pt cruiser repair manual

I am looking for a repair manual other than chrysler's $150.00
version, cannot find a haynes or chilton that says it goes to 2004

 

That's just as well. Both Haynes and Chilton manuals are garbage. The
genuine Chrysler manual is very much worth the money, but if you
absolutely will not pay it, a second preference is a $25 subscription
to www.alldatadiy.com .

 

or 24.95 for 24 hours to the chrysler service internet site

 

Does anyone know exactly what this chrysler site provides? What does it
contain? Can you download? I am leery of spending my money until I know
what exactly you get and thier site is rather vague on details.

thanks in advance for any information.

LEW

 

I'm not sure what you are asking. The "Chrysler manual" is a bound
paper manaul - not a web site. www.alldatadiy.com is not an official
Chrysler site. alldata offers a subscription for information for many
different brands of vehicles.

Yes - you can print and/or save any and all info to your computer.

I have owned probably 10 of their subscriptions, 4 of which are
currently active. Here's my take on alldata:
The information they have is right out of the vehicle manufacturer's
shop manual (FSM, or Factory Shop Manual). That can be good and bad.
Good because the info. in an FSM is generally much, much more complete
and accurate than aftermarket manuals. Bad in that if the
manufacturer's FSM sucks, then the alldata info. will suck as well (in
my experience, Chrysler FSM's are excellent; Ford and GM manuals are
horrible).

However, the alldata information is not complete (much info. that is in
the FSM is not data included with the subscription). IOW - they have
the basic information, but not everything that is in the FSM.

One thing you *will* get with the subscription is the complete
electrical schematics, and, again, they will not be worthless "typical"
schematics like you find in aftermarket manauls - they are copies of the
schematics that are in the FSM for the year and model of the vehicle.

Also, with the subscription, you get access to the complete TSB's that
apply to your vehicle - that alone can be worth the subscription.

BTW - the first subscription is $25 (1 year). Any additional vehicles
and/or any annual renewals are $15. Also, there are multi-year
discounts, i.e, a 3-year renewal is $30, or $10/year.

For my main vehicles, I have both an FSM *and* an alldata subscription.
For my less important vehicles, I only have the alldata, and only
renew as needed, IOW, I might use it twice in a year, then let it
expire, and renew only as needed for a particular repair job. Since I
already have other vehicle subscriptions, I can re-activate a long
expired subscription only as needed and only pay $14 for the renewal.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

 

Thanks. You ansered my question in more detail than I had a right to
expect. It answered all my questions and it looks as if Alldata is what I
need.

A side comment. At one time chrysler had a web site with manuals and
repair information, but I can no longer find it, so I assume it
disappeared along with some other parts of their web site.

Thanks again.

Lew

 

www.wyckoffchryslerparts.com

 

I've just built a site with on-line TSB info, Recall info and crash
test videos at:

http://AutoSmash.com

No registrations or no signups. The most recent data available is
there.
Vin - http://AutoSmash.com