2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WILL INTERMITTENTLY LIGHT UP AND THE GAUGE INDICATOR NEEDLES ON THE DASHBOARD WILL DROP TO ZERO. THREE TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR IN MARCH 2014, IT HAS CUT OFF WITH THESE SYMPTOMS WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC CAUSING GREAT RISK FOR AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS VERY SCARY. I HAVE TO BRING THE CAR TO A COMPLETE STOP, PUT IT PARK AND THEN RESTART THE ENGINE, HOPING THAT NO ONE WILL REAR END ME. IMAGINE THIS HAPPENING ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO A MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED DIAGNOSTICS ON ALL OF THE COMPUTER MODULES. NO ERROR CODES CAME UP ALTHOUGH HE INFORMED ME THAT WHEN YOU RESTART THE CAR, THE COMPUTER MODULES RESET EACH TIME. DATA FROM MULTIPLE START-UPS IS NOT STORED. I ALSO HAD THE CAR CHECKED BY AN AUTO ELECTRICIAN WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETECT ANY SHORTS IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE BATTERY IS FULLY CHARGED AND THE ALTERNATOR SEEMS TO BE WORKING FINE. I SUSPECT THAT THIS MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. THERE IS CURRENTLY A RECALL ON SOME 2008 MODELS RELATED TO THE IGNITION SWITCH. OR, POSSIBLY THE SEAT BELT SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT IS CAUSING A SHORT WHEN SOMETHING OF ANY WEIGHT IS PUT ON THE PASSENGER SEAT, SUCH AS MY PURSE. I WONDER IF THE WEIGHT THRESHOLD IS BEING TRIGGERED ON AND OFF CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO BE CONFUSED. I'VE NOT PUT ANYTHING ON THE SEAT FOR THE LAST WEEK AND HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE ISSUE SO FAR BUT THAT COULD BE A COINCIDENCE. I SEE LOTS OF THESE SAME COMPLAINTS ONLINE FROM YEARS BACK TO PRESENT AND DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY CHRYSLER HAS NOT FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM AND ISSUED A RECALL FOR REPAIRS. IT WOULD BE A SHAME FOR SOMEONE TO BE INJURED OR KILLED DUE TO THEIR NEGLIGENCE. IF ANYONE KNOWS THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP. *TR

CAR DASH LIGHTS WOULD ALL LIGHT UP , (ALL INDICATION LIGHTS) THEN THE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING ALL POWER WOULD GO OFF. THE CAR WON;T RESTART FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE, NOW ON ROUTE ONE HIGHWAY AT THE RATE OF SPEED 65 MILES AN HOUR THE CAR SHUT OFF , AVOIDED A ACCIDENT WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER, NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS CANNOT HELP ME. *TR

