1999 DODGE INTREPID Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

TRANSMISSION FAILURE- THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO 3RD GEAR. WE HAVE CALLED DODGE WITH NO HELP A VERY RUDE REP. SD THAT SINCE WE DID NOT BUY IT FROM A DODGE DEALER THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT ALSO THE MILES. ALTHOUGH THE WEEK BEFOR WHEN I PUT THE COMPLAINT IN THE LADY FORM DODGE SD WE WOULD NEED TO BRING THE CAR TO A CERTIFIED DODGE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. I TOLD HER WE ALREADY HAD A DIAGONSTIC DONE BY A CERTIFIED TRANSMISSION PLACE AND HAD TO PAY 89.00 FOR THIS. SHE TOLD ME THAT WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH THAT IF WE WANT DODGE TO HELP WE NEED TO BRING IT TO DODGE. KNOW WE ARE STUCK WITH ANOTHER DIAGONSTIC BILL FOR 85.00 FROM DODGE AND NO FURTHER HELP. REALLY UPSET THAT I PAY 11,000 FOR A CAR AND THEN 2,000 ON A TRANSMISSION. IF THIS IS NOT RESOLVED...

1999 DODGE INTREPID ES: TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN OVERHAULED THREE WEEKS AGO BECAUSE OF INTERMITTENT BUMP, SURGING IN AUTOMATIC, ROUGH SHIFTING IN LOWER GEARS. THERE WAS ALSO A ONE TIME SLIPPAGE, A JAM IN FOURTH GEAR AND TRANSMISSION ONCE SHIFTED BACK IN FOURTH RAPIDLY IN LOWER GEARS. TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHAULED, INPUT/OUTPUT SPEED SENSORS, TORQUE CONVERTER, DISC CLUTCH REPLACED. TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO WORK BETTER SINCE OVERHAUL AND REPLACEMENTS THREE WEEKS AGO. PROBLEMS ARE NOW SLOWLY STARTING TO COME BACK. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT FUNCTION CONSISTANTLY AS IT SHOULD. RECENT EXAMPLES: 11/19 MADE U-TURN, LET OF ACCELERATOR PEDAL THEN PRESSED PEDAL FOR MEDIUM ACCELERATION, TRANNY HESITATED THEN BUMPED THEN FINALLY WORKED. 11/20 WHILE DRIVING TO WORK I STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT THEN LIGHTLY PRESSED ACCELERATOR PEDAL, TRANNY SEEMED TO LOCK DOWN HARD AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED VERY QUICKLY, FASTER THAN USUAL. VEHICLE ALMOST SMASHED INTO CAR IN FRONT OF ME. ENGINE DID NOT REV AS...

SEVERAL DAYS AFTER HAVING THE 3.2L ENGINE REPLACED BECAUSE IT BLEW UP DUE TO UNEXPLAINED OIL DISSAPPEARANCE I EXPERIENCED CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. MY INPUT AND OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR WAS REPLACED WHEN MY VEHICLE WAS IN FOR ENGINE REPLACEMENT DUE TO ROUGH SHIFTING AND SURGING IN LOW GEARS AND INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION BUMP. VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO WORK SOMEWHAT SMOOTHER. TRANSMISSION KICKDOWN ISSUE WORSENED HOWEVER. VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO BE DRIVING AT 30-35MPH OR SLOWER FOR TRANSMISSION TO KICK DOWN HARD FOR MERGING, PASSING OR TO ENTER THE FREEWAY OR ACCELERATION WAS POOR. TRANSMISSION BUMP STILL SOMETIMES OCCURED. DURING ACCELERATION ACROSS INTERSECTION VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SURGE BACK AND FOURTH AS VEHICLE WAS SWITCHING BACK AND FOURTH BETWEEN GEARS. THIS HAPPENED FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, I WAS READY TO KILL THE IGNITION BUT IT STOPPED. I STEPPED DOWN HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR TRYING TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM AND ENGINE REVED BUT...

AT TIME OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE PROBLEM BECAME SERIOUS AND BECAME OBVIOUS ON 10/18/01. AFTER TRANSMISSION STARTED FAILING I STOPPED AT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AHEAD. AFTER STOPPING AND LETTING GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL THE STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY LIMPED TO THE LEFT WITH VERY LIMITED CONTROL WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TURN IT. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH FLIMSLY/LOOSE STEERING THAT MOVES TO FREELY BUT THE VEHICLE WAS EVEN MOVE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND THE STEERING FELT REALLY STRANGE. I LIMPED IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE STEERING PROBLEM AND A TECH SAID THAT IT DROVE NORMAL BUT THEY FOUND A BOLT OR WASHER MISSING FROM THE LEFT LOWER SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM AND WILL REPLACE. THEY ARE CURRENTLY ORDERING THE PART AND I AM WITHOUT MY VEHICLE AT THIS TIME.*AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MPH TRANSMISSION BLEWOUT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

