1992 DODGE DAKOTA Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE ON MY WAY TO A JOB INTERVIEW, WHEN I REALIZED I FORGOT SOMETHING . I DROVE BACK IN THE GARAGE, PUT THE SHIFTER IN PARK AND I STEPPED OUT OF THE TRUCK. NO SOONER HAD I GOTTEN AROUND THE TRUCK DOOR WHEN THE TRUCK JUST STARTED BACKING UP BY ITSELF. I ATTEMPTED TO JUMP BACK IN TO STOP IT BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT THE TRUCK TO HIT SOMEBODY . BUT THE MOMENTUM WAS TO QUICK AND THE DOOR SLAMMED AGAINST ME HITTING THE LEFT SIDE OF MY BODY,BOTH MY KNEES WERE KNOCKED TOGETHER,CAUSING BRUISING AND SOME SWELLING. I ALSO HAD A SMALL CUT ON MY RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHEN THE DOOR HIT ME,IT PUSHED MY ARM BACK AND MY FINGER HIT MY FRONT TEETH. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM(PARK-TO-REVERSE). THIS IS THE FIRST...

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WHILE RUNNING AND IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, ROLLED DOWN THE HILL, AND HIT A MOTOR HOME. CONSUMERE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO A BODY SHOP. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND STILL RUNNING WHEN WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE POPPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED BACK INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEIHICLE.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION RECALL WAS DONE IN JUNE 2000. SINCE THEN, THE VEHICLE HAD TO WARM UP FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE. *JB PH *JB

THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED TWICE, THE DEALER ATTRIBUTED THE PROBLEM TO THE OVER DRIVE CONTROL FEATURE. *PH *JB

THE VEHICLE LEAKED TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE LEAK WAS NOT RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION RECALL. *NLM THE VEHICLE LEAKED TRANSMISSION FLUID. DEALER STATED THAT THE LEAK WAS NOT RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION RECALL.

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V106000, AND MADE CONTACT WITH DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR THE DEFECT. DEALERSHIP WAS REFUSING SERVICE BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION, AND MUST BE CORRECTED BEFORE THEY PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

RECALL 871 WAS PERFORMED ON 21 JUNE 2000 AND WHEN COMPLEATED TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIV ( 4TH GEAR), ALSO CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK. ON 10 JULY 2000 TRUCK WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALER AND TRANSMISSION INSPECTED AND COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. MANUFACTURE CALLED AND THEY WOULD DUE NOTHING ABOUT PROBLEM.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *SLC

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 00V106000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 871 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER. DEALER HASN'T RECEIVED TOOL FROM CHRYSLER SINCE JUNE TO PUT THE PART IN. DEALER ADDRESS:TURNER JOHNSON DODGE 1210 HWY 39 N MERIDIAN, MS. PHONE# 601-693-6343. *AK

TRANSMIS/ OVERDRIVE FAILS TO KICK IN. BUTTON LIGHT IS ON & WILL NOT SHUT OFF. WIRE WOULD BE STICKING OUT 3 INCHES. CABLE BROKE OFF FROM THE WIRES. FAILS TO START WHILE IN PARK. ONLY STARTS IN NEUTRAL. TRANSMISSION WOULD BE SLIPPING. HAVE NOT BEEN TO DEALER.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 871 REPAIRS CONCERNING TRANSMISSION. TO REPLACE A VALVE, SOME SEAL TRANSMISSION FLUIDS, AND GASKET. VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP, AND TRANSMISSION HASN'T BEEN FIXED. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #00V106000. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP FOR APPOINTMENT. WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO REPAIR SHIFT LEVER. WILL CONTACT CONSUMER WHEN PARTS ARRIVE. SO FAR NO PARTS HAVE ARRIVED. *AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 00V106000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL871. DEALER CORRECTED RECALL PROBLEM. HOWEVER, DEALER NEGLECTED TO REFILL TRANSMISSION WITH FLUID, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MALFUNCTION. *AK HOWEVER THE DEALER FAILED TO PUT THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FLUID NEEDED. *YH

CONSUMER HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DEALER FOR THE PASSED TWO WEEKS ABOUT RECALL #00V106000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 871 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION. DEALER STATED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

ENGINE ROARS WHEN CONSUMER PUTS VEHICLE IN GEAR. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CHANGES GEARS FREQUENTLY WHILE DRIVING.THEN, IT MAKES A FUNNY NOISE, WHICH IS NOT NORMAL. AUTOMOBILE HAS BEEN IN SHOP AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *AK

SEVERE REAR WHEEL HOP PROBLEM ONGOING SINCE 1994.REPORTED SEVERAL TIMES TO DEALER FOR REPAIR.TRUCK STAYED THERE FOR OVER 8 MONTHS ALTOGETHER.SEVERAL PARTS REPLACED INCLUDING:LEAFS SPRINGS,SHOCKS,TRANSMISSION SUPPORT,DIFFERENTIAL(4 TIMES),BRAKE LINES(BROKE OFF DUE TO VIBRATION DURING ROAD TEST),LEAF SPRINGS RETAINERS.ETC...CHRYSLER NO LONGER WANTS TO TRY TO SOLVE THE MATTER.DOT GOT INVOLVED.HAD MECHANICAL ENGINEER PERFORM INSPECTION ON TRUCK,DECLARED IT DANGEROUS. DOT PULLED TRUCK OFF THE ROAD.NOW I'M HITCHICKING. EVEN TOUGH I'M FROM CANADA, I"D HOPE YOU MAY HAVE HAD SOME ADVICE.....PLEASE. *AK

TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT FROM PARK INTO REVERSE. STOPPED AT STORE, PUT IT IN PARK AND THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED INTO REVERSE. CONTACTED DEALER, THEY SAID NOTHING WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION. ALSO CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. *AK

THE VEHICLE WHEN TURNED OFF AND IN PARK, WILL NOT TURN ON. VEHICLE IS LOCKED IN PLACE, CONSUMER WILL ROCK THE VEHICLE BACK AND FORTH, A CLICK OCCURS AND EVERYTHING IS OKAY. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AND HITTING A BUMP, THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO NEUTRAL AND WILL HAVE TO PUT IT BACK INTO DRIVE. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED OF ANY PROBLEMS. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE GEAR.

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED/REPLACED TWICE.

#PE95041, WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL BACKSHIFT TO A LOWER GEAR AND THE RPMS WILL INCREASE AN EXTRA THOUSAND RPMS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER (5) OR (6) TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. PROBLEM IS STILL ON GOING. *AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR UPON ACCELERATION.

TRUCK WILL SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE WHILE CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEED.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS SLOWLY.

SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING THE GEAR SHIFT JUMPS OUT OF GEAR. *AK

EA96-006 ACTIVE, VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN AN IDLE POSITION IN PARK, JUMPED OUT GEAR , ROLLED BACKWARDS, IMPACT 6:00 POSITION. *AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INADVERTENTLY OCCASIONALLY, AND OCCASIONALLY HAS DIFFICULTY UPSHIFTING.

VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS WHILE IN PARK, DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

AUTO-TRAN: WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, TRANSMISSION CLANKS AND JUMPS, INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, NO PICKUP IN DRIVE, JUST ROARS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT APPROX 45MPH, INTERMITTENT SHIFTING OF GEARS OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.**AK

WHILE DRIVING, AFTER INITIAL SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY OVER 45 MPH, TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ON ITS OWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING, COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.*AK

INADVERTENT MOVEMENT OF THE SHIFTER PE95-041, WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR.*AK

WHEN IN PARK THE GEAR JUMPED OUT, SOMONE SAW THIS HAPPEN TRIED TO STOP TRUCK BUT GOT HURT. DEALER CAN NOT FIND PROBLEM. *SLC

THE TRUCK INADVERTANTLY SHIFTS DOWN WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE *AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY, ALSO HAS BITS OF METAL IN TRANSMISSION OIL PAN. *DH

TRANSMISSION FAILS TO GO INTO GEAR OCCASIONALLY, ALSO OCCASIONALLY SLIPS OUT OF GEAR. *DH

AUTO TRANS: TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO OVERDRIVE ON IT OWN, IN A JERKY MANNER, GOES SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN WHEN IN NORMAL, NO WARNING. *AK

PE95-041; AUTO-TRANSMISSION WILL DOWN SHIFT FOR REASON UNKNOWN. WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL PERFORMANCE. *AK AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 55 MPH AND OVER, VEHICLE TACKS AT ABOUT 1800 RPMS, ON A FLAT ROAD, VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFT AND TACK AT 2800-300 RPM, CONSUMER STATES IT HAPPENS IN AND OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL WITH A CONSTANT PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR, IT WILL ALSO DOWNSHIFT DRAMATICALLY AT LOW SPEEDS. *SLC

TRANSMISSION OVERDRIVE DISENGAGED. *SD

PE95-041, ACTIVE VEHICLE WAS LEFT IDLE POSITION IN PARK, JUMPED OUT GEAR INTO REVERSE, ROLLED BACK, HITTING A POLE, IMPACT 6:00 POSITION. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE ENGINE WAS ON AND THE CAR SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND CAUSED DAMAGE.*AK CONSUMER PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY WITH ENGINE RUNNING OPENED DRIVER DOOR STARTED OUT AND THE TRUCK STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS AND SHIFT SLIPPED INTO REVERSE, DRIVER DOOR STRUCK FRONT PORCH AND CRUMPLED.*JB

PE95-041, ACTIVE, VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, LEFT THE VEHICLE IDLING, SHIFTED IN REVERSE, WENT ACROSS 4 LANE TRAFFIC, IMPACT 6:00 POSITION HIT A POLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *AK

VEHICLE SHIFTS INADVERTENTLY. *DH

TRANSMISSION SOMETIMES STICKS IN PARK OR REVERSE, ALSO OCCASIONALLY SHIFTS BACK/FORTH FOR NO REASON.

TRANSMISSION INADVERTANTLY SHIFTS AFTER IT GETS HOT AND SHIFTS INTO A LOWER GEAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

THE TRUCK INADVERTANTLY SHIFTS WHILE ACCELERATING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK