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 1994 Chrysler Town And Country submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 25 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
TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING REALLY ROUGH AROUND 116,000. PREVIOUS OWNER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN THEY SOLD IT TO US AT AROUND 150,000, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING HARD AGAIN. NOW AT 169,000 IT SHIFTS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS AND IS VERY ROUGH. WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, IT CLUNKS. THIS IS AFTER WE EVEN TOOK IT IN AND HAD TRANSMISSION FIXED. NO GOOD. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE SLIDING DOOR IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD ONTO THE VEHICLE BY ONE OUT OF THREE HINGES. THE DOOR HAS TO BE PUSHED VERY HARD IN ORDER FOR IT TO CLOSE. IN ADDITION, THE REAR WIPER DOES NOT WORK AND THE MOTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT HAS DECIDED NOT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE PLACES THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, IT TAKES A WHILE TO SHIFT. THE VEHICLE MAKES A THUMPING SOUND WHEN IT DOES SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE AIR CONDITIONER HAS NOT WORKED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. ON A HOT DAY, THE GEARS SKIP AS IF THEY ARE NOT GRIPPING PROPERLY IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 135,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.
TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING OUT OF SECOND GEAR. CHECKED ALL APPROPRIATE FUSES RELAYS AND RESET COMPUTER WITH POWER DISCONNECTED. FLUID CLEAR AND PINK. TRANSMISSION THEN REFUSES TO MOVE FORWARD OR BACK. NO PRIOR OVERHEATING OF THIS VEHICLE. DT
DIFFERENTIAL PIN SHOT OUT THROUGH TRANSMISSION HOUSING, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO BLOW. THERE WAS A LOUD BANG WHILE VEHICLE WAS GOING 55MPH. TRANSMISSION SEIZED UP, AND WAS LEAKING. VEHICLE WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR. VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES TO ALERT DRIVERS BECAUSE VEHICLE WOULD EVENTUALLY SLOW DOWN BY JERKING IN GEAR. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. WHEN CONTACTING DEALER, DEALER NOTED THAT SEAL PLUGS IN TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH TRANSMISSION WENT OUT OF DRIVE AND INTO NEUTRAL, CAUSING SOME DIFFICULTIES FOR CONSUMER. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WILL REPLACE TRANSMISSION AGAIN FOR THIRD TIME SINCE MAY OF 2000. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WILL JERK AND CHUG, NOT GOING INTO GEAR AS IT IS SUPPOSE TO. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. NLM
WHILE TRAVELING 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT FROM HIGH GEAR TO LOW GEAR. VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO GO FASTER THAN 10MPH. DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE AT OWNERS EXPENSE OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WAS TRAVELING 30MPH WHEN TRANSMISSION EXPLODED. HAD VEHICLE HAD STOPPED DEAD IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND INFORMED THAT A PIN HOLDING TRANS AXLE HAD BROKEN. IT WAS A HOLLOWED PIN THAT WAS USED.*AK
CONSUMER HAS HAD TRANSMISSION WORK DONE TWICE. CONSUMER INFORMED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE. FIRST ON PUT IN AT 60000 NOW IT WENT OUT AGAIN AT 90000 MILES. I WAS TOLD BY THE SHOP THAT THIS IS A CHRYSLER DEFECT AS THE SAME THING HAPPEND AS LAST TIME. *AK
SUDDEN ABRUPT TRANSMISSION FAILURE - DIFFERENTIAL PIN CAME LOOSE THROUGH BELL HOUSING OF TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. *AK
THE VEHICLE ROLLS WHEN PLACED IN REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE CONSUMER HAS TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE UNTIL IT CATCHES TO DRIVE, NOW THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT CHANGE GEARS. NLM
TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENTER ANY GEAR. TOTAL FAILURE.*AK
TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED MANY CONVERTER SHUDDER / LOCKUP SYMPTOMS AT HIGHWAY SPEED; ALSO EXTREME HARSHNESS / BANGING WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR PRIOR TO A TOTAL FAILURE ON A HEAVILY TRAVELED 2-LANE RURAL ROAD. AN EXTREME HAZARD WAS CREATED FOR OCCUPANTS AND OTHER MOTORISTS.*AK
SUDDEN DOWNSHIFT/DECELERATION -TRANSMISSION LOCKED IN 2ND GEAR - TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE REQUIRING $1500 REBUILD. STILL EXHIBITS DELAYED SHIFTING AND SOMETIMES POOR ACCELERATION DUE TO DELAYED DOWNSHIFTS. CHRYSLER'S ONLY COMMENT... THEY CONSIDER ME "IRRESPONSIBLE FOR NOT HAVING BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY OFFERED BY THE DEALER AT PURCHASE." (DIRECT QUOTE FROM CHRYSLER CUSTOMER RELATIONS PERSON.)*AK
THE RE-BUILD WAS NOT DONE BY A CHRYSLER DEALER DUE TO THE ORIGINAL DEALERS EXTREME RUDENESS ON ANOTHER MATTER REGARDING RE-PAINTING THE FRONT BUMPER. WE FELT IF THEY WERE THAT RUDE ABOUT A $300 RE-PAINT UNDER WARRANTY (WHICH ANOTHER DEALER DID TAKE CARE OF) THEY HOW COULD WE TRUST THEM TO HELP US WITH A MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM? WE BASICALLY JUST WANT TO BUY A NEW TOWN & COUNTRY WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. WE THINK THIS IS FAIR DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT TWICE IN SIX YEARS. THIS TRANSMISSION IS KNOWN TO BE A "PROBLEM CHILD". WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT AT THE TIME. IT'S A HINDSIGHT 20/20 THING. HAVE ASKED OUR DEALER TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR US WITH THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AT NO CHARGE BUT ARE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE. I THINK IT'S FAIR TO ASK. I WOULD NOT PURCHASE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE ADDED PROTECTION. I DON'T TRUST CHRYSLER'S PRODUCT ENOUGH FOR THAT. I DO ENJOY THE AMENITIES IT OFFERS. IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A MINI-VAN WITH THE COMFORT IT OFFERS. *AK
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS TOO LOW, AND WILL NOT UP SHIFT UNTIL I RUN OF ENGINE AND RESTART. THIS HAPPENDED 1/10/2000 AT 50MPH, AND ALMOST CAUSED THE CAR BEHIND ME TO HIT ME. THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO RED LINE FOR A SECOND. *AK
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION STOPPED VIOLENTLY, CAUSING WHEELS TO LOCK UP. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED. MJS
VEHICLE GAVE NO INDICATION OF A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND THEN ONE DAY JUST STOPPED FUNCTIONING AT ALL. WHEN PURCHASED THE WARRANTY OFFERED WAS EITHER THE 3/36 OR THE 12/12 & 7/70. WE CHOSE 3/36 WHICH WAS BENIFICIAL AT ONE POINT SINCE WE HAD CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE AND IT TOOK ALMOST A YEAR FOR THEM TO FINALLY TAKE CARE OF THAT PROBLEM..MY CONCERN IS DO WE HAVE ANY OPTIONS OTHER WITH ANY PENDING ISSUES DUE TO THE HISTORY OF THE MINIVAN TRANSMISSIONS? ARE THE ANY AVENUES WE CAN TAKE SO AS NOT TO HAVE TO PAY THE 2,500 TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION?
TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT, TWO TRANSMISSION SUPPORTS FAILED AND TWO SPEED SENSORS WERE INSTALLED. *AK
NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER.
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
1) ABS BRAKES HAVE FAILED (3) TIMES RESULTING HITTING FENCE. 2) AUTO-TRANS W/AUTO OVERDIRVE DOWN SHIFT @ HIGHWAY SPEED THROWING PASSENGERS. TT
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