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Transmission without warning either shifts down into second gear and will not shift up or worse the transmission goes limp when driving at any speed in other words you end up coasting and could possibly cause a serious accident, the first time this happened to me I was going 65 mph on the freeway. Fortunately, I was on the right hand side of the road so I could coast off and come to a stop. If I had been in heavy traffic in either the center or left hand lane there would be no way for me to avoid other cars and this would have resulted in a serious accident. I took the car to the Chrysler dealer and they said it was a faulty solenoid pack and they replaced it for $900+ dollars. The car ran for a couple of weeks and the shifting down and limp episodes began again. I now have a car with 45000 miles parked in my garage and am afraid to drive it. There are dozens of blogs on the internet describing the same problem and I do not see any recalls but this is certainly a life threatening hazard. Unfortunately this is an intermittent problem that happens with no warning.
I bought a 1995 Chrysler Cirrus lxi and for the first little while it was great, then all of a sudden I was driving down the road at 62 mph and the car shifted into neutral I slowed down to about 30mph and it dropped into gear but it would not shift from first gear. Now sometimes it will shift fine and other times it will not shift at all. And my A/C quit working and the RPM gauge stopped working at around the same time as the shifting issues started.
I've had my engine checked back in may of 05 by the dealer they said it was engine misfire, the distributor ignition was bad. They charged me $321 just to check it, then I paid $276 to get it fixed. The car has had a drip ever since. In the past 6 to 8 months or longer I've had a drip from the engine that can't be fixed, I recently had my car worked on it was in the shop for a month it cost me $2500 to repair and it still has a leak. It's back there again because it needs that expansion plug and retaining bracket that only the dealer can provide according to every site but the place the car comes from. I'm also having transmission problems which I've had since I brought the vehicle. Because I need a shift mechanism and cable from the dealer according to every site but where the car comes from. A few of the problems that are on the list I've either got fixed or got an estimate for.(one ) of the problems on the list, the dealer sent something in the mail and I got it taken care of by the dealer, it was the( trans. Floor shifter). Also on your list! I've spent a lot of money to repair this vehicle for mistakes made by the dealer and it's not fair. I would like to be reimbursed and the recall problem fixed.
While driving at 70 mph transmission went into neutral inadvertently. Owner had the vehicle at the dealer for several months. Owner picked up the vehicle and drove it for a few miles. However, the problem recurred. Two transmission have been installed but the vehicle continues to perform poorly.
When driving 30-60 mph transmission down shifts sending rpms through the roof. Sometimes I can pull over and turn off the car to reset the computer and sometimes not. This happened for the first time 1 month after purchasing car used. We took it to the dealership who did an overhaul on the transmission, gave it back to us, and problem recurred 5 days later. Turned out to be the transmission control module shorted. Now three years later this is happening again. It's not very safe to be traveling at 60 mph on a freeway and all of a sudden only be able to go 30 mph.
- Las Vegas, NV, USA
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While driving 45 mph vehicle shifted gears on its own. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and drove it to dealer for inspection. Mechanic determined that transmission needed to be replaced.
RPM's running high, transmission slipping, rough idle, ABS light consistantly on even after inspection, gear slips when placing into park, while driving the car reversed on its own. Have complained and wanted into another car due to having this one on a 24 lease, they denied me and have had to drive it and with 3 children and myself in the car it is not safe, but is the only transportation we have. We need help resolving this problem.
While driving at low speeds transmission will not shift out of first gear. The consumer indicated that the vehicle's transmission would not change gears at all. The sunroof would not close all the time. The radio wouldn't work. The A/C button would not remain engaged. The overhead material was coming down.
1995 Chrysler Cirrus is continually downshifting into 2nd gear and stays there. I have tried to have it fixed and to no avail. The solenoid pack was replaced twice and this did not solve the problem. This was a costly "repair" that accomplished nothing. I even got a second opinion from an independent mechanic and it was in error also. This is a very dangerous defect that is evidently being experienced by many Chrysler owners.
While driving at any speed the car will just lose power, start slowing down, the RPM will rise to over 5000 rpms. Have to drive at under 40 miles/hr just to try and keep the RPM under 4500. This is scarly when you got kids in the car and on a highway. This has become an everyday problem I could just start the car and the RPM will rise faster than the speedometer and wont go down, or I could just be driving and it will happen for no reason and you never know when it will happen. I have looked at nemerous car reviews related to the this model and year and in all of them eg www.carreview.com/midsize-compact/Chrysler/prd_230_1531crx.aspx#reviews. Just to mention one and in all of them several people are complaining about this problem, I also took time to read some of the complaints you have received over the years and found the same thing. Would like to know if this issue was looked into and what can be done to correct it. As almost everything has been tried to no success from changing the computers to new transmissions, stopping at the side of the road and starting again. Hoping to hear from you soon. I would be willing to alow you pple test drive my car and get a feel of it first hand. Thankyou in advance.
While driving at 55 mph, the vehicle would not change gears. The vehicle was taken to a transmission shop who informed the consumer that the transmission was not working. Also, the vehicle would overheat on a regular basis. The consumer claims that the vehicle was taken to the dealer 9 times for coolant problems.
The transmission throws itself into neutral at no notice, have to shut car off and restart. When put on computer shows car is fine to drive. But really unsafe very concerned. Found that other people that own this same make and model complained and even after purchasing no transmission problem persists.
When driving my vehicle at the speed of 45 to 60 mph my vehicle will down shift itself, or even at times throws itself into neutral. You can turn the car off and turn it back on to reset the computer but it may do it again. It gives no warning as to when its going to do it. That's why driving in this car is very dangerous and like playing russian roulette.
At any given time the transmission slips or what you can say stalls out and sometimes brought itself into neutral. Car will not go anywhere and RPM's race. Very dangerous. No one knows how to fix it.
After coming to a complete stop and releasing the brake the car will go into low gear and becomes very hard to accelerate. Took it to a shop because it was said to be a brake problem, I got new rotors, front and back brakes, and calipers. Problem still is there.
When driving the car will automatically fall into neutral. When this happens if I put the car into neutral manually and turn the car off it will allow me to put the car back into drive, while still moving down the road. I have had it looked at by our local shop that services the car, and they are not haviing any fault come up on the computer.
The car make a hard jerk and then when I try to accelerate, the transmission will not shift gears. The engine revs up and I have to turn the car off and back on when this happens.
When driving 60-65 mph transmission will intermittently shift down to first gear. Dealer replaced solenoid, but this did not remedy problem. The consumer stated that the problelm reoccurred after the solenoid was installed. Then, the dealer replaced the transmission due to bad O ring failure.
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- Santa Rosa, CA, USA