TRANSMISSION WAS GRINDING AT ONLY 60,000 MILES. HAD TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY REBUILT AND UPDATED. NOW AT 107,000 MILES IT SHIFTS HARD AND SLIPS BADLY. *JB
- NHTSA ID
- 10163651
- Incident
- Jun 16, 2004
- Mileage
- 60,000 mi
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 1993 Dodge Dynasty submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 21 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 WAS GRINDING AT ONLY 60,000 MILES. HAD TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY REBUILT AND UPDATED. NOW AT 107,000 MILES IT SHIFTS HARD AND SLIPS BADLY. *JB
THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR PANEL BECAME LOOSE, THE LEFT REAR PANEL WAS LOOSE AND THE RIGHT REAR DOOR PANEL IS CRACKED. NLM
CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION FAILED. *JB
WHILE DRIVING AND EXITING ON A RAMP VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING. CONSUMER FELT VEHICLE COULD HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED. *AK
I CAN FEEL THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, IT GRABS WHEN YOU STOP, IT GRABS WHEN YOU PULL OUT FROM A STOP IT WILL MAKE THE TIRES SQUEAL LIKE YOUR PEELING OUT. SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT SHIFT AFTER GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. THEIR COMPUTER SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE CAR AND THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. CHRYSLER SAID THE SAME THING.
WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH TRANSMISSION ENGAGED TWO GEARS AT ONCE, DUE TO PLANETARY GEAR FAILURE, WITHOUT APPLICATION. MECHANIC HAS FIXED. *AK
TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE, AND LOSS OF POWER. VEHICLE IS NOT PULLING PROPERLY. WHILE SHIFTING FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR THE VEHICLE VIBRATES. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED LOST POWER. WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND THE VEHICLE IS VIBRATING AND JERKING. DEALER. CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE BACKING VEHICLE UP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY GAVE A SEVERE JERKING MOTION & WENT FORWARD. HAD NO WARNING OR REASON FOR IT TO HAPPEN. BRAKES WERE IN USE AT TIME. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED.
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE, IT WOULD LEAP FORWARD, STOPPED AT LIGHTS/SIGNS, GIVING IT GAS WOULD JUMP FORWARD, WHEN WEATHER COLD, WILL NOT SHIFT FROM GEAR TO ANOTHER GEAR; TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES, UNABLE TO FIX/REPAIR PROBLEM. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED 5 TIMES. *SD
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *SD
TRANSMISSION FAILED 3 TIMES DUE TO NOT SHIFTING TO HIGHEST GEAR. *SD
TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE LEAKS. *SD
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SD
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, TRANSMISSION STILL THRUST FORWARD. HAD FIXED BEFORE. TT
TRANSMISSION SOLENOID REPLACED. *SD
IN LESS THAN 55000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. TT
WHILE DECELERATING PRIMARILY AT LOWER SPEEDS, TRANSMISSION WOULD BUMP FORWARD OR EVEN 0R EVEN LURCH FORWARD. *AK
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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