2004 Chrysler Crossfire Electrical System Problems

While cruising at 55 miles per hour, an unexpected occurrence took place – the engine abruptly ceased to function. I found myself on a two-lane highway in the midst of a construction zone, where the highway was reduced to a single lane, flanked by barriers. In a situation devoid of power assistance, I navigated the immobile vehicle between these barriers to reach a secure location, narrowly evading a potential accident.This issue is perilous and disturbingly common among these vehicles, yet it lacks a definitive diagnosis or solution. Even the computer scans fail to pinpoint the root cause behind this disruptive problem. I had no choice but to have the vehicle towed, and an automotive technician subsequently replaced the crank position sensor, just one of the many potential culprits in this recurring issue. Remarkably, the car operated without issue for two months, only to once again shut down without warning at high speed. Then, quite unexpectedly, approximately ten minutes later, the car miraculously restarted. This issue is perilous and disturbingly common among these vehicles, yet it lacks a definitive diagnosis or solution. It is imperative to stress that this problem is widely recognized and acknowledged, with countless owners repeatedly seeking assistance from dealerships, yet the issue remains unresolved. The gravity of this situation cannot be overstated, as these vehicles are prone to sudden shutdowns while traveling at high speeds. Urgent attention and action are needed to investigate and rectify this life-threatening concern.

WHEN TRYING TO START CAR IGNITION IS STUCK CANNOT TURN MOTOR ON CAR WAS STATIONERY *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND ENGINE SUDDENLY CUT OFF AND I HAD TO PUSH IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I COULD HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED EASILY. THERE WAS NO POWER AND ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER, ONLY ELECTRONICS WOULD LIGHT UP AND ENGINE FAN WOULD RUN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY CHRYSLER/MERCEDES WOULD NOT HAVE A RECALL ON THIS YET. APPARENTLY IT IS THE RCM MODULE THAT HAS BAD SOLDER POINTS SO I HAVE HEARD. VERY DANGEROUS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO A VEHICLE WITH UNDER 100K MILES. IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND LEFT ME STRANDED A COUPLE TIMES, AND THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL SO I HAD TO GET A TOW TRUCK TO TOW IT 27 MILES HOME. IF THIS HAPPENED TO A NEW DRIVER OR ELDERLY PERSON THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ON A ROAD TRIP OR DRIVING THROUGH ATLANTA OR SOMETHING.

THIS IS MY 2ND REQUEST. I HAVE DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS & THEY HAVE BEEN THIS WAY SINCE THE CAR WAS NEW. IT ONLY HAS 40K MILES ON IT. I HAVE TRIED CONTACTING CHRYSLER NUMEROUS TIMES, THEY HAVE NOT REPLIED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE GONE TO NUMEROUS DEALERSHIPS, PRIVATE REPAIRS AND PUT OVER $2500 OF MY OWN MONEY INTO THIS ISSUE, BUT IT STILL ISN'T WORKING ETC. EVERYONE SAYS THIS CALL SHOULD BE RECALLED. I NEED HELP!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER CROSSFIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION KEY MALFUNCTIONED AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STARTED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER CROSSFIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION LOCKED, WHICH PREVENTED THE VEHICLE FROM BEING DRIVEN FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. KERNERSVILLE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (950 NC-66, KERNERSVILLE, NC 27284, (888) 656-5791) DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL WIRES CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED MOMENTARILY, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AGAIN AND STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A SECOND DEALER (ILDERTON DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM, 701 S MAIN ST, HIGH POINT, NC 27260, (336) 804-8536) ALSO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE AND SUGGESTED TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER CROSSFIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED IN THE IGNITION. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CHAPMAN CHRYSLER (3175 E SARAH AVENUE, LAS VEGAS, NV), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,802. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

THE IGNITION THE CAR WILL NOT START AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLE

CAR SHUT DOWN IN TRAFFIC WOULD NOT START TURN IGNITION DEAD. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED AFTER 45MIN TO AND HOUR STARTED. BROKE DOWN IN CITY STREET TRAFFIC. VERY SCARED ON GOING TRAFFIC (STOP)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER CROSSFIRE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE IGNITION FAILED TO START AND AN UNUSUAL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 101,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER CROSSFIRE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALSO FAILED TO START ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE FAILURES RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

