WORK BECAUSE IM A ONE CAR OWNER LIVING IN A RURAL AREA WITH NOT MANY TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKING ON 2002 PT CRUISER. WATCHING CRACK WORK IT'S WAY ALONG DASH.. ...TODAY HEARD A LOUD CRACK SOUND AND NOW DASH IS CRACKED IN HALF. I DO NOT SEE ANY RECALL INFO FROM CHRYSLER. I WAS TOLD I WOULD NEED TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT DASH. THIS CAR IS GARAGED EXCEPT WHEN WORKING DURING THE DAY. PROBABLY NOT A MAJOR PROBLEM...BUT COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

WE PURCHASED A 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER WITH A 4 CYLINDER ENGINE. AFTER WE HAD IT A FEW MONTH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE WERE TOLD IT WAS JUST NEEDING TO BE RESET. IN NOVEMBER OF 2007 WE TOOK IT TO PUCKETT DODGE IN SOUTH BOSTON, VA FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND NO POWER. WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE EXHAUST VALVE ON CYLINDER #3. WE PAID THEM 1700+ TO FIX IT AND SINCE JANUARY IT HAS BEEN CODING ON THE OBD CYLINDER MIS FIRE ON #3. WE TOOK IT BACK YESTERDAY AND SINCE THE MILES WERE OVER THE WARRANTY WE WOULD NEED TO PAY TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED AGAIN. WE ARE BOTH RETIRED AND JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX A RECURRING PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE DONE RIGHT THE FIST TIME. MAYBE THE DEALERSHIP DID ALL THEY COULD DO AND IT IS JUST A BAD ENGINE BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME NOR THE MONEY TO HELP THEM SOLVE THIS BEFORE IT BECOMES AND EPIDEMIC. *TR

I DECIDED TO DRIVE TO A CITY ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF WAY. NOT KNOWING ON THE WAY BACK I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TIE THE BACK DOOR SHUT. ME, MY BOYFRIEND, AND MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WERE WITH ME. WE HAD WENT INTO A MALL. WHEN COMING BACK OUT I HAD OPENED THE BACK DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPEN TO LET MY DAUGHTER IN. AFTER I HAD HER BUCKLED IN I TRIED TO SHUT THE DOOR AND IT WOULDN'T SHUT. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WE USED SHOE STRINGS AND BELTS TO HOLD THE DOOR SHUT AND MY BOYFRIEND ROAD HOME IN THE BACK TO ALSO HELP HOLD THE DOOR. FOR I DIDN'T WANT MY 4 YEAR OLD TO FALL OUT THE DOOR ON THE WAY HOME. SO FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS I HAD A ROPE TIED FROM ONE DOOR TO THE OTHER DOOR AND MY KIDS HAD TO RIDE IN THE FRONT SEAT TO THE BABYSITTERS A FEW BLOCKS AWAY WHICH IS COMPLETELY ILLEGAL BECAUSE OF BEING 4 AND 5. BUT WHAT WAS I TO DO I'M A SINGLE MOM. THE DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE ME 80 DOLLARS JUST TO TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG AND THEN ANOTHER 80 TO FIX IT PLUS THE PART. NOW I'M HAVING OTHER ISSUES WITH MY 2002 PT CRUISER AND NO MONEY TO FIX IT. *TR