1995 Dodge Stratus 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

NHTSA ID

10325938

Incident

Apr 15, 2009

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.

NHTSA ID

10222791

Incident

May 19, 2007

Mileage

63,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10209287

Incident

Oct 18, 2006

Mileage

1 mi

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 THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS COULD NOT REVEAL WHY THE COMPUTER WAS PUTTING THE CAR IN LIMP. RETURNED CAR TO PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION SHOP FOR YET ANOTHER REBUILD. DROVE CAR 2 MONTHS BEFORE IT AGAIN STARTED LIMPING. RETURNED CAR TO TRANS SHOP, THEY REBUILT IT AGAIN. STILL COULDN'T FIND CONCRETE CAUSE, REPLACED VALVE BODY AGAIN, HAD ME BUY REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION COMPUTER FROM DODGE, THIS FIXED IT FOR ANOTHER 2 MONTHS. YESTERDAY IT AGAIN STARTED GOING INTO LIMP. THERE IS 200 MILES REMAINING IN THE 12,000 MILE REBUILD WARRANTY FROM THE FIRST REBUILD SO IT WILL BE IN THE SHOP FOR THE 5TH TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR. *NM

NHTSA ID

10177406

Incident

Dec 29, 2006

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 HELPING AT ALL. NOT LOOKING FOR FREE WORK, I ALREADY SPENT $3000. I JUST WANT THE PROBLEM FIXED. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR DODGE, BUT THEY WON'T FIX IT, AND THEY WON'T ADMIT TO A PROBLEMATIC TRANSMISSION IN THIS 4 SPEED. *NM

NHTSA ID

10168058

Incident

Aug 15, 2006

Mileage

125,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10134769

Incident

Apr 2, 2005

Mileage

65,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10132316

Incident

Jul 10, 2004

Mileage

148,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10130637

Incident

Jul 15, 2005

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

NHTSA ID

10112783

Incident

Feb 7, 2005

Mileage

10 mi

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 ENGINE BACK ON AGAIN, THE CAR WILL PERFORM NORMALLY AGAIN AND WITHOUT INCIDENT AT SPEEDS UP TO 40 OR 50 OR 60 MILES PER HOUR UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE COMPUTER, ONCE AGAIN, SUCCUMBS TO THE URGE TO DOWNSHIFT TO 2ND GEAR. AT THAT POINT, THE DRIVER FINDS HIMSELF IN 2ND GEAR AND WITH NO VIABLE ALTERNATIVE BUT TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE ONCE AGAIN. TO COMPREHEND WHAT THAT PREDICAMENT IS LIKE FROM THE DRIVER?S POINT OF VIEW, ONE HAS ONLY TO ENVISION YOURSELF ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE OR THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH DOZENS AND DOZENS OF 18 WHEELER TRUCKS ALL GOING 55AND 65 MILES AN HOUR WHEN, OUT OF THE BLUE, THE COMPUTER ON THE DODGE STRATUS DECIDES TO DOWNSHIFT TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND THE NEAREST 18 WHEELER TRUCK IS ONLY 10 FEET BEHIND YOU AND DOING 60 MILES AN HOUR. IN THAT SCENARIO, THE POSSIBILITIES FOR A HORRIBLE AND CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT COSTING DOZENS OF LIVES IS APPARENT---ALL BECAUSE THE ONBOARD COMPUTER ON THE DODGE STRATUS DECIDED ON ITS OWN TO DOWNSHIFT TO 2ND GEAR. *AK

NHTSA ID

10112615

Incident

Feb 4, 2005

Mileage

98,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10105903

Incident

Jan 5, 2005

Mileage

145,500 mi

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. CALLED A DEALER, AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN. AFTER WAITING SHE WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO PARTS. CONSUMER MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT, AFTER ARRIVING AND WAITING FOR TWO HOURS THE PART WAS NOT IN, AND SHE WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE ONE MONTH. THE RECALL WAS ON SHIFT INTERLOCK.*AK

NHTSA ID

10087448

Incident

Jul 21, 2004

Mileage

64,295 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10081286

Incident

Aug 1, 2003

Mileage

79,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10057754

Incident

Jan 6, 2004

Mileage

56,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10021059

Incident

Apr 1, 1996

Mileage

70,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

8016693

Incident

Apr 9, 2002

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

NHTSA ID

765791

Incident

Jun 24, 2002

THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED COMPUTER PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP WHILE BEING DRIVEN. NLM

NHTSA ID

567054

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

NHTSA ID

8007391

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

NHTSA ID

892212

Incident

Jun 8, 2001

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

NHTSA ID

888425

VEHICLE WILL JUMP OUT OF GEAR WHILE BEING DRIVEN.*AK

NHTSA ID

886913

Incident

Apr 23, 2001

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.

NHTSA ID

744170

Incident

Jun 15, 1997

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

NHTSA ID

744022

Incident

Aug 1, 1999

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

NHTSA ID

884590

Incident

Nov 1, 1995