# 2006 PT Cruiser **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chrysler, ptcruiser\ **Created:** [October 18, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-pt-cruiser/81829 "2013-10-18T21:57:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-pt-cruiser/81829/1 "2013-10-18T21:57:25Z")
HELP. My car or myself must be possessed. My dash board lights up for no reason. All the lights – seat belt, engine, oil, etc. Also the speedometer goes from 0 to 100, the RMP needle goes from 0 to whatever and my gas tank need goes from empty to full to back to empty. In addition it is now loosing power --no gas is getting where ever so I must pump gas peddle to get it going again. It usually lasts only seconds and there is NO rhyme or reason to when it does it. I left it with a dealership and they drove it 265 miles and it did nothing. I got it back and within 48 hours it started doing it again. They did put in a new instrument cluster and it still continues. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-pt-cruiser/81829/2 "2013-10-19T02:53:16Z")
I would start to suspect the Body Control Module. The BCM is the gate keeper for the Controller Area Network or CAN. The BCM allows computers/modules to communicate with each other. If the dealer installed a new instrument cluster, and the same problem still occurs intermittently, then the BCM would be the next suspect. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Working\_on\_Chryslers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d26b3c/32.png) [@Working\_on\_Chryslers](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Working_on_Chryslers)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-pt-cruiser/81829/3 "2013-10-25T10:16:08Z")
Check battery and ground strap wire. Both may need replacement. ---
**Author:** ![cvincent373](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@cvincent373](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cvincent373)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-pt-cruiser/81829/4 "2013-10-25T20:59:54Z")
Having same problem, same make model year…did either of these work?