1995 DODGE STRATUS Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

I HAVE 1995 DODGE STRATUS SHIFTING DOWN GOING DOWN THE ROAD!!!! AFTER REBUILD ON THE TRANNY NOT ONCE BUT TWICE CHANGE ALL THE SWITCHES I FIGURED IT OUT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 DODGE STRATUS. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE SPEED TO DECREASE. THERE WERE SEVERAL REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AND THE SOLENOID WAS REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE SENSORS AND RELAYS WERE REPLACED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000 MILES AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS TO LIMP MODE CAUSING A HIGHLY PROBABLE DANGER SITUATION THAT MAY LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURIES ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY. WE HAVE REPLACED THE TCM AT $166.00FROM A DEALER AND ANOTHER DEALER SUCKED APPROX.300.00 KNOWING THAT THERE IS NO WAY OF FIXING THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. WHY ARE YOU STILL ALLOWING THE DEALERS TO REPLACE PARTS THAT THEY FULLY KNOW WON'T FIX THE MAIN PROBLEM? WHY IS THERE NO RECALL ON THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS? ON THE COMPLAINT SIDE OF YOUR WEB PAGE THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS! THE DEALER WANTS US TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THEM FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND I AM SURE THEY WILL RECOMMEND ANOTHER PROBLEM SOLVING IDEA TO MAKE US SPEND MORE MONEY KNOWING IT WILL NOT WORK. *TR

PURCHASED VEHICLE WITH CLEAN CARFAX RECORD IN FEB 06 WITH 75K MILES. AT 81K MILES TRANSMISSION STARTED GOING INTO LIMP MODE(SLAMS INTO SECOND GEAR REGARDLESS OF VEHICLE SPEED). TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTIC. THEY STATED THE INPUT AND OUTPUT SPEED SENSORS WERE FAILING ACCORDING TO THE COMPUTER. I REPLACED THEM. A WEEK LATER THE TRANSMISSION FULLY FAILED. TOWED TO A REPUTABLE TRANSMISSION CHAIN STORE. THEY FULLY REBUILT THE MECHANICALS OF TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED THE SPEED SENSORS AGAIN. AS I DROVE HOME THE TRANSMISSION RETURNED TO LIMP MODE. RETURNED TO SHOP. THEY TEST DROVE IT AND SECOND GEAR CLUTCHES BURNED UP. THEY REBUILT IT AGAIN AND ALSO REPLACED VALVE BODY AND SOLENOID PACK. I DROVE THE CAR FOR A MONTH BEFORE IT AGAIN STARTED LIMPING. TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS. THEY BLAMED THE SHOP AND STATED THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR ME BUT UPGRADE THE FLASH IN...

AUTO TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, THROWING DRIVER TOWARDS WINDSHIELD. PROBLEM BEGAN 2003. HAVE MANY, MANY SERVICE VISITS. LUBE SHOP FLUSHED SYSTEM. DEALER REPLACED TPS SWITCH, DEALER REPLACED TCM, TRANS SHOP REBUILT TRANSMISSION WITH NEW TORQUE CONVERTER AND NEW INPUT AND OUTPUT SWITCHES (WORKED ONE YEAR) THEN PROBLEM RETURNED. TRANS SHOP FLUSHED SYSTEM, TRANS SHOP REPLACED TPS (AGAIN), TRANS SHP RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE TCM (AGAIN), BUT, DEALER SAID NO PROBLEM FOUND. ANOTHER DEALER SAYS TPS BAD. WHEN I SAID IT WAS REPLACED 100 MILES EARLIER, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS EITHER WIRING SHORT, OR MAIN COMPUTER FAILURE, HAS NO WAY TO KNOW WHAT PROBLEM IS. ALSO SAID THAT IF I FIX THE "WIRING" I WOULD HAVE TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION (AGAIN), AWEN I SAID IT WAS REBUILT LAST YEAR, DEALER CHANGED HIS STORY AND SAID I DID NOT HAVE TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION. DEALER RECOMMENDS JUNKING THE CAR. MANUFACTURER IS NOT...

DT: SINCE THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IT WOULD SHIFT INTO LOW GEAR OR NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO SEPARATE DEALERS FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO THE REPLACEMENT OF A SOLENOID PACK. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER NOTED THAT TRANSMISSION COMPUTER HAD TO BE FLASHED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DODGE DEALER AND NO REPAIRS WERE DONE. THEY DID NOT OFFER AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED. THE GEAR STILL MOVED WHILE IN DRIVE. THIS IS STILL A PROBLEM. *AK *JB

