Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-06-03 | 04V268000 |
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS | 438,391 | — | Details |
| 2003-03-10 | 03V076000 |
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | 816 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | Front seat belt doesn't engage after many attempts. |
| 2023-12-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The clutch will not disengage every time and never fully disengages. I noticed my car had a recall for this problem in … |
| 2022-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHen the fog lights are engaged, smoke and burning smell appears to be coming inside the steering wheel on the left sid… |
| 2022-01-05 | SEATS | No | 0 | Was warming my car up and drove 2 miles to my mom's house and turned it off. Came out about 30 minutes later and the ca… |
| 2019-11-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I REPLACED MY VEHICLES BATTERY 2 DAYS AGO(NOV 12, 2019)(VERY OLD BATTERY AND WITH THE COLD IN MASSACHUSETTS IT NEEDED T… |
| 2019-03-07 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE WHERE THE RADIO CUP HOLDERS AND THE SHIFTER. CAR IS UNDRIVEABLE DUE TO THE DAMAGE. MY CA… |
| 2019-01-18 | STEERING | No | 0 | MY EXTERIOR FRONT LIGHTS ARE VERY DULL AND AREN'T BRIGHT WHEN TURN THEM ON. |
| 2018-12-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I DON'T TRULY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPEN TO IT N IF IT'S BEEN FIXED BUT I DO KNOW THAT PRIOR IT WOULD HAVE UNCONTROLLABLE SPEED… |
| 2018-09-03 | STEERING | No | 0 | VEHICLE IS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID. FOUND RECALL NOTICE FOR MY YEAR MODEL BUT CHRYSLER SAYS MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDE… |
| 2018-05-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED. TURNED OFF. MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED PREVIOULSY MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN. FOG LIG… |
| 2018-03-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | I HAD PURCHESED A USED 2003 PT CRUISER AND ON THE HWY HOME SHORT TIME LATER I HEARD CLUNKING SOUND THREE TIMES FIRST WH… |
| 2018-01-08 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK AND ST… |
| 2017-08-09 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED OR ELSE THE FOG LIGHTS REMAIN ON AND DRAIN THE BATTERY. |
| 2017-08-09 | WHEELS | No | 0 | WHEEL BEARINGS KEEP GOING OUT. THIS TIME IT AFFECTED MY GEAR SHIFT. |
| 2017-03-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY CAR CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT A DRIVEWAY AND THEN THE WHOLE CAR JUST BURNED TO TOTAL LOSS O… |
| 2016-11-30 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE CHECK ENGINE AND AIR BAG WARNING IN… |
| 2016-10-10 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND TURNING, THE S… |
| 2016-09-05 | WHEELS | No | 0 | REPEATED WHEEL FAILURES CAUSING TIRE SEALS TO LEAK AIR. MULTIPLE TIRE REPLACEMENTS (5), MULTIPLE SEAL FAILURES RESULTIN… |
| 2016-08-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE… |
| 2016-06-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, SMOKE WAS PRESENT UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER DRI… |
| 2016-05-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | On the way home from work my vehicle began smoking. The next exit off the freeway I80 was taken. As I exited my vehic… |
| 2016-03-27 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH, THE FRONT AMBER HEAD LAMPS FAILED, WHICH RESU… |
| 2016-03-27 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | DETAILS OF ACCIDENT LISTED IN POLICE REPORT.I WAS DRIVING MY2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER WHEN BEING CHASED BY ANOTHER VEHIC… |
| 2016-02-06 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT POWER STEERING FLUID WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM… |
| 2015-12-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. AFTER PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, THE ENGINE STALLED AND WAS UNABL… |
| 2015-10-20 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR COMING FR… |
| 2015-09-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AT IDLE AND SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. CANNOT RESTART. REPLACED CAM SENSOR, AIR INTAKE, PLUGS, ETC. HAS… |
| 2015-06-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LITE COMES ON CONSTANTLY AND ENGINE LIGHT IS ON CONCURRENTLY |
| 2015-04-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CAR STOPPED AT RED LIGHT. ENGINE DIED AND SMOKE BEGAN TO RISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THEN FLAMES SHOT OUT. DRIVER CO… |
| 2015-03-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THEN CAUGHT FIRE WITHO… |
| 2015-02-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CAR SHUT DOWN MULTIPLE TIMES ON FREEWAY, TERRIFYING...."WE LIMPED" HOME BEFORE CAR QUIT ENTIRELY.… |
| 2015-01-24 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I WAS PREVIOUSLY HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR. I WAS TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY AND… |
| 2015-01-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE POWER … |
| 2014-11-24 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CLUTCH DID NOT DISENGAGE WHEN THE CLUTCH P… |
| 2014-11-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE WIRING HARNESS MELTED, WHICH CAUSED THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH TO BURN OUT AND RUNNING TAIL LIGHTS TO NOT WORK PROPER… |
| 2014-10-26 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | "TAKATA RECALL" I WAS DRIVING A 2003 PT CRUISER WHEN MY WIFE AND I WERE HIT HEAD ON BY A TRUCK THAT WENT LEFT OF CENTER… |
| 2014-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BATTERY WENT COMPLETELY DEAD AFTER ONLY TWO YEARS. HAD THE BATTERY REPLACED AND NOW THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND THE HEADLI… |
| 2014-03-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT INDE… |
| 2014-03-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAD A PROBLE… |
| 2014-02-27 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE WAITING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE SPARE TIR… |
| 2014-02-22 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, HE STARTED TO LOSE CONTR… |
| 2014-02-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | LOW VOLTAGE LIGHT CAME ON, LOST ALL POWER ON THE HIGHWAY.I HAD TO HIT THE SHOULDER QUICKLY. I THEN TESTED CODE WITH KEY… |
| 2014-02-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WE WERE IN STOP & GO TRAFFIC FOR AN HOUR, THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE SEIZED UP AND STUCK ON. SMELLED BURNING BRAKE SMELL. … |
| 2014-02-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM A PARKING SPACE, THE STEE… |
| 2013-12-17 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE APPROX. 2 YEARS. AT AN EARLIER TIME I HAD USED THE FOG LIGHTS TWICE WITH NO INCIDENT. LATER AND … |
| 2013-11-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | SET CRUISE CONTROL AND THE CAR ACCELERATED RATHER THAN SET AT SPEED. CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE DESPITE APPLICATION O… |
| 2013-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ABOUT 3 THREE YEARS AGO THE HEADLIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING AND THE RADIO LIGHT WOULD TOTALLY GO OUT. NOW THE FOG LIGHTS … |
| 2013-05-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | FORTUNATELY AT A PARKING LOT INTERSECTION, THE RF TIE ROD END SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE CAUSING NO INJURY, DEATH … |
| 2013-04-26 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THE CAR AND RIGHT FROM THE START I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE WHEEL BEARINGS , I HAVE HAD TO DO SO 3 TIMES ALREA… |
| 2012-06-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY 2003PT CRUIZER AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY WATER GAUGE WENT INTO RED ,HAD TO PULL OVER LATER ON CHANGED T… |