1999 DODGE CARAVAN Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems
74 NHTSA complaints on file
Power Trainautomatic Transmission Issues in the 1999 DODGE CARAVAN
74 power trainautomatic transmission complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. Of these, 2 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 2 resulted in injury.
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2
Crashes
0
Fires
2
Injuries
0
Deaths
All Power Trainautomatic Transmission Complaints
DRIVING 20 MILES AN HOUR UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. MY TRANSMISSION FELL APART IN MY 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE 3.3 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THERE IS A PIN INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION THAT SIMPLY BREAKS APART. YOU RECEIVE NO WARNING OF THE DEFECT. WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOUR VEHICLE SEIZES AND STOPS. I WAS LUCKY I WAS CLOSE TO HOME. WHEN THE PIN BREAKS IT DESTROYS THE CASE AS WELL. IN RESEARCHING THIS DEFECT I FOUND OUT IT ALSO HAPPENS IN 1999,2000, AND 2001 DODGE CARAVANS, PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AND CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY VANS. THIS BREAKAGE CAN OCCUR AT ANY SPEED. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT AROUND 100,000 MILES. AGAIN IN MY RESEARCH CAME ACROSS A PERSON WHO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION 5 TIMES IN ONE YEAR AND ANOTHER WHO WAS GOING 60 MILES AN HOUR WHEN IT HAPPENED LUCKILY THEY GAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND NO ONE WAS HURT. THERE ARE STILL A...
I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR ROAD (M-59) AND MY MINIVAN MADE A POPPING NOISE (MY INITIAL REACTION WAS MY TIRE BLOWN) AND CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AND ENGINE CUT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND PULL INTO A PARKING LOT NEAR BY. I NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING(WHICH LEFT A TRAIL AND A DECENT PUDDLE WHEN STOPPED). AFTER SPEAKING TO 6 DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOPS THEY ALL STATED THAT THERE IS A PIN THAT IS KNOW TO SLIP AND SHOOT OUT CAUSING THE GEARS TO SLIP OUT THAT HAS BEEN KNOW WITH THE 99 DODGE CARAVAN .TWO MECHANICS BELIEVED THERE HAD BEEN A SILENT RECALL BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND DODGE WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. AFTER REVIEWING ONLINE IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT. THERE IS A BRACKET THAT NOW FIXES THIS PROBLEM. I AM GRATEFUL WHAT HAPPENED DIDN'T...
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45MPH I HEARD A LOUD THUMP. A FEW MOMENTS LATER THE VAN STOPPED PULLING ITSELF. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND THEY SAID THAT A PIN IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD BROKE AND TORE UP THE HOUSING OF TRANSMISSION CAUSING ALL OF THE FLUID TO POUR OUT ONTO THE ROAD. NO ONE WAS HURT BUT I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THINK THAT IF IT IS COMMON DODGE SHOULD HELP PAY FOR SOME OF THE DAMAGE. *TR
OUR BELTS SIPS OFF DURING WET WEATHER"FIVE TIMES WE REPLACED THE "S" BELT AND THE TENSIONERS,WATERPUMP,OVERHEATING OUR 2ND YR OF OWERSHIP.NOW THE 3RD YR OF TRANSMISSIONS LEAKING,THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH W/CHILDREN IN CAR ,STARTING TO BRAKE CAUSING TO SLOW WAY DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND MADE A CHIME SOUND,THE HORN WENT OFF AND IT GOT HOT FAST CAUSING THE CAR TO SHUT DOWN. THANK GOD THERE WAS ROOM TO GET OVER. ALL THE LIGHTS WERE FLICKERING ALL OVER THE DASHBOARD. THE CAR JUST LEAKS EVERYWHERE,WATER,OIL,TRANS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THESE CARS. I CANT EVEN GET MINE SMOG BECAUSE I HAVE TO KEEP UNPLUGGING MY BATTERY BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SOMEWHERE. I BROUGHT A LEMON.....OH YEAH! I CALLED THE DEALER, THEY CANT REPLACE THE CRUISE CONTROL UNLESS THE ABS LIGHT STAYS ON. I HOPE I DON'T DIE CAUSE THE...