IN JAN14 MY CAR WOULDN'T START, TOOK TO THE DEALER. APRIL11 IT TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER BECAUSE IT TOOK 4 TIMES TO START THE CAR. WHEN STARTED, WHILE DRIVING THE ELEC PANEL LIGHTS WLD RANDOMLY FLICKER, ENG LIGHT OFTEN. JUL14 CAR BACK AT DEALER, ALL PANEL LIGHTS WLD FLICKER WHILE DRIVING, CAR WLD ACCELERATE WHILE DRIVING AND SOUNDING LIKE IN WRONG GEAR AT 35MPH, DIDN'T GET CAR BACK UNTIL AUG08. ONE HOUR LATER, RETURNED CAR TO DEALER CAR STILL ACCELERATED WHILE TRYING TO STOP AT A FOUR WAY INTERSECTION. GOT CAR BACK 2 DAYS LATER. CAR ACCELERATED ON AUG28, CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING 30MPH, DASH LIT UP, GAS GAUGE WENT FULL TO EMPTY, CAR LAUNCHED FORWARD AND THEN STARTED ON ITS OWN AGAIN, THIS HAPPENED TWICE. TOOK CAR TO DEALER ON AUG29 AND STILL HAVE NO CAR!!!! TODAY IS SEPT 11TH. EACH TIME THE DEALER WOULD STATE NOTHING IS WRONG AND NO SIGNS OF ANYTHING. THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN NOR RECORD ANYTHING I TOLD THEM ON THE PAPERWORK, THEY CONTINUED TO IGNORE EVERYTHING I SAID. I HAVE PAID A LOT OF MONEY TO GET THE CAR FIXED AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL THIS LAST TIME THAT I FINALLY GOT A LOANER TO DRIVE (TWO DOOR FIAT). A CASE MANAGER FROM AUBURN HILL, MI AT THE HEADQUARTERS HAS CONTACTED ME, BUT STILL NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE!!!!!!!!!!! NOW THE DEALER WANTS ME TO TEST DRIVE THE CAR WITH THEM, THOUGH I TOLD THEM THAT IT RANDOMLY HAPPENS. THEY CONTINUOUSLY ACT LIKE THERE IS NO PROBLEM, THOUGH I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE REGARDING THE SAME THING. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ASAP BEFORE PEOPLE GET SERIOUSLY INJURED AND/OR LIVES LOST. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN NOT BE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG. AS A RETIRED ASSEMBLY LINE WORKER OF CAR PARTS I FIND IT INTERESTING HOW MY CASE AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN HANDLED. THE LACK OF CONCERN, ACCOUNTABILITY, FOLLOW THROUGH AND RESOLUTION IS DONE POORLY. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY HEARD A BIG BANG.. AT AROUND 80 MILES P/H UPHILL DIAGNOSED IT WASTHECOMPUTER HAVE CHANGED THE COMPUTER 4 TIMES HAD THE COMPUTER REPROGRAMMED AND AS SOON AT IT DRIVES IT GET.. TO 30 MILES PER HR AND GOES NO FASTER RPM DO NOT GO UP .. THAN 2.5 HAVE TAKEN IT TOCOUNTLESS MECHANICS AND EVEN HAD IT REPROGRAMMED TO DEALER WITH UPDATES.. NO LUCK ..I NEED HELP I EXPORTED THIS CAR TO MEXICO BUT THERE IS ALSO A CHRYSLER DEALER IN THE TOWN THE VEHICLE IS IN.. PLEASE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU CAR >> I HAVE SPEND OVER THOUSAND ALREADY TRYING TO FIX THE SAME UNFIXABLE PROBLEM.. I HAVE NO MORE MONEY TO SPEND ON THAT CRAP THAT YOU CALLED A CAR. *TR

ALL DASH LIGHTS FLASH AND CAR SOMETIMES STALLS. VERY FREQUENT LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS, WIPERS, ALL GAUGES AND BLINKERS. *TR

DRIVING VEHICLE, ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS BLINK ON AND OFF, CARS STALLS, BRAKES AND STEERING LOCK UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 15 TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. ALSO, SOMETIMES THE ENGINE FAN WON'T SHUT OFF WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF, AND IT DRAINS THE CAR BATTERY. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES. THAT PART IS GETTING EXPENSIVE AND VERY IRRITATING, BUT THE STALLING OUT AND COMPLETELY DYING, IS VERY DANGEROUS, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET OFF THE ROAD. *TR

THIS IS IN CONCERN TO A 2006 PT CRUISER TOURING PURCHASED AT BOB SCHWARTZ CHRYSLER IN MARCH 2007; BUNKER HILL, IN. SHORT TIME AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START: (MAKE NOTE THIS VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 16,500 MILES ON IT NOW). TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER AND NEW BATTERY WAS INSTALLED, THIS HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT PROBLEM BEING RESOLVED(IE: BOB SCHWARTZ X4, PRECISION AUTO, CROW'S AUTO, AND ****WABASH VALLEY CHRYSLER; 1ST CASE****). 2 CASES HAVE BEEN OPENED WITH CHRYSLER CORPORATION (AUBURN HILLS, MI). 1ST CASE RESULTED IN ANOTHER NEW BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR BEING REPLACED (OCT 2013). 2ND CASE IS ONGOING WITH NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT. VEHICLE IS NOW BACK AT ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND HAVE NOT FOUND A SOLUTION. AT ALL INSTANCES WE HAVE INCURRED MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTIC, COST OF TOWING VEHICLE, BATTERY COST, CO-PAYS AND NEVER BEEN OFFERED A RENTAL CAR TO OFFSET THE UNDUE BURDEN THIS HAS CAUSED. *****BOB SCHWARTZ SERVICE DEPARTMENT INDICATED TO US BEFORE LAST SERVICE (BOB SCHWARTZ) THAT PRIOR TO OUR PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE; IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SERVICED FOR AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND THIS WAS NOT DISCLOSED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE.******THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AT BOB SCHWARTZ CHRYSLER; SINCE THEN WITH REGARD TO THIS INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, THIS CAR OVER THE COURSE OF 2007 TO PRESENT HAS BEEN AT BOB SCHWARTZ X2, PRECISION AUTO, CROW'S AUTO, BACK TO BOB SCHWARTZ, WABASH VALLEY CHRYSLER (IE. 1ST CASE WITH CHRYSLER CORPORATION 2013) AND NOW BACK TO BOB SCHWARTZ (IE. 2ND CASE WITH CHRYSLER CORPORATION). *TR

