2006 Chrysler Pt Cruiser

I HAVE A 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER 15084 MILE THE CAR WOULDN'T START I PUT A NEW BATTERY IN IT. IT STARTED. THE NEXT DAY THE CAR WOULDN'T START I JUMPED IT AND IT STARTED. I PUT A SMALL 2 AMP CHARGER ON IT AND THE NEXT MORNING IT STILL WOULDN'T START. I JUMPED STARTED IT WITH NO PROBLEM AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER IMPERIAL CHRYSLER AFTER THE FIRST HOUR THEY THE SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE IT. THE SERVICE TECH TOOK ME OUT THE CAR TO SHOWED ME THAT THERE WAS A ELECTRICAL DRAW OF 5 AMPS BUT HE COULDN'T FIND IT, WHEN HE PUT HAND ON THIS PART CALLED THE PCD BOX THE HEAVY WIRE GOING INTO IT WAS RED HOT AND AT THE POINT WHERE THE WIRE GOES INTO THE BOX. HE THEN STATED THE SHORT IS IN THIS BOX I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE IT. WHEN I CALL ABOUT MY CAR THE CHARGE WAS GOING TO BE OVER $900.00. I TOLD HIM I WOULD BE GOING IN TO SEE HIM. THE DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE WRITER WERE VERY GOOD THE VEHICLE WAS JUST OVER THE WARRANTY. THERE WERE GOING TO CHARGE ME $453.39 THEY SAID HALF. I PAID IT. THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THAT THE PDC BOX IS LOCATED BEHIND THE BATTERY AND CONTAIN FUSES IN IT. I BEEN DRIVING OVER THIRTY YEARS AND I NEVER SEEN THIS. THE NEW BOX IS OPENED ON THE SIDE THERE IS NOTHING KEEPING MOISTURE OUT. I HAD FOUND OTHER RECALLS ABOUT A WATER MOISTURE GETTING INTO ANOTHER PART OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. I FEEL THAT ITS SHOULDN'T HAVE COST ME ANYTHING AND ALSO THE CHANCE OF A FIRE. THANK YOU *TR

I OWN A 2006 PT CRUISER. IN 2006, CHRYSLER REPLACED THE TRADITIONAL FUSE BOX WITH A UNIT CALLED A TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM). THE UNIT CONTROLS POWER TO MOST AREAS OF THE CAR INCLUDING BRAKE LIGHTS, RUNNING LIGHTS, DASHLIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS. AS I WAS DRIVING, THE DRIVER SIDE REAR RUNNING LIGHT BURNED OUT. AT LEAST THAT IS MY GUESS. THE LIGHT BULB WAS THE ONLY SHORTED ITEM COULD FIND. THIS CAUSED THE DASHLIGHTS TO GO OUT AND THE PRIMARY BRAKE LIGHTS TO GO OUT. THE BULB SHORTED ON THE INSIDE. THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) IS DESIGNED WITH NO FUSE PROTECTION BETWEEN THE LIGHTING MODULE AND THE LIGHTS. THIS SHORTED BULB SHORTED OUT THE UNIT AND MADE THE VEHICLE VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I RESEARCHED ON THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. I FOUND MANY INSTANCES OF THE (TIPM) FAILING. I FOUND THIS IN THE CHAT ROOMS, BLOGS AND THREADS I VISITED WHILE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. I NOTICED THAT THESE UNITS ARE INSTALLED IN MANY OF CHRYSLER'S CARS AND BASED UPON WHAT I LEARNED HAVE BEEN PROBLEMATIC. IN ALL THE INSTANCE OF FAILURE, THE CAR IS DRIVING AND THERE IS NO NOTIFICATION TO THE DRIVER THAT THE UNIT HAS FAILED OTHER THEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT. THE UNITS ARE BUILT AS A SINGLE UNIT AND THE WIRING HARNESS IS PART OF THE UNIT. YOU CANNOT REPAIR THE UNIT. I HAVE BEEN VERBALLY QUOTED TO REPLACE THIS UNIT THE COST WILL BE AROUND $975. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT HAVING A $2.50 BULB TRASH A MAJOR SAFETY COMPONENT OF A CAR IS A BAD THING. WILL YOU LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM AND SEE IT IS FIT FOR A RECALL? I AM AT WORK AND DO NOT HAVE MY CRUISER WITH ME TODAY. IF YOU NEED THE VIN NUMBER, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL SEND IT YOU. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO TIGHTENED THE GAS CAP. IN SEPTEMBER 2007, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND AS A RESULT, THE CLOCK SPRING WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL FAILURES THAT LED TO THE VEHICLE STALLING WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. THERE WAS NO POWER IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE STALLING OCCURRED TWICE BEFORE THE MOST RECENT FAILURE, ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD FLASHED ON AND OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE FOR FAILURE AND THEREFORE COULD NOT REPAIR IT. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 365.

