NHTSA Complaint #10183267 — 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER

NEW 2006 PT CRUISER WITH 6700 MILES STARTED DRIPPING OIL AT FIRST, AND THEN LARGE PUDDLES STARTED TO APPEAR. TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER WHERE AFTER A DAY I WAS TOLD THAT THE MAIN CRANK SEAL WAS LEAKING AND BOTH CAM SHAFT SEALS WERE FOUND TO BE WET WITH OIL. DEALER REPLACED CRANKSHAFT SEAL AND CAM SEALS. PICKED UP THE CAR AND THE FOLLOWING DAY THE CAR STARTED TO LEAK PUDDLES OF OIL AGAIN. CAR WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TORN DOWN TWICE IN ATTEMPT TO FIND THE LEAK A DIE WAS ALSO ADDED TO THE OIL TO TRY AND LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. AFTER ONE DAY I WAS OFFERED A LOANER VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THEY FOUND THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK, THE MAIN CRANK SEAL WAS LEAKING AGAIN AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER PARTS. THE NEXT DAY I WAS TOLD WHILE ORDERING THE NECESSARY PARTS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) ISSUED BY CHRYSLER WAS FOUND AND IT STATED A DEFECT WITH THE BLOCK WAS CAUSING THE CRANKSHAFT TO WALK BACK AND FORTH CRUSHING THE SEAL. A NEW ENGINE BLOCK WAS ORDERED AND INSTALLED. *JB