I AM A LICENSED DAY CARE PROVIDER WHO TRANSPORTS SEVERAL SMALL CHILDREN DAILY. MY VEHICLE IS A 2000 DODGE CARAVAN. ON TUESDAY, MY TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE WITH FIVE CHILDREN INSIDE. I WAS HORRIFIED. MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, WHICH WILL COST UPWARDS OF AROUND $2000. I DID RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND I HAVE DISCOVERED SOME DISTURBING FACTS. CHRYSLER VANS FROM 1998-2002 HAVE A REPUTATION OF HAVING THIS TYPE OF FAILURE HAPPEN. THE CAUSE IS A DIFFERENTIAL PIN THAT SHOOTS THROUGH THE CASING OF THE TRANSMISSION. THERE IS NOTHING THE CONSUMER CAN DO TO PREVENT THIS. NEWER MODELS OF THE CARAVAN 2003 AND LATER HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSIONS BUT THEY NOW HAVE METAL PLATES INSTALLED WHICH KEEP THE PINS FROM BREAKING THROUGH THE CASING. I TRIED TO GET ASSISTANCE FROM CHRSYLER DIRECTLY, BUT ACCORDING TO THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THERE HAS BEEN...
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE REAR END PIN CAME LOOSE IN THE TRANSAXLE AND CRACKED THE HOUSING. LOST ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND VEHICLE BECAME INOPERATIVE. VEHICLE HAD 49,992 MILES AND DODGE WOULD NOT REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. THEY DEALER RECOMMENDED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR ALMOST $3000. I HAD IT REBUILT WITH REPLACEMENT PARTS AT A TRANSMISSION SHOP FOR $1600. *JB
DT: CONTACT STATED SOMETHING WAS DEFECTIVE WITH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THE COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR WENT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND HE CHANGED THE RADIATOR AND TRIED TO FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS TO BE REBUILT. SHE CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. THE MECHANIC TOLD HER HE HAD CHANGED MANY WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.*AK *JB
TRANSMISSION FAILURE(BLOWN APART PER MECHANIC)AND NO WARRANTY PROVIDED WITH LESS THAN 54000 MILES.HAD 8 YEAR/80000 MILE WARRANTY PLUS EXTRA TO 100000 MILE PAID. PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIR.TRANNY SLIPPING AGAIN SINCE WITH ANOTHER 2500 MILES ADDED. 1999 DODGE CARAVAN FACTORY WARRANTY REFUSED.
TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 96,000. *NM
ENGINE RACES, THE TRANSMISSION WHINES AND CHANGES GEARS WHILE IN THE PARK POSITION. THE CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINED OF ANOTHER VEHICLE SHE OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER CIRRUS. THE KEY LOCK WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES AND IT ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. *JB
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
DIFFERENTIAL PIN CAME LOOSE AND BLEW A HOLE THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION. FAILURE CAUSED VAN TO BREAK DOWN ON THE FREEWAY. TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY RUINED AND WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. POSSIBLE STARTER DAMAGE AS WELL. QUOTES FOR REPAIRS WERE AROUND $3,000, SO WE DECIDED TO JUNK THE CAR. IT WAS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD WITH 62,000 MILES AT THE TIME. '99 DODGE CARAVAN. *JB
I BOUGHT A USED 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE IN 2002 WITH 28000 MILES. THE ORIGINAL MFG WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED SO WE BOUGHT EXTENDED WARRANTY. FROM THE FIRST WEEK THIS CAR GAVE US TROUBLE ENDING WITH A MAJOR ACCIDENT DUE TO GEAR SHIFT. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE GEAR SHIFTED ON ITS OWN FROM DRIVE TO LOWER GEAR. 5 MIN LATER THE CAR WHEN PARKED ON MY DRIVEWAY MOVED FROM PARK TO REVERSE ON ITS OWN. SINCE I WAS OUT OF THE CAR I WAS RUN OVER BY THE CAR CAUSING SEVERE INJURIES BUT I WAS LUCKY THAT I DID NOT DIE. THE FATALITY RATE IS OVER 50% IN SUCH ACCIDENT BUT I ESCAPED WITH RIB FRACTURES, INTERNAL BLOOD LOSS AND EXTENSIVE BRUISING. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND AND THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO. ALSO, VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OUT OF FIRST GEAR. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR WAS BURNED OUT. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN IN DECEMBER 2003, AND THE DEALER REPAIRED THE SENSOR AGAIN.*AK
CONSUMER STATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSES OF $2,200. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH THE STEERING PUMP FAILED, CONSUMER LOST THE CONTROL, BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL OUT OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, MECHANIC DETERMINED STEERING PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK ALSO, AT 50,000 MILES, TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *LA
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A CLANKING SOUND COME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER STEERING AND STALLED. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT HOLES WERE PUNCHED INTO THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING CASE.*AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 41,500 MILES. DIFFERENTIAL PIN KEEPER BROKE WHICH DID MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE REST OF THE TRANSMISSION. *AK
LAST WEEK MY WIFE WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK WHEN SHE THOUGHT SHE RAN OVER SOMETHING. SHE SAID THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SHUTTERED AND IT SCARED HER A LOT. I'M JUST THANKFUL SHE WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE PUT HER LIFE, AS WELL AS OTHERS, IN DANGER. SHE WAS TURNING A CORNER AFTER THE LIGHT CHANGED FOR LEFT HAND TURNS AS WAS ONLY TRAVELING AROUND 25-30 MPH. WHEN SHE LOOKED SHE DID NOT SEE ANYTHING IN THE ROAD. THE CARAVAN SUDDENLY STOPPED. SHE GOT OFF THE ROAD. SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND MAKE IT HOME, ABOUT 5 MILES. I HAD THE CARAVAN TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON WITH DODGE CARAVAN'S WITH AN ENGINE RATING OF 3.1 TO 3.8 LITTER AND THE 41TE TRANSMISSION. I NEED THE CAR SO I HAD...
