2007 Chrysler Pt Cruiser

AFTER GETTING OUT OF MY CAR AND NOTICING A OIL LEAK ON THE DRIVEWAY, I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE DIAGNOSED IT AS A FAILED FRONT CRANK SEAL. VEHICLE IS MAINTAINED WITH NORMAL MAINTENANCE AND OIL CHANGES EVER 3000 MILES. IT ONLY HAS SLIGHTLY OVER 47000 MILES AND A MAJOR MECHANICAL PROBLEM.. WELL, I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY CANT HELP.. I HAD IT REPAIRED AND ABSORBED THE FULL COST MYSELF..THEN AS OF THIS WEEKEND 12/27/13 I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN...CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY WON'T HELP AT ALL I'M READING ABOUT THIS BEING A PRETTY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2.4 ENGINES ISN'T IT TIME WE HOLD OUT MANUFACTURES RESPONSIBLE??? TO AT LEAST ABSORB SOME OF THE COST FOR PARTS FAILING WAY TOO SOON IN THEIR EXPECTED LIFE...IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON A LONG TRIP I MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN MUCH WORSE SHAPE...VEHICLE WAS 4 QUARTS LOW WHEN I FINALLY ALERTED THERE WAS ANOTHER LEAK.

I PURCHASED MY NEW 2007 PT CRUISER FROM HAYES CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP, INC. IN LAWRENCEVILLE, GA ON JANUARY 27, 2007, WITH 32 MILES ON CAR. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO DRIVE THE CAR AND RETURN IN THREE WEEKS FOR A NEW CAR CHECK AND LIST MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE CAR. AT THIS TIME IN INFORMED THE SERVICE STAFF THAT THE CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE WHEN ENTERING THE FREEWAY AND PASSING OTHER CARS. THE SERVICE STAFF RETURNED MY CAR TO ME INDICATING THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE CAR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AGAIN THE SERVICE STAFF TOLD ME THEY DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SEVERAL TIME AFTER MY INITIAL RETURN EACH TIME THE SERVICE STAFF DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. EACH SERVICE VISIT I INFORMED THE SERVICE STAFF THAT THE CAR STILL DID NOT ACCELERATE. ON A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE I SPOKE TO A NEW SERVICE STAFF EMPLOYEE, TOLD HIM OF MY CONCERN AND DISSATISFACTION WITH THE CAR. AFTER WAITING FOR OVER AN HOUR, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD FINALLY FOUND THE PROBLEM (69K PLUS MILES, 3 YEARS LATER) THE ENGINE HAD MISFIRED CYLINDERS. I WAS TOLD THAT APPARENTLY ALL THIS TIME THE COMPUTER IN THE CAR AND THE ENGINE WERE DISFUNCTIONAL AND DIDN'T COMMUNICATE. THE SERVICE STAFF ATTEMPT TO FIX WHAT I WOULD CALL A DEFECTIVE PARTS. AFTER THE FIX THE CAR STILL DID NOT PERFORM. ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO THE REPAIR FAILED. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I WAS TOLD THAT WHAT WAS FIX HAD BROKEN. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE CHRYSLER CORP. ENGINE TROUBLE SHOULD BE DISCOVERED DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. IT WAS NOT IN MY CASE. IT TOOK THREE YEARS OF ROUTINE OIL CHANGES BEFORE THEY DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE IN MY CAR. I FEEL HAYES & CHRYSLER CORP SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RE-REPAIR. CAN YOU HELP OR ADVISE WHERE I CAN SEEK ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU *TR

DEALER LOOKED AT THE OIL LEAK AND THE TECH INFORMED ME THE FRONT CRANKSHAFT SEAL WAS LEAKING AND THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF PLAY WITH THE CRANK. SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2.4 LITER MOTOR THAT CHRYSLER HAS IGNORED TO REPORT A RECALL. THERE IS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. CHRYSLER HAS KNOWN IT HAS AN ENGINE FLAW AND REFUSES TO CORRECT THEIR MISTAKE. I UNDERSTAND REPLACING THE SEAL WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE PLAY WITH THE CRANK SHAFT, THE SEAL WILL START LEAKING AGAIN. AN OWNER WITH A PT CRUISER UNDER WARRANTY REPORTED THAT CHRYSLER REPLACED THE SEAL SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM. IF THE CRANK HAS TO MUCH PLAY, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE CRANK HAS EATEN INTO THE BLOCK. THE SHORT BLOCK MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. NOT CHEAP BY ANY MEANS. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY STATED THAT BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE THEY WOULD NOT OFFER ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND LOOKS BRAND NEW. THE ENGINE SHOULD GO ANOTHER 100,000 MILES. THIS IS A LEMON ENGINE! *KB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WHEN SHE CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL WAS POURING OUT OF THE CRANK SHAFT AND THAT THE ENGINE WAS SHAKING AND SPINNING, AS A RESULT THE FRONT SEAL WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE LONG ENGINE BLOCK HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN OIL STARTED LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE PREVIOUSLY NOTICED A OIL PUDDLE IN THE DRIVEWAY OF HIS HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED THAT DETERMINED THAT THE SHORT BLOCK IN THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE STALLED AND CAUSED A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,112.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP WAS ILLUMINATED AND SMOKE BEGAN EMITTING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT SEAL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE NEXT DAY, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED AN ABNORMAL OIL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WAS EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT IN THE CRANK SHAFT WHICH CAUSED THE SEAL TO BE PUSHED OUTWARD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE BUT THEY DECIDED TO EXTEND A GOODWILL WARRANTY THAT WOULD COVER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,100.

2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER, FRONT CRANK SHAFT SEAL BLOWN OUT 5 TIME SINCE 2/2008. LEAKING OIL- OVER 1 QUART EVERY 10 MILES. FIXED 4 TIME BY A ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC. CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE WITH THE 2007 PT CRUISER AND THAT IT NEEDS A SHORT BLOCK. FOUND 100S OF ACCOUNTS OF THIS ONLINE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE IT. CHRYSLER REFERRING TO IT AS A SILENT RECALL. OIL LIGHT DOESN'T COME ON AT HIGH SPEEDS COULD LEAD TO AN ENGINE SEIZE. *TR

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.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT, AND THE FRONT SEAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,000. UPDATED 07/21/11 *BF UPDATED 2/29/12 *CN