2006 Chrysler Pt Cruiser

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

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

THE INDICATOR LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD BEGIN FLASHING ON AND OFF AND THE GAUGE NEEDLES MOVE BACK AND FORTH. AFTER THAT THE CAR STALLS. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER IN CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA IN JANUARY 2012. NO CODES CAME UP AND I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM HAS RE-OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS TIMES TO DATE. ON ONE OCCURRENCE THE CAR STALLED IN AN INTERSECTION. THE MOST RECENT REPAIRS OCCURRED ON 6/30/2014 (I WAS TOLD THE IGNITION COIL AND A SPARK PLUG WIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED) THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED ON 7/18/2014. *TR

MY BATTERY LITE COMES ON WHEN STARTED AND STAYS ON..HAVE HAD BATTERY, CABLES,ETC ETC CHECKED AND ALL SHOW GOOD...ALSO THE AIR CONDITIONING WORKS VERY LITTLE BUT ACCORDING TO ALL THE MECHANICS THAT HAVE CHECKED IT OVER EVERYTHING SHOWS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER...I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC AT THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP THAT IT NEEDS TO BE PUT ON A MACHINE FOR $100 AN HOUR AND IF IT SHOWS THE "MAIN COMPUTER MODULE" THEN THESE ISSUES ARE "INFIXABLE"..IT IS SOMETHING I WILL HAVE TO "DEAL WITH" AND HOPE THAT THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING SERIOUS WRONG HE TELLS ME...SAME WAY WITH THE FOG LITES ON THE CAR..THEY COME ON AND GO OFF..SOMETIMES THEY COMEON AND WONT GO OFF...AGAIN I WAS TOLD IT WAS "UNFIXABLE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WORK HARD EVERY DAY AND PAY MY BILLS...I CANT AFFORD TO BE TOLD THAT THESE ISSUES WITH MY CAR ARE "UNFIXABLE"...SOMEBODY HELP!!!! *TR

GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND LIGHTS COME ON THE DASH AND MOTOR CUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING ALMOST GOT REARENDED FROM THIS HAPPENING. HAVE TAKEN IT TO MANY MECHANICS AND EVEN AN ELECTROL PLACE AND NONE OF THEM CAN FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM . IF ANYONE FIGURES OUT THIS PROBLEM PLEASE POST BEFORE SOMEONE GET HURT OR KILLED I DRIVE IN A MAJOR CITY AND ON THE INTERSTATES AND IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON THE INTERSTATE AND I HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THE WAY PLEASE SOMEONE HELP I CANT AFFORD TO GO OUT ND BUY ANOTHER CAR IF I DID I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT AND ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAY THEY WOULDN'T EITHER. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER LIMITED TURBO WITH ONLY 31,262 MILES ON IT THAT STARTED OUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO BY THE SEAT-BELT LIGHT COMING ON FIRST FOLLOWED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY ALL OF THE SURROUNDING WARNING LIGHTS COMING ON AND THE GAUGES ALL DROPPING TO NOTHING. IT REPEATED THIS SEVERAL TIMES AN THEN STOPPED AND WENT BACK TO NORMAL. SINCE THEN THIS HAS HAPPENED ONCE OUT OF APPROXIMATELY EVERY THREE TIMES DRIVING IT, DOING THE SAME THING DESCRIBED ABOVE. TODAY ALL THAT CHANGED, NOT ONLY DID THE LIGHTS AND GAUGES GO CRAZY, THE ENGINE DIED REPEATEDLY AS WELL, ALL THIS HAPPENED IN 40 MPH TRAFFIC. IT SCARED ME TO DEATH, I HAD NO CONTROL AND WITH IT HAPPENING AS FAST AS IT WAS I HAD NO WAY OF WARNING THE CARS BEHIND OR BESIDE ME. JUST AS I HAVE SEEN BY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND WITH THE 2006 MODEL THE POST ARE ALL THE SAME ISSUE, ALL HAPPENING IN THE SAME SEQUENCE, ALL TAKING THEIR CARS TO MECHANICS OF ALL TYPES, DEALERSHIP AND INDEPENDENT AND "NOT ONE MECHANIC HAS FOUND A SOLUTION OR EVEN AN IDEA OF WHY THIS IS HAPPENING". MY WIFE AND I ARE LIKE MOST I HAVE SEEN AND CANNOT AFFORD TO KEEP TAKING IT IN TO BE TOLD THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM AND DEFINITELY AREN'T IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE. WILL BEG CHRYSLER TO HELP US ALL OUT. PLEASE FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR EVEN KILLED. VERY FRUSTRATED TO SAY THE LEAST............. *JS