Wheel Bolts Problems of Chrysler Pt Cruiser

The contact owns a 2005 Chrysler Pt Cruiser. The contact was having new tires installed on her vehicle when one of the lug nuts suddenly came off the front passenger side tire. The other three lug nuts were found to be extremely loose. The mechanic stated that this was a very common issue with the Pt Cruisers and recommended not to drive the vehicle because a tire could fall off at any moment. The contact believes that a recall should be issued since this was a common failure. The vehicle has not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were 75,000.

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The vehicle has oem chrome alloy wheels. Due to corrosion the tires will not properly seal and the tires constantly leak air pressure. Due to corrosion the nuts and lugs do not screw on/off with normal torque. Due to corrosion the center caps will not stay securely on the wheel.

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Consumer states vehicle was driving with a lose lug nut and a broken lug nut on the left rear wheel. Vehicle was tow to the dealer. Nlm.

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I do not believe the dealers answer that bolts were loose as either I or my personal mechanic are the only parties that work on the vehicle ( wheels last removed July 01 for rotation ). Or that the vehicle hit a tremendous chuck hole . I was on a newly surface concrete road. .