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55 messages, Last post on Nov 10, 2009 at 7:35 AM
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After initial start and for about 5 minutes afterwards the transmission is slipping in any gear from 1 to 3. Most noticeable when in 3 gear and accelerating lightly. You will notice the RPMs are gradually going up, but the speed is not going up but tends to go down. Another symptom is when driving in Over-drive and you need to make a lane change, and lets just say you stomp on the gas, the RPMs basically red line. You need to get off the gas and then you feel the car drop into 4 gear and then you can go. Had it back to the dealer, said there was a bulletin, seemed to be OK for about a month, now it is happening again. Anyone else experiencing the same issue ? |
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Replying to: scarab22 (Mar 02, 2006 9:54 am)
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Replying to: scarab22 (Mar 02, 2006 9:54 am)
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Replying to: stormysteel (Mar 09, 2006 11:39 am) engine is the 3.5 Story get worse. I started to get the check-engine and the PRNDL indicator would all ligth. The the car would be stuck in 3'rd gear. Back to the dealer again (two more times for the same problem). All they did was the computer reset. Fixed problem for a day. Second time it happen the trans would not come out of park. Made it back to the dealer and one of the control models were replaced on the shift. |
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Replying to: jak62798 (Mar 23, 2006 7:29 am) Just got things "fixed" -- maybe They were finally able to capture an error code. Of course it was the 999 unkown error. After 5 day at the dealer they decided to change the model on the shift column. Since then nothing, but I am watching out for it to start again. |
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| I have two 05 Magnum RT's. One of them makes a loud thump when parked on a hill and moving from park to any other gear. Of course the dealer told me to put the parking brake on before I change gears. It also lacks power compared to my first one. | |
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We just purchased a 2006 RT AWD Magnum. A couple of days after driving it we noticed it wasn't shifting properly. Took it to the garage in Manassas 14 days ago. They won't replace the transmission - they are taking it apart piece by piece to try and find the problem. We've contacted the customer service hot line but the person answering the phone won't give his last name nor let us talk to a supervisor. He was very rude. I've emailed DR.Z - got a "we really don't care attitude" email back. I'm so mad that I wish I had never bought this car! We're making payments on a BRAND NEW car and can't even drive it and have no idea when and IF we ever will be able to! We've owned 6 Chryslers in the past 14 years. Some new some old. Have had problems with a few but have always had good customer service. I'm so disappointed in the way this particular cars problems have been handled that I'm thinking about returning it.
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Replying to: discustomer (Aug 22, 2006 4:27 am) It is a shame a car with such nice lines has to have these types of problems. Being your car is new I would look into the Lemon Laws ASAP. Hope this helps
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Replying to: scarab22 (Aug 22, 2006 6:19 am)
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