2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

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....

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

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...

2002 PT CRUISER, REGULARLY MAINTAINED AND WITH 50, 000 MILES ON IT CURRENTLY HAD AN EPISODE OF OVERHEATING. WHEN CHECKED, ONE OF THE SOFT PLUGS (FREEZE PLUGS) HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND ALL THE COOLANT HAD LEAKED OUT. PLUG WAS REPLACED, CORRECT COOLANT PUT IN, RAN FINE FOR 2 WEEKS. OVERHEATED AGAIN, STOPPED DRIVING IT AND HAD THE RADIATOR FLUSHED AND NEW CAP INSTALLED. DRIVING HOME (30 MINUTES) OVERHEATED WORSE THAN BEFORE FLUSH AND NEW CAP. NEW MECHANIC SAYS NEEDS A NEW RADIATOR (LEAKING AND CLOGGED) AND THE #1 CYLINDER HAS WATER IN IT SO THE HEAD MUST BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC SAID THIS IS THE 2ND 2002 THEY'VE SEEN IN 2 WEEKS, AND HE'S DONE 5 OTHERS THIS YEAR. AND THIS IS NOT A LARGE CITY - AND ONLY ONE MECHANIC. MAY FORUMS SEEMS TO BE FILLING WITH MESSAGES ABOUT THIS OVERHEATING ISSUE AND THE WARPING OF THE ALUMINUM HEADS....

FIRE IN ENGINE DEPARTMENT. *TR

BOUGHT A 2002 PT CRUISE NEW. BEFORE THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY RAN OUT THE WATER PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED AND AT THE 36,000 MARK THE HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOW AT JUST OVER 60,000 THE WATER PUMP AGAIN HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOW I NOTICED IT IS STARTING TO RUN ON THE HOT SIDE. I AM SO AFRAID IT IS THE HEAD GASKET AGAIN. *TR

MAY 17, 2003 WAS THE MOST RECENT EPISODE. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE 5 TIMES FOR OVERHEATING. THEY'VE BEEN UNABLE TO SATISFACTORILY FIX THE PROBLEM OR ADMIT IT'S A DEFECT. I'VE LODGED COMPLAINTS WITH CHRYSLER CORPORATE, BUT THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE THE VEHICLE. THE ONLY RESOLUTION THEY'RE WILLING TO OFFER IS EXTENDED COVERAGE, WHICH WON'T KEEP MY CAR FROM OVERHEATING EVERY TIME I ATTEMPT A TRIP LONGER THAN 30 MINUTES.

WWW.PTCRUISERPROBLEMS.COM MY PT CRUISER CONSUMES OIL AT THE RATE OF A QUART OR MORE EVERY THOUSAND MILES. AFTER SEVERAL FAILED REPAIR ATTEMPTS FERMAN REACQUIRED IT FROM HIM, REPLACING IT WITH A NEW ONE FROM THE LOT. I PURCHASED MY 2002 PT CRUISER TOURING LIMITED ON 5/20/2002 WITH ONLY 4,780 MILES FROM: FERMAN AUTOMOTIVE HTTP://WWW.FERMANAUTO.COM. MY PT CRUISER EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT THE TIME OF THE FIRST OIL CHANGE. IT CONSUMED ABOUT ONE QUART OF OIL EVERY 500 MILES. THE FIRST ACTUAL ATTEMPT AT REPAIR FERMAN MADE WAS TO REPLACE THE VALVE COVER GASKET, THIS FAILED. SECOND REPAIR ATTEMPT WAS REPLACING THE ENGINE THEY TOLD ME. THEY ONLY REPLACED THE SHORT BLOCK, AND THIS ALSO FAILED. I SENT A VEHICLE DEFECT NOTIFICATION TO THE MANUFACTURE AND ONE TO THE STATE TO START THE LEMON LAW PROCESS. CHRYSLER CORPORATE OFFICE SENT THE REGIONAL LEAD TECHNICIAN TO OVERSEE THE LAST...

202 PT CRUISER - ENGINE FIRE - CAR TOTALLED - REPORTED TO CHRYSLER AND GOT A LETTER SAYING THEY WERE CHECKING INTO IT - NOTIFIED THE GENERAL MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP - NOTIFIED THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP - TRIED TO CHRYSLER SEVERAL TIMES BY E-MAIL, FAX AND PHONE - AS OF TODAY I AM STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM. SAW AN ARTICLE IN THE SAC BEE THIS WEEKEND ABOUT OTHER ENGINE FIRES - WANT TO REPORT THIS ONE - WANT CHRYSLER TO MAKE THIS RIGHT - PLEASE HELP. I HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT AND PICTURES. THANKS, WENDY DONOM. *AK

SHORTLY AFTER THE ODOMETER REACHED 500 MILES, THE ENGINE BEGAN IDLING ROUGHLY AND MISSING. CONCERN ABOUT ENGINE FAILURE CAUSING ACCIDENT. RETURNED TO 2 SEPARATE DEALERS. BOTH STATED THE COMPUTER SHOWED NO PROBLEM, BUT SERVICE REPS ADMITTED HAVING OTHER COMPLAINTS. BOTH NOTED CHRYSLER REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PROBLEM.