1999 DODGE INTREPID ES 3.2L: VEHICLE FREQUENTLY FAILS TO BE CONSISTANT WITH ACCELERATION. SOMETIMES DELAYED TRANSMISSION SHIFT RESPONSE EVEN WHEN USING AUTOSTICK. TRANSMISSION OFTEN SEEMS TO SHIFT VERY ROUGHLY. VEHICLE SOMETIMES SEEMS TO DOWNSHIFT PROPERLY WITH PROPER ENGINE RESPONSE AND HAS EXCELLENT ACCELERATION EVEN AT 50MPH WHEN IN AUTOMATIC THEN SOMETIMES HAS EXTREMELY POOR AND DELAYED ACCELERATION AND DOES NOT SEEM TO DOWNSHIFT EVEN AT SPEEDS SLOW AS 35MPH EVEN WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS FLOORED OR STOMPED, WHICH IS DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO GET ONTO FREEWAY, MERGING OR PASSING. IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO GET VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL, LACK OF THROTTLE ACTION AND VERY SLOW ACCELERATION SOMETIMES WHEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL SOMETIMES HALF WAY DOWN, THEN WHEN PRESSED FURTHER AND ALMOST FLOORED TRANSMISSION KICKS DOWN HARD, VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD AND OVER COMPENSATES INTENDED ACCELERATION. ONCE WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PRESSED DOWN HARD, DOWN ABOUT HALF, NOT...

CAR WAS STUCK IN SECOND GEAR. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHUTTERED, THEN IT WAS STUCK IN FIRST. CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO DEALER ,AND THEY SAID TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. *AK THE TRANSMISSION FAILED FOR THE THIRD TIME AND BURNT OUT THE TORQUE CONVERTOR. THE DEALER HAD REPLACED SENSOR TWICE. *YH

A/CEVAPORATOR HAS GONE OUT IN MY CAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE SENSOR ON TRANSMISSION WENT OUT 4 MONTHS AGO. MY MECHANIC SAYS THE EXHAUST SYSTEM HAS RUST SPOTS. ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOOKED AT THE CAR SAY THESE PROBLEMS SHOUND NOT BE HAPPENING ON A CAR WITH ONLY 48,000 MILES. *AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND TRANSMISSION LOCKED INTO 2ND GEAR. NO SPEED DISPLAYED ON SPEEDOMETER.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED IN VEHICLE THREE TIMES WITHIN 70,000 MILES OF EACH OTHER. ALSO, WHEN TRAVELING 30-35MPH VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CAR WAS 4 MONTHS OLD - DRIVING DOWN I-70 AND HAD A BLOWOUT. THE TIRE SPLIT CLEAN IN TO. WAS TOLD THAT I MUST OF HIT A POT HOLE. ON 9/13/99 I HAD TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM THE TIRE WAS LOSING AIR. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM, AIRED UP THE TIRE AND I LEFT. LITTLE OVER A MONTH LATER I HAD A BLOW OUT. I DID NOT HIT A POT HOLE. THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE WITH MY OWN MONEY.*AK (TIRESIZE: P205/70R15)

VEHICLE WAS AT STAND STILL AND READY TO PULL OFF. THEN, VEHICLE PULLED OFF IN 2ND GEAR, FEELING VERY SLUGGISH. CONSUMER PULLED OVER/ TURNED IT OFF, AND PUT IT IN AUTOMATIC TO SEE WHAT GEARS WERE ACTIVATING. AFTER A HALF HOUR ALL GEARS, BUT 4TH GEAR, WERE OPERATING. DEALER HAS GOTTEN A CHANCE TO COMPLETE INSPECTION ANDTO GIVE AN EXPLANATION.*AK

IN AND OUT OF MORLANS, INC (DODGE DEALER) SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL SYTEM CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON WITH MANY DIFFERENT CODES SUCH AS ROUGH IDLE-TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING /DOWN SHIFTING-TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPLACED-CAMSHAFT SENSOR REPLACED-IGNITION COIL PACK REPLACED-THESE WERE DONE WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT DIFFERENT DATES. JUST RECENTLY 3/25/01 MY TRANSMISSION WENT INTO A LIMP MODE AGAIN AT 40,000 MILES-THIS TIME IT WAS A TRANSMISSION INPUT SPEED SENSOR (MY COST $92.00), WHEN I GOT MY CAR BACK NOW MY HEATER- A/C AND REAR DEFROST CONTROL / VENTS DON'T WORK ? DIAGNOSED PROBLEM ELECTRICAL (CHARGED $50.00) AGAIN WITH THE CONTROL HEAD / BOARD CONTROL MODULE. I'VE MADE SEVERAL CALLS TO THE CHRYSLER CORP. WITHOUT AVAIL FOR ASSISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY HELP POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THESE ELECTRICAL DEFECTS. THANK YOU. *AK

SHIFTS ROUGH IN LOWER GEARS. *AK

THE VEHICLE GEAR SHIFT MALFUNCTION DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. YH

TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND IS SPORADIC. HAS BEEN IN FOR A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF THE TRANSMISSION. I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM AND HAVE HAD IT IN FOR REPAIR AT LEAST 3 OTHER TIMES. THE DEALER NOW SAYS THEY CANNOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD MANY PEOPLE DRIVE MY CAR AND THEY HAVE NOTICED THE ROUGH SHIFTING AS WELL AS THE HESITANT TAKE OFF. THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WILL ENGAGE AND THRUST YOUR CAR FORWARD. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THE POWER WINDOWS. THE DRIVER WINDOW HAS A SQUEAK AND A GRIND. THE DEALER SAYS THEY FIXED IT BUT IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. THE BACK WINDOWS STOPPED FUNCTIONING ALTOGETHER AND A PART HAD TO BE ORDERED. THE DEALER DID INSTALL THIS PART IN EARLY APRIL 2000. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HESITATE WHEN PROCEEDING FROM A STOP, AND AT INTERSECTIONS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK