2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser Fuel system Problems

“On october 4, 2006, I had noticed that my fuel gauge on the Pt Cruiser was still reading full and I knew after driving it for a week it should be reading empty. I also noticed that when I accelerated, the gauge read full but when I put on the brakes it would read empty ; it even read 1/2 full a couple of times. On october 5,2006, I took the car back to dave dennis Chrysler jeep and dodge to have it repaired. According to the workorder, the dealer replaced the fuel sending unit . …”

“Just under 78,000 miles turbo goes out, took to dealership, replaced turbo (took 6 mos) finally returned the vehicle and within 1 month head gasket goes out (blowing white smoke), while driving at 35 MPH on a side road (dealer says known problem, wants another $2000 for head gasket, local dealer says the head gaskets for that car are the weak point, when you return the comp ratio to new/normal with a new turbo. …”

“The fuel line clip fell off allowing gasoline to spill onto lower part of the engine. The car would not run and was towed to a Chrysler dealer and repaired by putting on a new revised fuel line clip. The old part was not on the car when the failure occurred.”

“Since my purchase of this 2004 Pt Cruiser less than 5 months ago, car continuously lurches at stop lights, and if I did not have brake completely depressed would result in an accident. Also, when accelerating very sluggish as if it is not getting any gas for a period of time.....”

“Rough idle at stopped intersections, lunges and stalls. Stalls a approximately 15-25 MPH while making left or right turns making it very difficult to turn while placing the vehicle in neutral and starting the engine again. The fog lights turn on by itself after the vehicle is parked and the ignition is turned off draining the battery. Had to disconnect the fuse in order to prevent this from happening again. To this date non-functional fog lights. …”