Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 03/01/2011 | 49000 | ||
| Iwas driving and entering the expressway from an on ramp when my check engine light came on after i heard a ding sound. i tried to excellerate and could not go over 20 miles an hour with out the car sputtering as if it was not getting gas. i drove to the nearest off ramp and preceded to a dealership where i had an oil change done on the same car a month prior. i had bought the car used from carmax just 4 months ago and it only had 44,000.the tech said it was probably something minor. when he called to tell me what was wrong it was not minor. the cam and crank position sensors had gone out. at the tune of $491.00 to fix it. i called the operations manager at carmax and all he wanted to say was thank goodness i had bought the extended warranty so it would only be $300.00 for the deductible. i saw that there were others with this same problem. i have had more people tell me that these cars (pt cruisers) have many problems and that something is always going wrong with them. i wish i had never gotten this type of vechile now!!! i am stuck with this car because i cannot trade it in, i would be upside down. hopefully i will not have the oil problems that all the others have had. if i had known they were built in mexico i would not have even thought about buying it. | |||
| 12/06/2010 | 55000 | ||
| 2007 pt cruiser,55000 miles.burst into intense flames while parked in front of a store..fire investigators declared that it was an electrical short that started fire.this car was totaled,product defect division of chysler responded thatt there is no chrysler defect covered with their extended warranty or certified used car warranty.however fire marshall's report states that there was a defective wireing harness which caused the fire.if chrysler is not responsible for defective wireing in their certified and guarantied cars,then who is? | |||
| 08/17/2009 | 59217 | 1 | |
| We have a 2007 in november 2007 the ignition switch fuse started to plow out once every 3 months. it got worse in august16, 2009 it would not stop blowing so we took it to larry miller dodge to have it check and they said it was the ignition switch and it melted some wire under the dashboard. had it all replaced and drove around for a few days started doing it again. i took it back and they hooked it up to there machine and didn't find anything wrong so i left it they told me that it needed to do it in front of them and it did started blowing the ignition fuse right there i left the car with them and the next day they told me it stopped doing it a day later it did it again so i called the main office of larry miller and they told me they would look into it to stay by the phone and they would call me on what to do i did. 2 months later went by and i called them and they said that the guy that was helping me got fired and that they closed the case i have been calling them about every day about this and they said it is my problem not theirs. and now the cooling fan is not working there is something wrong with the electrical system with this car. i am afraid to drive it because i have a little boy with me and am worried something is going to catch fire. *tr | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| 07/16/2009 | 50000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chrysler pt cruiser. while driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle shut off without warning. the vehicle was towed to a repair shop and the mechanic stated that the battery failed. the manufacturer failed to install a protective plate on the battery; therefore, fluid penetrated the computer wiring harness and caused the vehicle to shut off. the manufacturer will be notified. the current and failure mileages were 50,000. | |||