2006 Chrysler Pt Cruiser Conv Electrical Problems

CAR IN MOTION, ALL LIGHTS CAME ON , LOST POWER, WAS NEARLY HIT FROM CAR BEHIND ME.

NHTSA ID

11113577

Incident

Jul 9, 2018

Mileage

15,000 mi

JUST LIKE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON HERE, MY VEHICLE STARTS ACTING CRAZY WITH LIGHTS FLASHING, AND FEELS LIKE IT WON'T SHIFT AND GO ABOVE 40MPH. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH, AND PCM. THIS COST ME $1200. IT STOPPED FOR A BIT, THEN STARTED AGAIN A MONTH OR TWO LATER WHEN THEY TOLD ME IT NEEDED MOTOR MOUNTS AND A NEW PCM (WHICH THEY SAID THEY CHANGED, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT). IT IS NOW BACK THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND I'M NOW ON THE 4TH DAY IT'S THERE AND I'M GETTING NO ANSWERS, JUST A BUNCH OF SALES PEOPLE CALLING. IF THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM WHY HASN'T THIS VEHICLE BEEN RECALLED? THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND I HAVE CHILDREN THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR US AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD.

NHTSA ID

10810054

Incident

Mar 23, 2015

Mileage

52,000 mi

IF YOU INVESTIGATE MY VIN, YOU WILL SEE THAT FROM SOON AFTER I BOUGHT MY CAR, I HAD A WEIRD PROBLEM WHERE THE GAUGES WOULD GO CRAZY, THE DASH LIGHTS ALL LIGHT UP, AND SOMETIMES EXPERIENCE FULL ENGINE SHUT DOWN, IF NOT JUST HAVE AN ACCELERATOR FAIL WHILE DRIVING. FOR YEARS, I KEPT TRYING TO WORK WITH CHRYSLER TO ALLOW THEM TO DIAGNOSE AND FIX THE ISSUE AND THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO DO SO EVEN THOUGH I HAD PHOTOS OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING. IN APPROXIMATELY JULY 2011, I MET SOMEONE WITH A CONVERTIBLE PT CRUISER LIKE MINE AND SHE ASKED IF I HAD ANY ISSUES WITH MY CAR. I DESCRIBED MY PROBLEM AND SHE SAID HERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. SHE SAID THAT A NEW IGNITION SWITCH FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT CHRYSLER REFUSED TO HELP. I WAS THRILLED AND CALLED CHRYSER TO REPORT THAT I HAD FINALLY FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM. I BEGGED AND PLED WITH THEM TO FIX IT BUT THE BEST THAT THEY COULD PROMISE WAS THAT IF THE PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE THE IGNITION SWITCH THAT I WOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF ASSESSING THE PROBLEM ($200+ FOR ASSESSMENT), BUT NOT FOR MY TIME NOR WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A RENTAL WHILE IT WAS BEING ASSESSED OR FIXED. GIVEN THAT I COULD NOT MISS WORK AND HAD LITTLE FAITH THAT THEY WOULD ADMIT THE PROBLEM WAS THEIRS, I WAS FORCED TO ALLOW THE PROBLEM TO CONTINUE TO EXIST. WHEN THE GM IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS CAME OUT, I CALLED AGAIN AND EVENTUALLY SOMEONE CONTACTED ME TO HELP AFTER SEVERAL MORE PLEADING CALLS FOR HELP FAILED AND I ESCALATED THE ISSUE. MY IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN. I SAY ALL OF THAT TO SAY THIS: PLEASE LOOK INTO CONVERTIBLE PT CRUISER IGNITION SWITCHES. THEY ARE A KNOWN ISSUE THAT WAS NEVER RECALLED AND A GOOD NUMBER OF OWNERS REPLACED ON THEIR OWN. WHILE I APPRECIATE THE EVENTUAL FIX, WHEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM FOR YEARS, CHRYSLER DID NOT ADDRESS THIS CLEAR DANGER AND I ENDURED A GREAT DEAL OF STRESS IN THE INTERIM.

