Wiring Problems of Chrysler Pt Cruiser

Electrical wiring shorting out. While driving the car the electrical wiring will short out causing all the dashboard gauges to go haywire and the car loses all power and stalls out.

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Windos dont work for 2nd time in 8 months. First time they claim bad wiring not sure second tme had nt taken it in yet taking in Jan. 21,2016 to dealer.

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2002 Chrysler Pt Cruiser. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle headlights and other electrical problems. The consumer stated his wife went to turn on the headlights, and discovered they did not work. The consumer's son checked the switch assembly and found a shortage in the assembly. The consumer son discovered some of the wiring coming from the assembly was bare.

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The wiring in the steering column is faulty, it causes the instrument lights to flicker then then every thing shuts down, including the engine,brakes,steering etc: that is very dangerous driving on highways, it has happened and scares you to death. I have called Chrysler & many people about this very dangerous situation and I have to have repaired @ my expense. I cannot afford it. This is a Chrysler problem and they don't care. What to do? it does this intermittently, but does it mostly while we're driving.

The wiring harness melted, which caused the multifunction switch to burn out and running tail lights to not work properly. Replaced multifunction switch and burning smell came from steering column. Pulled new multifunction switch and noticed melted connectors.

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The contact owns a 2009 Chrysler Pt Cruiser. When the contact entered the vehicle, the driver's seat switch bezel fractured and resulted in exposed wiring. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. Prior to the failure, the vehicle experienced the same failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was confirmed that the component fractured and needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.

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The problem I have been having with the air bag light of my 2005 pt convertible cruiser has been going on for 7 years and 6 attempts to fix it. Chrysler customer care service has authorized the napleton dealership in lake park, florida, to fix the problem with the air bag light twice: once in September 2012, and most recently in may 2014. The service department performs the same replacement of the harness buckle apparatus each time, but that is clearly not the underlying reason that the air bag light comes on after every attempt to fix it. After the fourth attempt to fix it failed by a different dealership in tallahassee, florida, it was suggested that the underlying problem was probably with the entire wiring system of the car, but during the 5th and 6th attempts to repair the air bag light, the dealership did not seem willing to look into this and ended doing the exact same repair that has been attempted for 7 years. Meanwhile I have been told that the car is not safe to drive when the air bag light is on.

Since spring 2013, all gauges/lights on instrument panel sporadically flicker off and on, usually no more than 1 minute. This occurs while idling and driving and may occur one month for 2-3 days and not again for a month. Car didn¿t drive noticeably different, but lights and chime are alarming. Took picture of car at 40mph and lights on to show mechanic because of course it never happens when they have car. At next oil change, took car to dealer and showed picture. They said it could be a wiring short and checked it. Told there were no codes or info stored in computer and they saw nothing wrong. Don't know if mechanic did reset, but it didn't happen again for 2 weeks. Tried to note anything else going on when it does it. Not sure if one light triggers them all, e. G. , when low fuel indicator came on, they all came on. Latest incident in 9/2013, going 60mph on highway and lights did back-to-back flicker, gauges zeroed and car began to decelerate. Could not accelerate but within 10 secs (scary 10 secs!), gauges back and car powered back up to 60. Called dealer again and they want to keep 2-3 days to take another look but I hope they're not just going to take my money without fixing it. My car has otherwise been perfect and not had to be serviced other than replacing suspension. I've been doing internet searches and no one seems to know what¿s causing this problem and this is a dangerous problem. Please find a solution.

My wife and I obtained a 2006 Pt Cruiser from her father in 2008 with 12,980 miles on the odometer. In 4 years we've added about 12,000 miles. Starting last winter, both while being driven at city speeds (30-45 mph) and while idling, this 2006 Pt Cruiser has periodically had a problem with the lights and gauges on the instrument panel. The needles all simultaneously switch back and forth rapidly, then go to the off position. The panel lights turn off at the same time, then after a few seconds to a few minutes, the panel returns to normal. Prior to last Friday, 10/12/2012, these incidents had not presented a danger or interfered with driving. However, on Friday, my wife was driving the car in heavy traffic, and this time the panel went haywire as described before, but the car suddenly lost all engine power. The car would not respond to her pressing the accelerator, and she was forced to coast to a slow roll in the 40 mph traffic! then, the engine reengaged suddenly and the car surged forward when she wasn't expecting it. She refuses to drive it again. Our local Chrysler service tech seemed to be completely unfamiliar with this problem when I described it to him, and a call to Chrysler corp llc proved useless. A cursory investigation online turns up dozens of this exact complaint over the past 5 or 6 years, and virtually all of them indicate a number of attempted solutions, including replacing the battery, the vacuum hoses, the wiring harness, the fuses, or the instrument cluster, and none of these apparently eliminate the problem. Is this as common a complaint as it appears to be? if so, how can it be resolved?.

