general problems of the 2003 Chrysler Pt Cruiser

My exterior front lights are very dull and aren't bright when turn them on.

I had purchesed a used 2003 Pt Cruiser and on the hwy home short time later I heard clunking sound three times first when merging onto hwy from car dealership. Futhermore, about 10 min into my hwy drive home I became frightend when my car ended up having a mind if its own and stared going to the left so I tried to turn stearing wheel towards right and I was unable to correct it for few seconds and ended on the otheride of white line just about off hwy and into gravel but at that point I seened to regain control of my car stearing and proceeding back beteeen yellow and white line on the hwy, following was another incident was when I came to complete stop following with left turn (started to make a clunking sound even louder). Durning my route I made a right turn the sound again. I ended up taking it to a dealership to take a look at . The mechanic said he knew at one point they had a safty recall on the suspension for pt crusiers because they could cause injury with motor vehicle accidents due to loss of control as a result of lower contol arm /sway bar / and bad ball joints which I personally prob expericend on my way home following my purchese of the car. The mechanic I spoke to checked my VIN number and it did not have a recall on it however there was recalls for a set amount and that mine wasnt one of them but shoukd have been and that I should inform " NHTSA "about my situation because there could be others experiencing same situation due to malfunctioning parts because a malfuction can happen to even after market parts can lead to deadly accidents even death because of loss of control. I strongly agree with mechanic that the recall should be updated even on the after market parts for the suspenion such as control arm and called for every 2003 pt crusier gt because of loss of control that almost caused me to be in accident even could of been fatal. Thank you.

On the way home from work my vehicle began smoking. The next exit off the freeway i80 was taken. As I exited my vehicle became hard to steer. I was able to get it to the closest auto repair shop which was firestone. The power steering hose had a leak which caused the smoke and my vehicle being hard to steer. After 3 attempts with firestone and them consulting with chyrsler service department in fairflied, California I had my vehicle towed to my mechanic. He also had trouble getting the new hose to fit on my vehicle. My mechanic also consulted with the Chrysler service department in antioch, California. They assured him that was the correct replacement hose that Chrysler had replaced because the original hose had been recalled and they no longer carried the orignal hose. The only problem is my mechanic nor the firestone mechanics could get it to fit. I have contacted Chrysler several times with them not taking reponsibility for the non fitting hose as the claim my VIN is not one of the vehicles affected. Attached you will find the original recall notice sent to me in 2011, the letter I sent to the address on the recall notice and all the receipts of attempts to fix my vehicle. The letter I sent to the address on the recall notice was returned as "unable to forward". I'm hoping other pts with VIN not listed had the same problem as I and can cause Chrysler to repair and reimburse such vehicles.

I purchased the car and right from the start ive had to replace the wheel bearings , I have had to do so 3 times already within the short amount of time I have had the car , there has been no unusual stress on the bearings to make them wear out , now in my experience I have never had to replace a wheel bearing on a car with anything less than 100k mi on it , let alone 3 times , I dont know what to make of it, also im having stalling/rough idle problems that no one can seem to figure out it has stalled 5 times already and regularly idles rough, these problems are not normal and cannot be figured our ,I've replaces several parts including the erg valve pvc valve spark plugs and wires the iac cleaned the throttle body and the carb and im still having these issues.

The contact owns a 2003 Chrysler Pt Cruiser. The contact stated the power steering hose was leaking on the engine. The contact also heard a loud noise and the smell of burning fumes emitting into the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed that the hose and motor mount needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not offer any assistance since her vehicle was not included in any recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 37,000 and the current mileage was 42,000.

Year: 2003 make: Chrysler model: Pt Cruiser engine: 2. 4l turbocharged componenet: power steering high pressure hose the power steering pressure hose was rubbing up against the transmission of the vehicle listed above. The result of the power steering pressure hose ruptred due to contact with the hot transmission during normal driving. This has been the first incident since the owner purchased the vehicle. The owner purchaced new power steering pressure hose and had it installed at a local automotive shop.

The contact owns a 2003 Chrysler Pt Cruiser. The contact stated that the steering rack on his vehicle malfunctioned. His wife stopped at a stop sign and experienced extreme difficulty when attempting to make a turn. The vehicle was diagnosed by the dealer. The current and failure mileages were 30,234. Updated 03/13/08. The steering gear was replaced.

Tires are firestone eagle p205/55/16. I have had trouble with a front shimmy since I purchased the vehicle. I have had it looked at and had re-balancing and wheel alignment to no avail. The reason I suspect the tires is that I had some firestone tires in the past do exactly what I am expereincing. I purchased the car used with 15000 miles on it. The original owner was expereincingthe same shimmy. The car at slower speeds begins to rock from side to side. I was told the last time that I had it looked at, that there was something wrong with the tires.