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
AT 72,000 MILES MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION DUE TO A PINION IN THE PINION SHAFT COMING LOOSE AND TEARING THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION CASING. OVER $2400 WORTH OF WORK WAS REQUIRED. NO INJURIES, BUT I LOST CONTROL WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIFT TO THE GRASSY EDGE OF A RURAL ROAD. *JB
WHILE DRIVING AT 40/50 MPH A PIN FROM THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLEW OFF AND BLEW THE TRANSMISSION. ENGINE SHUT OFF, AND DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO CHANGE GEARS.*AK
NEEDED TO REPLACE INPUT/OUTPUT TRANSMISSION SENSORS. NOT ONLY HAVE WE HAD THIS DONE BUT A NUMBER OF 1999 CARAVAN USERS WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM.*AK
THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. *AK *TS THE VEHICLE WENT FORWARD EVEN THOUGH THE GEAR WAS NOT COMPLETELY IN DRIVE. *JB
A BOLT IN THE TRANSMISSION BROKE AND DISLODGE A BEARING THAT BLEW A HOLE IN THE HOUSING. THIS RESULTED IN VEHICLE BEING UNABLE TO GO INTO GEAR, AND DRIVER LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.*AK
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *NLM
WHILE IN AN INTERSECTION THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. *NLM
THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. *JB
THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTINUOUSLY FAILED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE GEAR BECAME STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. *JB
WIFE WAS LOADING GRAND KIDS INTO MINIVAN, GRANDSON CRAWLED ACROSS DRIVERS SEAT AND GRABBED THE SHIFTING LEVER, WHICH THE CAUSED VAN TO GO INTO REVERSE AND BACK UP INTO STEP WALL, WE REALIZED YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PUT FOOT YOUR ON THE BRAKE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR WHEN ENGINE IS RUNNING.*JB
THE TRANSMISSION PIN BROKE AND WENT THROUGH THE CASING. *JB
WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY BURNED OUT. *NLM
THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP, AND CAUSED THE REAR TIRES TO LOCK UP, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. *JB
THE VAN WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION (2) FAILURES OCCURRED. THE FIRST WAS THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER COULD BE MOVED AND THE SECOND FAILURE WAS THE TRANSMISSION HAD DROPPED OUT OF GEAR. *JB
COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON A 1999 DODGE GE AND CARAVAN VIN# [XXX] AT 67,723 MILES. NO HELP FROM CHRYSLER ON THIS PROBLEM, BECAUSE OF HIGH MILEAGE. TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD NOT FAIL THIS SOON. WE HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON ANOTHER GRAND CARAVAN WITH VIN# [XXX] THAT HAD 37,491 MILES ON IT THAT WAS MOSTLY COVERED BY THEM. THESE VEHICLES APPEAR TO HAVE DEFECTS AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY CHRYSLER AND BUILT TO LAST. *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY A PIN IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHICH WAS COMING A LOOSE, AND HAD BLOWN A HOLE IN THE TRANSMISSION. PH SCC
1999 DODGE CARAVAN HAS TWO BASEBALL SIZE HOLES IN CASING OF TRANSMISSION AFTER BRINGING DOWN TO ? SOUND OF TRANSMISSION AND WAS TOLD IT WAS FINE BY DEALERS , I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS A DEFECT IN TRANSMISSION. I WOULD LIKE A TRANSMISSON REPLACED DUE TO ONLY HAVING FOR 11/2 YRS AND OWE 10.000.00 STILL ON LOAN.
