Consumer Complaint Detail

CHRYSLER / PT CRUISER / 2003

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004288558 Incident Date: Jul, 15 2004
Consumer's City: BROOKVILLE Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: PT CRUISER Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3C8FY78G53T Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 15 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 16 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I have taken my 2003 pt cruiser gt back to the dealer eight times to have a check engine light problem repaired. the first visit to the dealer occured on july 3, 2003 the second visit to the dealer occurred on july 9-12, 2003 the third visit to the dealer occured on august 15-18, 2003 the fourth visit to the dealer occurred on may 7-12, 2004 the fifth visit to the dealer occurred on may 26-27, 2004 the sixth visit to the dealer occurred on june 9th, 2004 the seventh visit to the dealer occurred on june 28th., 2004 (replace leak detection pump) the eighth visit to the dealer occurred on july 16th., 2004 (car towed) general syptoms leading to the light coming on were hard starting several days or weeks prior to light coming on, as well as hesitation under acceleration (occured twice), and the latest incident in which the car completely lost power while accelerating away from a stop sign onto a main road. during the course of my many dealership visits, they have reprogrammed the computer, replaced the solenoid duty cycle purge, contacted chrysler's star technical center and replaced what they claimed to be a bad leak detection pump. upon the last failure, the car was driven back to my residence and the dealer contacted to tow to the dealership. *ak