1994 CHRYSLER LHS Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WENT INTO NEUTRAL. AFTER WAITING A FEW MINUTES ENGINE WILL GO INTO GEAR, AND MOST TIMES IT WILL BE A LOW GEAR. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS STRONG SHUTTERING WHILE SHIFTING FROM 1-2, 2-3,AND 3-4. HAD CAR IN AT 52422 MILES FOR SHUTTERING, DEALER DID NOT FIND ANYTHING.*AK

TOOK VEHICLE FOR RECALL WORK TO BE DONE AND WAS TOLD TRANSMISSION WAS BAD. NO PRIOR SYMPTOMS OF BAD TRANSMISSION, DEALER CLAIMS IT'S A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION CAR WAS PERFECT BEFORE TAKING TO DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WILL BE HARD TO SHIFT GEAR, AND WILL MAKE NOISE AT THE TIME OF SHIFTING. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

I WAS PUSSING ON THE GAS TO HEAT UP THE ENGINE, WHILE MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL THE GEAR CHANGED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THANK GOD THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND THE CAR BECAUSE IT MOVED IN REVERSE DIRECTION LIKE A ROCKET FROM THE DRIVE WAY TO THE STREET TO HIT ANOTHER STANDING CAR AND MOVED OFF THE STREET. OTHER THAN BODY DAMAGE THE ENGINE DIDN'T WORK AFTER THE ACCEDENT AND I HAD TO REPLACE IT AND UNTIL NOW SINCE 4/2000 I'M FIXING THINGS RELATED TO THE ENGINE BECAUSE IT WAS USED. RIGHT NOW I CAN CHANGE FROM PARK TO REVERSE WITHOUT PUSHING ANY WHERE! NOT EVEN ON THE BRAKES! I THINK WHAT HAPPEND WASN'T FAIR TO ME AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH BECAUSE I DIDN'T CAUSE ANY DEATH OR ENJURY TO ANYONE. EMAD.THX. *AK

ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT WHEN WEATHER WAS BELOW 25 DEGREES. TOOK CAR INTO DEALER FOR WARRANTY WORK EACH WINTER. THEY ALWAYS SAID THE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. IT WOULD WORK UNTIL THE NEXT WINTER. FINALLY FILED A COMPLAINT WITH STATE OF COLORADO AND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. NOW THE NEW TRANSMISSION (2 YEARS AND 22,000 MILES LATER) WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR AFTER SITTING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. AIR CONDITIONING DOESN'T WORK EVERY OTHER SUMMER. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. SERVICES AC AND IT WORKS THAT SUMMER. ALL WARRANTIES EXHAUSTED AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 45 MPH WHEN TACHOMETER SHOT UP AS IF VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL AND LOST THE GEAR HE WAS IN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A GAS STATION, AND CHECKED TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS GOOD. BUT, VEHICLE COULD ONLY ENGAGE IN FIRST AND REVERSE GEARS. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT FOR $2150.00. *AK *SLC

MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE SINCE PURCHASE. TOTAL FAILURE: 24000 MI. TORCO CHRYSLER REBUILT TRANSMISSION. TOTAL FAILURE: 41000, 42000,48000MI. ROEASCH CHRYSLER REBUILT, TOTAL FAILURE: 85000 MI. PRIVATE MECHANIC IS ATTEMPTING TO REBUILD .

THERE IS A VIBRATION WHEN ACCELERATING WHICH BECOMES WORSE NEARING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE CONDITION PERSISTS AFTER REPLACING THE POWERTRAIN MOUNT AND RESECURING THE HARMONIC BALANCER ON ANOTHER VISIT. I TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE SHOP FOREMAN AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY (SHAFT BEARING) REQUIRING A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT AND TWO AXLE SHAFTS WHICH EXIBIT EXCESSIVE WEAR. THE PROBLEM THAT I COMPLAINED OF EARLIER WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COVERED BY THE USED CAR WARRENTY BY 100% MINUS A $50 DEDUCTABLE AND DOCUMENTED WILL NOW COST AN ESTIMATED $2400 DOLLARS AT MY EXPENSE. I WILL PURSUE LEGAL ACTION IF NECESSARY. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS. WHEN LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR, TRANSMISSION SHIFTS UP. VEHICLE SURGES AND STALLS. ALSO, CRANK SENSOR WAS REPLACED LAST WEEK, BUT THE PROBLEM CAME BACK. PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO RECALL CAMPAIGN 94V024000. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THROUGHOUT THE LAST 3 MONTHS WE HAVE NOTICED THAT OUR CARS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN ACTING UP. IT HAS BEEN SHUDDERING EVERYTIME IT SHIFTS FROM 1ST TO SECOND GEAR AND FROM 3RD TO OD. IT ALSO HAS SLAMMED INTO GEAR OCCASIONALLY. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED FOR SEVERAL REASONS. ONE IS OBVIOUSLY THE SAFETY OF MY WIFE AND CHILDREN IN THIS CAR BECAUSE THIS IS HER CAR AND THEY ARE USUALLY WITH HER. ALSO, WE ARE VERY UPSET WITH THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE THIS CAR ONLY HAS 64000 MILES ON IT. THIS TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT BE BREAKING THIS EARLY. WE TAKE EXTREMELY GOOD CARE OF OUR VEHICLES AND WANT TO INSURE THE SAFETY OF ITS OCCUPANTS. THANK YOU. *AK

