While driving there was a bang. The vehicle was towed and it was discovered the transmission was defective. After having the transmission replaced, the transmission was defective again. The second gear is gone. *ak there was a loud bang and the vehicle jerked extremely hard. The transmission was rebuilt and currently it would not shift from second gear.
Chrysler Lebaron jerking problems
11 of the 456 owner complaints about the Chrysler Lebaron describe jerking or lurching, most of them for the 1994 model year.
- owner complaints
- 11
- worst model year
- 1994
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 19944
- 19932
- 19921
- 19911
- 19903
Often reported together
What owners say
Consumer had to replace the serpentine belt three times. Also, driver's side door had to be put back on the track because nuts : bolts were defective, transmission jerked when put in gear.
Experienced repeated problems with "jerking" in the vehicle and gear shift failed to opereated properly (not meeting the gear ratio). Upon mechanics check and commputer analysis, it was determined that a vehicle recall of the cars computer had never been addressed. The mechanic has corrected the problem and I request financial reimbursement. My total cost to correct the problems was $1,084.38.
Transmission slips when stopped and car jerks - at 75,000 miles and all that is in the data bank. It appears to me that a recall should be done on all chrysler 1990 lebaron's.
While driving at 35 MPH and without no prior warning the transmission went out, causing alot of rmp to move the vehicle, and the vehicle was jerking forward.
Automatic transmission malfunctioned due to the low reverse gear seal that broke and the overdrive seal deteriorated, causing the vehicle to stall. Cause unknown. *ak consumer states the vehicle did not stall, it lurched as vehicle was begining to stop or it lurches when starting vehicle.
Automatic transmission appears to be in wrong gear, sounds like a vehicle with manual transmission traveling too fast in low gear, resulting in RPM needle rising and then dropping/lurching.
When applying the brakes they will hold unless driver hits a bump in the road then they will release, causing vehicle to move forward, also transmission jerks upon shifting.
A/t: gear lever does not shift into gear as intended, results in vehicle lurching at high RPM's.
When easing into the gas pedal to go, it jerks forward and it does the same in stoping with foot on brake. Please describe details.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Chrysler Lebaron jerking
Which Chrysler Lebaron years have jerking or lurching problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1994 (4 complaints), 1990 (3 complaints) and 1993 (2 complaints).
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