Chrysler PT Cruiser warning lights comes on

Filed Dec 28, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 31,000 miles · TX

Sporadic instrument cluster powers on and off illuminating all lights. When condition occurs it is vastly distracting unable to determine vehicle speed accurately. When the issue is present the engine will typically shut off. This seems like an incredibly bad condition to allow in a vehicle and contacting chrysler LED to no solution for resolving. Internet search suggests this is not a one off situation and exists across several model years. Chrysler does have a recall notice "01v288000" for model year 2001 which appears to be very similar in nature. Due to the highly distracting nature of this condition and frequency of similar owner reports it seems particularly egregious that a recall notice does not exist.

Filed Sep 28, 2020 · Engine, Transmission · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chrysler pt cruiser. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle overheated with the temperature gauge reading hot. The vehicle was taken to I-10 chrysler dodge jeep ram (79200 varner rd, indio, ca 92203) and was informed that the cooling fan was defective. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to several independent mechanics where the cooling fan assembly, module, high and low speed relays, the thermostat, cooling fan, radiator cap and coolant were all replaced however, the failure persisted. Additionally, while driving at various speeds, several warning lights illuminated on and off and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was restarted and resumed normal operation. The vehicle was taken to crystal chrysler dodge jeep ram (36444 auto park dr, cathedral city, ca 92234) where the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact reached out to manufacturer and left a message however, the contact had not heard back form the manufacturer. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Aug 13, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 68,000 miles · TN

While running at 45 MPH all the warning lights came on, the gauges went to zero, and the motor started stumbling. Trying to nurse it home, I stopped at a red light where the previous things happened again but also the motor completely shut off. This left me stopped in the middle of a busy 4 lane highway. Engine finally restarted where I drove it home. This is the 3rd time this has happened and I see where online this has been complained about over and over. I can not afford to throw thousands of dollars at it and chrysler doesn't care.

Filed Nov 27, 2018 · Acceleration, Electrical · 55,000 miles · WA

Intermittently all dash lights come on and all gauges begin fluctuating and the car will begin to sputter and sometimes dies and then it doesn't do it again for miles

Filed Nov 9, 2018 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 40,000 miles · MD

More often than not, all the lights on dash illuminate when the car is first started, sometimes flashing on and then off when driving. If driving, sometimes the car will either accelerate or slow down. Because the speedometer goes back and forth, I have no idea how fast I'm going. If I slow down when approaching a red light or to make a turn, the car has cut off. Looking online, this appears to be a common problem of pt cruiser owners, yet I've never seen a recall. Diagnostics ran a few times and no reading shows up. Only told, it appears to be an electrical issue.

Filed Jul 26, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 75,000 miles · WA

I purchased the vehicle in december of 2016. The odometer reading was 74,000 miles at that time. It functioned without problems until march 2018. The car was driven about 2 miles and then was parked for about 5 hours. I started the car and drove about 2 blocks at about 25 MPH when all the dashboard lights came on, the gas gauge went to empty and I felt a loss of power. It recovered after a few seconds. It happened again about 1 minute later. I coasted to a stop sign and turned off the engine. I turned it back on about 30 seconds later and drove on. I turned onto a busy street and after driving a few blocks in traffic the power loss happened again. It recovered on its own after about 5 seconds. I got off the busy s street and onto a side street. It happened again after driving a few blocks and did not recover. I coasted into a parking spot and turned off the ignition. After about 5 minutes I started the car and drove about 1.5 miles to my house without incident. The car spent several weeks in a reputable local repair shop. They could not replicate the problem, so could not diagnose. I then drove the car for about 2 months without incident. It has started doing it again. I do not believe I can safely drive it on a busy street or a freeway.

Filed Aug 14, 2017 · Electrical · 25 miles · CA

Car looses power, dash lights turn on and off, occasionally turns completely off while driving. All power turns off including throttle and braking power. All lights in car dash light up and flicker while driving. This has gotten worse and happens everyday and everytime car is driven. Has been happening for the past 6 months.

Filed Mar 10, 2017 · Electrical · 40,000 miles · MN

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chrysler pt cruiser. While driving 65 MPH, all the warning lights illuminated, the gauge readings fluctuated, and the vehicle stalled. The failures recurred multiple times. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the vehicle had "an electronics problem." the contact did not know what parts needed to be repaired or replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred multiple times. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

Filed Sep 29, 2016 · Acceleration, Electrical · 125,000 miles · IA

All warning lights flash while driving, car dies then restarts, very dangerous in traffic. Chrysler can't find the issue, took it mechanics they can't find the issue. Seems like there are 100's of issues with many different years of the pt cruiser however chrysler is ignoring and there is nothing to fix. Some days this happens a lot then it will go 3 or 4 days without.

Filed Sep 23, 2016 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 99,089 miles · TN

I've had my pt cruiser for atleast 3 years now. Today as I was driving all the lights started going on and off on the dash board and was acting as if it were going to stall out. However , every time I hit the gas the MPH gauge would go up. However my gauges on my dash board had stopped working until I'd hit the gas petal again. It did this for at least a few minutes I was on a busy road when it happened and was not able to pull off the road. I've been hearing a lot of rumors going on about pt cruisers losing power and locking up on people and bad things happening I think chrysler needs to get on the ball and fix these issues with their vehicles since we are only the ones that buy them under faith of safety. I had this happen one other time when I first got it but I didn't think nothing of it. The issue seems to be happening more and more often. It's not even at 100,000 miles yet and I am having this many issues. This pt cruiser needs to be recalled! Me or my children best not get hurt it this thing due to chrysler's neglect on this issue. I've seen many people complain about this issue and nothing being done. Who has to die before it's resolved?!? I would've had pictures but the lights turned off and it went back to normal before I was able to take a snap shot or video of it. Because if I lose power again and it malfunctions and me or my kids get hurt when chrysler has been notified and they don't do anything there will be a law suit. If I had known this issue would occur I would have never bought it, infact I'm still paying on it for another 2 yrs.