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Showing 48,514 complaints — component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Incident date: Apr 15, 1994
AUTO-TRAN: WHILE DRIVING, TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE IN GEAR, WHEN ACCELERATE, DOES NOT MOVE; REPLACED FOUR TIMES. TT
WHEN PUT CAR INTO PARK COME BACK IT HARD TO TAKE OUT OF PARK TO PUT IN REVERSE . TT
HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED ONCE, REPAIRED TWICE, IT SLIPS AND SKIPS GEARS. TT
Incident date: Aug 14, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, THE TRANSMISSION TOTALLY FAILED. TT
Incident date: Aug 18, 1995
VEHICLE VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING, TRANSMISSION LIGHTS COMES ON IN THE DASHBOARD. TT
Incident date: Aug 4, 1995
PURCHASE CAR NEW THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT . TT
Incident date: Feb 1, 1995
WHEN DRIVING CAR IT WOULDN'T SHIFT GEARS UP . TT
Incident date: Mar 10, 1993
THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR AND YOU CAN REMOVE THE KEY WITHOUT IT BEING IN PARK. THERE IS A DEFECTIVE CASTING IN THE CONTROL BODY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
WHEN PUT ON THE BRAKE THE TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN MOTOR GETS HOT CAN'T CHANGE GEAR . TT
MERCURY
GRAND MARQUIS
(1988) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 17, 1995
Incident date: Aug 15, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 47,000 MILES MANUFACTURER OFFERS NO ASSISTANCE. TT
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1992) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 17, 1995
Incident date: Aug 16, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, GEARS SLIPS AND SUDDEN ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. TT
CHRYSLER
FIFTH AVENUE
(1991) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 17, 1995
Incident date: Aug 14, 1995
THE TRANSMISSION QUIT AND CAUSED THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
Incident date: Aug 13, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. TT
Incident date: Oct 1, 1994
PURCHASE TRUCK NEW HAD TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION . TT
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING, SPEED DROPS AND THEN IT JERKS. TT
Incident date: Aug 16, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE AFTER 49K MILES. TT
CHRYSLER
NEW YORKER
(1988) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 16, 1995
Incident date: Aug 16, 1995
THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND IT BUCKS AND JUMPS IN AND OUT OF THE GEARS WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
Incident date: Aug 1, 1995
BRAKE ROTOR SEPARATED FROM THE HUB, THE TIMING BELT BROKE, ALSO HAVING TRANS. PROBLEMS. TT
Incident date: Aug 15, 1995
CONSUMER PARK CAR IN DRIVEWAY CAR WAS IN PARK TURN OFF CHILD HIT THE GEAR SHIFT CAR START TO ROLL WHEN ROLLING CHILD PUT GEAR BACK INTO PARK CAR STILL CONTINUES
Crash
Incident date: Aug 14, 1995
THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN HOT WEATHER ONLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
LINCOLN
CONTINENTAL
(1989) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 15, 1995
Incident date: Aug 12, 1995
AT 65,000 TRANSMISSION BLEW PURCHASE CAR USED . TT
Incident date: Aug 1, 1995
THE TRANSMISSION ON THE VAN DOES NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION IN THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
Incident date: Sep 30, 1993
GEAR SHEARED OFF IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, RESULTING IN INOPERATIVE, REPLACE ONCE/NEEDS TO BE REPLACE AGAIN. TT
Incident date: Jun 12, 1995
THE TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP. WHEN IT GOES INTO SECOND GEAR IT GETS ROUGH AND STARTS TO WORK ERRATICALLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
Incident date: Aug 11, 1995
THIS THE FOURTH TRANSMISSION ON THE TRUCK AND THIS DOES NOT WORK EITHER. KEEPS NOT SHIFTING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
Incident date: Aug 8, 1995
THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT AND IT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
Incident date: Aug 15, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILURE, 30-50% LOSS OF POWER WHEN THE FAN CLUTCH ENGAGES, EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH A V6 ENGINE. TT
PUT INTO REVERSE CAR JERK CONSUMER THINK THAT CAUSE IS PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION . TT
CHRYSLER
NEW YORKER
(1989) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 15, 1995
TRANSMISSION WHEN CHANGED INTO FIRST GEAR IT JUMPED. TT
AT 60,000 MILE DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION ONLY PUT 12,000 MILE CAR STILL DOING THE SAME PROBLEM CAR SHIFT AT WRONG TIME LOCKED IN SECOND GEAR . TT
Incident date: Aug 1, 1995
AT, DRIVELINE, VEHICLE IS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR WHILE DRIVING. TT
THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED TWO TIMES PURCHASE CAR NEW ONLY CAN DRIVE IN REVERSE . TT
TRANSMISSION WENT FOR THE SECOND TIME PURCHASE AS PROGRAM CAR . TT
TRUCK POPS OUT OF GEAR & HAVE TO TAKE FOOT OFF GAS BEFORE TRANSMISSION CHANGE. TT
Incident date: Jul 1, 1994
AT 29,000 MILES A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN THE CAR. IT BUCKED AND SKIPPED. *AK PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1995) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 10, 1995
Incident date: Jul 21, 1995
THE CAR WAS IN PARK AND THE CAR ROLLED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND HIT SEVERAL SIGNS AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
Crash
CONSUMER HAD TRANSMISSION FIX BY DEALER A YEAR AGO BUT NOW STILL HAVING A PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING THE GEAR SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR AT 55 MPH . TT
MITSUBISHI
GALANT
(1995) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 10, 1995
Incident date: Feb 2, 1995
AUTO-TRANS: TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP IN LOWER GEARS; DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT WHEN FLOORED; SHIFTS ROUGHLY; DOWNSHIFTS ON ITS OWN. TT
AUTO JUMPS OUT OF GEAR, AND SEAT BELT CHOKES HER SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING. TT
Incident date: Jul 25, 1995
A/T: WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, PARKING BRAKES NOT ENGAGED, NO KEYS IN VEHICLE;JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, ROLLED FORWARD, HIT A HOUSE; REPAIRED UNDER RECALL #91V189000.
Crash
Incident date: Aug 1, 1992
TRANSMISSION DROPS TO LOWER GEAR WHILE DRIVING. TT
Incident date: Aug 6, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. TT
Incident date: Jul 29, 1995
FRONT MOTOR MOUNT FAILED BREAKING AXLE AND RIPPING OUT AUTO-TRANSMISSION. PLEAS DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
CONSUMER STS HER AUTO LOCKS IN GEAR. TT
Crash
1 injured
WHILE HOLDING FOOT ON BRAKES THE GEAR SLIPS. TT
Incident date: Aug 8, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTOR WHILE SHIFT GEARS WITHOUT PRESSING THE BUTTON. TT
Incident date: Jul 8, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED CAUSING FAILURE. TT
Incident date: Jul 27, 1995
THE TRUCK WAS IN PARK AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash
Incident date: Jun 30, 1995
THE TRANSMISSION CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THE TRANSMISSSION WAS ACTING UP BEFORE ALSO. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
Fire
FORD
CROWN VICTORIA
(1993) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 7, 1995
WHILE DRIVING RAINY WEATHER, LOST ALL VEHICLE POWER; BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR; VEHICLE JERKED; NO EMERGENCY BRAKE, SHIFTED GEARS, NO RESPONSE. TT