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE REAR TRANSMISSION SEAL CRACKED CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK.*JB
I NOTIFIED THE FIRST INCIDENT TO THE DEALER ABOUT ITS SPEED SENSOR, OVER THE PHONE, WHICH BLEW AWAY JUST AFTER THE TWO WEEKS OF BUYING THIS CAR FROM HIS SHOWROOM. LAST MONTH, THE BREAK WENT BAD AND WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, I HAD TO END UP REPLACING THE ROTOR AND COMPLETE BRAKE SET, PAYING AROUND $300 FROM MY POCKET, FROM A MIDAS IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE THIRD INCIDENT WAS MOST DANGEROUS, AND DON'T KNOW HOW I SAVED THE LIFE OF MY TWO LITTLE KIDS INCLUDING THE ONE WITH 11MONTHS INFANT BABY, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BLEW AWAY WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY AND LOST CONTROL ON THE DOWNHILL, IN THE CITY OF NORRISTOWN, SINCE ITS BREAK AND THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WENT OFF DUE TO THE FAILURE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND I EVENTUALLY TOOK A GREAT RISK OF PULLING THE CAR ALL BE MYSELF ON THE SIDEWALK AND SOMEHOW PROTECTED EACH OF MY...
VEHICLES TRANSMISSION LINE KEEPS DISCONNECTING FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE. THIS RESULTS IN A FUEL LEAK, WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, DUE TO THE FACT IF A VEHICLE IS BEHIND WHEN THE FUEL LEAKS THEY CAN SLIDE INTO THE BACK OF THE CONSUMER. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE PARTS BUT THE PROBLEM RECURS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS
VEHICLES TRANSMISSION LINE KEEPS DISCONNECTING FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE. THIS RESULTS IN A FUEL LEAK, WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, DUE TO THE FACT IF A VEHICLE IS BEHIND WHEN THE FUEL LEAKS THEY CAN SLIDE INTO THE BACK OF CONSUMER. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE PARTS BUT THE PROBLEM RECURS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS
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THIS IS THE THIRD DODGE I'VE OWNED THAT THE TRANSMISSON HAS FAILED. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN PROBLEM BUT I THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN CORRECTED BUT I GUESS IT HASN'T. I'M HAVING IT REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE AND WOULD LIKE FOR DODGE TO PAY FOR IT. DT
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NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
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IN ORDER TO CHANGE GEARS HAS TO STEP ON BRAKES TWICE.*AK
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ON APRIL 18, 2002 I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER FOR THEM TO INVESTIGATE A NOISE WHICH SOUNDED LIKE METAL ON METAL. SERVICE DROVE MY VEHICLE AND AFTER HEARING NOISE FOR HIMSELF, THEY PUT IT ON THE RACK AND SAID "WE TIGHTENED A FEW THINGS" (ON WORKSHEET STATED "CHECKED ENGINE") AND SAID TO COME BACK IF ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. ON THE MORNING OF MAY 2, 2002, I RETURNED HOME FROM AN ERRAND AND PARKED MY VAN IN THE GARAGE. LATER THAT DAY I WENT OUTSIDE AND NOTICED DRIPPINGS IN THE STREET IN FRONT OF MY HOME INTO MY DRIVE AND GARAGE. BACKED THE CAR UP A LITTLE AND DISCOVERED A POOL OF PINKISH FLUID. NEIGHBOR CAME OVER AND VERIFIED THAT IT WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID. I CALLED DEALER AND WAS TOLD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I DID SO. LEFT THE VEHICLE. THEY CALLED ME LATER IN THE...
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CONSUMER STATES THERE WERE SEVERAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, THERE WAS A NOISE PRESENT WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN GEAR AND IT ALSO FELT SLUGGISH, THERE WAS A SHAKE IN THE FRONT END DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION NOT BEING ADJUSTED CORRECTLY, THE TORQUE CONVERTER, OUTPUT SENSOR, INPUT SENSOR, AND SHIFT KIT HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER COMING APART, CAUSING METAL TO GO THROUGHOUT THE COMPLETE TRANSMISSION AND VALVE BODY. *SLC
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NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
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HEAD GASKET AND TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIOUNED. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 74000 MILES. PROBLEM STARTED ALSO IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE PURCHASED VEHICLE. *AK
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WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, CONSUMER HEARD A CLUNK NOISE. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND COULD NOT PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, DEALER STATED THAT A PIN IN TRANSMISSION BROKE AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACED. *AK CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SLC
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WHILE STOPPING AT LIGHT VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED AND MADE A NOISE. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. LOST ALL GEARS EXCEPT ONE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK
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