Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Chrysler New Yorker submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
BAD TORQUE COVERTER & TWO OTHER PROBLEMS IN THE TRANSMISSION ACCORDING TO TEST. DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR. DEALER SAID HE WILL ONLY RPAIR IF WE PAY HALF, ONLY ON TORK CONVERTER. TRANSMISSION IS AT SPEED OF 45 MPH.*AK
SEVERAL OCCASIONS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED CAR DOWNSHIFTS INTO SECOND GEAR.
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, ABS SYSTEM WAS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, AND VEHICLE WAS STALLING AND CUTTING OFF. ENGIN E CHECK LIGHT WAS ON AND WON'T GO OFF. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE REPAIR SHOP TWICE, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY GOES INTO LOW GEAR AND STAYS THERE. THE COMPUTER WENT OUT AS SOON AS HE STARTED THE VEHICLE. *AK
TRANSMISSION REPAIRED 4 TIMES. *SD
TRANSMISSION FAILED - DOWNSHIFTS BY ITSELF. *AW
WHEN YOU ARE SLOWING DOWN COMING TO A STOP CAR DOWN SHIFT. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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