2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER Complaints

FOG LIGHTS CAME ON BY THEMSELVES WHILE PARKED WITH NO KEY IN IGNITION (WHILE AT WORK). COMMON ISSUE FOUND ALL OVER THE INTERNET. CAUSE IS A DEFECTIVE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. SMELLED A BURNING SMELL. REPAIR SHOP WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEMS THROUGH DIAGNOSTICS WHICH WAS BEFORE THE CAR HAD BEEN SEEN DURING THE DAY WITH IT'S RUNNING LIGHTS ON. THAT DRAINED THE BATTERY AND REQUIRED A JUMP START. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. DUE TO OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS LISTED THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET FOR THIS SAME ISSUE WE FEEL A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED AS THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD. THE 15 AMP FUSE (NUMBER 8 ON INTERIOR FUSE PANEL) NEVER BLEW BUT WAS DISCOLORED FROM HEAT. *TR

I GOT THE IN JANUARY 2014 AND I ONLY HAD IT FOR TWO WEEKS AND SHAD TO GO IN THE SHOP AND I TOLD THEM THAT I WAS DIAGNOSIS WITH LUNG CANCER AND I HAVE TO GET BACK AND FORWARD TO MY TREATMENTS AND I NEED A RELIABLE CAR AND WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT THE TIRE ROD WENT THE FIRST TIME THEN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TIRE ROD WENT NOW IT'S THE ELECTRICITY SYSTEM IS ACTING IT AND SINCE I HAD THIS CAR IT BEEN IN THE SHOP EVERY MONTH AND IT DON'T MAKE SENSE THAT I HAVE TO PAY A CAR NOTE AND PAY TO FITS IT TOO I HAVE MISS A LOTS OF TREATMENTS WILL ALL PLEASE HELP ME BECAUSE I HEAR EVERYBODY TALK ABOUT HELPING CANCER SURVIVORS BUT ONLY THING THAT I SEE IS I AM BEEN HURT FIRST IT'S MY CAR NOW THE CITY IS TRYING TO TAKE MY HOUSE THAT MY MOTHER LEFT ME PLEASE HELP ME ALSO YOU CAN CONTACT ME AT [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

HEATED SEATS COME ON BY THEM SELFS AND OVERHEAT CAN NOT TURN THEM OFF UNLESS YOU TURN OFF CAR IT GETS SO HOT IT CAN BURN YOU . *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INDICATING AN AIR BAG MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY CAR STARTED TO OVERHEAT SO I PULLED OVER AND LET IT COOL DOWN. AFTER ADDING MORE COOLANT TO IT I STARTED TO DRIVE IT HOME ONLY TO HAVE IT START TO OVERHEAT AGAIN, SO PARKED IT AT A NEARBY SCHOOL AND LEFT IT OVER NIGHT. UPON GETTING IT THE NEXT MORNING IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND I DROVE IT HOME, WHEN I WENT TO GO START IT AGAIN IT WOULDN'T START. AFTER CALLING MY MECHANIC AND HAVING HIM LOOK AT IT HE INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS WATER IN THE EXHAUST AND I WOULD HAVE TO GET A NEW MOTOR. AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON HERE FOR THE SAME OR SIMILAR THING, IT MAKES ME WONDER WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON THESE SYSTEMS IN THIS PARTICULAR CAR? *TR

VEHICLE PULLED OUT OF BUSINESS COMPLEX TURN IN LEFT ABOUT A CAR LENGTHS AWAY FROM ME WHEN HE PULLED OUT..ATTEMPTED TO STOP BUT VEHICLE WAS TOO CLOSE. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *TR

DRIVING AT 35MPH. SUDDENLY THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THE CAR COASTED/ROLLED DOWN-HILL FOR 1.5 BLOCKS. I STOPPED AT THE FIRST RED LIGHT. THE CAR WOULD NOT RE-START. IT BEGAN TO CRANK BUT WOULD NEVER TURN THE ENGINE OVER. CHECKED THE OIL STICK AND THERE WAS NO (ZERO) OIL ON THE STICK. WE ADDED 4 QUARTS OF OIL. THE OIL DID NOT LEAK OUT OF THE CAR. WE LET THE ENGINE COOL AND TRIED TO START THE CAR. IT WOULD NOT START, IT CRANKED AGAIN BUT DIDN'T TURN OVER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE MECHANIC SHOP. *TR

FOG LIGHTS WON'T TURN OFF, STAYED ON LONG ENOUGH TO RUN DOWN BATTERY. NOT GOOD FOR SINGLE ELDERLY WOMAN VOLUNTEER STUCK IN A PARKING LOT ACROSS TOWN. UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANY, MANY VEHICLES FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS. DID I MISS A RECALL? I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER. WHERE IN THE WORLD WILL I FIND A MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AND SOMEONE TO INSTALL IT? WILL THE COMPANY COVER THE COST? ARE THEY ON A FIXED INCOME? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BATTERY CONTINUOUSLY LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,583.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LEAKING AND CAUSING A GRINDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED A STEERING HYDRAULIC POWER ISSUE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000.