2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER Complaints

REPEATED WHEEL FAILURES CAUSING TIRE SEALS TO LEAK AIR. MULTIPLE TIRE REPLACEMENTS (5), MULTIPLE SEAL FAILURES RESULTING IN AIR REPLACEMENT. I AM FORCED TO CHECK MY TIRE PRESSURE EVERY TIME I USE MY VEHICLE SINCE I CANNOT TRUST THAT THE SEALS HAVE HELD OR FAILED AT ANY GIVEN TIME. EVERY AUTO REPAIR AND TIRE SPECIALIST I HAVE SPOKEN WITH IS WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. SO FAR I HAVE SPOKEN TO 3 DIFFERENT AUTO REPAIR SPECIALISTS AND 4 TIRE SPECIALISTS. THE "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN" OPTION BELOW ONLY AFFORDS ME 1 ENTRY, BUT, THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2013.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, SMOKE WAS PRESENT UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER DRIVING A SHORT DISTANCE, THE DRIVER PULLED OVER, LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD, AND DISCOVERED FLAMES COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

DETAILS OF ACCIDENT LISTED IN POLICE REPORT.I WAS DRIVING MY2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER WHEN BEING CHASED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN ROAD RAGE WHICH CAUSED MY CAR TO GET HIT BY ANOTHER CAR WHICH IS LISTED IN POLICE REPORT.MY PASSEGER AND I RECEIVED BODILY DAMAGES SUSTAONED BY THESE AIRBAGS MY PASSENGER WAS STRUCK BY AN OBJECT THAT WAS INTACT WITH THE AIRBAG ..LACERATION ABOVE LEFT EYE, BROKEN EYESOCKET,BROKEN NASAL PASSAGE,FRACTURED RIBS PASSENGER WILL NEED FACIAL SURGERY DUE TO AIRBAG IMPACTS SEATBELTS WHERE WORN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.I ALSO HAVE PHOTOS AND HOSPITAL RECORDS OF PASSENGERS INJURIES.PLEASE CONTACT MR.ARTHUR INGRAM OR JACOB PATTERSON AT NUMBER PROVIDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT POWER STEERING FLUID WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT USED TWO QUARTS OF POWER STEERING FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING PRESSURE HOSE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V268000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 118,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. AFTER PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, THE ENGINE STALLED AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AT IDLE AND SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. CANNOT RESTART. REPLACED CAM SENSOR, AIR INTAKE, PLUGS, ETC. HAS HAPPENED 8-10 TIMES IN THE 3 MONTHS WE HAVE OWNED THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A SEAT CUSHION PLACED ON THE DRIVER SEAT AND, WHEN IT WAS REMOVED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A LARGE BURN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 202,078.

I WAS PREVIOUSLY HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR. I WAS TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY AND I LOST MY 2ND GEAR. I CURRENTLY CAN USE ALL OF THE GEARS IN MY MANUAL TRANSMISSION EXCEPT 2ND.

THE LOWER CONTROL BUSHINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES IN 46,197 MILES OVER 12 YEARS. THE LAST TIME CONTROL ARM AND BUSHING WERE REPLACED. FIRST TIME WAS 5-21-07 WITH 20,204 MILES ON THE CAR. SECOND TIME WAS 5-21-08, ONLY ONE YEAR LATER, 22,309 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, JUST OVER 2000 MILES FROM A YEAR AGO WHEN IT WAS DONE. THE DEALER COVERED IT BECAUSE IT WAS WARRANTY FROM A YEAR AGO. WONDER IF IT WAS EVER DONE THE FIRST OR SECOND TIME. WE JUST HAD THE CONTROL ARM AND BUSHINGS REPLACED 5-27-2015 AT 46,197 MILES. NOW THE DEALER ORIGINALLY TOLD MY WIFE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 80,000. WOW LOOKS LIKE A MAJOR ISSUE FOR THEM.

CAR STOPPED AT RED LIGHT. ENGINE DIED AND SMOKE BEGAN TO RISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THEN FLAMES SHOT OUT. DRIVER COULD NOT GET DOOR OPEN AT FIRST THEN AFTER SHORT TIME LOCKS RELEASED AND DRIVER WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE. FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED FLAMES AND SAID FIRE APPEARED TO BE STARTED BY FLUID LEAKAGE. THIS MODEL HAD BEEN SUBJECT TO RECALL DUE TO FIRES. CAR HAD RECALL FIX ON 9/23/04. IT NOW APPEARS THE RECALL FIXES WERE NOT PERMANENT AND THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM CAN RECUR. IT IS POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING. ATTEMPTS TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. CHRYSLER STONE WALLED AND FALSELY RIGGED THEIR RESPONSE PROCEDURE SO AS TO AVOID ANY RESPONSIBILITY. CHRYSLER REFUSED TO ALLOW ME TO SPEAK WITH ANY PERSON IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY. THE CLERKS I SPOKE WITH STATED THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE IN TOUCH WITH ME. FINALLY AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE AT CHRYSLER, AND AFTER MORE THAN ONE MONTH FROM ORIGINAL CONTACT, A LETTER DATED MAY 13, 2015 WAS RECEIVED FROM CHRYSLER STATING THEY HAD TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES TO CONTACT US AND THE CLAIM WOULD BE DROPPED IF WE DID NOT RESPOND IN 10 DAYS. THIS QUITE SIMPLY IS A LIE! NO ATTEMPT WAS EVER MADE TO CONTACT US, EVEN AFTER WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER ON THREE OCCASIONS ASKING TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE. THE LETTER INSTRUCTED US TO CONTACT DEKRA AUTOMOTIVE TO ARRANGE AN INSPECTION. WE DID AND GAVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION ONCE AGAIN. WE OFFERED TO SEND PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE BUT DEKRA WAS NOT INTERESTED. ON MAY 27 WE RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THEY WERE UNABLE TO INSPECT THE CAR SINCE IT HAD BEEN SOLD (SALVAGED) AND WERE CLOSING THE FILE. THUS, CHRYSLER HAD CREATED CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGH OBFUSCATION AND MANIPULATING THE RESPONSE TIME WHICH THEY FELT RELIEVED THEM OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY, EVEN THE NEED TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE WITH US. THIS FIRE HAZARD STILL EXISTS.