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pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
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Average Mileage:
46,800 miles
Total Complaints:
5 complaints
Most common solutions:
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engine problem
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2010Jun 07
PT Cruiser Turbo
- Automatic transmission
- 120,000 miles
I am still making payments on this car and I will be driving along and it starts to run really rough and then stalls out. Usually the engine light comes on. I have to remove the battery cable for 10 minutes to get a temporary fix.
2008Oct 01
PT Cruiser Turbo
- Automatic transmission
- 46,000 miles
I have a 2006 PT Cruiser Turbo that began having problems approximately 2 years ago. It runs rough...it stalls....it loses power on the freeway. I've had it in the shop approximately 12 times for same problem. Sometimes the engine light comes on. Sometimes it doesn't. It NEVER does the same thing when it is in the shop. I'm told Chrysler has a policy as to how they handle these problems. However, I was also told nobody else has had this problem.
From reading input here, I know that is not true. I'm afraid I'm going to get killed or cause the death of someone else trying to get out of the way driving down the road. When it stalls and stops, I lose the ability to steer! Has ANYONE found a fix? I bought the extended warranty. That didn't do me any good. I keep paying miscellaneous charges for "checking out" the problem. Today I was told that since Chrysler isn't going to make the PT anymore, this problem would probably NOT get fixed. Has anyonce considered a class action suit?
2007Feb 23
(reported on)PT Cruiser
- Automatic transmission
- 15,000 miles
PT Cruiser had been in the shop 5 times since purchased. It's a brand new 2006 car. There's obviously a major computer problem with the car and every 2 months or so, it shuts down another "computer-controlled" part of the engine. Have contacted Chrysler Corp. for solution but their policy is "as long as dealer "fixes" car, buyer has no recourse directly with them. No new car should be in the shop 5 times during the first year, but Chrysler refuses to stand behind their product and do what's right. They essentially have told me I'm stuck with the car. They would not let me talk to the district manager who made the decision that I'm not entitled to any satisfaction concerning the amount of times it's been in the shop. Not saying all PT Cruisers are bad, but I got a bad one, I understand that, just want Chrysler to show a little respect to their consumers.
2008Dec 03
PT Cruiser
- Manual transmission
- 15,000 miles
My wife and I bought a new 2006 pt cruiser and starting at about 15k miles we have been having an intermittent stalling problem. It happens while sitting at a stop light, or driving down the road. While sitting at a stop light it will start running rough and then die. While driving down the road it will just die, but since it is a manual transmission it will roll start usually within 500 ft. I have had it into the dealership repeatedly and since the car doesn't set a code they tell me they can't find anything wrong. Occasionally the check engine light will come on but the next time I start the car it is off again and there are no codes stored. I feel like the dealership is stringing me along to let the warranty expire. It also intermittently uses oil but I don't know if the two are related. The dealership told me today that 1 quart of oil per 800 miles was acceptable consumption for the pt motor, bullsh*t! that is almost the full capacity of the motor between oil changes.
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2009Sep 09
PT Cruiser Limited Edition 4 cyl
we purchased a 2006 chrysler pt cruiser limited edition last year. two weeks later we tried to take a road trip and it started to stall out on us driving down the highway did it several times on the trip but we assumed it was just bad gas that we bought. we flushed and cleaned everything out thinking it would stop but it just keeps doing it more and more. a very annoying and i feel dangerous problem that should be addressed by the chrysler manufacturer. and on top of that everytime we stop at a red light or try to let it idle it will start spitting and sputtering and stall out.
Christopher L.
Junction City, Kansas, USA
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