1997 DODGE CARAVAN Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

AFTER STOPPING AT LIGHT, VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. VAN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. OWNER TOLD THAT VAN NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING, BUT ENGINE WAS RUNNING. TTOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO FOUND THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED/OVERHAULED FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING ASSISTANCE FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIR. NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VAN TO SUDDENLY BEGIN TO LOOSE POWER DUE TO POOR CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN, AS THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL IT WOULD NO LONGER MOVE. NLM

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HORN STOPPED WORKING, MECHANIC STATED CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK ALSO CONSUMER WAS HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE RADIO THAT HAS BEEN WORKED ON FIVE TIMES AND REPLACED TWICE AND STILL DOESNOT WORK TO CONSUMER'S SATISFACTION, CONSUMER ALSO HAD BRAKES REPLACED, ALSO THE TENSIONER BELT ON THE TIMING BELT, ALSO THE WATER PUMP BROKE, ALSO TRANSMISSION WENT OUT.*JB

WHEN DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AND ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE CONSUMER NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END, PLACED VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND, THEN PLACED VEHICLE IN DRIVE, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND IN DRIVE, CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND DEALER NOTICED MAJOR PROBLEMS WITHIN TRANSMISSION AND OIL PAN, TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACING. *AK *SLC

WE HAVE ALREADY FIXED THE TRANSMISSION THREE TIMES AND THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH. WE HAVE HAD A BREAKDOWN A YEAR AFTER THE FIRST REPAIR. EXACTLY A YEAR LATER IT BREAKS DOWN AGAIN. THEN EIGHT MONTHS LATER IT BREAKS DOWN FOR A THIRD TIME. NOW EXACTLY A YEAR LATER IT BREAKS DOWN FOR A FOURTH TIME. THEY INSINUATE IT IS OUR DRIVING BUT THEN THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITH ALL OF THE CARS WE HAVE OWNED. WE ARE NOT CARELESS OR INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS. WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE THE MANUFACTURER OR THE REPAIR COMPANY (IN THIS CASE AAMCO)?*AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN IT STARTED TO LOSE POWER. GEARS WERE NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. THEN WOULD REGAIN POWER. COMPUTER WAS GOING OFF. TOOK TO MECHANIC, AND WAS INFORMED CYLINDER HEAD GASKET WAS CAUSING PROBLEM, AND IT COULD BE REPAIRED.*AK THE HEAD GASKET WAS DETERMINED DEFECTIVE BY THE MECHANIC. WATER WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE CAUSING THE COMPUTER TO MALFUNCTIONS. *YH

WHILE ACCELERATING TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. NLM

WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH ENGINE IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED DOWN TO 25 MPH, AND CONSUMER COULD NOT GO OVER 30MPH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND TRANSMISSION/ ENGINE MOUNTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THIS DEFECT.*AK

TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING IN REVERSE WHEN WEATHER IS COLD. NOTIFIED DEALER, AND HAD SOME REPAIRS DONE AT AN INDEPENDENT SHOP. BUT, PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

LEMON OF A CARAVAN - SERPENTINE BELT HAS FREYED AT THE FOLLOWING MILAGE POINTS: 14138, 14661, 47724, 48333, 51280, 97143, 105647. GHOST WHIPERS AT THE FOLLOWING MILE POINTS: 17606, 47724, 105647. TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT THE FOLLOWING MILE POINTS: 27000, 78868. LUCKLY FOR US OUR DEALER WAS UNDERSTANDING OF OUR PROBLEMS, BUT ONLY AFTER GOING TO THE SERVICE MANAGER, AND GETTING ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH THE SHOP MANAGER (WHO WAS TIRED OF SEEING OUR VAN IN HIS SHOP EVERY FEW MONTHS IF NOT LESS). I HAVE 24 INSTANCES OF MY VAN GOING INTO THE SHOP, SOME INSTANCES HAVING SERVICE BULLETINS. OUR LATEST ADVENTURE IS YET ANOTHER SERPENTINE BELT WITH THE NEW DEALERSHIP IN BELLEVUE, WA SAYING THAT THE ALTINATOR BRACKET IS MISALIGNED. ALSO, MY DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOLONGER OPEN. THE NEW DEALERSHIP STATED THAT IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP? I'VE HAD MY VAN...

CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, AS I STARTED CAR AND PUT IN TO REVERSE DRIVEBIG NOISE (THUMP) CAME FROM ENGINE. IT WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR. CALLED TOW TRUCK HAVE IT TOWED TO AUTO SHOP GUY AT AUTO SHOP DIAGNOSED ENGINE, TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. NOTHING WAS WRONG WHEN I PARKED MY CAR. THIS IS A VERY COMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER MINIVAN. MY NEIGHBOUR HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH PLYMOUTH (WHICH IS A SIMILAR MODEL) AT VERY LOW MILAGE 40K. *AK

JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A TRANSMISSION CAN DIE AFTER THREE YEARS OS SERVICES . I HAVE HAD OTHER CHRYSLER CARS THAT LAST FOR 9YEARS AND NO PROBLEMS. SOME HOW I NEED TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSIONS . I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIER TRANSMISSIONS AS WELL. I F YOU CAN GIVE ME ANY HELP IN TRYING TO GET CHRYSLER TO REPLACE THIS WITH NO CHARGE IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.

