2002 Chrysler Pt Cruiser

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, HAD TO PULL OVER. WHEN CHECKING UNDER THE HOOD THERE WAS OIL ON THE CAP. JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING FINE.....BEFORE THIS INCIDENT MY POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LEAKING, TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THERE WAS A RECALL DEALING WITH THE POWER STEERING AND THE HOSE, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. I TOOK MY CAR TO ANOTHER PERSON HE PUT MY CAR ON THE LIFT AND THERE IT WAS FLUID LEAKING FROM THE HOSE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED BY THE DEALER BUT WASN'T. *TR

I UNLOCKED MY CAR DOORS WITH REMOTE, AND DROVE TO THE STORE, IT WAS DARK OUT SO I HAD MY HEAD LIGHTS ON. WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE STORE AND TRIED TO UNLOCK MY CAR, IT WOULD NOT WORK. SO I MANUALLY UNLOCKED THE DOORS WITH MY KEY. IT WAS VERY COLD WEATHER AT THAT TIME AND MY HEATER WOULD NOT WORK AS WELL THEN I TURNED ON MY CAR TO GO HOME, AND MY LIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON. AND SO I WAS TOWED HOME. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT IN TO A CHRYSLER REPAIR SHOP AND THEY DID A QUICK CHECK ON IT AND SAID THAT IT MIGHT BE THE ELECTRICAL AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THEY CHECKED EVERYTHING OUT WITHOUT TEARING THE ENTIRE CAR APART AND SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH IT. THERE WENT $100.00 OF MY MONEY TO FIND OUT THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO TO GET THE CAR REPAIRED WITH OUT HAVING TO SPEND $1,000.00 PLUS.... WHICH IS A QUOTE BY THE CHRYSLER REPAIR. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR AT NIGHT, DUE TO NO LIGHTS AND NOW THAT WE HAVE HOT 90 TO 101 DEGREE WEATHER, I CAN NOT DRIVE MY CAR DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THE AIR CONDITIONER OR TO ROLL MY WINDOWS DOWN. I HAVE SPENT OVER $3,000.00 IN REPAIRS FOR MY CAR AND I HAVE ONLY HAD IT FOR JUST TWO YEARS. THERE IS ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER WITH MY CAR, THE PROBLEMS ARE HAVING TO REPLACE PARTS AND SOMETIMES HAVING TO REPLACE THOSE SAME PARTS A YEAR LATER WHEN THEY HAVE JUST RAN OUT OF THE WARRANTIES. I HAVE SERVICE RECORDS FOR ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS AND IT IS ALMOST 2 INCHES THICK. I AM ON DISABILITY AND IT TOOK ME OVER A YEAR TO SAVE THE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THIS CAR AND I HAVE NO MORE MONEY TO FIX IT AGAIN... AND I HAVE TO TAKE IT THROUGH DEQ HERE IN OREGON AND IT WILL NOT PASS THEIR TEST DUE TO EXHAUSTION PROBLEMS WITH THE EMISSIONS LEAKING AS WELL. *TR

MY CAR HAS DECIDED TO "SOMETIMES" NOT START AT THE END OF THE DAY. IT RUNS JUST FINE IN THE MORNING, BUT THEN ON MY RETURN TRIP HOME, YOU TURN THE KEY AND NOTHING. THE LIGHTS GO ON, BUT NO IGNITION, NO SOUND OF THE ENGINE TURNING OVER. THREE BATTERY REPLACEMENTS, AND THAT IS NOT THE PROBLEM. CALLED CHRYSLER PERSONALLY AS DIRECTED BY A WEBSITE THAT SITED HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OVER THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM, BUT THEY DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF ANY SUCH COMPLAINT. COMPLAINTS DATE BACK TO 2002. TRIED HAVING OUR TRUSTED MECHANIC LOOK AT IT, BUT SINCE HE CAN'T RECREATE THE PROBLEM, HE IS AT A LOSS. CAR HAS 100K MILES AND RAN FINE UP UNTIL THE START OF SUMMER. *KB

EVERY TIME I UNPLUG MY BATTERY IT TAKES SOME HOURS OF DRIVING BEFORE THE FAN COMES BACK ON AND THAT CAUSES OVERHEATING BY THE TIME THE CAR'S FAN START WORKING AGAIN. WHEN IT OVER HEAT IT BOILS THE COOLANT AND I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE HEATER ON FULL BLAST IN ORDER TO SUPPRESS THE OVERHEATING. AND THE POWER STEERING HOSE IS ON PART OF THE RADIATOR THAT MAKES IT MELT WHEN THE COOLANT GETS TOO HOT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. SHE THEN NOTICED FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD THROUGH THE DASHBOARD OF THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE TURNED OFF, WHICH FORCED THE CONTACT TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE INJURED HER NOSE AND WRIST WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CAUSED BY A VEHICLE DEFECT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 71,300.

2002 PT CRUISER, WAS SERVICED ABOUT 3-4 MOS PRIOR, RUNNING FINE, ALL OF A SUDDEN SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE INSIDE OF THE CAR VENTS, I PULLED OVER WHEN I EXIT THE CAR, I SAW SMOKE AND HEARD SOMETHING IGNITE IN THE HOOD. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR, THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS, THERE WAS NO STALLING OF THE CAR, NOTHING. *TR

CAN WAS DUE FOR INSPECTION THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON THE CAR FAILED FOR EMISSIONS BUT THE CODE THAT WAS GIVEN WAS FOR A POWER STEERING SECTOR SHORTLY AFTER THAT ON MY WAY TO WORK THE CAR JUST STOPPED RUNNING AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I PULLED OVER TRY A FEW TIMES TO START IT BUT IT WOULD NOT START HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A GARAGE I TOLD THAT IT WAS THE TIMING BELT WHICH I HAD REPLACED 2 WEEKS LATER DROVE CAR FOR ABOUT 30 OR 35 MINS WHEN I SHUT THE CAR OFF I HEARD THE WATER IN THE ENGINE BOILING THERE WAS NOT WARNING LIGHTS OR ANYTHING TO SHOW THAT THE CAR WAS OVER HEATED I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED AGAIN AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE IT AND WILL NOT DRIVE IT UNTIL I CAE SEE ABOUT HAVING IT REPAIRED AGAIN THIS IT GETTING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE AND IS COSTING ME TIME AT WORK BECAUSE IM A ONE CAR OWNER LIVING IN A RURAL AREA WITH NOT MANY TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. *TR

WE PURCHASED A 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER WITH A 4 CYLINDER ENGINE. AFTER WE HAD IT A FEW MONTH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE WERE TOLD IT WAS JUST NEEDING TO BE RESET. IN NOVEMBER OF 2007 WE TOOK IT TO PUCKETT DODGE IN SOUTH BOSTON, VA FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND NO POWER. WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE EXHAUST VALVE ON CYLINDER #3. WE PAID THEM 1700+ TO FIX IT AND SINCE JANUARY IT HAS BEEN CODING ON THE OBD CYLINDER MIS FIRE ON #3. WE TOOK IT BACK YESTERDAY AND SINCE THE MILES WERE OVER THE WARRANTY WE WOULD NEED TO PAY TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED AGAIN. WE ARE BOTH RETIRED AND JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX A RECURRING PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE DONE RIGHT THE FIST TIME. MAYBE THE DEALERSHIP DID ALL THEY COULD DO AND IT IS JUST A BAD ENGINE BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME NOR THE MONEY TO HELP THEM SOLVE THIS BEFORE IT BECOMES AND EPIDEMIC. *TR