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Showing 48,514 complaints — component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Incident date: Jan 11, 1995
TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS ERRATICALLY DUE TO COMPUTER PROBLEMS. *AK
Incident date: Jan 25, 1995
TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR AFTER STARTING//MUST BE PUT BACK INTO PARK THEN INTO GEAR, ALSO TRANSFER CASE (4WD) BROKE 4 TIMES. *AK
Incident date: Dec 8, 1994
TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL, ALSO TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. *SKD
Incident date: Jul 1, 1993
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SKD
Incident date: Jun 1, 1994
TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER/ENGINE DRAG WHEN TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO 4TH GEAR. *SKD
Incident date: Jan 18, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILED WHEN COMPUTER SHIFTED INTO LOW GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWERVE/LOSE CONTROL WHEN SHAFT SNAPPED. *AK
Incident date: Jan 10, 1995
TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN COLD.
Incident date: Jan 10, 1995
OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, VEHICLE STALLS WHEN ACCELERATING. TT
Incident date: Feb 6, 1995
SNAP RING BROKE AND FLOATED THROUGH TRANSMISSION AND RUINED IT. TT
Incident date: Jan 12, 1993
TRANSMISSION STICKS IN GEAR. ALSO TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED SPIT FLUID OUR OF OVERFLOW TUBE. RESULTING IN UNDERHOOD FIRE. TT
Fire
LINCOLN
CONTINENTAL
(1991) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Feb 9, 1995
VEHICLES AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND DOES NOT GO INTO GEARS INTERMITTENTLY WITH NO WARNING.MFR IS AWARE OF PROBLEM AND HAD TSB BULLETIN ON IT. TT
Incident date: Feb 6, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TT
Incident date: Feb 7, 1995
VEHICLE EXPERIENCES TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. TT
Incident date: Jan 31, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LOCKUP COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING, NEED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. TT
Incident date: Jan 20, 1995
TRANSMISSION; CAR RUN 100 TO 200 MILES CAR BREAK DOWN CAR BEEN IN SHOP ABOUT 240 TIMES. TT
Incident date: Jan 27, 1995
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *AK
Incident date: Feb 6, 1995
AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILURE, AFTER 36K MILES. TT
Incident date: Feb 3, 1995
THE TRANSMISSION BURNED OUT AFTER 50,000 MILES. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. TT
Incident date: Oct 1, 1994
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE AFTER 40 TO 50,000 MILES. TT
Incident date: Feb 6, 1995
TRANSMISSION GEAR STICKS IN PARK, WILL NOT ENGAGED INTO REVERSE FROM PARK. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
Incident date: Jan 19, 1995
WHEN DRIVING THE CAR CUT OFF AT STOP LIGHT,TRANSMISSION MAKE A NOISE. TT
TRANSMISSION; PURCHASE TRUCK USED HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION CONSUMER THINK TRUCK BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT IT BEEN WORK ON ABOUT THREE TIMES MAKING NOISE.
Incident date: Dec 1, 1994
TRANSMISSION; PURCHASE CAR USED AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 500 MILES DEALER WOULDN'T REPLACE. TT
Incident date: Jan 30, 1995
ENGINE; CAR HAD THREE FIRE FROM TRANSMISSION FLUID FALLING ON THE TRANSMISSION. TT
Fire
Incident date: Jan 31, 1995
TRANSMISSION WENT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH. TT
Incident date: Jan 24, 1995
VEHICLES TRANSMISSION DOES NOT GO FROM PARK TO DRIVE.AND IN ANY GEAR IT WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE. TT
Incident date: Jan 30, 1995
AUTO-TRAN: TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING; STALLED; COULD NOT SHIFT TO ANY GEAR; NO WARNING; SPEED 5-10 MPH. TT
Incident date: Jan 31, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TT
Incident date: Jan 30, 1995
ENGINE; THE LIGHT COME ON AND TRY TO CHANGE GEAR AND CAN'T DO THAT. TT
TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR DUE TO BRAKING MALFUNCTION, DEALER'S REPLACED WITH ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WITH " 1995" MODEL STANDARD SHIFT, WITH NO IMPROVEMENT.
Incident date: Jan 10, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 76K MILES. STARTED JERKING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WAS SLIPPING GROWING WORSE, DESTROYING GEARS. TT
FORD
THUNDERBIRD
(1990) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 31, 1995
Incident date: Jan 29, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO FAULTY GROMMET. *AK
Incident date: Jan 28, 1995
EXCESSIVE BREAKING OF MOTOR MOUNTS, AND MALFUNCTIONING TRANSMISSION. TT
Incident date: Jan 20, 1995
TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. *AK
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(1991) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 30, 1995
Incident date: Nov 10, 1994
AUTO TRANSMISSION BEING REPLACED TWICE AFTER 92K MILES. TT
CHRYSLER
NEW YORKER
(1990) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 30, 1995
Incident date: Jun 1, 1993
WHEN YOU ARE SLOWING DOWN COMING TO A STOP CAR DOWN SHIFT. TT
Incident date: Jan 26, 1995
FOUR SPEED OVERDRIVE. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND RESUMED NORMAL POSITION. CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. TT
Incident date: May 1, 1994
PURCHASED BRAND NEW CAR, REPLACED TRANSMISSION MOUNT WITHOUT FINDING THE PROBLEM MORE PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. TT
Incident date: Nov 13, 1994
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO LEAKAGE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKAGE AND SPRAYED ON DRIVER CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE AND ARMS. TT
Fire
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 27, 1994
TRANSMISSION GRINDS WHEN SHIFTING ON SLIGHT INCLINE, ALSO CLICKING NOISE FROM TRANSFER CASE. *AK
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(1990) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 26, 1995
Incident date: Jan 24, 1995
TRANSMISSION; FAIL. TT
Incident date: Jan 15, 1995
WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH VEHICLE SHIFTS TO NEUTRAL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN AND LOSE POWER. TT
Incident date: Sep 1, 1994
AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILURE, HAS REBUILT AND REPLACED FIVE (5) TIMES SINCE PURCHASING NEW IN 1990. TT
OLDSMOBILE
CUTLASS
(1986) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 24, 1995
Incident date: Jan 18, 1995
TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE/IT WOULD ONLY STAY IN LOW GEAR AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING. *AK
CHRYSLER
NEW YORKER
(1994) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 24, 1995
Incident date: Dec 20, 1994
TRANSMISSION STICKS IN LOW. *AK
Incident date: Dec 15, 1994
AUTO-TRAN:SHIFTED FROM DRIVE TO PARK;LEFT CAR RUNNING WHILE PARKED ON INCLINE;DRIVER NOTICED CAR COMING TOWARD HIM;DRIVER PINNED BETWEEN CAR AND WORK BENCH. TT
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 1, 1992
AUTO-TRAN: TRANSMISSION BUCKS; CAUSED FAILURE OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING HIGH SPEEDS; REPLACED/OVERHAULED 1 TIME WITHIN 5 YEARS. TT
Incident date: Dec 30, 1994
2ND TRANS FAILURE TOUCH PLASTIC WHEEL COVER RESULTING IN FIRE, 1ST TRANSMISSION FAILURE RESULTED IN WHEEL LOCK UP, 3RD TRANSMISSION BEING INSTALLED. TT
Fire
Incident date: Jan 14, 1995
AUTO-TRANSMISSION; WHILE TURNING ONTO ANOTHER INTERSECTION, TRANSMISSION FAILED VEHICLE BECAME MOTIONLESS. TT
Incident date: Sep 1, 1992
TRANSMISSION MOUNTS FAILED, ALSO TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. *AK