THE FIRST TIME IN SEPTEMBER 2013 THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE. I HAD GONE INTO A STORE AND WHEN I CAME OUT IT WOULD NOT START. THE LIGHTS ON THE PANEL WERE ON BUT SOME WERE FLASHING ON AND OFF. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANICS SHOP AND THEY DETERMINED IT WAS THE BATTERY AND REPLACED IT. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE LIGHTS ON THE PANEL WILL FLASH ON AND OFF BUT NOT FOR LONG. LAST NIGHT 7/30/2014 I WAS DRIVING, EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THE PANEL LIGHTS WERE ON AND THE VEHICLE JUST DIED. IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT I WAS IN A SHOPPING CENTER AND NOT ON THE ROAD BECAUSE AT FIRST THE BRAKES WOULDN'T WORK. THIS IS NOT SAFE. I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET ANOTHER VEHICLE RIGHT NOW. WE HAD TO PUSH IT TO SAFETY AND THEN I NOTICED THERE WAS SOME KIND OF CODE OR SOMETHING (NO BUS/5) AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RPM SECTION OF THE PANEL. COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING IN THE MANUAL ABOUT IT, CALLED AN AUTO PARTS STORE AND IT DIDN'T SHOW UP IN THEIR DATABASE, SO I HAD A FRIEND GOOGLE IT. EVERYTHING POINTS TO THE ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER SYSTEM AND FUSES. SEVERAL PEOPLE POSTED THIS ISSUE WITH JEEPS AND PT CRUISERS. *TR

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE PANEL LIGHTS STARTED TO COME ON. AT 1ST IT WAS SLOWLY UNTIL IT FILLED THE PANEL, LATER THE WHOLE GROUP WOULD POP ON, AND THEN GO OFF. THE 1ST SIX OR EIGHT TIMES THEY CAME ON THE ONLY THING THAT WAS EFFECTED WAS THE LIGHTS AND GAUGES. AS I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THEN THE LIGHTS AND GAUGES WOULD ACT UP, BUT THE CAR WOULD STALL, OR SHUT OFF AND THEN POP BACK ON. WHEN EXAMINED BY THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE ($95.00), THEY FOUND IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE WAS OCCURRING. I SPOKE TO CHRYSLER GROUP CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR IGNITION SWITCH AT FAULT , BUT THE POSTS WERE BURNT DUE TO AGE??? IF THE CAR WAS ALREADY RUNNING AND I WAS NOT TOUCHING THE KEY, WHY OR HOW DID THESE POSTS COME INTO PLAY?? *JS

INITIAL INCIDENT STALLED OUT WAITING AT STOP LIGHT. AFTER INITIAL INCIDENT, VEHICLE WOULD OCCASIONALLY BEHAVE AS IF ABOUT TO STALL WITH ALL WARNING LIGHTS FLASHING. THEN THE CONDITION WOULD GO AWAY AND CAR WOULD OPERATE NORMALLY FOR AWHILE AND THEN OCCUR AGAIN. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE ISSUE AND CAR PASSED THEIR TEST. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED OUT SEVERAL TIMES SINCE, WHILE IN MOTION. THE LAST INCIDENT, VEHICLE WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH WHEN ALL ELECTRICAL WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED AND VEHICLE STALLED, LOSING ALL POWER STEERING, BRAKE FUNCTIONS. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 28,000 MILES ON IT AT THE CURRENT TIME. I FEEL IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *JS