2008 Chrysler Pt Cruiser

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT AND CHIME ACTIVATED. INDICATES NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND POSSIBLY NO SRS CAPABILITY. PER LITHIA DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP #4, "WITECH TEST CODES SET, B1B57, B1B55, B1B56, B1B54". "REPLACE PASS SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT RECEIVER (BUCKLE), ON NATIONAL BACKORDER NO ETA AT THIS TIME". PROBLEM, REDUCED PASSENGER SAFETY, CONTINUES CHIMING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 SECOND INTERVALS AND BRIGHT RED WARNING LIGHT; NO FIX AVAILABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER TOURING. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THROUGH FOG, HE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF AN 18-WHEELER. UPON IMPACT THE AIR BAG UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD DEPLOYED AND FRACTURED HIS LEG. THE STEERING WHEEL AIR BAG ALSO DEPLOYED AND FRACTURED HIS NOSE ALONG WITH OTHER FACIAL INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS PENDING AN INVESTIGATION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 79,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I THINK THEIR IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN ON THE 2008 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE AIR BAG OFF LIGHT ON THE DASH IS SUPPOSED TO BE ILLUMINATED WHEN LESS THAN 30 LBS IS IN THE SEAT. THE AIRBAG LIGHT OFF LIGHT NEVER COMES ON. THE AIRBAG PROBLEM LIGHT HOWEVER DOES COME ON AND DINGS CONSTANTLY. I HAVE NO IDEA IF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS EVEN WORKING. I HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND I THINK IT IS COMMON. I DO NOT THINK THIS SHOULD BE OVERLOOKED. *TR

ON APRIL 8TH, THIS YEAR, I WAS IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT IN MY 2008 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER AND BROKE MY BACK; THERE IS A CHANCE I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WORK AS A HOSPITAL INPATIENT NURSE EVER AGAIN BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LIFT 100 POUNDS. MY 6 AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND MY SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED (IT LENGTHENED DURING THE FLIPPING OF THE CAR) ALLOWING MY BODY TO TURN AROUND, FACING THE REAR, AND CRUSHED MY SPINE AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAD JUST FINISHED A 12-HR NIGHT SHIFT AT THE HOSPITAL, WAS JUST ONE MILE FROM HOME, SWERVED TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID A RABBIT. THE TIRES SLIPPED OFF THE SHOULDER INTO THE GRASS (THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 50MPH & I USUALLY DRIVE A LITTLE UNDER), I WAS VERY TIRED & OVER-CORRECTED WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO ROLL SIDEWAYS 4 TIMES AND THEN HIT TWO TREES. IT WAS ABOUT 8AM AND NO ONE FOUND ME FOR ALMOST 1/2 HR. I WAS CONSCIOUS THE ENTIRE TIME. I FRACTURED ONE VERTEBRA (T11) WHICH WAS SURGICALLY FUSED WITH MY T10 AND T12 VERTEBRAE, AS WELL AS THE 3 VERTEBRAE REPAIRED WITH TITANIUM RODS AND SCREWS, AND PACKED WITH DONOR BONE. I'M BLESSED IT WAS NOT WORSE. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT I SURVIVED. I AM ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN FORCING CHRYSLER TO DO A RECALL ON THE 2008 P T CRUISERS. IF I'D HAD MY CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN IN MY CAR, MOST LIKELY ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE DIED. I SEE ENOUGH PEOPLE DIE EVERY DAY AT THE HOSPITAL SO I DON'T WANT ANY CHILD,ETC., TO DIE IF THE SAME THING HAPPENS IN THEIR PT CRUISERS. *TR