2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser Exterior lighting Problems

“While driving my 2008 Pt Cruiser home, all of the dashboard lights came on at one time and stayed on for the ten minutes it took me to get home. They came on again briefly two more times for no known reason. I searched the internet and found several possible solutions, wrote them down and I took the car in to the Chrysler dealer in escondido, california. The dealer was unable to replicate the symptoms after checking everything on the vehicle so there was no repair made. I took the car home. …”

“When I purchased the car in january 2014 it had 58,000 miles on it. One week after purchase the right rear brake light blew out. I went back to the dealership (carmax) and had it replaced.no problem. Three months later the light has blown again. I get a mechanic to look at it, needs a socket replacement. #issue 1 in may 2014, there was a slight elevation in the temperature (high 80's), I wanted to try on the a.c., when doing so I heard a pop that sounded like it came from the vent. I thought maybe it came from not being used for awhile. …”

“The brake lights and tail lights and turn signals all stopped working at an unknown time this year another driver told me they weren't working and the dealer told me it was a problem in the fuse box or part of it and wanted over $800.00 to fix it. My Pt Cruiser is a 2008 with apx 48,000 miles on it. The A/C system also failed when some smoke came from the front of the car. Not sure if there is a connection but the lights is a safety problem and the turn signals come on inside but not outside so I wouldn't know unless some one told me. …”

“Dashboard, inside, outside lights stopped working; windshield and back window wipers stopped working. According to dealership service dept. - instrument cluster need to be replaced; it happened again in 2011, and now again in 2012. Per dealership service dept., ca law requires it be replaced - for safety sake.”

“Safety notice Pt Cruiser 2008 car wash water can readily infiltrate the rear tail lights through the anterior vent, and cause both rear stop lamps to immediately heat fracture in the 2008 Pt Cruiser while washed by an automatic system. The high pressure water enters through the top and glides back off the cavity boss, and runs down into the open vent. The vent shield is ineffective to this level of water flow. Additionally, the vent is paced at the top of the light allowing for water to drip directly on a hot bulb. Preferably, the vent should be a bottom drain; but this would require redesign. …”