Dot approved, nys inspected trailer hitch installed on a 2006 Chrysler, pt cruise. It remained operable for around 6 months until it was noticed that rear left and right brake lights were inoperable. Hitch installer retraced installation per manufacturers instructions. It appears that all power to operate the brake lamps is lost only to the rear tail lights but not the mid or third brake light. All other lights are not affected, fuses are not blown and bulbs usually check out as fine. Apparently, Chrysler has separated the 3rd or mid brake light from the tail light section beginning in 2006. Lately, I have seen this complaint arise continuously over internet blogs and in dealership service logs. For now, Chrysler is forcing its customers to either replace entire wiring harnesses or operate the vehicle without stop tail lamps. This fault in the electrical system poses so much danger it should be listed and handled as a very important service bulletin or recall.

The multifunction turn signal switch allows stops working and fog lights stay on making the battery run down and the only immediate remedy is to disconnect the fog lights, I pulled the fuse. I have read many complaints about this on the internet, it is a big problem.

The multifuction turn signal switch allows stops working and fog lights stay on making the battery run down and the only immediate remedy is to disconnect the fog lights. This part has failed three times on my Pt Cruiser.

: the contact stated while driving 60 mph, the fog lights would not turn off. The next day, the vehicle was driven and the fog lights worked fine. On the following day the vehicle was driven in early morning with the fog lights on however they would not turn off again. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who determined some wires in the wiring harness were melting and needed to be replaced. Due to the extensive cost of the repairs the vehicle has not been repaired.

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The multi-function light switch on both the Pt Cruiser and srt-4 has been known to melt and/or catch fire. Dcx has known this has been a problem since the pt came out and now the srt-4 is suffering this same problem. I am now afraid to use my fog lights on my srt-4.

Fog lights wouldn't turn off unless battery was disconnected. Engine light was on. Car indicated overheating. Smoke coming from hazard button. After removing multi-function switch, found that wiring harness connector on left side was melted. Battery was dead, bought new battery. After starting car with multi-function switch disconnected, no overheating, no smoke. Dealership indicated $3000 to repair the wiring harness and bought new multi-function switch for $80. Found over 100 similar problems on different websites. Part should be recalled. Websites: ptdoityourself. Net/tl/tl-index2. Html postings: 191,288,725,862,465,589,824,878,1042,1068,1302,1278,1238,1212. Edmunds. Com/insideline/do/forumslanding postings: 249,250,241,229,232,233,234,235,237,219,220,222,225,227,228,210,211,213,218,202,206,191,198 NHTSA. Dot. Gov complaint: 10130928,10130890,10131743,8018628,10106442,10127101.

Consumer's vehicle caught on fire while driving. Driver was able to pull over, and called the fire department to extinguish the fire. No injuries reported. Vehicle was towed and totaled by the insurance company.

I own a 2002 Pt Cruiser, which was subject to a recall concerning the dash cluster gauges. Gauges failed on me causing me to run out of fuel on I-285 in atlanta. Took vehcile in for recall reprograming of the dash clusters when the vehicle had 4000 miles on the odometer. This failure occurred at 24000 miles. I have been waiting over two weeks for the dealer to obtain the part needed to fix the problem. Today I was told that the part has to be "burned" into the dash order to fix the problem. Moreover, the service manager wayne hammond (770-216-9300) stated that he had a number of consurmers with the same problem. I have been riding around with a gas can in my vehicle for fear of running out; without dash or interior lights or gauges.

The contact owns a 2002 Chrysler Pt Cruiser. When the turn signals were activated, the fog lights could have caused a fire in the wiring panel of the vehicle. The contact wrote a letter to the manufacturer, but they stated that nothing could be done. The current mileage was 86,663 and failure mileage was 45,000. Updated 11/24/08 when the turn signals were used, the fog lights automatically activated and would not go out for quite some time. Eventually, the fog lights stopped working. Updated 11/26/08.

While driving battery light came on. Seconds later, traction and abs light came on. When this occurred, vehicle lost brake power, went into neutral, and coasted. Dealership indicated that the wiring harness rubbed against the right axle boot, and after a period of time, it rubbed away the wiring installation and shorted it out. Consumer questioned the mechanic, as a reply it said that the wiring was not tampered but the location where the wire was installed was at factory setting.

My 2002 Pt Cruiser caught fire and the dealer and the manufacturer say too bad. The car had two recalls one which was fixed and one which they never notified me of.

While driving consumer noticed black smoke coming from the engine. Consumer pulled the vehicle over, opened the hood, and noticed that the engine was on fire. Driver called the fire department to put the fire out.

While backing out of the garage and without prior warning, the vehicle caught on fire, which originated from the ignition wiring. Consumer cut the vehicle off and evacuated. The vehicle was consumed by the fire before the fire dept. Arrived.

When consumer brakes, the headlights would flicker. This causes a distraction at night time. Dealer has been notified. Ph this also occured when window switch and auto door locks were engaged. Dealer checked wiring to pcm, allg rounds and electrical connections. Nothing found.