NHTSA Complaint #10402798 — 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER

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