CAR HAS HAD TRANSMISSION REBUILT THREE TIMES. FIRST TIME IT WAS REBUILT BY DEALER AT APPROXIMATELY 85000 MILES BECAUSE OF "ROUGH" SHIFTING. SECOND TIME AT 150000 MILES AT TRANSMISSION RE-BUILDER BECAUSE OF IT CONSISTENTLY GOING IN TO "LIMP" MODE. AFTER SEVERAL RETURN VISITS, THEY STILL COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I DROVE THE CAR FOR 10000 MILES BEING CAREFUL OF CONDITIONS THAT I WAS IN CASE IT SLIPPED IN TO "LIMP" MODE. I EVENTUALLY TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT SHOP TO HAVE IT RECHECKED. AFTER HAVING ALL MECHANICAL PARTS REPLACED, ALL SENSORS, AND TCM MODULE THE CAR STILL GOES IN TO "LIMP" MODE ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS. *JB

I HAVE A 1995 DODGE STRATUS WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MPH MY CAR AUTOMATICALLY SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL THE VEHICLE JERKS AND SLOWS DOWN IN SPEED I HAVE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE CAR DOWN AND RESTART IT, THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY, I TOOK IT A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM THEY REPLACED THE SOLENOID PACK I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. *JB

I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THE CAR WOULD START TO BOUNCE DOWN TO FIRST GEAR AND NOW WILL NOT COME OUT OF FIRST GEAR.I HAVE TRIED TO HAVE IT WORKED ON BUT THE TRANSMITION SHOP COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM EITHER!!!*AK

I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT WITH RESPECT TO A 1995 DODGE STRATUS. THE DODGE STRATUS IS EQUIPPED WITH A DEVICE WHICH I ASSUME IS TIED IN WITH THE CAR'S ELECTRONICS OR COMPUTER. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPECIFIC DEVICE IS TO MONITOR THE OPERATION OF THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION SO THAT WHENEVER THE TRANSMISSION IS UNDER STRESS OR IS NOT OPERATING AS DESIGNED OR INTENDED (OR AT LEAST THE THE COMPUTER SURMISES THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT OPERATING NORMALLY OR UP TO STANDARD), THE COMPUTER WHENEVER THAT OCCURS AUTOMATICALLY DOWNSHIFTS THE DODGE STRATUS TO 2ND GEAR WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING OR NOTICE WHATSOEVER TO THE DRIVER AND THE DODGE REMAINS IN 2ND GEAR UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE DODGE IS BROUGHT TO A COMPLETE STOP AND UNTIL THE ENGINE IS COMPLETELY TURNED OFF. IF YOU THEN ALLOW THE DODGE ENGINE TO REMAIN OFF FOR 3 OR 4 MINUTES AND THEN TURN THE...

TRANSMISSION FAILED, 145,000 MILES WITH NO INDICATION OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS RUNNING FINE THEN FAILED AND LEAKED A QUART AND A HALF OF FLUID FROM THE RIP IN THE PAN. *AK

CAR WILL KICK OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR WON'T GO PAST FIRST GEAR WHEN STARTING IT. I'VE REPLACED ABOUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO PAST FIRST GEAR. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REBUILT THE ENGINE. CURRENTLY, TRANSMISSION WAS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING AGAIN. *AK

THE TRANSAXLE OFTEN SLIPS AND FAILS TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. EVENTUALLY, THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NLM

CHRYSLER HAS BEEN ENTIRELY UNHELPFUL WITH THIS SITUATION. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD SEE SOMETHING IS WRONG AFTER TWO FAILURES.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60-65 MPH TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED HARSHLY TO 15 MPH, DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE POWERTRAIN SENSOR FAILED AND REPLACED IT BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED, THE DEALER THEN DETERMINED TTHE TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED AN INTERNAL PROBLEM, THE TRANSMISSION WAS DISASSEMBLED, THE DEALER REPLACED A BROKEN (OD)HUB, BROKEN BREATHER HOUSING, FRONT PLANETARY CARRIER, ALL SEAL, GASKETS. FILTER AND FLUID.*AK *NLM

WHILE DRIVING 60-65 AND WITHOUT WARNING TRANSMISSION SHIFTED TO A LOW GEAR, UP TO 15-20 MPH IN MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC.*AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY RIGHT TIE ROD BROKE. CONSUMER REPAIRED IT HIMSELF.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE TIE ROD BROKE, ALL STEERING CONTROL WAS LOST. TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SLC

WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL AN VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO 35MPH. THEN VEHICLE JERKED AND WENT INTO SECOND GEAR. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. NOTED THAT TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED LAST YEAR. *AK

1. A/C PAST 3 TEARS HAS FAILED. CONTROL MODE FAILURE. A/C REPAIRED 2X IN WARRENTY. 2. ABS SENSOR FAILED AT 42000. 3.DISTRIBUTOR FAILED AT 90000 3. TRANSMISSION-FRONT PUMP SEAL STARTED LEAKING AT 90000. 4. SPARK PLUG RING SEALS(6) FAILED AT 90000.