NHTSA ID

10743574

Incident

Jan 1, 2008

Mileage

10,000 mi

LIKE THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, THE DASH GAUGES GO BONKERS AND TO ZERO, , ENGINE STOPS, SOMETIMES WILL RESTART OTHER I HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART MANUALLY. IT HAPPENED LAST YEAR ONLY A COUPLE OF TIMES AND DURING THE SUMMER HEAT, NO PROBLEMS LAST WINTER. STARTED AGAIN THIS PAST MONTH WORSE THAN BEFORE.

NHTSA ID

10734632

Incident

Jul 1, 2014

Mileage

72,000 mi

VERY MUCH THE SAME AS THE OTHER COMPLAINTS LISTED ON HERE. I KEPT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SHUTTING DOWN AND / OR THE STEERING LOCKING ON ME. STARTED IN SEPTEMBER AND HAD TO "CONTINUALLY" GO BACK TO THE DEALER OVER & OVER & OVER AGAIN JUST TO HAVE THEM SAY THEY'VE CHECK THE DIAGNOSTICS AND NOTHING IS SHOWING UP. THEN NEXT TIME THEY SAID IT WAS PROBABLY NEEDING A NEW COMPUTER SWITCH....SO MORE $$$. THIS WAS NEVER RESOLVED UNTIL AFTER "MULTIPLE" INCIDENTS & "MULTIPLE" VISITS TO THE DEALER. THEN ONE DAY IN LATE OCTOBER...NOW 2 MONTHS OF FRUSTRATION....I'M IN THE PARKING LOT OF A MALL & THE CAR SLOWS DOWN & THE GAUGES START GOING CRAZY. IT SHOWS ZERO 0 SPEED & ZERO 0 IN MY FUEL TANK.....I HAD JUST FILLED THE GAS TANK 2 HOURS EARLIER.....AND THEN IT JUST STOPS. THEN STARTS UP AGAIN BUT WITH A WEIRD SOUND. SO ONCE AGAIN I DROVE "DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER" WHILE TERRIFIED THAT IT MAY JUST STOP DEAD WHILE DRIVING & BE REAR-ENDED. AND AFTER THE DEALER HOOKED IT UP ONCE "AGAIN" THEY SAID IT HAD TO DO WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. SAYING IT WAS THROWING OFF ALL THE COMPUTER MECHANISMS AND THAT'S WHY IT WOULD JUST STOP DEAD WHILE DRIVING. AND THIS WAS $1,400 LATER.....YES, $1,400 FOR THEM TO FINALLY "FIGURE THIS OUT WHEN ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS LOOK ON HERE"....TO SEE THE "STRONG POSSIBILITY" OF WHAT WAS WRONG. AND YES, I SINCERELY THINK CHRYSLER CORP SHOULD REIMBURSE ALL OF US AS THIS IS AN OBVIOUS MECHANICAL / ELECTRICAL DESIGN ERROR ON THEIR PART. I'VE HAD A PT CRUISE IN THE PAST. BUT, BELIEVE ME I WILL NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER CAR FROM YOUR COMPANY WHEN THIS SHOULD HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN A RECALL. ESPECIALLY & VASTLY FOR SAFETY REASONS!!! AND AS FOR CHRYSLER, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES....PLAYING DANGEROUS GAMES WITH PEOPLES LIVES!!! AND SO SHOULD YOUR DEALERSHIPS....AT LEAST THE DEALER I PAID $1400 !!! *TR

NHTSA ID

10734056

Incident

Sep 19, 2013

Mileage

80,000 mi

SOLUTION! SOLUTION! SOLUTION! WE HAD THE SAME TYPES OF PROBLEMS AS THE BELOW PROBLEM ENTRY AND THE FIRST 4 PROBLEM ENTRIES FOLLOWING THIS ONE. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE PROBLEM WAS TRACED DOWN TO A FAULTY IGNITION KEY CYLINDER. THE METAL CONTACT ON THE INSIDE OF THE CYLINDER WAS DEFORMED, THEREBY CAUSING INTERMITTENT CONTACT. WHEN THE IGNITION KEY CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, IT COMPLETELY SOLVED ALL OF THE PROBLEMS LISTED. ALL THE DASH LIGHTS WILL COME ON AND BLINK. ALL GAUGES GO TO 0. SOMETIMES THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS (NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES) THEN RESTART ALL BY IT'S SELF. I CAN BE PARKED IN THE GARAGE OR GOING DOWN THE ROAD, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER. THERE'S ANOTHER VEHICLE IN TOWN LIKE MINE DOING THE SAME THING. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS WITH NO POSITIVE RESULTS.