THIS CAR HAD A BUMPER TO BUMPER 60,000 MILE WARRANTY - TRANSMISSION AND AIR CONDITIONING SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED 100% I DID NOT PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE FROM VANDYNHOVEN'S ONLY HAD IT SERVICED THROUGH THEM. THEY ARE REIMBURSING ME 50% ON THE AIRCONDITIONING BECAUSE CHRYSLER HAS AGREED TO PAY 50% BUT I FEEL THAT THE EVAPORATOR CORE WAS WARRANTEED UP TO 70,000 MILES AND NOW I'M AT 71,700 AND THEY AREN'T COVERING IT IN FULL. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT IN AT LEAST 2 TIMES WHILE UNDER WARRANTY WITH AIR PROBLEMS ? SAME WITH THE TRANSMISSION - IT WAS BROUGHT IN ON SEVERAL OCCATIONS WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FULLY COVERED AND I HAD TO PAY $750.00 THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING ON 10/04/99 *AK

NHTSA RECALL 99V215000 AND MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 837/ ENGINE CRADLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HERSHBERGER MOTORSTO REMEDY FAILED PART. THEN CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO ANOTHER DEALER, BEAVERTON CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH, WHICH NOTICED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS DONE INCORRECTLY. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO HEAR NOISES, AND FELT THAT TRANSMISSION WAS TRYING TO DISENGAGE. *AK

WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A LIGHT VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT DROPPED INTO NEUTRAL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTER SECTION. CONSUMER FELT THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE HAD 23000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS DESIGN FLAW. *AK

TRANSMISSION AND LINES FAILED. NLM

TRANSMISSION FAILED. YH

ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT NOTICE. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE IN TRAFFIC AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THERE IS NO INDICATIO THAT IT IS GOING TO STALL. THE FIRST SIGN OF A PROBLEM IS WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THERE IS NO RESPONSE AND THE OIL INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON . THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING IN REVERSE AND LOW IN THE THE FIRST TIME I GO TO DRIVE IT IN THAT DAY. IT TAKES ABOUT 2 MINUTES BEFORE I CAN GET IT TO ENGAGE. WHEN DRIVING AFTER THE TRANSMISSION IS WARMED UP, THERE IS SOME HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING. ALSO THE HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE HOOD LIFT ASSIST CYLINDERS DO NOT FUNCTION ALLOWING THE HOOD TO DROP WITHOUT NOTICE. I WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD TWICE WHILE CHECKING FLUIDS.*AK

I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ISOLATED CASE, AS MY SISTER-IN-LAW, A FRIEND AT WORK, BY HUSBAND'S BOSS, AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ALL HAVE HAD THE SAME TRANSMISSION FAILURE, AND THEY ALL HAD THE EXACT SAME TRANSMISSION. *AK

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE REVERSE OR DRIVE WHEN NOT WARMED UP. FIRST DRIVE OF THE DAY TAKES SEVERAL MINUTES TO ACQUIRE A GEAR. *AK

AFTER TRANS. WARMS UP NOT SHIFTING INTO HIGHER GEARS LIKE IN L MP IN ....HAVE TOSHUT OFF AND RESTART TO SHIFT OUT

SEPT/04/96TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING INTO HIGHT GEARS LIKE IN 1MP IN ...HAVE TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART TO SHIFT OUT PT.4412878 SENSOR-TRANS PT NP.4741279 SENSOR-TRANS OUTPUT PT21000534 TRANSAXLE REMOVE AND INSTALL.... 4/29/99 DIES WHILE DRIVING AND USUALLY WILL RESTART SEE HISTORY CRANK SENSOR PT NO 4609009/4609006..... JULY 26/99 WHILE DRIVING A HWY SPEEDS VEH. WARMS SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL ..CRAKSHAFT SENSOR PT. 4883877AE

CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF YEAR IN DIFFERENT DRIVING CONDITIONS AFTER DIFFERENT DRIVING PERIODS. MOST TIMES IT RESETS AFTER STOPPING AND TURNING CAR OFF. SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN CAR IS FIRST STARTED OR AFTER LONG DRIVING PERIOD. HAVE LOST POWER TO WHEELS DURING DRIVING. WAS QUESTIONED BY A STRANGER IN A PARKING LOT WHO INDICATED THEY HAVE SAME TYPE OF CAR WITH SAME PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. INITIAL INSPECTION BY DEALER INDICATED NO ABNORMAL INFORMATION FROM COMPUTERIZED CHECK UP. SEEMS TO BE COMMON WITH CAR MAKE AND MODEL. SUSPECT DESIGN DEFECT.

MY 1994 CHRYSLER LHS'S TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 43,000 MILES. THE CAR WOULD REACH 35 MPH PER HOURS AND WOULD EXPERIENCE A RACING MOTOR AND AN INABILITY TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR. AS I DROVE THE CAR I EXPERIENCED SLIPPING OF THE GEARS AND WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS IT WAS UNDRIVABLE. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THIS ISSUE HAS YET TO BE RESOLVED WITH CHRYSLER SINCE I DID NOT GET THE CAR REPAIRED AT A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. I FEEL SAFETY IS AT STAKE WITH A FAULTY TRANSMISSION THAT FAILS AT 43,000MILES.

OUR TRACTION CONTROLL WENT OUT IN DECEMBER OF 1997 AND THEN OUR ABS WENT OUT. AFTER THE DEALER MADE REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY OUR CAR NEVER SEEMED TO RUN THE SAME AGAIN. VERY SLUGGISH AND THE TRANSMISSION APPEARED TO SLIP AT TIMES. TOOK IT BACK IN MARCH 1997 AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH A ELECTRICAL MODULE FOR THE ABS. NEVER WERE TOLD OF A RECALL. AFTER THAT THE CARD GOT TERRIBLE FULE MILEAGE AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO LOCK IN SECOND GEAR AT TIMES. WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND RE START IT WOULD BE FINE. WE OUT IT BACK IN THE SHOP THREE MORE TIMES BEFORE I FINALLY GOT IT TO LOCK INTO SECOND GEAR AND I DROVE IT TO THE SHOP. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED BUT WE ARE STILL GETTING VERY BAD FUEL MILEAGE. HAD THE FUEL RAIL FIXED FOR A LEAK ON RECALL BUT...

CHRYSLER REFUSES TO HONOR PURCHASED USED CAR WARRANTY. TRANSMISSION BUCKS, HESITATES, SHUDDERS AND WILL SLAM DOWN INTO FIRST GEAR AT UP TO 35 MPH. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *YC

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

TRANSMISSION SEALS LEAKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF SEAL.*AK

THE GEARS OF THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP, THE VEHICLE (UNMANNED) MOVED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY HITTING SMALL TREES CAUSING UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGE. CONSUMER REFUSED TO DRIVE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE DUE TO RECALLS AND PROBLEMS, CONSUMER LEFT VEHICLE PARKED AT DEALERSHIP FOR OVER A YEAR, WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AFTER IT HAD SAT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, IT STALLED WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART WITH NO PROBLEMS, SERPENTINE BELT CAME LOOSE, BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A TIRE VIBRATION BETWEEN 40 AND 65 MPH. TURN SIGNALS DID NOT WORK. TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED VIBRATION IN THE 2-3 UPSHIFT, A DRBIII TEST WAS PERFORMED AND CODE 48 CAME UP, THIS CODE INDICATES A PROBLEM BETWEEN THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND THE POWER TRAIN MODULE UNDER HEAVY ACCELERATION. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HIGH ACCERERATION ACROSS A BUSY INTERSECTION. *SLC

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

DRIVE BELT BECAME INOPERATIVE 3 TIMES, CAUSING THE POWER STEERING TO BECOME INOPERATIVE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. ALSO, DEALER REPLACED A/C COMPRESSOR 4 TIMES , DEFECT IS STILL OCCURRING. CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

TRANSMISSION LINE FAILED, CAUSING LEAKAGE.

TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER 3 YEARS.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM ANY GEAR TO NEUTRAL.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK