Vehicle has a non-serviceable transmission cooler. I can get it to shift if I let off the gas for a second. With An All Plastic Transducer Inside Pan on The Passenger Side. Well this 2002 truck on has approximately 26,000 miles on it! Please call for customer service and availability at 1-877-866-8372 ex. The failure and current mileages were 44,200. Apparently Chrysler knows about this.
The contact exited the vehicle and discovered that the transmission had exploded, causing the entire vehicle to catch on fire. It was causing a high pitched squeaking sound similar to what a defective belt may sound like. The dealer told me that it was normal. The fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. The manufacture will be contacted. The hood has slight dents in it like someone hit it with a ball pen hammer.
The vehicle was not inspected by a mechanic. Dealer worked on 4 times. The vehicle has not been repaired and he no longer drives the vehicle. A police report was not filed. If I drive conservatively, I never notice a problem until I have to rapidly accelerate.
Lock out feature worked intermittently. Well not only schaefer and strominger, but also Chrysler themselves don't have enough sense to give me a loaner car for the inconvenience of dealing with their defective product. The simultaneous flash is not there. The consumer was able to change gears without first pushing on the brake pedal to shift out of park position. While attempting to park the vehicle, the contact placed the gear into park and the vehicle rolled backwards on its own. He restarted the vehicle, placed it back into park, and applied the emergency brake.
We had to drive in low gear to get home. The contact exited the vehicle and discovered that the transmission had exploded, causing the entire vehicle to catch on fire. Automatic Transmission problem 10 The vehicle had an automatic transmission lock out failure. Car was driven to dealer that day. There is no way I should have to be replacing the transmission in a truck that is hardly driven and has never, ever hauled anything.
The current and failure mileages were 35,000. Neither the dealer nor manufacturer was notified of the failure. On this day I had vehicle towed to dealer. I was told yesterday by rick gladwell Dodge in morehead city, nc. The approximate failure mileage was 88,000. Vehicle has a non-serviceable transmission cooler.
The vehicle has been repaired. Well not only schaefer and strominger, but also Chrysler themselves don't have enough sense to give me a loaner car for the inconvenience of dealing with their defective product. Lock out feature worked intermittently. While attempting to park the vehicle, the contact placed the gear into park and the vehicle rolled backwards on its own. Dealer replaced interlock cable and ignition switch. Please tell me there is someone out there who can make these manufactures stand behind the products they sell before someone gets seriously hurt or killed driving on of these trucks.
The drivers side door mirror has recently broken and now flops in the wind on the free way and is unusable. With An All Plastic Transducer Inside Pan on The Passenger Side. Dealer contacted - I was told to contact a service manager on 7-1-2002, I obviously have an intermitent problem and nothing can be done until they can prove there is a problem. The vehicle has not been repaired and he no longer drives the vehicle. Car was driven to dealer that day.
I have spoken to a lot of people about this, I am finding out that this is a problem everyone is having with these trucks and something needs to be done to Chrysler to make them fix these at no cost to the consumer. I hope I can get the issues with this truck resolved someday. The consumer stated that the gear was in park, however she was not sure if it came out of park. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. I can have the old axle I believe. Front brake rotors are warped and the pads have 80 percent left at 34,000 miles. There was minor damage done to the driver side door.
I won't place anything on the tailgate in fear that the cable might break. The exterior turn signals are not synched with the displayed turn signals. Some haven't been reported to the dealer yet. The fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. A police report was not filed. I've had this truck a 3 different dealers in hope that the next one would be more help than the previous. The consumer was able to change gears without first pushing on the brake pedal to shift out of park position.