2007 Chrysler Pt Cruiser

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 CHRYSLER RESPONDED THAT 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 WIRING HARNESS WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE. IF CHRYSLER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFECTIVE WIRING IN THEIR CERTIFIED AND GUARANTEED CARS,THEN WHO IS? *LN

ON 12/6/10, I WAS IN MY 2007 PT CRUISER WHEN I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I WAS PROCEEDING STRAIGHT THRU AN INTERSECTION WHEN A 1993 NISSAN ALTIMA TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF ME (WAS COMING FORM DIRECTION OPPOSITE ME), STRIKING ME DEAD CENTER OF MY FRONT BUMPER. THE CRASH DID THE FOLLOWING RESULTING DAMAGE TO MY PT CRUISER: RADIATOR SMASHED, RAD. SUPPORT BROKE, ALL WIRES ON WIRING HARNESS CUT (INCLUDING THE WIRE TO THE AIRBAG SENSOR--THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY), HOLE BUSTED INTO MANIFOLD, FRONT BUMPER ASSEMBLY TORN OFF, HOOD BENT/CAUSED RIGHT-SIDE PASSENGER DOOR TO JAM, BROKE STARTER COMPLETELY OFF, AND A MULTITUDE OF OTHER THINGS. AS A RESULT OF THE SEVERE DAMAGE, MY PT CRUISER WAS DEEMED UNFIXABLE AND WAS TOTALED. THIS WRECK OCCURRED AT A SPEED OF LESS THAN 25 MPH! WHAT GETS ME IS THAT IF THE SPEED HAD BEEN ANY GREATER, MY PASSENGER AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED/POSSIBLY EVEN FATALLY BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING AIRBAG PROTECTION. THE MECHANIC AT THE BODY SHOP WHERE MY CAR WAS TAKEN CAB CONFIRM THIS---I HAVE COPIES OF PICTURES THAT WERE TAKEN OF THE CAR, ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE REPORT THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE INSURANCE COMPANIES INVOLVED. SOMETHING NEED TO BE DONE ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE WIRING HARNESS/AIRBAG SENSOR WIRE SO THAT NOTHING SEVERELY HAPPENS TO ANOTHER DRIVER. I WILL NEVER, NEVER EVER HAVE/PURCHASE ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT---THIS WIRING HARNESS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP! THERE WERE NO INJURIES, EXCEPT FOR A SORE KNEE (MINE), WHICH I DID END UP GOING TO THE HOSPITAL LATER WHEN THE PAIN IN MY MUSCLES/TENDONS GOT TO SEVERE---NO BONES WERE BROKEN---JUST SORE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH WHEN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE QUARTER GLASS WINDOW CAME OUT. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2005-2006 MODEL YEAR, BUT NOT ON HIS MODEL YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN 2006. THE RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER WAS 07V149000 AND IT WAS FOR VISIBILITY, BECAUSE THE REAR QUARTER GLASS WINDOW CAN COME LOOSE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WAS 62000. UPDATED 12/03/10. *LJ UPDATED 1/25/11 *CN UPDATED 02/07/11*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE BUSHINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD, THE TWO FRONT TIRES SHOOK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BUSHINGS REPAIR WOULD BE PERFORMED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE SHAKING SEEMED TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE AIR BAG LIGHT BEING ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 16,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000.

2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER ABOUT 63,300 MILES. CONSUMES ABOUT 4 QUARTS ABOUT EVERY 2500 MILES. I HAVE NOTICED THIS SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2008. IT SEEMS TO BE INCREASING WITH MILEAGE. I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS REALLY NO POINT IN CHANGING THE OIL BECAUSE I REPLACE ALL OF IT BEFORE THE 3000 SO I AM JUST REPLACING THE FILTER. *TR

MY 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER IS CONSUMING TWO QUARTS OF OIL A DAY. IT STARTED USING THIS AMOUNT OF OIL ONCE THE CAR REACHED A MILEAGE OF 40,000. THE PT CRUISER IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO TRAVEL ON THE INTERSTATE. I AM ONLY ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY; WHERE IT WILL BARELY GET UP TO TWENTY MPH. THE CURRENT MILEAGE AS OF 8/28/10 IS 52,736 AND I RECEIVED THE CAR WITH 36,000 MILES EARLIER THIS YEAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEEDS. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT WOULD NOT RESPOND AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A GARBAGE BIN. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 36,600 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,000. UPDATED 11/16/10*BF THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM. UPDATED 11/23/10*JB

PT CRUISER HYDRAULIC CLUTCH NOT WORKING PROPERLY IN HOT WEATHER. DEALER TRIES TO REPLACE ENTIRE CLUTCH AND SAYS THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL THEY DO THE $1400 CLUTCH JOB. PROBLEM LIES IN EITHER SLAVE CYLINDER OR IMPROPER BLEEDING AT FACTORY AND AT DEALER ON MINE WHEN THEY CHANGED CLUTCH, SHIFTER CABLES, TRANSMISSION AND SLAVE CYLINDER AND STILL DOES IT. PROBLEMS MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT INTO 1ST AND 2ND GEAR WHEN HOT. WORKS IN EARLY MORNING OR COLD WEATHER. *TR

2007 CHRYSLER T CRUISER. CLUTCH FAILS TO DISENGAGE RESULTING IN DRIVER BEING UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS ON THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND RESULTING IN DIFFICULTY IN STOPPING THE CAR. THIS PROBLEM IS A RESULT OF THE PRESSURE PLATE FAILING AND IS NOT COVERED BY THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH PRESSURE PLATE FAILURE IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF IN MOST CARS. MOST OWNERS ARE UNAWARE OF THE ACTUAL CAUSE AND TRY REPAIRING THE HYDRAULIC PORTION OF THE CLUTCH SYSTEM. THIS APPEARS TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM IN THE PT CRUISER WHEN ONE CHECKS ON THE INTERNET AND SHOULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN A RECALL OF THESE VEHICLES. *TR