2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER — Complaint #790939
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS:SWITCH filed June 2, 2010
NHTSA complaint #790939 (ODI reference 10334304) concerns a 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER and was filed on June 2, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 30, 2010. The vehicle had 94,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Arizona based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:fog lights:switch, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHRYSLER PT CRUISER cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:fog lights:switch failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE FOG LIGHTS CAME ON AND CAUSED THE BATTERY TO FAIL. THE CONTROL SWITCH FOR THE FOG LIGHTS CONTINUED TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED ON THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN THE LIGHTS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 94,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 790939 |
| ODI Number | 10334304 |
| Date Filed | June 2, 2010 |
| Failure Date | May 30, 2010 |
| VIN | 3C4FY58B22T |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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