HAD BRAKE TROUBLE; TOLD NEEDED NEW MASTER CYLINDER AT SAME TIME TOLD NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION.... WHEN I ASKED WHY BOTH WOULD NEED REPLACED SO SOON, DEALER SAID "THESE THINGS HAPPEN"; BOTH ISSUES COULD HAVE LED TO MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I USE THIS VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT MY TWO CHILDREN, BOTH UNDER AGE 4; THEN DEALER FAILED TO CORRECT BRAKE PROBLEM (LEFT AIR IN THE LINES) WHICH LED TO BRAKES CONTINUING TO LOCK... ANOTHER MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE! I WAS TOLD THE CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL... BUT BRAKES CONTINUED TO LOCK UNTIL THEY FINALLY DISCOVERED AIR IN THE BRAKE LINES! I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT UNTIL I CHECKED WITH COLLEAGUES WHO ALSO OWN CARAVAN WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS... CHECKED NHTSA WEB SITE AND WAS SHOCKED AT THE NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS!

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *ET

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON STREET. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY WARRANTY BECAUSE TRANSMISSION WAS MAKING GRINDING NOISE, AND GEARS WOULD JERK WHEN PUT IN PLACE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, AND THERE WAS NO POWER IN ANY OF THE GEARS.*AK

TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY. THE BRAKE SHOES WERE RUBBED INTO THE DRUM SO BADLY THAT THE DRUMS HAD TO BE REPLACED. NO INDICATION OF BRAKE WEAR, NOISE, OR STOPPING PRIOR TO THIS EVENT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 30 MPH SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER PULLEY BROKE, CAUSING ALL POWER STEERING TO BE LOST. VAN WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THE BELT TENSIONER ASSEMBLY AND POWER STEERING PULLEY WAS REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM,AND HAPPENED ALL THE TIME. OWNER VERY CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF HIMSELF AND OTHERS. *AK TRANSMISSION JERKS WHILE TAKING OFF FROM STOP. A/C DOES NOT COOL ENOUGH. *YH

I CONTACTED DODGE AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS NOT A COMMON PROBLEM, HOWEVER SINCE MY TRANSMISSION FAILED, I HAVE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT DODGE HAS THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR MINIVANS BETWEEN 75,000 AND 85,000 MILES. I EVEN SPOKE TO A MECHANIC AT A DODGE DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THAT IT IS FAIRLY COMMON.

I FEEL THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON SOME OF THE PROBLEMS IT HAS. THEY ARE DEFENITELY A MAJOR FACTOR IN SAFETY. I HOPE THESE PROBLEMS ARE FIXED IN THE NEWER MODLES BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE PURCHASE MINI-VANS FOR THEIR FAMILY OR COMPANY VEHICLE. THEREFORE, THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE I FEEL COULD PROBABLY FALL UNDER THE LEMON LAW. OR, MANUFACTORS ARE JUST MAKING A BIG PROFIT AND ARE NOT CONSIDERING THE SAFETY OF THEIR DRIVERS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM PUT THEIR FAMILY IN A VEHICLE WITH THE PROBLEMS MINE HAS AND QUARANTEE THEIR SAFETY.*AK

VEHICLE WELL MAINTAINED, WAS REPORTED TODAY TO NEED MAJOR TRANSMISSION SEALS AND GASKETS REPLACED DUE TO LEAKS AND STRESS CRACKS. WITH ONLY 44,300 THIS REPAIR BILL WILL COST AROUND $700.SEEMS DODGE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS BECAUSE OF THE 5 OTHER ISSUES 5 OF OUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES HAD WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. DO YOU HAVE OTHERS WHO HAVE CONTACTED YOU WITH SIMULAR PROBLEMS? *AK

VEHICLE WELL MAINTAINED, WAS REPORTED TODAY TO NEED MAJOR TRANSMISSION SEALS AND GASKETS REPLACED DUE TO LEAKS AND STRESS CRACKS. WITH ONLY 44,300 THIS REPAIR BILL WILL COST AROUND $700.SEEMS DODGE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS BECAUSE OF THE 5 OTHER ISSUES 5 OF OUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES HAD WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. DO YOU HAVE OTHERS WHO HAVE CONTACTED YOU WITH SIMULAR PROBLEMS? *AK