1- VEHICLE = 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER TOURING. 2- WEATHER CONDITIONS = RAINING 3- VEHICLE FAILURE = WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE WITH OUT WARNING AND WOULD NOT WORK IN ANY SELECTED POSITION. VEHICLE HAD TO BE DRIVEN HOME IN THE RAIN WITHOUT THE USE OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS. 4- CUSTOMER INITIALLY REPLACED THE WIPER SWITCH INITIALLY WITH NO RESULTS, WIPER MOTOR WAS NOT RECEIVING OPERATIONAL CURRENT 5- VEHICLE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS (SPECIAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO TEST), FAILURE WAS FOUND IN THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM), THE CONTROLLER FOR ALL VEHICLE NETWORKED ELECTRONICS, INCLUDING SAFETY DEVICES SUCH AS WINDSHIELD WIPERS. DEALER REPLACED THE TIPM AND THE WIPERS REGAINED OPERATION. COST OF THE REPAIR $833.00 US. *TR

HAD LEFT SIDE HEADLIGHT GO OUT. BOUGHT A NEW BULB TO REPLACE IT. STILL DID NOT WORK. SWAPPED BULBS FROM THE RIGHT SIDE TO INSURE NEW BULB WAS GOOD. IT WAS. BOUGHT A NEW PIGTAIL AND REPLACED IT. STILL NO LIGHT ON LEFT SIDE. PUT A VOLT METER ON PIGTAIL , MEASURED 11.9 VOLTS, BUT SOON AS THE BULB TRIED TO LIGHT THE VOLTS WENT TO 0. SO UNDER A LOAD THE VOLTS DROP. IT WONT EVEN LIGHT A FLASHLIGHT BULB. SOON AS YOU TAKE THE LOAD OFF THE PIGTAIL IT RETURNS TO 12 VOLTS. *TR

I OWN A 2006 PT CRUISER DRIVING ON THE ROAD THE IGNITION FUSE BLOWS AND I LOOSE POWER EVERY THING WORKS ON THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENS ITS BEEN TO THE SHOP THREE TIMES NOW AND IM TOLD THEY CAN FIND NO PROBLEM I HAVE COME CLOSE TO BEING IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH IM TRYING NOT TO HAPPEN AN INSPECTOR FROM THE INSURANCE CAME TO THE DEALER SHIP AND HE SAID THERE IS NO PROBLEM IM VERY SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR ITS BEEN TWO MONTHS OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE FAILED TO START. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, HE NOTICED A POWDERY SUBSTANCE AND SEVERE CORROSION ON THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE BATTERY WAS LEAKING FLUID FROM THE POSITIVE TERMINAL. THE BATTERY AND ALL ASSOCIATED CABLES WERE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 16,000.

PURCHASED 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER, TOURING EDITION OCT 2007 WITH 26100 MILES ON IT. ONLY RECALL WAS FOR SIDE GLASS THAT WAS CHANGED, NO ACCIDENTS ON CARFAX OR REPORTED OTHERWISE. CAR SAT FOR FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THEN WHEN WE BEGAN DRIVING IT, HAD DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, THOUGHT TO BE LOW BATTERY, GOT BATTERY CHARGED. NEXT AND MOST CRUCIAL THING, WE WERE OUT AT DUSK IN A BLINDING RAIN STORM AND THE HEADLIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, TURN SIGNALS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS WENT. I HAD 3 HEADS OUT WINDOWS TO GET TO SAFETY, TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY, COULDN'T EVEN SIGNAL TO GET OFF THE ROAD SAFELY - IT WAS A HAIR RAISING EVENT. I CHECKED THE INTERNET AND SAW HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE. CHECKED WITH CHRYSLER AND TOLD BASICALLY TO KISS OFF AS I HAD JUST IMPORTED THE CAR TO CANADA SO NO WARRANTY ALTHOUGH IT STILL HAS UNDER 28,000 MILES ON IT AND OF COURSE THERE IS NO RECALL REGARDING THE CONTROL MODULE WHICH IS WHAT WENT OUT. I FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THIS - I COULD HAVE HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION WHEN I LOST MY LIGHTS AND WIPERS AND COULD HAVE BEEN STRUCK IN THE REAR BY SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T KNOW I WAS TURNING OFF THE ROAD. IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH MANY MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR THINGS WITH THIS VEHICLE SO I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A WEAKNESS IN THEIR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. THESE VEHICLES ARE APPARENTLY MADE IN MEXICO!! *TR

2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER WITH SEVERAL SAFETY ISSUES. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AND ACCIDENT WITH EVERYTHING IN THE VEHICLE LOCKED INCLUDING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE KEPT MOVING AND ONLY DRIVER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *KB PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER HAD OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE SUCH AS: THE ENGINE STALLING, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE REAR GLASS BLEW OUT. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WOULD GO AFTER. *JB