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Showing 48,514 complaints — component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Incident date: Aug 24, 1995
TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING HARD MAKING LOUD NOISES HAD IT INTO THE DEALERS 3 TIMES PROBLEM STILL NOT RESOLVED. TT
Incident date: Jun 14, 1995
ERRATIC TRANSMISSION OPERATIONS, SHIFTS GEARS SUDDENLY/SLUGGISHLY OR NOT AT ALL. *AK
Incident date: Mar 27, 1995
REPLACED TRANSMISSION.
Incident date: Jun 26, 1995
TRANSMISSION REBUILT.
Incident date: Jun 27, 1995
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *AW
Incident date: Jun 27, 1995
TRANSMISSION REPLACED DUE TO SLIPPING. *SKD
Incident date: Apr 1, 1995
TRANSMISSION REBUILT DUE TO SLIPPING AND BINDING, ALSO MAKES NOISE IN REVERSE GEAR. *AW
Incident date: May 17, 1995
TRANSMISSION JUMPED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash
Incident date: Apr 16, 1995
REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE. *AK
Incident date: May 15, 1995
VEHICLE EXPERIENCES TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *AK
Incident date: May 2, 1995
REPLACED TRANSMISSION 4 TIMES. *AK
Incident date: May 5, 1995
DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS/HARD SHIFTING/ROUGH IDLE.
Incident date: May 17, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AW
Incident date: May 15, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE DUE TO FAILURE OF THE 'PIGTAIL' SWITCH. *AW
Incident date: Apr 1, 1993
AXOD TRANSMISSION REBUILT. *AW
OLDSMOBILE
ACHIEVA
(1992) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 21, 1995
Incident date: Apr 17, 1995
TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF DRIVE. *AK
BUICK
ROADMASTER
(1994) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 21, 1995
Incident date: Jan 17, 1994
TRANSMISSION FAILS TO GO INTO REVERSE GEAR/SLIPS GEARS AND MAKES CLUNKING NOISE. *AW
PONTIAC
TRANS SPORT
(1993) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 21, 1995
Incident date: Jul 12, 1993
REPLACED TRANSMISSION.
CHEVROLET
C SERIES(LIGHT)
(1994) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 21, 1995
Incident date: May 7, 1995
TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE/GRINDED.
Fire
Incident date: May 31, 1995
TRANSMISSION LOW GEAR BAND FAILED. *AK
Incident date: Feb 23, 1995
REPLACED TRANSMISSION. *AK
Incident date: Nov 1, 1994
TRANSMISSION FAILED SIX TIMES. *AK
Incident date: May 30, 1994
TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK.
AUTO-TRANSMISSION; SLOW SPEED IN DRIVE, GEARS SHIFT INTO ANOTHER MODE RESULTING IN ACCELERATION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
Incident date: Sep 14, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT 52K MILES. TT
Incident date: May 4, 1995
CRUISE CONTROL LOCKED IN CRUISE POSITION AND ACCELERATES OUT OF CONTROL, REPLACE COMPUTER/POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE/SERVO FOR CRUISE CONTROL/SPEEDOMETER. TT
AUTO-TRANSMISSION; TRUCK IN FOR REPAIRS/ADJUSTMENT (8) TIMES TO CORRECT IMPROPER SHIFTING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
CHRYSLER
NEW YORKER
(1991) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 18, 1995
Incident date: Aug 29, 1995
TRANSMISSION WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS, ALSO WILL NOT ACCELERATE. HAD REPLACED ONCE. TT
Incident date: Sep 15, 1995
CONSUMER PULLS OUT THE STREET WAS GOING UP THE HILL THE GEAR LOCKS UP. TT
TRANSMISSION WENT AND CAN'T FIND ANOTHER. TT
DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FOUR YEARS AGO CONSUMER HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH CAR . TT
THE TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING HARD . TT
Incident date: Aug 4, 1994
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GONE OUT FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS. TT
Incident date: Sep 1, 1995
GEAR SLIPS WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. TT
Incident date: Sep 2, 1995
PLACE IN PARK WHILE IDLING, THEN VEHICLE JUMPED TO REVERSE AND ROLLED BACK, DRIVER JUMPED IN AND GOT RAN OVER, FINALLY STOPPED VEHICLE BY PASSENGER. TT
1 injured
LINCOLN
CONTINENTAL
(1995) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 11, 1995
Incident date: Aug 14, 1995
LEFT THE ENGINE RUNNING IN PARK POSITION, VEHICLE STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS ENGAGED IN DRIVE POSITION. TT
Crash
10 injured
Incident date: Sep 11, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ERRATIC TRANSMISSION OPERATION. TT
ABS BRAKES FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE AT TIMES-AND TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS WHILE DRIVING. TT
HAD AIR CONDITIONER , POWER WINDOW AND THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED THE CAR ALARM DOES NOT WORK RIGHT . TT
THE TRANSMISSION JUMPING OUT OF GEAR SOMETIMES IT WOULDN'T GO BACK INTO GEAR . TT
VEHICLE HAS LOW RPM TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE SEPARATE TIMES. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS SPORADICALLY AND STALLS AT LOWER RPMS. TT
Incident date: Sep 3, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN SECOND GEAR HAD TO DRIVE SLOWLY UNTIL DEALER COULD BE REACHED. TT
Incident date: Mar 1, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ERRATIC FUNCTION OF TRANSMISSION, DEALER INSTALLED 3 TRANSMISSIONS, HAVE FAILED, ON FOURTH TRANSMISSION. TT *JB
Incident date: Sep 5, 1995
GEAR JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE, SHIFT CABLE SEIZED. TT
AUTO-TRANSMISSION; SYSTEM MAY HAVE A DELAY ACTIVATING ENGAGING W/JERKING. SERVICE REPS STATES THIS ISN'T UNCOMMON. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
Incident date: Aug 31, 1995
THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT WHEN COMING INTO A COMPLETE STOP. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1991) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 7, 1995
Incident date: Sep 7, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, GEAR WILL NOT ENGAGE. TT
LINCOLN
CONTINENTAL
(1989) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 7, 1995
REPLACE THE FRONT STRUT WAS REPLACED THREE AND THE REAR WAS REPLACED TWO TIMES THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED FOUR TIMES THE POWER STEERING AND CV JOINT REPLACE.
Incident date: Sep 7, 1995
PURCHASE CAR ON 9/04/95 ON 9/07/95 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AND COULDN'T GET IT TO GO BACK INTO GEAR . TT
TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF GEAR WHEN DRIVING IN FORWARD MOTION . TT