VEHICLE WILL TOP OUT AT 30 MPH AND NOT ACCEL AND CONTINUE WITH LITTLE POWER UNTIL VEHICLE "WARMS UP". CHRYSLER CONTACTED BUT LITTLE HELP. TRIED TO GET PROBLEM DIAGNOSED BY DEALERSHIP AND TOLD ME AT LEAST $200 DIAGNOSTIC FEE. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT PROBLEM WITH TORQUE CONVERTER SHAVING OFF METAL AND DISTRIBUTING IT THROUGHOUT ENGINE CLOGGING ENGINE AND CAUSING PROBLEM.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR REPAIR ON 3/6/00-DEALER COULD NOT EVEN DIAGNOSIS PROBLEM FOR 5 DAYS. FINALLY TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. DID REPAIRS WHICH TOOK A TOTAL OF 8 DAYS AND CHARGED ME ALMOST $2300.00. I REAS IN CONSUMER REPORT RE: THE DODGE CARAVAN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT WAY BEFORE ITS TIME, AND THAT THE 97 CARAVANS MAY HAVE DEFECTIVE TRANIS-SO I FOLLOWED UP WITH A CALL TO THE MAIN OFFICE AND SPOKE TO SOMEONE NAMED COLEEN PHELPS TODAY AT 800-992-1997 AND SHE SAID SHE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THAT, AND THESE SORT OF OUT OF WARRANTY ISSUES ARE DEALT WITH ON A INDIVIDUAL BASIS- SHE PUT ME ON HOLD FOR A COUPLE MINUTES AND CAME BACK AND SAID THAT-SINCE MY VEHICLE IS WAY OUT OF WARRANTY THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME WITH ANY OF THE COST THAT I HAD TO ENDURE. I EXPLAINED...

CAME HOME FROM A LONG TRIP, PULLED UP IN THE DRIVEWAY, PUT GEAR IN REVERSE AND IT MADE A LOUD BANG NOISE. KEPT FOOT ON GAS PEDAL, AND TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T SHIFT. TRIED IT IN DRIVE AND SAME THING HAPPENED. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME. MANUFACTURER WAS WILLING TO PAY FOR PARTS ONLY. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

FIRST IN JULY THE MASTER CYLINDERS ON OUR BACK BRAKES WERE SHREDDED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS HAPPENED AS I WAS DRIVING ON A BRIDGE WITH A CAR FULL TO TEEN AGE GIRLS. IN DECEMBER, I NOTICED A HESITATION AND SEEMINGLY "JUMPING INTO GEAR" ESPECIALLY IN REVERSE. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AND ALTHOUGH WAS 2 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY DECLINED TO PAY FOR IT. THE JOB WAS TO COST ABOUT $1500. IN FEB, WE BROUGHT THE VAN TO A INDEPENDENT SERVICE PROVIDER, AND AS HE WAS LOOKING AT THE ENGINE, HE SAW THE BLOWN HEAD GASKET. WE DID CONTACT CHRYSLER AND WERE TOLD TO BRING IT TO A DEALERSHIP IN OUR AREA. TODAY, WE DID FIND OUT THAT THEY WOULD COVER THE HEAD GASKET BUT NOT THE TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE VOLUMES OF INTERNET SITES THAT SITE SPECIFIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH 90-98 CARAVANS. THESE STORIES COULD BE RUBBER...

A PIN IN THE TRANSMISSION CAME LOOSE AND MOVED FORWARD INTO THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY, MAKING A HOLE THE SIZE OF A SILVER DOLLAR IN THE TRANSMISISON. THIS VAN IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD, AND 75,000 MILES IS NOT A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT ON TODAY'S ENGINE'S & TRANSMISSIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS PIN THAT CAME LOOSE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR ANY OTHER OWNERS. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED, AT A COST OF $2000.00.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE/STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. *AK

CONSUMER DRIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING NOISE AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR, AND WOULDN'T GO INTO 3RD GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS TOLD VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. CONSUMER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST TO FIX IT. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION JUST FAILED AFTER 48,000 MILES. WE PURCHSED THE CAR USED IN AUGUST OF 1999, AND IT FAILED 6 MONTHS LATTER AFTER WE HAD DRIVEN ONLY 10,000 MILES. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO INSPECTED IT AND SAID THAT ( I THINK)THE DRIVE PIN HAD BROKEN AND TORN OUT PART OF THE CASING OF THE TRANSMISSION. WE COULD NOT AFFORD THE EXTENED WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. THE DEALER STATED THAT CHRYSLER WOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISION IF WE WOULD PAY FOR THE LABOR. I EXPECTED A TRANSMISSION TO LAST FAR LONGER THAN 48,000 MILES. AM I WRONG IN MY ASSUMPTION?WE WILL HAVE TO USE MOST OF OUR MEAGER SAVINGS TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, BUT WE ARE GREATFUL TO STILL HAVE A VEHICLE TO GET AROUND IN. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. THANK YOU FOR YOU TIME AND EFFORT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CAR STARTED TO FEEL AS THOUGH IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. CAR WOULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE, BUT ONLY AT ABOUT 25MPH. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THERE WERE OTHER CARS PRESENT. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING 30 MPH VEHICLE DECREASED IN SPEED WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

