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Chrysler PT Cruiser by model year

3,421 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Chrysler PT Cruiser across 10 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Chrysler PT Cruiser 0 400 800 2001: 799 '01 2002: 658 '02 2003: 354 '03 2004: 291 '04 2005: 244 '05 2006: 512 '06 2007: 204 '07 2008: 171 '08 2009: 158 '09 2010: 30 '10
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
2001799
2002658
2003354
2004291
2005244
2006512
2007204
2008171
2009158
201030

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2010 30 Engine (20%) 21
2009 158 Electrical system (38%) 21 to 23
2008 171 Electrical system (26%) 21 to 23
2007 204 Engine (25%) 19 to 22
2006 512 Electrical system (28%) 1 19 to 22
2005 244 Engine (13%) 3 19 to 22
2004 291 Electrical system (15%) 1 19 to 22
2003 354 Electrical system (14%) 2 19 to 22
2002 658 Electrical system (15%) 3 20 to 22
2001 799 Electrical system (10%) 5 20