2008 Chrysler Pt Cruiser

I BOUGHT THIS PT CRUISER FROM A LOCAL DEALER, THE FIRST TIME IT TURNED OFF I WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND THOUGHT IT JUST STALLED FROM NOT BEING WARMED UP. ABOUT A WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING DOWN A LOCAL ROAD DOING 50 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I BUMPED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION WITH MY KNEE. THE CAR TURNED OFF. LUCKILY IT WAS A STRAIGHT ROAD WITH NO TRAFFIC AND I WAS ABLE TO GUIDE THE CAR TO A STOP THEN RESTART IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES MORE, ALL WITH BUMPING MY KNEE AGAINST THE IGNITION KEY. IT INSTANTLY TURNS THE CAR OFF. WITH THE GM RECALL IN THE NEWS I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION SINCE I DON'T HAVE A GM CAR BUT DECIDED TO LOOK WHEN I HEARD IT INVOLVED THE IGNITION TURNING THE CAR OFF. I SAW THAT IT IS SIMILAR YET NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT MY IGNITION SO I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT. I HAVE NOTIFIED CHRYSLER OF THIS PROBLEM I AM EXPERIENCING. I KNOW THAT MANY PARTS ARE USED ACROSS BRANDS AND THESE PARTS MAY BE THE SAME. I AM WORRIED I MAY BUMP MY KNEE ON A WINDY ROAD WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER STABILITY AND STEERING IF IT TURNS OFF. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS IMMEDIATELY!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER PT CRUISE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE HORN WAS ENGAGED, IT REMAINED ACTIVATED AND WOULD INDEPENDENTLY DISENGAGE UNTIL MUCH LATER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE AIR BAG HORN ASSEMBLY HOWEVER THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000. *TR

THE ISSUES STARTED AT THE END OF NOVEMBER EARLY DECEMBER 2013. MY CAR BATTERY WAS UNABLE TO HOLD A CHARGER AND MY CAR CONTINUOUSLY WOULD NOT START. I SPENT ABOUT 200 TO HAVE THE ALTERNATOR AND STARTER TESTED AS WELL AS GET A NEW BATTERY PUT INTO MY CAR. I THEN HAD THE SAME SITUATION HAPPEN THE MECHANIC TRIED A NEW BATTERY AND MY CAR WORKED FOR A WEEK. THEN IT DIED AGAIN THE MECHANIC SENT ME TO AN ELECTRICIAN THE ELECTRICIAN STILL CLAIMED IT WAS THE BATTERY. THEN TODAY I HAD THE CAR JUMP STARTED AGAIN ONLY TO FIND I GOT NOT EVEN HALF A MILE FROM WHERE I WAS AND MY CAR LIGHTS ALL OVER STARTED FLICKERING THEN MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF TO THE POINT MY EMERGENCY FOUR WAYS WOULD NOT EVEN WORK THIS HAPPENED RIGHT AT A GREEN LIGHT MY CAR WASN'T EVEN STOPPED. THIS HAPPENED LATE AT NIGHT SO IT WAS DARK OUT AND I HAD TO CALL 911 BECAUSE I WAS UNSAFE AND SO WAS ANYONE ELSE TRYING TO GET DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE I HAD NO ABILITY TO SIGNAL TO PEOPLE IN A SAFE WAY TO MOVE INTO THE OTHER LANE. I HAVE ALSO FOUND NUMEROUS REPORTS BY PEOPLE DRIVING MY YEAR AND OTHER YEARS OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL WHO HAVE HAD VERY SIMILAR ISSUES TO MINE. WITH A CONSTANT RESPONSE OF BEING TOLD THAT THERE EITHER IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE CAR OR THEY CAN SAY THERE IS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME. THESE CARS ARE WALKING DEATH TRAPS TO THERE OWNERS WHEN THIS HAPPENS CAUSE IT COMES OUT OF NOWHERE WITH NO EXPLANATION AND THE COMPANY/DEALER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. I REALLY DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT FOR THIS TO GO UNSPOKEN ANY LONGER BECAUSE IF NO ONE HAS BEEN KILLED BY IT YET ITS A HUGE CHANCE SOMEONE WILL/COULD! A VEHICLE CANNOT BE PERFECTLY FINE IF IT JUST QUITS WHILE DRIVING FOR NO REASON AT ALL. *TR

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR, DASHBOARD LIGHTS START FLICKERING, GAUGES START BOUNCING. SOMETIMES THIS IS ALL THAT HAPPENS, OTHER TIMES IT'S AS IF THE CAR STALLS AS I HAVE NO ACCELERATION. A COUPLE OF TIMES, THE ENGINE HAS SHUT ITSELF OFF. IN RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE, I FIND DOZENS AND DOZENS OF INSTANCES OF THIS SAME THING HAPPENING WITH PT CRUISERS. *TR

JUST AFTER I BOUGHT THIS CAR, I HAVE HAD THIS INTERMITTENT PROBLEM...WHILE DRIVING, AT SOME POINT, ALL THE DASH LIGHTS GO ON, SEAT BELT ETC. AS WELL AS ALL THE NEEDLES, SPEEDOMETER, GAS ETC WILL GO DOWN...THIS CAN HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES IN A ROW, AT WHICH POINT THE CAR HAS STALLED OUT. ABOUT APRIL 2012 THE IC PANEL WAS REPLACED. AFTER SEVERAL TIMES AT THE DEALER AND THEY COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO MAKE THE PROBLEM HAPPEN. WELL, IT DOESN'T END THERE...LAST FALL THE PROBLEM STARTED HAPPENING ALL OVER AGAIN!!!! THE DEALER HAD IT AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THIS TIME THEY NEVER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. SO, I FIGURED I COULD DRIVE THE CAR WITH NO HEAT, OR AIR CONDITIONING, NO RADIO, NO CRUISE CONTROL AND THE PROBLEM HASN'T OCCURRED, UNTIL JUST RECENTLY...THIS TIME IT GOES OFF CONTINUALLY, SOMETIMES. THIS IS SO SCARY! THE CAR CAN STALL ANYWHERE! I HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS SAME ISSUE ON SEVERAL BLOGS...STILL UNRESOLVED. *TR

MY PT CRUISER FROM TIME TO TIME ON A REGULAR BASIS WILL SUDDENLY STALL. ALL GAUGES ON INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL LIGHT UP AND FALL OF AT WHICH CALL WILL STALL. THIS ACTION OCCURS EITHER WHILE IDLING AND OR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHILE DRIVING. THE ACTION SOMETIMES WILL SHUT CAR DOWN THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS START BACK UP. PLEASE FIND A SOLUTION. I'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING THIS SITUATION AND KNOW ONE SEEMS TO CARE OR NO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE 2006. I WOULD LIKE TO NO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO I CAN GET THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM FIXED. *TR