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Showing 48,514 complaints — component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CHRYSLER
NEW YORKER
(1989) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
May 15, 1995
Incident date: Jun 15, 1990
THE CLUTCH SLIPS OUT GEAR WHEN IN GEAR. TT
Incident date: Mar 21, 1995
GEAR WILL NOT SHIFT, DEALER REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. TT
TRANSMISSION GRINDS WHEN PUT IN REVERSE, WHEN AIR IS TURNED ON SLOWS UP. TT
WHILE IN PARK POSITION, WITH ENGINE RUNNING, SUDDENLY VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE. TT
Crash
Incident date: Dec 23, 1994
TRANSMISSION SLIPS, DOES NOT LOCK IN OVERDRIVE. *AK
Incident date: May 12, 1995
WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE WILL JERK FORWARD. TT
Incident date: Feb 23, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIP AND LOCK INTO 2ND GEAR. *SKD
Incident date: Feb 17, 1995
TRANSMISSION CAN BE PLACED INTO GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKE DUE TO RECALL MODIFICATION.
Incident date: Oct 26, 1993
AUTO-TRANS: WHILE IN REVERSE, SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL; CAN NO LONGER ACCELERATE. TT
CAR DOWN SHIFT TRANSMISION WENT OUT PURCHASE CAR NEW. TT
Incident date: Apr 10, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK
MERCURY
GRAND MARQUIS
(1991) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
May 10, 1995
Incident date: May 10, 1995
TRANSMISSION REPLACED. TT
Incident date: May 5, 1995
AUTO-TRAN: WHILE DRIVING; TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS FROM NORMAL DRIVING POSITION TO 2ND GEAR; NO WARNING; WITHOUT TOUCHING ANY BUTTONS; 50 MPH AND UNDER. TT
1) AFTER PARK HAS BEEN ENGAGED AND YOU DISENGAGE MECHANISM TRUCK WILL MOVE. 2) ABS BRAKES FAILS WITH NUMEROUS PARTS REPLACED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
CONSUMER HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACE. TT
PURCHASE VAN USED WAS HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION VAN IS NOT RUNNING RIGHT. TT
PURCHASE TRUCK USED THE TRANSMISSION NOT WORK PROPERLY . TT
Incident date: Apr 18, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAIL AT 83,500 MILES NEED TO BE REPLACE. TT
Incident date: Jan 17, 1995
REPLACED TRANSMISSION FILTER. *AK
Incident date: Nov 1, 1993
THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT RIGHT WHEN CAR IS AT A STOP CAR SOUND LIKE IT WANT TO CUT OFF. TT
FORD
THUNDERBIRD
(1994) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
May 9, 1995
THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, THE MAGNETIC BALLS IN THE VALVE BODY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO JUMP OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING. TT
Incident date: Apr 22, 1995
ENGINE RUNNING; VEHICLE UNOCCUPIED; TRANSMISSION JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE; ROLLED BACKWARDS; HIT WOODSHED. TT
Crash
TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE. TT
Incident date: Apr 24, 1995
AUTO-TRAN: TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR; TOWED TO MECHANIC; PARTS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF LARGE VOLUME OF REPAIRS. TT
Incident date: Sep 9, 1994
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 50K, AND HAD TO BE REBUILT, AND CONSUMER KNOWS OF OTHER CASES. TT
Incident date: Mar 1, 1993
TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AND STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WARRANTY IS EXPIRE PURCHASE CAR NEW. TT
Incident date: May 1, 1988
WHILE DRIVING IN DRIVE GEAR, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION JUMP IN REVERSE GEAR, ADJUST SHIFT MODULE. TT
MERCURY
GRAND MARQUIS
(1989) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
May 5, 1995
Incident date: Aug 1, 1994
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 46K MILES, IT DOES NOT ENGAGED IN GEAR. TT
Incident date: May 4, 1995
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL BY ITSELF. TT
Incident date: May 5, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, REPLACE TRANSMISSION FOUR TIMES. TT TT
Incident date: Mar 26, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TT
LINCOLN
CONTINENTAL
(1988) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
May 5, 1995
Incident date: Oct 1, 1988
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *AK
Incident date: Apr 5, 1994
TRANSMISION WENT AT 45,000 MILE NEED TO BE REPLACE. TT
Incident date: Oct 4, 1994
VEHICLE STALLS OUT AT SLOW SPEED, DURING THE TIME OF DOWN SHIFTING, NO PROBLEM WITH FIRST TRANSMISSION, PROBLEM STARTED WITH REPLACEMENT. TT
CONSUMER PURCHASE BRAND NEW HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION ONCE AND HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. TT
Incident date: Oct 12, 1994
TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON UPSHIFTS.
JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE
(1994) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
May 4, 1995
Incident date: Apr 5, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE TIMES. *SKD
CHRYSLER
TOWN AND COUNTRY
(1993) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
May 4, 1995
Incident date: Mar 24, 1995
TRANSMISSION BANGS INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE FROM NEUTRAL GEAR, ALSO SLUGGISH WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEARS. *SKD
Incident date: Jul 25, 1985
TRANSMISSION SLAMS HARD INTO GEAR.
Incident date: Mar 20, 1992
VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS TWICE WHILE IN PARK GEAR, ONCE CAUSING INJURIES. *AW
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Jan 30, 1995
TRANSMISSION JUMPS FROM PARK TO REVERSE GEAR PRIOR TO RECALL (78V-201). *SKD
OLDSMOBILE
CUTLASS
(1992) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
May 4, 1995
Incident date: Mar 18, 1994
TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN COLD PRIOR TO RECALL. (91V-214) *AW
VEHICLE WILL GO FORWARD IN PARK AND NEUTRAL BUT GO INTO REVERSE AND GO FORWARD IN DRIVE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
Incident date: Apr 24, 1995
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING, WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. TT
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, DEALER REPLACED FOR FREE, 12,000 MILES LATER, GONE OUT AGAIN. TT
Incident date: Apr 29, 1995
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION BLEW UP. TT
Incident date: Apr 28, 1995
THE TRANSMISSIN WAS SMOKING , CAUSING SMOKE TO RISE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. TT
Incident date: May 2, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, REPLACED THREE TIMES. TT
Incident date: Apr 21, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, SHIFTS OUT OF GEAR FROM OVERDRIVE TO NEUTRAL. TT
Incident date: Apr 21, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, REPLACED THREE TIMES. TT