NHTSA Complaint #731461 — 1995 CHRYSLER LHS

I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN '95 WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 7 YEARS AND 75,000 MILES. THE TRASNMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES AND THE LAST TWO TIMES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE 1ST OF AUGUST 2000. THE LAST 16 MONTHS THE CAR HAS HAD A PROBLEM OF "SLIPPING" THE TRANSMISSION INTO WHAT IS CALLED "LIMP MODE" WHICH IMMEDIATELY SHIFTS THE CAR INTO LOW GEAR WITH NO WARNING AND IT WILL FLUCTUATE BACK INTO GEAR AND INTO LOW GEAR UNTIL THE CAR IS STOPPED AND RESTARTED. I BELIEVE THIS CAR HAS A DEFECT WHICH CANNOT BE FIXED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND I BELIEVE IT TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD. WHEN THIS LIMP MODE PORBLEM OCCURS THE EFFECTS AT LOW SPEEDS ARE DRAMATIC AND IT RECENTLY OCCURRED WHILE DOING 60 MILES AN HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY, WHICH WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO MYSELF AND OTHERS. I AM A FATHER OF TWO GIRLS AND I DON'T WISH TO LEAVE MY WIFE A YOUNG WIDOW BECAUSE I, THE LITTLE GUY, CAN'T GET A BIG DOG LIKE CHRYSLER TO FIX OR REPLACE THIS CAR. THE CAR HAS HAD TWO RECALLS, TWO BLOWN AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND VARIOUS OTHER PROBLEMS. *AK