NHTSA Complaint #10120883 — 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER

CAME OUT TO CAR AFTER WORK TO GO HOME. THE CAR WOULDN'T START, THE IGNITION WOULD TURN ON, BUT THE ENGINE WOULDN'T TURN OVER. I TURNED THE IGNITION ON-OFF-ON TO GET ANY TROUBLE CODES AND WHEN I TOOK THE KEY OUT AFTERWARDS THE "KEY IN IGNITION CHIME" SOUNDED WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR AFTER I HAD ALREADY REMOVED THE KEY. I PUT THE KEY BACK IN THE IGNITION AND TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN, BUT THE IGNITION WOULDN'T EVEN TURN ON, THERE WAS NO DISCERNBLE CLICK AS I TURNED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AT ALL. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME I NEED TO HAVE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED AND THAT IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER SERVICE CONTRACT I HAD PURCHASED WHEN I GOT THE CAR NEW.