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2009 Chrysler PT Cruiser vehicle speed control problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2009 Chrysler PT Cruiser14% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
14%
share of all complaints
41,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Intermittently all dash lights come on and all gauges begin fluctuating and the car will begin to sputter and sometimes dies and then it doesn't do it again for miles

    filed Nov 27, 2018

  • More often than not, all the lights on dash illuminate when the car is first started, sometimes flashing on and then off when driving. If driving, sometimes the car will either accelerate or slow down. Because the speedometer goes back and forth, I have no idea how fast I'm going. If I slow down…

    filed Nov 9, 2018

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.