NHTSA Complaint #10604462 — 2008 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INSTANCES OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS WHERE THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER INTERMITTENTLY. ON FOUR OCCASIONS I HAVE LOST POWER AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO STOP AND RESTART THE CAR. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE COULD NOT DETERMINE ANY ERROR CODES DEALING WITH THE IGNITION. AFTER MY THIRD VISIT HE SUGGESTED GOING TO THE DEALER WHO COULD NOT COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO THE STALLING OR INTERMITTENT POWER LOSS. I ASKED BOTH MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE DEALER IF THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THIS PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NONE. ALSO, DASH WARNING LIGHTS FLASH OFF & OVER TIME I LEARNED IF I TOUCHED THE IGNITION KEY AND MOVED IT SLIGHTLY THE PROBLEM MIGHT GO AWAY. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE INSTANCES OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT POWER LOSS AND I HAVE DEALT WITH IT BY SLIGHTLY MOVING THE KEY. THE INTERMITTENT DASH WARNING LIGHT PROBLEM HAPPENED TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO THEN STOPPED. WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS 6/3/14-6/8/14 THE DASH WARNING LIGHT INCIDENT RECURRED THREE TIMES AND THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT IN TRAFFIC ON 6/14/2014. *TR