Hi, I'm a new member and just wanted to share my new experiences with my 2004 Crossfire. By the way I have had it since 2004. Just starting to have problems.
Let me start by saying I absolutely LOVE MY CAR! It is now 2015 and I still get asked what kind of car is that, is it just out this year. My silver bullet is aging timelessly on the outside, but her age is starting to show on the inside. But hearing her described as exotic, I guess it is expected that she will have unique challenges.
Lately I have experienced some of the issues that I have seen in other posts, such as:
Car shutting off in the middle of traffic while driving - I'm going to try and replace the crankshaft position sensor as suggested.
Siren going off while driving or just randomly while parked - I'm going to disconnect or replace the battery in the siren, haven't decided the best method yet.
My latest obstacle is the steering wheel column locking and not releasing while turning the key at the same time. After reading the post it appears that it may be in the cylinder housing, I spoke to a luxury car repair shop who was reluctant to take it due to he not thinking his shop will have the necessary coding to re-code the key which he thinks from talking to me may be the issue, but also thinks that it could be several modules gone bad, no way of knowing until they change every module until it works, which he says will be costly
which I'm not looking for someone to guess at my problem!
When I came across this forum, I found members who were passionate about the crossfire and had previous issues, so I want to ensure that I share my experiences and resolutions to help other who may experience some of the same problems or new problems.
This forum is important to the Crossfire owner for several reasons. This morning when I couldn't get my steering column to engage, I decided as soon as I got it to engage I would go straight to the dealership service department, off I went. They denied service at the Chrysler dealer, I called the Mercedes dealer, they denied servicing the car, I drove to a Ford dealership just for the hell of it, I asked the service guy did he know any service departments with a Certified Technician for the Chrysler Crossfire, he called around, he found one guy in a neighboring city, a 45 min. drive for me. I called their service department who told me they had 1 tech. and he was also their diesel tech, I was told to drop the car off they don't offer appointments and it will be 2-3 days before they could look at it. This is how I ended up on this forum, looking for alternative solutions.
The guy at the foreign car repair shop called me back and asked me to use a different key, I explained I had tried both keys, he suggested that I go to a local hardware and purchase an ignition spray to see if this will alleviate the problem, so I'm off to see if this will work.
The moral to this story is the reality of finding someone to fix my beautiful girl is becoming non-existent.
Does anyone know why the dashboard will stay lit after the car is off, and why the seats won't move from time to time, I know it's electrical, but wondering if someone may have had this issue and what was the resolve?
So to all I ask that you keep posting useful resolutions to your Crossfire issues. I will post my results and findings! It's a pleasure to be a part of a group of passionate Crossfire owners!! Enjoy your day!