2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER Complaints

GOODYEAR TIRE MODEL P205/50R17 EAGLE RSA. TIRE KEPT GOING FLAT AND WHEN EXAMINED THERE WAS A CIRCULAR CRACK AROUND THE TREAD, ALMOST LIKE A RETREAD WOULD SEPARATE, CAR WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION UNTIL TIRES REPLACED. TIRES CAME WITH CAR AS AN OPTION. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS AROUND THE SPEEDOMETER ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. EACH TIME THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, THE HEADLIGHTS DIMMED. THE FOURTH TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURRED, THE ILLUMINATION WAS FOLLOWED BY THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAD BECOME COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 01V288000, PERTAINING TO THE UNDER DASH WIRING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. UPDATED 11/30/2006 -*NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKED AND NOT RUNNING, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL IMPACT FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE WHO WAS TRAVELING AN UNKNOWN SPEED. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED.

FOR THE PAST 4 MONTHS MY CAR FOG LIGHTS COME ON FOR NO REASON. WOKE UP IN THE MORNING AND THEY WHERE ON AND IF THEY TURN ON WHILE DRIVING IT SEEMS TO AFFECT THE RADIO NOW WHEN I SHUT OFF THE CAR I PUT TURN SIGNAL ON AND IT SEEMS TO MAKE IT STOP. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER FAILED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2006. THE VEHICLE OPERATED, BUT THERE WERE NO INSTRUMENT READINGS. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 01V288000 REGARDING AN ERROR IN THE INSTRUMENT IN PANEL CLUSTER MICRO- PROCESSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO

REAR BRAKES HAVE NOT WORKED CORRECTLY SINCE CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW IN 2002 (PT CRUISER). REAR BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS MADE A GRINDING NOISE FOR FIRST OR SECOND USE AND THEN THE GRINDING NOISE GOES AWAY. CAR HAS 69,600 MILES ON IT AND I BOUGHT IT NEW. I RECENTLY PULLED THE REAR WHEELS AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE NOT WORN (FOR BOTH REAR WHEELS) AND THE DRUMS HAD RUST STREAKS ON THEM. ALSO, RUST DUST WAS COVERING EVERYTHING. IT APPEARS THAT THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND I PLAN ON REPLACING THE CALIPERS. *JB

2002 PT CRUISER, AT 59000 MILES BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. A YEAR LATER AT 75000 MILES BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS ARE GONE AGAIN AND BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS ARE NOW WORN DUE TO THIS FAILURE, DEALER REFUSES TO COVER ANY OF THE FAILURES. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH THE STEERING. UPON INSPECTION, THE TIRES APPEARED FLAT. THIS BECAME PRESENT AFTER THE RENEWAL OF ALL FOUR TIRES AT A TIRE SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO BALANCED THE TIRES AND PERFORMED AN ALIGNMENT. THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED AND THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY ABOUT THE DEFECT. THE VEHICLE REMAINED INOPERABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO DECLARED THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ON VEHICLE'S OPERATED IN SNOW BELT STATES BUT PROVIDED NO SOLUTION.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT. UPDATED 09/13/06. *JB

THE FOG LIGHTS ON MY 2002 PT CRUISER COME ON BY THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE COME ON DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THIS HAS CAUSED MY BATTERY TO GO DEAD. I HAD TO PULL THE FUSE TO MAKE THEM STOP COMING ON. *JB