A week ago while driving at 40 consumer felt like car was down shifting, RPM's would rev up, but consumer could not go faster than 40 MPH. On 14th of september, while on the interstate car down shifted. Consumer said gears would not shift.
1996 Chrysler Cirrus transmission complaints
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Transmission failed and had to be rebuilt at 42,534 miles. Transmission failed again 800 miles later. Eventhough I had reported an earlier problem on trans (while still under warranty), they would not cover this failure due to the fact I was 6,000 miles over warranty.
Dealer replaced failed componets. The starter took three tries to fix in 1997. It was intermentent.
Problem was diagnosed as a failure of the transmission control module (TCM) and the solenoid pack. However, it is apparent that the transmission itself is faulty, as it makes a "moaning" sound at what I presume are the shift points. Dealer does not recognize this issue as a problem, although it is getting progressively worse. Original diagnosed problem, failure of the TCM, would cause the auto to go into "limp-in" mode. (auto defaults to second gear, which would happen at low speeds or when stopped.)
Vehicle experienced recall failure on the ignition park shift interlock system resulting in vehicle rolling down a hill and hitting a tree. Mjs
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Car would shift out of gear at various speeds and at stop. The car also jerks into gear at various speeds. It has been taken back to the dealer on numerous occasions, each time they can't seem to find any problems with the vehicle. The last instance of this occurring was february 5th 1999. While pulling into my development at a speed of 35mph the car jumped out of gear, and I was unable to get the vehicle into drive or reverse. I had to push the vehicle to my driveway. My concern is that my family was in the vehicle when this occurred and we had just come off the highway.
The gear shift can move without the release button applied. Dealer says this is normal.
Parked vehicle. Getting out of vehicle when it started rolling backwards. Driver knocked down by door. Vehicle hit tree in woods after owner got loose. Emergency brakes not on at time. Will be taking vehicle to dealership.
Driving about 20mph, it would pop out of gear; 2nd time at 55mph popped out of gear; would not downshift to neutral;3rd time about 30mph, popped into low gear. 1st time cooled off; 2nd/3rd had towed to dealer & who will order parts after checking vehicle.
After stopping the vehicle, the vehicle shifts out of gear. Please describe.
Auto will not downshift even though the manual states that it should down shift.
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