Chrysler PT Cruiser: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 9 recall campaigns for the Chrysler PT Cruiser, model years 2001 to 2009. NHTSA has 1,532 complaints on file for this model line. 7 of the 9 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Chrysler PT Cruiser NHTSA page | 0 | 3 | 2% | |
| 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser NHTSA page | 0 | 19 | 11% | |
| 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser | 0 | 45 | 26% | |
| 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser | 1 | 117 | 69% | 38,447 |
| 2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser | 3 | 96 | 56% | 476,953 |
| 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser | 1 | 143 | 84% | 438,391 |
| 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser | 2 | 190 | 112% | 439,207 |
| 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser | 3 | 397 | 233% | 826,827 |
| 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser | 5 | 522 | 307% | 2,170,362 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
1,948 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 125.8 | 245 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 107.3 | 209 |
| Suspension | 87.8 | 171 |
| Power Train | 73.4 | 143 |
| Exterior Lighting | 71.9 | 140 |
| Structure | 63.1 | 123 |
| Air Bags | 62.6 | 122 |
| Steering | 61.6 | 120 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 60.1 | 117 |
| Wheels | 48.8 | 95 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Town and Country67 campaigns
- Concorde14 campaigns
- Sebring36 campaigns
- Pacifica43 campaigns
- LHS10 campaigns
- Cirrus14 campaigns
- 300M8 campaigns
- New Yorker22 campaigns
- Lebaron31 campaigns
- Sebring Convertible1 campaign
- 30038 campaigns
- Imperial22 campaigns
- Voyager21 campaigns
- Fifth Avenue6 campaigns
- Chrysler22 campaigns
- Crossfire1 campaign
- 300C2 campaigns
- Sebring Conv0 campaigns
- Town and Country LWB0 campaigns
- PT Cruiser Convertible0 campaigns
- Crossfire Roadster0 campaigns
- Aspen6 campaigns
- Laser5 campaigns
- Cordoba10 campaigns
- E Class4 campaigns
- 20016 campaigns
- Pacifica Plug-In Hybrid12 campaigns
- Newport7 campaigns
- Salon2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Chrysler PT Cruiser: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chrysler/pt-cruiser/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Chrysler PT Cruiser model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2001 with 5, 2005 with 3, 2002 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Chrysler PT Cruiser model year has the most complaints?
- The 2001 model year, with 522 of the 1,532 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Chrysler PT Cruiser name?
- Electrical System: 125.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 107.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Suspension: 87.8 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Chrysler PT Cruiser?
- 5 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.