So my husband finds a 95 Chrysler New Yorker in Pittsburg that he buys from a dealer. This is a posh car with all the fun gadgets that a guy or gal could possible desire including climate control, leather seats, trip computer yada yada. His interest was peaked by the fine condition of the body, interior, a great price and 22k original miles. I know what you’re thinking, not with transmission problems baby! Well we did the CarFax, saw all the dealer records looked this beauty over with a fine tooth comb and it looked and drove great.
He drove it to Milwaukee, through Chicago then back to Bloomington Indiana where we live. In southern Illinois it started running a little rough at slower speeds after a refill so he thought he got a bad tank of gas and took it in to get a tune-up when he got home.
Next day the transmission fails suddenly when the car gets hot! We’ll be driving along after 5 to 10 miles and all the forward gears just stop engaging. The reverse still works, thank goodness, so we can get out of traffic but nothing going forward. If we let it cool for an hour it drives like a dream until bang nothing.
Now here’s the really weird part, when this happens we always find a little puddle of green radiator fluid under the front of the car. We took it to the Chrysler dealer in town and they repaired a trans. line and said all fixed. Nope! Happened again. Now they want to replace a valve for another 600 on top of the 3 something already spent for fixing drip.
So it’s back to the dealer but my husband and I are disagreeing about this, I think it’s something electrical, wire, pump, fuse, pressure/heat thing that’s not allowing coolant to circulate in the transmission cooler. He seems confidant with taking it to assorted people and letting them replace mechanical items. The latest theory is a clogged filter in the transmission from sediment in the pan (Precision Transmission), my opinion is “that’s malarkey!” not with 20k!
Aggravated in Indiana
He drove it to Milwaukee, through Chicago then back to Bloomington Indiana where we live. In southern Illinois it started running a little rough at slower speeds after a refill so he thought he got a bad tank of gas and took it in to get a tune-up when he got home.
Next day the transmission fails suddenly when the car gets hot! We’ll be driving along after 5 to 10 miles and all the forward gears just stop engaging. The reverse still works, thank goodness, so we can get out of traffic but nothing going forward. If we let it cool for an hour it drives like a dream until bang nothing.
Now here’s the really weird part, when this happens we always find a little puddle of green radiator fluid under the front of the car. We took it to the Chrysler dealer in town and they repaired a trans. line and said all fixed. Nope! Happened again. Now they want to replace a valve for another 600 on top of the 3 something already spent for fixing drip.
So it’s back to the dealer but my husband and I are disagreeing about this, I think it’s something electrical, wire, pump, fuse, pressure/heat thing that’s not allowing coolant to circulate in the transmission cooler. He seems confidant with taking it to assorted people and letting them replace mechanical items. The latest theory is a clogged filter in the transmission from sediment in the pan (Precision Transmission), my opinion is “that’s malarkey!” not with 20k!
Aggravated in Indiana