2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER Complaints

ABOUT 10-15 TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 6 MONTHS I HAVE HAD REPEATED, IRREGULAR, INTERMITTENT MALFUNCTIONS AS FOLLOWS. ALL HAVE HAD THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS. AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, DIFFERENT TIMES, DIFFERENT ACCELERATION, DIFFERENT DRIVERS, ETC. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND ENGINE GO OUT MOMENTARILY THEN IN ABOUT 1 SECOND IS RESTORED. RARELY IT IS NOT RESTORED FOR 4-5 SECONDS. HEADLIGHTS STAY ON BUT ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS TURN OFF FLEETINGLY. THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS GO OFF AND THE DIALS DROP TO ZERO THEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY POWER IS RESTORED, INSTRUMENTS RESUME THEIR PREVIOUS LEVELS AND EVERYTHING RETURNS TO NORMAL. THERE IS NO SPUTTERING, BACKFIRING OR WARNING OF AN IMPENDING EVENT. THERE IS NO CONSISTENT CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH PRECIPITATES THIS MALFUNCTION. I HAVE TAKEN IT TWICE TO THE DEALER BUT THE MALFUNCTION HAS NEVER RECURRED WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING AND ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, ETC. ALL CHECK OUT NORMALLY. THIS PROBLEM SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED GM MALFUNCTION..ARE THE ELECTRICAL HARNESSES MADE BY THE SAME COMPANY? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE UNLESS THE CONTACT APPLIED CONTINUAL PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. ONCE THE SPEED REACHED 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD VIOLENTLY JERK. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,514.

ON MARCH 13, 2014 WHILE DRIVING MY PT CRUISER MY BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE WAS WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED THE PEDAL DID NOT DEPRESS (MOVE) THUS THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. FORTUNATELY I HAD JUST BACKED OUT MY DRIVEWAY IS I WAS ABLE TO USE THE EMERGENCY HAND BRAKE. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN TRAFFIC A ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED . I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER FIRST SAID THAT THE BRAKE HOSE HAD DETERIORATED BUT THAN SAID AND CHARGED ME FOR A VALVE BREAK (PART NUMBER 1837900) THE COST OF VALVE $6.92 . IN MY OWNERS MANUAL PAGE 231IT STATES "THE DUAL BRAKING SYSTEM PROVIDES A RESERVE BRAKING CAPACITY IN THE EVENT OF A FAILURE TO A PORTION OF THE HYDRAULICS SYSTEM. FAILURE OF EITHER HALF.. ID INDICATED BY THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT... AGAIN I WAS NOT PROVIDE WITH A WARNING OF THE FAILURE AND THE BACKUP SYSTEM DID NOT OPERATE! *TR

I BOUGHT A PT CRUISER SEDAN AND THE CAR LOT I BOUGHT IF FROM SAID IT NEEDED FRONT SHOCKS AND IT WOULD BE READY IN TWO DAY. I PICK UP THE PT CRUISER AND DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HAVE IT CHECK OUT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. IT HAS OVER 100 MECHANICAL ISSUES, FROM SHOCKS WHICH WERE NEVER PUT ON. THERE IS OIL IN THE SPARK PLUGS AND LEAVES A SMELL WHEN THE HEATER IS ON WHICH MAKES US VERY ILL. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. ALSO, THE CAR LOT I BOUGHT IT FROM WHICH IT WAS SOLD FOR AROUND $2,000 DOLLARS AND NEEDS OVER $3,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK. THEN I GOT SLAPPED WITH AN EXTRA 5,000 FROM THE LOAN COMPANY. THIS IS A LEMON. I AM NOT PAYING FOR ANYTHING AND HIM AND I HAVE WENT AROUND AND AROUND ABOUT THIS PIECE OF JUNK. THEY CAN REPO IT AND THEN I AM GETTING AN ATTORNEY FOR SELLING ME A CAR THAT SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD. TOO DANGEROUS.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON, STARTING WITH THE SEAT BELT LIGHT AND FOLLOWED BY THE OTHER WARNING LIGHTS, NEXT THE GAUGES ALL ZERO OUT, AND THEN THE CAR SHUTS OFF. IT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A COUPLE OF CHRYSLER DEALERS AND TO A COUPLE OF INDEPENDENT MECHANICS, BUT NO ONE COULD FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. I CONDUCTED AN INTERNET SEARCH FOR MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL OF CAR AND FOUND MORE THAN A FEW WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND NO SOLUTION. CHRYSLER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. ITS REGRETTABLE THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO COME TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THESE MALFUNCTIONING VEHICLES. *TR

