2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser: engine overheating

7 of the 349 complaints about the 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser describe engine overheating.

owner complaints: 7
of this car's complaints: 2%
typical mileage: 60,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 7 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine overheating by model year

2008
1
2007
3
2006
7
2005
3
2004
3
2003
4
2002
25
2001
15

What owners say

Filed Jun 8, 2020 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · MA

The car has been overheating at idle. When driving, it maintains the correct temperature and returns to it even if it has gone up. Idling at a drive thru is enough to cause a full overheat with smoke. When the car is turned off, a loud bubbling can be heard. The entire fan assembly and harness was just replaced. Problem has been ongoing. Originally, fan would not turn off about 2 years ago. Even when car was off. Spent many months having to remove the fuse because the ran would run the engine dry of power. This would happen even after short drives when the car was in park and off.

Filed Aug 26, 2012 · Engine, Suspension · 34,000 miles · AZ

Owned this car approx. 3 months with problems from day 1. First week took in for 3 front end alignments, car always pulled to the right, problem never fixed. After one month when summer arrived no cold air, had to have evaporator replaced $1,000, car in shop for 2 weeks, air still not blowing cold. Replaced low pressure switch, high end switch, pressure line, still no cold air, problem was never resolved. Would idle real hard at stops. Told it was a broken motor mount, replaced $150. Car overheated, replaced thermostat, still overheating, could not figure out why...finally the turbo engine blew on the 3 month anniversary of owning this car. Had to call bank to volunteer a surrender due to cost of replacing engine. Car dealer was no help, just told me there was not a recall or warranty on this vehicle. Called chrysler and was told it was dealers responsibility. Wow, I will never own a chrysler again, this was the first and definitely the last!

Filed Aug 2, 2011 · Engine · 60,000 miles · GA

2006 chrysler pt cruiser constantly overheats even after replacing thermostat, radiator fan, and any parts necessary for the vehicle to work properly. This is a problem that is know by diamler chrysler; however, a recall has not been issued.

Filed Mar 4, 2011 · Engine · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pt cruiser. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the engine unexpectedly stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and resume normal operation. The vehicle was then taken to an authorized dealer for diagnosis and they advised that the engine had overheated and caused the failure. The turbo engine was replaced previously in 2009. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was unavailable.

Filed May 22, 2009 · Engine · 74,000 miles · IL

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pt cruiser. The contact stated that her vehicle overheated without warning. She found droplets of oil and coolant underneath the vehicle. After further inspection, it was concluded that the fans were inoperative. The current and failure mileages were 74,000.

Filed Oct 20, 2008 · Engine · 29,000 miles · NY · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pt cruiser. While the engine was turned on and the air conditioner was activated, the vehicle would overheat. He noticed smoke coming from the engine compartment. The dealer inspected the vehicle and found no failures. The manufacturer has not been notified. The current mileage was approximately 30,000 and failure mileage was approximately 29,000.

Filed Dec 4, 2007 · Brakes, Engine · IL · crash

I had bought a used 2006 pt cruiser. I had the car for 6 months when the front caliper broke, which caused my brakes to go out. I had an accident as a result of this. A few weeks after the accident I had problems with my car overheating, running out of oil and not having heat. When I took my car into the chrysler dealership to have this fixed, they told me that since my car had been in an accident that the warranty wouldn't cover my repairs and it would cost over 1000.00 to fix. The problems were: I had a hole in my radiator, I was missing the connectors to hold the radiator in place, I had no heat, I needed new spark plugs, and the oil light was coming on. They had told me that I had no oil or coolant in my car and that they would have to get the car in running condition to find out where the oil leak was. I couldn't afford to fix my car, so I took it to a family friends auto shop. I had the radiator repaired, the connectors and had coolant put in. I then picked it back up to take it back to chrysler to have the oil leak fixed. After they looked at it, they told me that since I didn't have my car fixed with them, they wouldn't even look to find out what the problem is. They didn't want to deal with a car that they didn't fix. I did find out what the real problem is through the family shop. I have a cracked head gasket, and the oil leak. I have only had this car for 8 months, and I have only put on 12000 miles. The car has a total of 27,000 miles today. These sort of things shouldn't be happening to my car.