2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser Lighting Problems

THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS AND REAR TURN SIGNALS QUIT WORKING. THE BULBS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND THE CAR HAS BEEN TESTED. IT IS THE LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM THAT IS FAULTY AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR. THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS WILL NOT WORK AND THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. I SEE THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE/RECALL WITH OTHER MODEL YEARS.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS NOT WORKING WENT OUT AND BOUGHT NEW HEADLIGHTS AND THAT IS NOT THE PROBLEM, AND ALSO BLINKERS TO NOT FLASH FROM OUTSIDE OF CAR, ALSO WENT OUT AND BOUGHT BULBS THIS WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED DEFECT. THE INTERGRATED POWER MODULE 2006 CHRYSLER OR CRUISER CONTROLS HEADLIGHTS BLINKER IT CAN ONLY BE RESET BY DEALERSHIP OR REPLACE. I LOOKED UP F33 IT WAS A RECALL FOR DIRECTION SIGNAL BULB FICTION. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUES AND SHOULD HAVE A RECALL. PLEASE HELP I NEED TO DRIVE MY CAR. THANK YOU

RIGHT SIDE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY INOPERATIVE. NO HIGH BEAM, LOW BEAM, OR TURN SIGNAL / FLASHER FUNCTION. REPLACED BULBS SEVERAL TIMES AND ALL TEST GOOD IN OTHER FIXTURES SUCH AS DRIVER SIDE LAMP ASSEMBLY. ENGINE IS THROWING "CYLINDER 3 MISFIRE DETECTED". PLUGS, WIRES REPLACED WITH NO REPAIR.

VEHICLE WAS STARTED IN THE MORNING AND HEADLIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS WOULD NOT OPERATE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS A PROBLEM WITH THE INTEGRATED POWER MODULE. THE MODULE HAD TO BE RESET TO MAKE THE LIGHTS OPERABLE AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE TURN SIGNALS FAILED TO ACTIVATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRE OF THE TURNING SWITCH BURNED OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. BOUGHT THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN 2006. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS I NOTICED INTERMITTENTLY THE CAR WOULDN'T START WHICH SEEMED TO BE THE BATTERY. IT STARTED AFTER JUMPING AND WOULD BE FINE FOR 4 MONTHS OR MORE. SINCE THEN I HAVE PINPOINTED IT TO LEAVING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION FOR JUST 2 MINUTES. THOUGHT THIS WAS WEIRD SINCE MY BATTERY WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD WHEN THIS FIRST START. RECENTLY, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, TURNING SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS DO NOT WORK. I CHECKED ALL FUSES, THEY ARE GOOD. I READ ONLINE ABOUT THE TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE THAT REPLACED THE 2006 INTERIOR FUSE BOXES. I READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. WHEN I FOUND OUT MY TURNING SIGNALS WERE NOT WORKING I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE FUSES AND HAD NO IDEA MY HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING AS THEY WORKED WHEN I CHECKED THEM AFTER THE TURNING SIGNALS WERE NOT WORKING. THAT NIGHT, I STARTED DRIVING HOME AND THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT ON A VERY DARK ROAD WITHOUT NOTICE. MY SON AND I WERE IN SERIOUS DANGER AND THE ONLY THING WE COULD DO WAS TURN ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS. THINK GOD THEY WORKED. THE BASIC SAFETY REQUIREMENTS ON A CAR SUCH AS THE ABOVE SHOULD NEVER GO BAD WITHOUT NOTICE AND WITHOUT AN EASY FIX. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT CHRYSLER HAS NOT PUT OUT A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. ALSO THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN ON INSIDE THE VEHICLE EXCEPT IF I OPENED THE DOOR. YOU COULD NOT TURN THEM ON IF THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. I AM SURE IT HAS CAUSED ACCIDENTS AS IT COULD HAVE THE NIGHT OURS WENT BAD. I HOPE THAT THE NAPA CHRYSLER CAN FIX MINE AS THE SERVICE MANAGER DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WITH THE TIPM WAS. *TR

2006 PT CRUISER UNDER 60,000 MILES AND I HAVE REPLACED THE REAR TAIL LIGHT BULBS TWICE. IT IS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR AC REPAIRS (THEY FOUND A BAD LOW PRESSURE SWITCH AND FAN) AND NOW I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING AND IT IS APPARENTLY CORRODE TERMINALS AND BOTH LAMP ASSEMBLIES HAVE TO BE REPLACED. IS THIS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THESE VEHICLES? APPARENTLY THESE ARE DEALER ITEMS AND MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER IT. *TR

MY 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE THE TIME OF THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY RAN OUT. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DASH AND HEADLIGHTS DIMMING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE CHILDREN AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THAT. WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS BEING USED IT IS AS IF THERE IS SHORT IN THE SYSTEM CAUSING THE AC TO GO FROM COLD TO HOT REPEATEDLY. THIS OCCURS WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHILE SITTING STILL AT INTERSECTIONS OR PARKING LOTS. I LIVE IN TEXAS AND IT IS HOT THIS SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM IN A VEHICLE WITH 36,000 MILES. THE RADIO WHICH IS MANUFACTURER INSTALLED ALSO TURNS ON AND OFF AND SOMETIMES WILL ONLY CLICK LOUDLY. THE ENGINE SEEMS TO SHIFT RATHER HARD AT TIMES EVEN THOUGH MY FLUID LEVELS ARE OKAY. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED A RED LIGHT AND THE AC STARTED BLOWING COLD AND THEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO SMOKE. VEHICLE HAD STALLED WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. THIS DOES NOT SEEM SAFE AND THERE SEEMS TO BE MANY WITH SIMILAR ISSUES. I AM NOW HAVING TO BRING THE CAR TO THE SHOP SINCE AT FIRST I WAS NOT SURE IF THE AC WAS JUST GOING OUT AT RED LIGHTS SINCE I WAS SITTING STILL AND I THOUGHT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN HOW THE CAR WAS MADE. BUT SINCE THEN THE CAR HAS STARTED HAVING AC TROUBLE WHILE TRAVELING AND THERE HAVE BEEN THE OTHER STALLING AND SMOKING ENGINE PROBLEMS THIS WEEK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER AND TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK. THE DEALER REPLACED THE WIPER SENSOR SWITCH, THE CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING WHEEL, AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, BUT THE FAILURES REMAIN. THE MANUFACTURER TOOK A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE DEALER AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,080 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,150. UPDATED 4/16/08 *CN THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. UPDATED

TRAVELING BEHIND PT CRUISER WHEN LIGHTS ARE REQUIRED CANNOT SEE TAILLIGHTS. THEY ARE EXTREMELY SMALL AND DIM. ALMOST CALLED POLICE TO REPORT VEHICLE TRAVELING WITH NO LIGHTS ON UNTIL I GOT RIGHT UP ON THIS VEHICLE, VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. *NM