MY CAR WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT SHUT DOWN. NO WARNING. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON PRIOR TO THE CAR SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TURN IT ON ALL OF THE LOANER LIGHTS WOULD TURN ON. INCLUDING THE AIR, RADIO,WINDOWS ETC. I TRIED TO GET A JUMP AND NOTHING HAPPENED. CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK AND AS SOON AS IT SHOWED UP IT CRANKED UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED AGAIN AFTER TURNING OFF MY CAR AND TRYING TO START IT AGAIN BUT NOTHING HAPPENS. I'VE HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING WITH CROSSFIRES AND IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. ALSO THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL REGARDING THE IGNITION. PROBLEMS WITH TURNING THE KEY IF REMOVED. THE KEY HAS TO REMAIN IN THE IGNITION. I'VE HAD A FRIEND WHO'S CROSSFIRE DOES THAT ALSO AS WELL AS MINE.

VERY DANGEROUS ---WIRE'S GET WEAK AND CORROSION START ENGINE FIRE. CAR COMPUTER BLOW UP .....FIRE UNDER HOOD.....

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER CROSSFIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED TO TURN. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

THE SKREEM (SENTRY KEY REMOTE ENTRY MODULE?) FAILED WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS PUMPING GAS. EVIDENTLY, THE CAR CANNOT BE STARTED IF THIS MODULE IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, THUS LEAVING MY 17 YEAR OLD STRANDED. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH, MOSTLY VIA CROSSFIREFORUM.ORG, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THIS PART HAS AN EXTREMELY HIGH FAILURE RATE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ENGINE AND COMPONENTS ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS THE MERCEDES SLK AND THAT MERCEDES RECALLED THE COMPATIBLE MODULE, BUT CHRYSLER DIDN'T. MOREOVER, THIS PARTICULAR PART CAN ONLY BE ORDERED AND PROGRAMMED BY A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, WHICH MEANS NO OPTIONS AND BIG BUCKS! PLEASE LOOK INTO AND MONITOR PAST AND FUTURE COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THIS POORLY DESIGNED/MANUFACTURED ESSENTIAL COMPONENT IN THE CHRYSLER CROSSFIRE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT ON OUR BEHALF. *TR

STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, IGNITION WILL NOT WORK (CAR WON'T START ACCESSORIES WON'T WORK) WILL NEED TOW TRUCK TO MOVE VEHICLE. COST FOR REPAIRS 1400.00 WHICH INCLUDED NEW KEY, NEW IGNITION CYLINDER. VIRTUALLY DEAD IN THE WATER WHEREVER YOU PARKED IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER CROSSFIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE BUT THE IGNITION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH AND CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON 1000'S OF CROSSFIRE'S AND MERCEDES (ALL MODELS FROM 1998 FORWARD). THIS ISSUE IS THE BAS SYSTEM AND BRAKES. INTERMITTINGLY, AND USUALLY DURING WARMER WEATHER WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BAS LIGHT COMES ON, AS DOES THE LIGHT INDICATOR. THE ISSUE IS THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON. THERE IS A FAULT WHERE IF THE BAS IS NOT WORKING, THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON. THEY ARE TIED TOGETHER IN THE ELECTRONICS. THE BAS IS NOT REQUIRED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER NO BRAKE LIGHTS BECAUSE OF THE FAULT IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE. THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN. RESEARCH ONLINE HAS FOUND 1000'S OF COMPLAINTS, NO RESOLUTION AND TYPICALLY HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS IN REPAIR COSTS THAT DO NOT FIX THE ISSUE. THE BRAKE LIGHTS SHOULD RUN INDEPENDENTLY OF THE BAS SYSTEM. A COMMON FIX IS CONNECTING AN INLINE FUSE FROM THE BRAKE SWITCH TO THE BRAKE LIGHT, IF ONE IS MECHANICALLY INCLINED TO DO SO. CONTACTING MB STATES THEY KNOW THE ISSUE BUT CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE THEY ALSO STATED TOO COSTLY TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM FOR A % OF OWNERS. OTHER CAR MANUFACTURERS HAVE BRAKE LIGHTS WIRED SEPARATELY FROM BAS SYSTEMS. *JS

DRAIN PIPES DO NOT DRAIN WATER, CAUSING THE RAIN, CAR WASH, OR ANY EXCESS WATER TO DRAIN INTO THE CAR. ABOUT 2 GALLONS ENDED UP ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD. VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR