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Have 133k now. Burns some oil, but does not leak oil. Also noticed some corrosion on alloy wheels (chrome?).
kcram - Pickups/Wagons/Vans+Minivans Host
Oct 01 09:50 pm (PDT)
My wife's car (2009 PT Cruiser) blows the tail light bulbs, which I thought I had fixed with new bulbs. Aftl er replacing bulbs and before installing into the housing I checked and the tail light came on with switch and depressing the brake pedal the brake light on and off when pedal released. So put it back together and she left and I followed her going to the store. Dang ,.... I thought she was riding the brakes. When she stopped and I asked her to step on the brake with the engine off, and the brake light worked fine until she started the engine, brake light was on again. It has occurred to me why the blubs are blowing they get hot with the brake light on all the time.
The big problem is that doesn't make sense. Can't be the brake lite switch or would be on all the time on or off. Any clues?
Homer
I changed my battery and the front windows were down, I could not figure out why they would not work, came to the forum and saw post about
having to have them synched or reset at the Dealership.
I took my car in, and an hour and a half later was told they could only wake up the driver side and the passenger side had to be replaced, so they needed to replace both as they work on the same bus, they could order them and have them in 2 days, with installation cost would be $650.
Please I am looking for all people who had this happen to them and what it cost them, I have a lawyer friend who is going to go after Chrysler for this, a couple of reasons, but suffice to say, there is no warning any place to be found about this issue.
Please share this so we can help others who have been taken advantage of by Chrysler Dealerships.
By the way, the Service writer Erica, told me that I should have come to the Dealership to have my battery changed. Really, who does this?
Also note that when I went to Myrtle Beach Chrysler (where I bought the car June 2004, yes it was one of the 1st) the 2 service writers behind the counter when I asked about having my windows reset, asked if they were on camera, had no idea what I was talking about, Erica then came behind the counter and knew about it as she had seen it once before.
Gary
PT Cruiser 2006 just had the air conditioning system replaced and it still doesn't idle right and the dash controls are now hot to touch. Do they remove the dash when this is done? If not would that wiring affect the dash?
An easy solution to the fog light problem is to remove the fuse. I have a 2001 Limited edition and couldn't see paying to have the problem repaired as I have never used the fog lights since purchasing the car used several years ago. I found the left turn signal remedy cumbersome as you're bound to forget and return to a car with a dead battery.
I have had so many problems with it. I spent so much money for all the defective problems in repairs. I have had it shaking violently, air conditioning not working, electrical problems, seat belts. The final straw now is that it has an inner motor problem the crankshaft - which started by oil leaks all the time even after repair. I called the Chrysler dealer because now the repair mechanic from a Chrysler dealer stated that it is a manufacturer default. I am owing them a huge bill because they had to take it apart etc.
Well, Chrysler is covering up by saying that there have been no recalls therefore they will do nothing for us. Now my PT is just parked because they need to put in a new motor. I can not afford that. I am a student, mother, and working part time struggling to make ends meet. My husband is disabled due to a work related injury.
I need more people like you to call Chrysler and put in an official report to have them held accountable for making such a defective vehicle. I have also read that there are other years of PT's that are defective. Please support the cause. If we have enough people we can get some refunds or repairs paid etc. Thanks for the support!
My friend Hector's '01 PT Cruiser has set a PO401 DTC code(a while ago actually) and now the car isn't running very well. That code translates to "EGR flow restriction. Now this doesn't necessarily mean that his EGR valve is bad, but that there is a flow restriction some where in the system. Another co-wroker had the same code and replaced his EGR on his Toyota some time ago only to find that this was NOT his problem, but he had a bad Purge Solenoid which was located on or near the gas tank in his case. Hector went to Autozone the other day and had his car scanned again and it showed the PO401 code again. They then showed him the part that they said would solve the problem. He said it was a rectangular black box-like thing. He is going to buy that part tomorrow which is $60 and wants me to put it in. I just want to be sure that this is the correct part. Any suggestions from you or anyone else who has had this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Googled my problem and up popped this forum first thing. Thankfully other people have found a solution to this problem. I did accidentally find out if I turned on my left turn signal, the fog lights went out. However, if I closed the door a little too hard they came back on. Going to pull the fuse and hopefully that will take care of the problem.
I had never used the fog lights. I didn't even know I had fog lights or how to turn them on or off. I had to get the book out to find out how to turn them on and off.
To all of those who suggested a solution to try. THANK YOU!!