2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser: check engine light

Filed Aug 8, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 147,000 miles · SC

My check engine light goes off and on. Crankshaft and camshaft sensors were reading as the issue according to the odometer code system.. My car shuts off at anytime even while driving in the middle of the road. My battery terminal seems to be weak possibly having shortage moments from time to time. My vehichle will pull one way or the other. My breaks feel like there going to give out or are brand knew . My vehichle makes a noise as if the front cv axels or ball joints need to be greased. My wiring and engine is my main concern. My AC doesn't work my radiator seal has been replaced my car will make a guzzling noice due to the coolant . The list goes on. I bought my vehichle approx. 4months ago. The issues have progressed over the past month.

Filed Jun 5, 2016 · Transmission · 83,500 miles · CO

Engine starts and runs, but as soon as I put it into any gear but park, the car immediately dies. It will restart, but again dies when placed in a gear. The check engine light came on so I had my mechanic look at it. He checked for codes and this is the code that came up (p0601). It has 83500 miles. He says it need a new computer. This initially started backing into traffic, the car just quit. I started it back up and went to put it in drive and it again quit. This happens over and over, until someone pushed me out of the street. Car is now parked until it is repaired.

Filed Oct 29, 2015 · Fuel system · 69,000 miles · CA

Buyback request: my 2002 pt cruiser was bought new, with an extended warranty. It was disabled by foothill chrysler ' jeep in foothill ranch ca, while performing a factory recall. It has not been used since then, because it is illegal to drive it. I took it in for 60k mile maintenance ($399). The mechanic demanded that I allow them to do a recall for the 'secondary fuel pump seal', which they did incorrectly, so the red 'check engine' light refused to shut off. The car will not pass the california smog requirement. Chrysler was then sold to fiat, and foothill ranch chrysler jeep then went out of business, before they were able to fix it. My vehicle has been disabled, and has been stored on my driveway since 2009, where the neighbors have been complaining. The dealer had insisted that they fix a recall. I declined three times, then reluctantly said yes. Four hours later he said they had a problem, the red 'check engine' light refused to go off. I paid $399, and scheduled another appointment. Recall work involved replacing the gas cap and other parts. For a third appointment, I was charged $250. I paid for the red light repair 5 times, for a total of $800. I drove the car with the red light on. Six months later, I went to them for the smog check, but the chrysler dealer was gone, replaced by a mercedes benz dealer. I was unable to smog my car, or to have the recall work done. Chrysler was then bought out by fiat. Sergio marchione replied to take the car to a different chrysler dealer, but I couldn't legally drive it. The car is worth $6,000 and needs $2,000 worth of work, to fix their faulty recall work. After spending $800 to repair their faulty recall work, I will have a car that doesn't run. It is their fault. I would like to return the car to them, and either get a refund of $6,000, or apply it to the cost of a replacement car that runs.

Filed Apr 21, 2013 · Engine · 12,000 miles · AR

Car has been overheating when AC is put on. Overheating while idling sometimes. I have spent over $2000 trying to fix it. It's not head gasket or heads according to 2 shops. I called chrysler, they said no complaints about cooling system have ever been reported. I filed a complaint. Shops have changed everything and can not find the problem. Check engine light stays on even after everything has been replaced. There should be a recall!!

Filed Jan 13, 2011 · Electrical, Fuel system · 85,000 miles · WV

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 chrysler pt cruiser. The contact stated that when the check engine light came on, the vehicle began to malfunction. The vehicle was also burning oil and leaking fuel excessively. The speedometer displayed that the speed was 70 MPH while the vehicle was in the park position. When the contact tried to shift gears from reverse into the park position, she had to put the vehicle in drive and then reverse. The dealer stated that the input/output speed sensor, third gear ratio and the fuel pump mounting flange on the vehicle malfunctioned. The dealer also stated that the federal safety agency recall campaign number 02v215000, fuel system and recall campaign number 01v288000 for the electrical system; did not apply to her VIN. The failure mileage was 85000 and the current mileage was 98100.

Filed Jun 3, 2009 · Body, Electrical · 98,000 miles · FL

I purchased my 2002 chrysler pt cruiser a few years ago now. I have sent chrysler many letters about these problems. The most recent incident was very scary. I bought the car at about 31,000 miles. About a month later my paint started peeling off of the front bumper and my dash started to crack. Mind you I keep my car garaged and it is washed and waxed regularly by a shop that I have used for years with no problems. I went back to the dealer I bought it from and they were gone. So I contacted my next closest dealer. They said they could not do anything for me. About a month after that my cpu went out which was covered under the extended warranty that I purchased. They had to replace it twice before it finally lasted more than a day. Then my dash completely crumbled. It cracked from the windshield to the front in the center and on both sides. I wrote a letter and email with no answer. I then contacted chrysler by phone and the lady told me to f%*k off and hung up on me. So I gave up. Obviously I was not going to get anywhere with them. Then about 3 months ago my check engine light came back on. I took my car to a friend who is a licensed mechanic and he scanned it on the computer and said it was my cpu again! I took it to the dealership and was told my warranty had expired. So I wrote another letter because this repair was going to be $1400.00 dollars. No response. But the scariest was about 2 weeks ago I was driving with my 13 month old niece in the car and smoke started coming from the left hand side of my steering column. I almost had got in a wreck trying to get us to safety. The smoke stopped so I figured whatever it was done for now. We were on the side of the road in a not so desirable neighborhood at night so I decided to take my chances with the car. We headed off on our way and my headlights started flickering. I parked the vehicle at home and the next morning my fairly new battery was dead. My flood lights would not turn off and had been on all night.

Filed Apr 27, 2008 · Engine · 102,700 miles · NJ

Can was due for inspection the check engine light was on the car failed for emissions but the code that was given was for a power steering sector shortly after that on my way to work the car just stopped running as I was driving down the road I pulled over try a few times to start it but it would not start had the car towed to a garage I told that it was the timing belt which I had replaced 2 weeks later drove car for about 30 or 35 mins when I shut the car off I heard the water in the engine boiling there was not warning lights or anything to show that the car was over heated I had to have the car towed again and have not been able to drive it and will not drive it until I cae see about having it repaired again this it getting to be very expensive and is costing me time at work because im a one car owner living in a rural area with not many transportation options.

Filed Apr 22, 2008 · Engine · 65,000 miles · VA

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 a bad engine but we don't have the time nor the money to help them solve this before it becomes and epidemic.

Filed Jul 27, 2006 · Electrical · 50 miles · VA

From the first month that I purchased my vehicle the engine light has been on more than off. I read the owners manual and it said that it was a vacuum issue and it would correct itself. The dealership charged me to diagnose and to fix it but now I see that there was a the federal safety agency 01v288000 on a cluster panel issue. Why was I charged for something that a dealership should check for to see if it is a known defect?

Filed Nov 5, 2004 · Electrical · 37,180 miles · CA

Your campaign number the federal safety agency 01v288000. On october 31st the cluster panel in my 2002 pt cruiser failed - air bag, brake and engine light lit up on panel and won't go off. Called chrysler, they deny there is a recall. Car is in shop and they want to charge me $692.00 to fix.

Filed Jul 19, 2002 · Steering, Transmission · MO

In three instances on the interstate highway the pt cruiser will downshift into first gear where it will remain after the check engine light appears. This has happened all times when driving, in excess, of 45mph. After the problem, the pt cruiser can be driven, but is limited to crawling along at 15 - 20mph. We have taken the car to 2 different dealerships for repair, however the problem has not been corrected. Currently, this is the 34th cumulative day in the shop, and a total in 37 days in the last 3 months.