REAR WINDOW WIPER FAILED TO OPERATE. OWNERS MANUAL DOES NOT IDENTIFY FUSE LOCATION. POWER TRACE SHOWS POWER TO UNIT, SUSPECT SOFTWARE PROBLEM WHEN OVER 75 DEGREES F. CLUTCH PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND VERY HARD TO SHIFT, WHEN BELOW 60 DEGREES F SHIFTS LIKE GLASS ON GLASS (VERY SMOOTH) HYD CYL. THROW VARIES WITH TEMPERATURE. *TR

SINCE SPRING 2013, ALL GAUGES/LIGHTS ON INSTRUMENT PANEL SPORADICALLY FLICKER OFF AND ON, USUALLY NO MORE THAN 1 MINUTE. THIS OCCURS WHILE IDLING AND DRIVING AND MAY OCCUR ONE MONTH FOR 2-3 DAYS AND NOT AGAIN FOR A MONTH. CAR DIDN'T DRIVE NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT, BUT LIGHTS AND CHIME ARE ALARMING. TOOK PICTURE OF CAR AT 40MPH AND LIGHTS ON TO SHOW MECHANIC BECAUSE OF COURSE IT NEVER HAPPENS WHEN THEY HAVE CAR. AT NEXT OIL CHANGE, TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND SHOWED PICTURE. THEY SAID IT COULD BE A WIRING SHORT AND CHECKED IT. TOLD THERE WERE NO CODES OR INFO STORED IN COMPUTER AND THEY SAW NOTHING WRONG. DON'T KNOW IF MECHANIC DID RESET, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN FOR 2 WEEKS. TRIED TO NOTE ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON WHEN IT DOES IT. NOT SURE IF ONE LIGHT TRIGGERS THEM ALL, E.G., WHEN LOW FUEL INDICATOR CAME ON, THEY ALL CAME ON. LATEST INCIDENT IN 9/2013, GOING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND LIGHTS DID BACK-TO-BACK FLICKER, GAUGES ZEROED AND CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE. COULD NOT ACCELERATE BUT WITHIN 10 SECS (SCARY 10 SECS!), GAUGES BACK AND CAR POWERED BACK UP TO 60. CALLED DEALER AGAIN AND THEY WANT TO KEEP 2-3 DAYS TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK BUT I HOPE THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO TAKE MY MONEY WITHOUT FIXING IT. MY CAR HAS OTHERWISE BEEN PERFECT AND NOT HAD TO BE SERVICED OTHER THAN REPLACING SUSPENSION. I'VE BEEN DOING INTERNET SEARCHES AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING THIS PROBLEM AND THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM. PLEASE FIND A SOLUTION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING GAUGES RANDOMLY GO TO ZERO, ALL WARNING LIGHTS COME ON, SOMETIMES ENGINE STALLS FOR ONE SECOND AND THEN RESTARTS, THEN GAUGES GO BACK TO NORMAL. HAPPENED ONCE IN A WHILE A YEAR AGO, NOW HAPPENS DAILY. TOOK TO DEALER LAST YEAR AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE PROBLEM. HAVE SEEN THIS ISSUE ON VARIOUS INTERNET SITES INCLUDING THIS ONE BUT WITH NO SOLUTIONS. LOTS OF SUGGESTIONS - FUSES, BATTERY WIRES, BATTERY, IGNITION SWITCH - BUT NOTHING DEFINITIVE. CAR IS VERY DANGEROUS, I'M JUST LUCKY IT HASN'T STALLED AT THE WRONG TIME. FRIEND WITH A DODGE HAS SAME PROBLEM AND HIS DEALER CAN'T FIX EITHER.

MY REAR WIPER BLADE DOES NOT WORK. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS AND DIDN'T THINK ABOUT CHECKING THE REAR WIPER. WELL NOW IT IS FALL AND RAINING ALL THE TIME, AND GUESS WHAT IT DOESN'T WORK.. *TR

MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING ALL OF A SUDDEN. TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC WHO SAID IT WAS MY TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE AND WOULD COST AROUND 1000 TO REPLACE!!!!! *TR