I FEEL THIS MODEL, CARAVAN SE SPORT, NEEDS ALOT OF UPGRADES. I FEEL THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT A SAFE VEHICLE FOR FAMILIES. I BELIEVE THAT DODGE IS

NO SUMMARY

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A SQEUAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. *AK

IN THE REVERSE POSITION IN WHICH THE INDICATOR IS ON "R" BUT ACTUALLY THE VEHICLE IS NOT IN REVERSE, BUT IN DRIVE POSITION. INTERMITTENTLY, THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONS. ALSO, A NO START CONDITION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WOULD CLUNK INTO GEAR BEFORE TAKING OFF. ALSO, LOST REVERSE GEAR AND LOW GEA., VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED / REPAIRED AT A INDEPENDENT SHOP. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS CONDITION IS NORMAL FOR THIS MILEAGE OF 52,000. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED (MASTER CLUTCH/FRONT PUMP). YH

I WAS PARKED AT BURGER KING, TURNED THE IGNITION AND PUT MY CARAVAN IN REVERSE TO GET OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE. TO MY SURPRISE, THE CAR GAVE A SEVER JOLT, AND WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE....I TRIED AGAIN AND THE SAME JOLT OCCURRED, THIS TIME SOUNDING LIKE STUFF INSIDE WAS BEING SMASHED UP (LIKE A TRASH COMPACTOR SOUNDS). I TRIED TO GET IT INTO DRIVE (EVEN THOUGH I WAS ALMOST AS FAR UP AS I COULD GO) AND IT WOULDN'T BUDGE EITHER...THE SOUNDS GETTING WORSE. AFRAID I WAS CRUSHING THINGS INSIDE, I TURNED THE CAR OFF. MY TWO CHILDREN AND I WALKED THE MILE OR SO HOME AND I CALLED A TOW TRUCK. THE MECHANIC SAID IT APPEARED TO BE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. ONCE HE LOOKED IT OVER AND TOOK THE TRANSMISSION OUT, IT WAS A SEVERE PROBLEM, "BIZZARRE" IS THE EXACT WORD OF THE MECHANC WHO ASKED ME...

HAD LOST TIMING BELT FROM TRANSMISSION DUE TO LEAKAGE. TRANSMISSION WOULD SHUTTER & CLUNK WHEN IN LOW SPEED & JERK. ALSO, BRAKES WOULD SQUEAL/SQUEAK & GRIND LOUDLY WHEN APPLIED. HAD THEM REPLACED. *AK

MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND REFUSED TO HELP EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE HAD SUCH LOW MILES. *AK

THE SERPENTINE BELT PULLY HAS BROKEN TWICE, RESULTING IN VEHICLE BEING TOWED TWICE, THERE IS A CONSTANT THUD FROM THE GAS TANK WHEN ACCELERATING, STOPPED DRAINS FROM THE "AC" ARE A CONTINOUS PROBLEM, CAR STUTTERS AT TURNPIKE SPEEDS AS WELL AS NORMAL CITY DRIVING, CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 22 TIMES IN 27 MONTHS, TRIED TO GET INFORMATION CONCERNING "LEMON LAW" BUT WAS ASKED TO "GIVE US THE CHANCE TO MAKE IT RIGHT" .HAVE HAD A NIAGRA FALLS FROM UNDER THE DASH TWICE SINCE THEY "FIXED THE PROBLEM" CAR VIBRATES AT TURNPIKE SPEEDS. DOOR LOCKS BREAK/FOUL SMELL WHEN THE "AC" COMES ON, ENGINE SERVICE LIGHTS COME ON FOR NO REASON, THE VAN WAS LEASED, AND TO GET OUT OF THE LEASE WOULD INVOLVE SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. I WOULD TAKE MY 7 YEAR OLD BONNEVILLE ON TRIP BEFORE I WOULD TAKE MY 2 YEAR OLD VAN. WHAT CAN BE DONE...

TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSING GEARS TO SLIP. *YC

THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT RELIABLE, BROKE WITHIN 2YRS. OWNER HAD NOTICED A NOISE WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. WITH DEALER SERVICE MANAGER DURING FIRST YEAR, BUT HE SAID THAT WAS NORMAL! *AK

WAS COMING OFF HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN TRANSMISSION EXPLODED, CAUSING THE WHEELS TO LOCK UP AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WITHOUT ANY WARNING, DEALER CLAIMS THAT A PIN WITHIN TRANSMISSION BROKE OFF, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO EXPLODE. *AK