general problems of the 2002 Chrysler Pt Cruiser

The contact owned a 2002 Chrysler Pt Cruiser. While driving approximately 40 mph, another vehicle ran a red light and crashed into the front passenger side of the contact's vehicle. The air bag deployed and metal fragments struck the contact's face. A police report was filed. The contact sustained injuries that required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to the contact's residence. The VIN was not provided. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

Takata recall: I was driving north, turning right on a 20 mph curve, when someone heading south, turned left on the curve, went over the line and hit me head on. When I came to, I heard myself screaming that I was on fire! ( but my car was not on fire. ) then I didn't remember anything until I woke up in the hospital. I was covered in this hot powdery substance and I had burns where ever my skin was showing. I had cuts everywhere and dark marks in my skin for years. I had corneal scratches and irritated eyes too, along with dislocated jaw, seat belt injuries and a few other injuries. My tmj specialist realized I had metal in my face, looking at my mri. A few days after the mri, my face swelled up on the right side, my right eye was swollen shut and my face had a huge bump where the metal festered up from the mri, the er lanced it open, found particals but didn't do a biopsy, just threw it away. I never had face surgery or anything like that and it was too high on my cheek to be from dental work. I have documents on accident reports, drs documents, x rays, mri's showing the bloom of metal hiding my broken jaw. I have pictures too of me and deployed airbags. Although I don't have them here to scan. Hopefully I can come back to my form and update any information that is missing. Thank you. My tmj dr and my maxio facial specialist said it had to be shrapnel and they cannot make any proper diagnosis of my tmj or broken jaw. I still have pain and still have shrapnel that has been coming out of my eye area and face for some time. I knew of all of this prior to the takata issues, I haven't been well enough to follow through with you until now. Thank you for your time.

I was driving the kids to school going about 20 mph and none of the airbags deployed. We hit the vehicle in front of us hard enough to break the bar behind the grill and smash into the radiator and ruin it. The bags should have deployed on that kind of impact.

The contact owns a 2002 Chrysler Pt Cruiser. He rear-ended another vehicle while driving 40 mph. None of the air bag deployed. He sustained head injuries. The cause of the failure was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 108,000. Updated 10/19/09 the consumer stated an attachment that was mailed to her that included info about the vehicle was not her.

The contact owns a 2002 Chrysler Pt Cruiser. While driving 30 mph he crashed into a parked vehicle. The vehicle was completely destroyed and none of the air bags deployed. He was transported to the hospital with severe injuries. The vehicle identification number was unavailable. The failure and current mileages were 66,200. Updated 10/27/09. Updated 10/29/09.

For the past tw-three months, either it has stalled in the garage or on a busy thoroughfare. The authorized dealer has replaced transmission, I've had an oil change, we've had rental cars, tow trucks, I've missed church, flight connections, valuable time away from work-fifth time reporting-dealer has done everything-this car is going to be the death of me-it has toxic fumes-and is literally havine me to take it to the dealer and leaving it on the property. How do we contact the president, transmission has been replaced, it has had an oil change, the dealers can't find out what's wrong with it-and I'm ready to turn it in-it has cost me lost wages, time away from events in which I was to speak, and most of all, my sanity. How does one contact dr. Dr. Dieter zetsche, the president? there is no e-mail address. Was there a fire? not yet, but there might be a loss of life if it continues to stall on these busy thoroughfares-it makes no sense.

Horn and radio stopped working. . . I replaced the clock spring. . . And it started all over again after about a month. I have had to replace a radio and speakers because of the intermittent problem. It causes my radio display to "pop" in and out and when it goes out I have no horn. The problem started about a year after I bought the car in 03.

On the 28th of Nov 2002 my wife was involved in an accident. She rearended a pickup truck and it was around 45mph. When she struck the vehicle her airbags never went off. Now she hit the vehicle straight on and if I'm right anything above 25 or more the airbags should deploy. Luckly my wife wasn't injured but she could have been badly injured. I called the company and all they told me was that we should have called then immediately but when something like this happens you don't think about it. I wanted to file a complaint on the defect airbags. The vehicle was repaired and Chrysler said the should 've been notified so they could inspect the vehicle but the insurance company took the vehicle to the body shop right away and they started to repair it while my wife was at work. There was $5,400 in damage to the front end, basically it was completely replaced but the airbags never went off is what has me stumped. It's a 2002 Pt Cruiser.

A white powder substance is leaking from air bag. Dealer replaced airbag and dashboard. The substance started leaking again. The manufacturer stated it was a reaction from paint on the plastic. The consumer gets ill from riding in vehicle. Consumer experiences nausea/headaches, and sore throat when riding in the vehicle. The manufacturer will not tell the consumer what the powder was-replace air bag assembly. The consumer states that the windows slip down in the track by themselves and makes a squeaky/creaking noises when used-may still exist per invoice, and reinstall 2 rubber bumpers in glove box-had to order a new air bag module-second time.

All air bags failed to inflate in a side and front impact crash of 2002 Chrysler Pt Cruiser.

While driving, vehicle was stuck on rail road tracks, when consumer was able to move vehicle from tracks, there was undercarriage damage and right front tire damage, vehicle shut off and both air bags deployed, consumer sustained severe damage to face and chest and was knocked unconscious and is receiving physical therapy, prior to purchase of vehicle, consumer informed dealer that plastic from the airbag was partially sticking out of the steering wheel, but dealer assured consumer this was ok, consumer is also concerned there may be a recall on vehicle.