CHRYSLER PT CRUISER CONV · model year

2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER CONV

8 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.

NHTSA overall rating

Not crash-tested

New Car Assessment Program

The 2007CHRYSLERPT CRUISER CONV carries 8 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.

Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 2007 PT CRUISER CONV is engine and engine cooling with 2 filings, followed by electrical system (2) and service brakes (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.

NHTSA currently has 88 investigation files overlapping the 2007 PT CRUISER CONV, and 7 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.

8
Complaints
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths

Total Complaints

8 filings

Crashes Reported

0 reports

Source

NHTSA ODI

Federal complaints database

Complaints vs. fleet median (215)

At or below the fleet median complaint volume.

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM2
SERVICE BRAKES1
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)1
ENGINE1
SEATS1

Recent Complaints

20151026ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

WHILE DRIVING. ALL MY WARNING GAUGES WILL COME ON AND GAUGES FLUTTER OR DROP TO ZERO AND ENGINE MIGHT STALL. THIS IS HAPPENING NUMEROUS TIMES AND AS ALL OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS SUBJECT. NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIND A PROBLEM. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE CRASHES. CHRYSLER HAD BETTER TAKE NOTICE AND HAVE A RE CALL ON THIS., AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR

Mileage: 139,000

20150727SEATS

THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT BUT A CONCERN ABOUT THE DRIVERS SEAT...WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT CONTROL PANEL WAS BROKEN, PLASTIC PARTS WOULD NOT HOLD. THE DEALERSHIP TRIED TO TAPE IT TO FIXED IT. LASTED 5MINUTES!! THEY HAD TOO ORDER A NEW CONTROL PANEL, REPLACED IT, LAST ABOUT 3 MO. FED UP WITH DEALERSHIP HAD FRIEND DRILL HOLE IN METAL FRAME TO INSERT A SCREW...WORKED FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS, NOW BROKEN AGAIN, THE SCREW PART IS OK, BUT THE FRONT PART IS BROKEN!! JUST WANT TO SAY I AM NOT OBESE,JUST A NORMAL WEIGHT PERSON! THIS IS THE PART THAT MOVES THE SEAT UP AND BACK AND UP AND DOWN. JUST VERY AGGRAVATED ABOUT THE WHOLE THING. THIS IS MY 4TH PT CRUISER, SO I KNOW THE CAR. THIS ONE HAS A CRAPPY SEAT CONTROL!!

Mileage: 77,000

20140903ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

THE GAUGES ON MY CAR HEAT UP WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. I HAD THE BULBS TAKEN OUT OF THE CLOCK TO SEE IF THAT WAS THE CAUSE, BUT IT DOESN'T HELP. THE WHOLE FRONT DASH HEATS UP FROM THE CLOCK DOWN TO THE GAUGES AND GET VERY, VERY HOT. I AM AFRAID THERE WILL BE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT REPLACING THE WHOLE FRONT CONSOLE? *TR

20140215SERVICE BRAKES

ABS AND STABILITY CONTROL LAMPS ILLUMINATED, FOR THE NEXT WEEK, THE FAULT WAS INTERMITTENT. WORKSHOP CHECKED OUT FAULT, COULDN'T FIND FAULT WITH WHEEL SENSORS AND COULDN'T RESET FAULT. DEVELOPED INTO MULTIPLE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAY INDICATIONS, UPTO 10 FLASHING PANEL LIGHTS, AND MOMENTARY POWER FAILURE EFFECTING ALL SYSTEMS AND ENGINE. INTERNET INCLUDING YOUTUBE STATES COMMON PROBLEM NOT ACKNOWLEDGED BY CHRYSLER. SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT IGNITION SWITCH IS FAULT BUT NOTHING CERTAIN. CAR HAS ONLY 37K MILES SO RELUCTANT TO START CHANGING EXPENSIVE ELECTRICAL PARTS WITHOUT GUARANTEE OF REPAIR, I.E. ABS COMPUTER ECU, INSTRUMENT PACK ETC. LOOKED AT RECENT RECALL FOR GM, MY PT CRUISER CABRIOLET WAS MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO IN 2007. THE PARTS INVOLVED IN GM RECALL ARE DELPHI FROM MEXICO BETWEEN 2005-7. IS THIS THE SAME PROBLEM? PLEASE NOTE I LIVE IN ENGLAND, GREAT BRITAIN SO THE ZIP AND DAYTIME PHONE NUMBER ARE FROM BEVERLEY HILLS! USE [XXX] NUMBER WHICH IS UK CELL PHONE, [XXX] INFORMATION RE