HEAD GASKET BEGAN TO LEAK OIL. VEHICLE TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR. REPAIR COSTS $1100. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO LEAK PROFUSELY AT 60,000 MILES. THE COST FOR THAT REPAIR WHICH HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET IS ESTIMATED AT $2500. *AK

TRANSMISSION WILL DOWNSHIFT INTO A LOWER GEAR WHEN TRAVELING ABOVE 25 MPH. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

I ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE WATER PUMP REPLACED.ALONG WITH THE SENSOR ON THE EXHUST PIPE,SEEMS LIKE JUST WHEN THE WARRENTY GOES OFF , AND I HAD THE EXTENDED WARRENTY,EVERYTHING HAPPENS. *AK

THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR. MOST OF THE TIME THE DEALSHIPS HAVE TOLD ME IT WAS A FALSE CODE. IN DEC. OF 99 I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY SAID THEIR COMPUTER TOLD THEM THAT THE CAR HAD BURNED A SHIFT CLUTCH IN THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD COST 1200 BECAUSE THEY HAD TO TEAR INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE TACHOMETER ALSO STAYS AT ZERO MOST OF THE TIME, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT WILL WORK. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGWAY SPEEDS OF 55 TO 60 MPH VEHICLE WILL AUTOMATICALLY DOWNSHIFT ON ITS OWN, REDUCING THE SPEED VERY QUICKLY. THIS HAS NEARLY RESULTED IN A DRIVER'S WHIPLASH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

THIS CAR DOWNSHIFTED WHILE AT THE SPEED OF 55 OR MORE. *AK

TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT GEARS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH. *YH

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WASN'T SHIFTING GEAR'S PROPERLY. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 50682 MILES. SPEED SENSOR FAILED AT @ 52000 MILES. STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH DOWNSHIFTING WITH NEW TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE STICKING IN FIRST GEAR. DEALER UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM. THEY "THINK" IT IS THE TRANS. COMPUTER MODULE. CHRYSLER UNWILLING TO ASSIST WITH REPAIR COST OF MODULE.

WE BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SATISFACTION. WHEN WE FINALLY REALIZED WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE WARRANTEE WAS OVER. I WILL NEVER EVER BUY A CAR FROM SATURN AGAIN, NEW OR USED.

WHEN SHIFTING GEARS THERE IS A NOISE LIKE SOME METAL SCRAPING METAL AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE MOVES IN AN UNUSUAL MANNER.

TRANSMISSION FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKING.

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THERE WERE NO PRIOR INDICATIONS, ENGINE DIDN'T GO OVER 25MPH AND GEARS WERE HARD TO SHIFT. WHEN THE HOOD WAS OPENED, THE TRANSMISSION HAD A HOLE IN THE TOP AS IF ACID WAS POURED ONTO IT. DEALER CONTACTED, NO WARRANTY, AND THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE AT 46,000 MILES OF WEAR. TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING/DOES NOT GO INTO GEAR AND LOST REVERSE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING/OIL LEAKS FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE CAR DOES NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

GEARSHIFT CAN BE MOVED FROM DRIVE TO THIRD GEAR WITHOUT USING THE "SAFETY " BUTTON/ALSO CAN BE SHIFTED WITH KEYS OUT OF IGNITION SWITCH.

LOOSE BOLT IN TRANSMISSION CAUSED AN OIL LEAK.

THE BRAKE CALIPER/DRUM DISC AND THE TRANSMISSION WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES, HAVING OTHER PROBLEMS AS WELL, WILL EXPLAIN AND SEND COPY OF PAPER WORK . *AK

TRANSMISSION LEAK.

WHEN DRIVING THERE IS A NOISE IN THE REAR END (A THUMPING NOISE) . *AK POSSIBLE SUSPENSION RLEATED. CONSUMER ALSO STATES THE TRANSMISSION WHINES LOUDLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN UPSHIFTING, AND WHISTLES AT HIGH SPEEDS, THE REAR VIEW MIRROR IS TOO LOW ON THE WINDSHIELD THAT IT OBSTRUCTS CONSUMER'S VIEW OF ONCOMING CARS WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN, ALSO COIN HOLDER IS OBSTRUCTED BY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE THAT MOST OF THE TIME CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO EXTRACT COINS, CONSUMER STATES WINDSHIELDS ARE VEYR SUSCEPTIBLE TO SRCATCHES FROM DIRT AND SAND BLOWN IP FROM THE ROAD OR TRUCKS THAT IT SOMETIMES MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE WHEN DRIVING TOWARDS THE SUN.*JB

THE CAR CHANGED GEARS WHEN SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE.PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

APPLIED BRAKES TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO FIRST GEAR AND LOCKED UP. TT

TRANSMISSION DROPPED INTO LIMP MODE WITHOUT CAUSE, NEARLY THROWING DRIVER THROUGH WINDSHIELD. *AK