NHTSA ID

10667408

Incident

Feb 15, 2014

Mileage

60,000 mi

ALL THE DASH LIGHTS WILL COME ON AND BLINK. ALL GAUGES GO TO 0. SOMETIMES THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS (NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES) THEN RESTART ALL BY IT'S SELF. I CAN BE PARKED IN THE GARAGE OR GOING DOWN THE ROAD, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER. THERE'S ANOTHER VEHICLE IN TOWN LIKE MINE DOING THE SAME THING. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS WITH NO POSITIVE RESULTS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10649053

Incident

Oct 1, 2009

Mileage

35,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10632561

Incident

May 1, 2013

Mileage

75,000 mi

WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING, SEAT BELT LIGHT COMES ON, THEN INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS GO CRAZY AND VEHICLE THEN SHUTS DOWN - HAVE TO PUT IN NEUTRAL TO RESTART ENGINE AGAIN. I SEE THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE. DANGEROUS SITUATION AND CHRYSLER NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. TOO EXPENSIVE TO PLAY HIT OR MISS WITH A DEALERSHIP. I AM FRUSTRATED AND WORRIED FOR SAFETY WHEN DRIVING. HAPPENS ON HIGHWAY AND CITY DRIVING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10616130

Incident

Jun 2, 2014

Mileage

88,000 mi

WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING, SEAT BELT LIGHT COMES ON, THEN INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS GO CRAZY AND SHUT DOWN. VEHICLE THEN SHUTS DOWN - HAVE TO POP CLUTCH TO GET VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN. TOOK TO DEALER - COULD NOT DETERMINE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE. DANGEROUS SITUATION AND CHRYSLER DOES NOT SEEM TO WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. TOO EXPENSIVE TO PLAY HIT OR MISS WITH A DEALERSHIP THAT DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT'S WRONG AND HOW TO FIX IT. FRUSTRATED AND WORRIED FOR SAFETY WHEN DRIVING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10593550

Incident

May 1, 2014

Mileage

18,000 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10544265

Incident

Jun 1, 2012

Mileage

47,000 mi

2006 PT CRUISER GAUGES DIE, DASH INDICATORS COME ON, ENGINE STALLS. MAY RESTART. REPLACED BATT AND ALL BATT CABLES, CLEANED ALL CONNECTORS. STILL OCCURS!! HELP!!! *TR

NHTSA ID

10404449

Incident

Feb 5, 2011

Mileage

56,000 mi

DOT APPROVED, NYS INSPECTED TRAILER HITCH INSTALLED ON A 2006 CHRYSLER, PT CRUISE. IT REMAINED OPERABLE FOR AROUND 6 MONTHS UNTIL IT WAS NOTICED THAT REAR LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. HITCH INSTALLER RETRACED INSTALLATION PER MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS. IT APPEARS THAT ALL POWER TO OPERATE THE BRAKE LAMPS IS LOST ONLY TO THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS BUT NOT THE MID OR THIRD BRAKE LIGHT. ALL OTHER LIGHTS ARE NOT AFFECTED, FUSES ARE NOT BLOWN AND BULBS USUALLY CHECK OUT AS FINE. APPARENTLY, CHRYSLER HAS SEPARATED THE 3RD OR MID BRAKE LIGHT FROM THE TAIL LIGHT SECTION BEGINNING IN 2006. LATELY, I HAVE SEEN THIS COMPLAINT ARISE CONTINUOUSLY OVER INTERNET BLOGS AND IN DEALERSHIP SERVICE LOGS. FOR NOW, CHRYSLER IS FORCING ITS CUSTOMERS TO EITHER REPLACE ENTIRE WIRING HARNESSES OR OPERATE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT STOP TAIL LAMPS. THIS FAULT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM POSES SO MUCH DANGER IT SHOULD BE LISTED AND HANDLED AS A VERY IMPORTANT SERVICE BULLETIN OR RECALL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10260916

Incident

Feb 15, 2009

Mileage

40,500 mi