Mileage: 36,000

20140215ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

ABS AND STABILITY CONTROL LAMPS ILLUMINATED, FOR THE NEXT WEEK, THE FAULT WAS INTERMITTENT. WORKSHOP CHECKED OUT FAULT, COULDN'T FIND FAULT WITH WHEEL SENSORS AND COULDN'T RESET FAULT. DEVELOPED INTO MULTIPLE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAY INDICATIONS, UPTO 10 FLASHING PANEL LIGHTS, AND MOMENTARY POWER FAILURE EFFECTING ALL SYSTEMS AND ENGINE. INTERNET INCLUDING YOUTUBE STATES COMMON PROBLEM NOT ACKNOWLEDGED BY CHRYSLER. SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT IGNITION SWITCH IS FAULT BUT NOTHING CERTAIN. CAR HAS ONLY 37K MILES SO RELUCTANT TO START CHANGING EXPENSIVE ELECTRICAL PARTS WITHOUT GUARANTEE OF REPAIR, I.E. ABS COMPUTER ECU, INSTRUMENT PACK ETC. LOOKED AT RECENT RECALL FOR GM, MY PT CRUISER CABRIOLET WAS MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO IN 2007. THE PARTS INVOLVED IN GM RECALL ARE DELPHI FROM MEXICO BETWEEN 2005-7. IS THIS THE SAME PROBLEM? PLEASE NOTE I LIVE IN ENGLAND, GREAT BRITAIN SO THE ZIP AND DAYTIME PHONE NUMBER ARE FROM BEVERLEY HILLS! USE [XXX] NUMBER WHICH IS UK CELL PHONE, [XXX] INFORMATION RE

Mileage: 36,000

20140215ENGINE

ABS AND STABILITY CONTROL LAMPS ILLUMINATED, FOR THE NEXT WEEK, THE FAULT WAS INTERMITTENT. WORKSHOP CHECKED OUT FAULT, COULDN'T FIND FAULT WITH WHEEL SENSORS AND COULDN'T RESET FAULT. DEVELOPED INTO MULTIPLE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAY INDICATIONS, UPTO 10 FLASHING PANEL LIGHTS, AND MOMENTARY POWER FAILURE EFFECTING ALL SYSTEMS AND ENGINE. INTERNET INCLUDING YOUTUBE STATES COMMON PROBLEM NOT ACKNOWLEDGED BY CHRYSLER. SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT IGNITION SWITCH IS FAULT BUT NOTHING CERTAIN. CAR HAS ONLY 37K MILES SO RELUCTANT TO START CHANGING EXPENSIVE ELECTRICAL PARTS WITHOUT GUARANTEE OF REPAIR, I.E. ABS COMPUTER ECU, INSTRUMENT PACK ETC. LOOKED AT RECENT RECALL FOR GM, MY PT CRUISER CABRIOLET WAS MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO IN 2007. THE PARTS INVOLVED IN GM RECALL ARE DELPHI FROM MEXICO BETWEEN 2005-7. IS THIS THE SAME PROBLEM? PLEASE NOTE I LIVE IN ENGLAND, GREAT BRITAIN SO THE ZIP AND DAYTIME PHONE NUMBER ARE FROM BEVERLEY HILLS! USE [XXX] NUMBER WHICH IS UK CELL PHONE, [XXX] INFORMATION RE

Mileage: 36,000

20110915ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER CONVERTIBLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT SEAL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CRANK CASE WOULD LEAK OIL. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

Mileage: 30,000

20110620ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER CONVERTIBLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED SHE HEARD A LOUD CLANKING NOISE AND THEN THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HER THAT THE MOTOR MOUNT COULD BE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HER THAT THERE WERE TWO FRACTURED MOTOR MOUNTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 23,000.

Mileage: 23,000

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many complaints does the 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER CONV have?
The 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER CONV has 8 NHTSA complaints, 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 deaths reported.
What are the most common problems with the 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER CONV?
The most-complained component for the 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER CONV is ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING with 2 complaints. Other frequently reported areas include ELECTRICAL SYSTEM and SERVICE BRAKES.
Is the 2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER CONV safe to buy?
Review the complaint history, crash and fire reports, safety ratings, and recall status on this page to make an informed decision. No NHTSA crash test rating is available for this model year. Compare with other model years using the links above.
Where does this data come from?
All complaint, recall, and safety rating data is sourced from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Complaints are filed by vehicle owners through NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation.

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Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.