Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 04/20/2008 | 32208 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chrysler pt cruiser. the contact heard a loud humming noise coming from her vehicle. she took the vehicle to a dealer and they stated that the power steering pump failed. power steering fluid leaked out and caused the air conditioner to fail. the unit was replaced at the cost of $1,583. the technician stated that her vin was not included in nhtsa campaign id number 04v268000 (steering:hydraulic power assist:hose, piping, and connections); therefore, they would not assume financial responsibility for the repair. several weeks after the repair, the air conditioning unit failed again. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer on numerous occasions, in which she had to replace the water pump, the throttle body, the radiator, and various components in the powertrain and steering unit. the repairs cost $4,000. typically, the failures immediately recur after the repairs are made. the manufacturer gave her a small reimbursement of $878. the failure mileage was 32,208 and current mileage was 66,500. | |||
| 09/18/2006 | 29902 | 2 | 09/12/2003 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while driving various speeds when depressing the brake pedal, the brakes squealed. the vehicle was driven to the dealer who replaced the front pads and rotors. also, while driving up hill the vehicle lost speed and intermittently when the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle shook. the dealer could not duplicate the problem. | |||
| 11/26/2004 | 40 | 1 | 09/30/2004 |
| I was driving 40 miles an hour and tried to swerve to miss an animal, lost control of the car and pressed on the brake pedal and the car continued accelerating. *jb | |||
| 10/06/2003 | 1 | ||
| When coming to a stop driver would press on the brakes and vehicle would accelerate.*ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 12/01/2004 | 6000 | 6 | 03/26/2003 |
| Vehicle experienced an acceleration problem. owner took the vehicle to the dealer on several occasions, and had several adjustments made. engine light came on when the vehicle was at the dealers, and problem did not duplicate itself. however, the original problem still existed. *ak....*ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 01/14/2008 | 103425 | 3 | 11/20/2004 |
| While driving with cruise control on i tried to press the brake pedal which would not move. i had to disengage the cruise control with the hand control. this is the third time i have had this happen. the brake pedal is frozen in place and will not move with any amount of force. after disengaging and re-engaging the cruise control, the brakes begin to work again. *tr | |||
| 01/25/2005 | 49870 | 4 | 02/21/2003 |
| While on cruise control and going up hill i have to step on the brakes and they would not release. i had to step on the brake pedal several times with increasing force until the cruise control disengauged. i have done thistime on my drive home from work and it requires much more force going uphill then on level ground. the first time this happened there was almost an accident but i had the additional time to step on the brakes several time to get the cruise control to turn-off.*ak | |||