Chrysler Cirrus won't start problems

Filed Oct 13, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 70,000 miles · FL

I bought my car in feb 2014 used with a little under 70,000 miles. Overall the vehicle was in excellent condition with a few minor paint issues. Within the 1st week of buying it I noticed the check engine light would come on and act like it would stall, or would actually stall all together once coming to a complete stop. The scariest is when you are driving on a highway & the car looses all power! I have learned is if I throw it into neutral then the power will come back up & I don't have to come to a complete stop most of the times. I have taken it to my mechanic who I have used for over 10 yrs & he still has not been able to find the cause, he said the check engine light code is coming back as the park/neutral switch (which would be the transmission and costly and could not guarantee this would fix the problem). Last week my car died & I had to have it towed since it would not start. Ended up being the fuel pump, but when they put the new fuel pump, the PCM shorted it out so that ended up being replaced as well as the crank shaft sensor . He thought this would have fixed the problem but sadly it is still happening :( this is very frustrating to see that so many people have the same issue and yet chrysler is still not issuing a recall for this. When someone like me has a kid(s), it makes it very scary every time you get in to drive not knowing what will happen. As a single parent, I can not keep putting in thousands of dollars for a problem that should have already been identified and recalled and fixed. I have had the car for almost a year and still wont drive outside of orlando for the fear of breaking down too far from home. Please find what is causing this and recall so I can stop throwing money away on senseless fixes!!

Filed Nov 27, 2009 · Fuel system · 134,000 miles · IL

1999 chrysler cirrus, will not start after rain. There is no distributor and I feel that it could be a problem with the fuel system. I pump the gas and try to turn it over it just cranks sometimes it does eventually start. I have missed days of work. So when ever it rains I am always worried, this happens often.

Filed Feb 23, 2009 · Electrical · 126,500 miles · OH

Car stops while driving and also doesn't start on some days and not others. You can be going 60mph on the highway and car will stop for no reason and then start up again after sitting for a while. I've had an engine code reading with no codes showing. Replaced battery, spark plugs and wires, plume gasket, crank shaft sensor, rotor cap and button. I am now getting a "no bus" reading when it won't start. It's getting a spark and tries to turn over. I have looked up this problem and there are numerous complaints about the same problem with nobody knowing, including the dealerships, as to how to fix this problem. If something is not done soon, someone is going to die from this. This has been happening for 4 months with three trips to the shop. It will drive fine for a couple of days and then you go to start it and it won't. Or you're driving on the highway or regular streets and the car will stop. It's scary when you have a semi on your behind flying at you and all you can do is pray that you can get over to side of the highway with your car when it's stopped. This is a recipe for disaster. Please help. Please look this up on the internet with a google search and see that this is a big problem for so many consumers of this car. There really should be a recall.

Filed Feb 19, 2009 · Engine, Transmission · 89,490 miles · PA

About 2 years ago, my car began stuttering and stalling out with no warning. The oil light repeated flashes on, the check engine light flashes and then stays on, and the car wont start or just cuts off. The transmission speed sensor was replaced. The transmission was replaced. The oil was changed. This past 3 months alone, it has been at the service department 6 times for this same problem. I am now being told that I need a tune-up, which will cost $700, then the egr needs replaced, and a few other things. However, when the mechanic had it last week, he could not find anything wrong with it. I have found out that the cirrus vehicles have this same problems that I am having. I was on my way to the mall via the parkway when the car stalled out. Luckily traffic was slow because if I was on the parkway and it stalled out, my sister and I could have gotten killed. There is no predetermined time when these problems occurred. The car only has 89500 miles on it. I have all of my original repair papers. Proper maintenance has always been done on my car. When it works, it is great. Unfortunately, I just never know when it is going to not start.

Filed Jul 26, 2006 · Electrical, Engine · 17,000 miles · TX

The vehicle had been stalling on the highway, and restarting alone , and at time when entering the on ramp to a highways, almost caused me to have an accident. And it has always been on the highway when the car is in higher r.p.m's as it never done it while on city roads... Now car won't start at all and reads no bus... I entered it at google and many other's have gone through the same problems I have and with many models but the same engines either 2.4 v6 or the 2.5 v6 , dodge or chrysler cirrus ,stratus,breeze,intrepid,and earlier 300's... Sounds like it should be a recall to me... Thanks for any info.

Filed Aug 11, 2005 · Acceleration · 40,000 miles · DE

Dt: the contact stated took vehicle to a service dealer because the vehicle has difficulty starting. When the key was turned over, the vehicle would not start, almost causing the battery to die. When the vehicle finally did start it had a rough idle, but continued to run. This only happened during the morning when the contact first started the vehicle. The contact was afraid to drive the vehicle out of town because it may not start back up. The consumer rented a vehicle any time he needed to go out of town. The vehicle was towed to the service dealer on two occasions. The service dealer replaced the throttle position sensor, but this did not remedy the problem. The service dealer could not duplicate the problem, but did say the next time this happened to contact them and they will come out and look at the vehicle.

Filed Jul 19, 2005 · Engine · 82,000 miles · MD

Dt: the vehicle is a 1995 chrysler cirrus, when the consumer purchased the vehicle it did not have a thermostat. The first time the vehicle ran hot she took it to a mechanic who told her there was no thermostat. Every time she moved the vehicle she would have to add water and antifreeze. Because there was a leak in the hose. On 7-16-05, the vehicle would not go over 50 MPH then the speed started dropping. Consumer pulled to the side of the road .she put it in park and shut the ignition off. She tried to start the car again then it made a winding noise, the lights on the dashboard came on, but it would not start. Afterwards there was steam coming from under the hood of the vehicle. She contacted the tow service, which took the vehicle to the dealership. They refused to fix vehicle. The vehicle is currently parked at consumer's home because she could not get any of the mechanics to repair it.

Filed Apr 27, 2001 · Acceleration, Electrical · IL

While driving 40 MPH there was a loud clanking sound, engine revved. Stepped on gas, engine died. Tried to restart vehicle, would not start. Took vehicle to dealer, who found distributor had gone out.*ak

Filed Apr 10, 2001 · Electrical, Engine · MT

The vehicle simply stalled and would not start again. The distributor and distributor rotor have been replaced. The car ran for one day then stalled again and won't start. We are taking it back now for more work and it only has 51,000 miles on it!

Filed May 10, 2000 · Electrical · FL

Driving at 45 MPH vehicle lost power. Turned key but engine would not start. Mechanic stated that car computer was damage due to faulty distributor. A replacement computer was put into vehicle but it too was damage. After conferring with dealer, it was determine that a faulty distributor cause computer to fail. I had to purchase a distributor and computer to fix problem. I believe that such a defect should be investigated and be classified as a recall. Thank you for your consideration on this matter.