
09 May 2011, 01:06 pm
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Norad Colorado
Posts: 714
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Re: Electrical issueS... (fog lights always turned on... radio display turned off.. e
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Originally Posted by benoit_bertrand
Hello, on my 2002 PT cruiser (2.0/LPG - touring) the radio display was turned off intermittently while the radio and CD both worked fine ... I noticed that in touching the key this radio display sometimes reappeared but for few months the screen is definitively black... what is strange too is that the key can even be removed while the engine is tuned on...
Furthermore... (and like many of us) the fog lights stay on after lights are turned off and even after the engine is turned off. Fog lights go off if turn indicator is placed in left turn position. The only wise solution I found to not discharge the battery was to remove the fog fuse... I noticed that a slight touch on the fog provoked a very slight crackling in the speakers... and coincidence or not... two speakers now don't work anymore (one rear speaker and one front speaker)...
I went on the web and search, search and search a solution... I saw many PT cruiser owners with some of those issues and read that there are lots of problems with the wiring harness running down the steering column... So I went today to check if there were some wires get stretched, pinched or cut and I saw a small white wiring harness not connected... and found any place to reconnect it... After this operation during which I have done nothing... the radio don't work anymore....!!!! I can only remove and insert a CD... but I can see nothing and hear nothing... Please help me before I become completely crazyyyy! Is my PT cruiser haunted?? Am I an unlucky owner??? Or... all this electrical issues could be linked...and is there a rational explanation...? Thanks in advance for your help.
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Benoit-
Your fog light problem I'm 98% sure is your MFS. Install a new one or you can opt to repair it per dill's suggestion. Once you have done so, to prevent it from happening again in the future, jump over to the PT Crew site and go to the Mod Bible section and do the fog light relay mod. It is HIGHLY recommended to prevent your new MFS from any future problems.
As for your radio problems. A couple of questions, do you have steering wheel controls for the radio and witch radio model do you have? I assume you just have the single in dash CD not the multi? If so I think I can help you, I had a similar problem with my 03'.
Let me know.
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