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I took it to another shop, and they said the same thing.
Like I said, it ran great until I left the door open and the battery went dead. So I have no idea why this problem would start occurring right after this.
I am having trouble with both cars feeling like they are shifting into neutral. Its quite scary when you are on a two lane mountain pass road and you are trying to pass another car. Both cars feel like they go into neutral and both lurch significantly when they finally catch (no noise except sound of you pushing on the gas and going nowhere). Also, the tachometer goes whacky when this happens on both cars.
Both cars are doing the same thing. both have the same motor 3.0 V6. I have, as suggested had both cars transmissions flushed and still no help. Other than the paint (both black cars) and the transmission problems, I really like the cars, but I am a single woman with not a lot of money so I can't afford to keep chasing the problem and not have it fixed the first time.
Please let me know if you have fixed the problem with your car Sebring or Eclispe, and how much $ I am looking at.
I can't afford $2,000 for each car, and then to not have it fix the problem. The Eclipse would not shift once as well. I stoped at the mailbox on the way home. I had turned off the car and restarted it within two minutes, and the car would not shift, in reverse or drive. I even tried the sport shift and it wouldn't work. I called my mechanic, but the car has not done this since.
Both cars have had the transmissions flushed, but it has not helped. Now what?
Thanks
Joseph
Thanks
Before this happened, I had it serviced from walmart and had the brakes changed.
ANY HELP!!!
#635 reported a similar problem but i still can't find the solution.
ANY HELP? PLEASE..
I wonder if it's a sensor overheating and causing this. If you check around there are some shops that will do a free diagnostic and tell you if a sensor is bad.
I had this done on my daughter's Neon. What I thought might have been an expensive repair turned out to be a bad sensor and it was fixed for less than $100.
We have a 2001 Chrysler Sebring 4 door sedan with 77,000 miles on it.
A few months back it started making a high pitched sound coming from in between the transmission and engine area. We put a stetoscope on it and can't locate it. It only happens when it is in gear and stopped with your foot on the brake
I changed the transmission fluid and filter AT4 at that time.
And the solnoid pump assembly. 189.00
These didn't solve it.
:confuse: A. Now this past week when backin out of the driveway from reverse to drive the car doesn't readily go into gear, and you have to switch back and forth to do so.
:confuse: B. The car also has the bump down shift issue that everyone talks about.
Question A. How do you fix the down shift bump? How do you retrain the computer? What is the kickdown procedure in previous email? It says to disconnect the battery, do you have to disconnect it under the fender or is at the connections at the top of the fender good enough.
Question B. How do you check the transmission pressure reading and where and with what?
Question C. How do you change the front transmission pump? This is what the dealer said they changed when the car had the downshift bump issue when the car had ~25,000 miles on it and was under warranty.
Thanks,
I'll post on how it goes.
i am planning on selling the car but would like to know so i can inform whoever buys the car...97 sebring conv. with 97500 miles..i am selling for 2999 if interested...
Please let me know.
Kevin
This exact same thing happened to me today!!!!!!!! I literally bought this car 6 days ago and today this happened :::: It's a 2001 Chrysler Sebring LXI Convertible with 39,000 miles on it......
check engine light came on this morning - but was driving perfectly
took to autozone and got codes 0700 and 0740
they told me that it needed transmission fluid or something was very wrong with the transmission
on service road, car jerked
rpms shot through the roof
stopped the car
put in park
shut car off
turned car on
put in drive
stepped on gas
got up to 20 mph while rpms were very HIGH
it seemed as if it was not shifting out of 1st gear
popped it in neutral and ROLLED!!!!!!!!! on home
it was making a scratching noise
When I turn the car on and it's in PARK, it makes that same loud noise from the back of the motor.
I've seen notes on here about Speed Sensor needing replaced. Any thoughts or suggestions?
About how much does it cost to fix in your experience?
ALSO- anyone and everyone that has had this exact problem please call Chrysler and file a complaint. I did so today and they are considering a recall!!!
Yes, I had the transmission fixed. Yes, unfortunately, it required a complete tranny rebuild. No, I didn't have a local trusted mechanic, but I went through the symptoms in detail with my brother (an ASE certified tech), who confirmed that I needed to see a transmission shop. (His recommendation was that, in place of a well-trusted indie shop, to go to Midas, but never the dealer.)
Midas gave me a $2300 estimate and promised to try and come in under estimate... which of course they didn't. So I shelled out the full $2300. Was it worth it? Back then, given the mileage on my car, the way it had been running before the problem, and the little driving I was doing, it did make sense vs. buying a new car.
I got rid of the Sebring a couple weeks ago because I moved from FL to PA, and with all the little things that were going wrong on the car, I was pretty sure it wouldn't pass a PA vehicle inspection. But I have to say, no complaints with the transmission job, it worked as promised and kept my car running well for a couple years afterward.
That said:
- If it happened to me today, I'd never fix the thing. Then again, the car had 160k+ miles when I traded it in.
- Mine was a Coupe LX -- some other posts are about Convertibles and Sedans. The coupe is a Chrysler-stickered Mitsubishi Eclipse, whereas the Convertible and Sedan, if I'm not mistaken, are all Mopar.
- The only problems I ever had with the car were related to the Chrysler parts -- the tranny is Mopar, even though the 3.0L engine is Mitsubishi. I also had the usual rotor problems and an issue with the steering just after it came out of the factory powertrain warranty a while back (of course).
- I noticed that a lot of small things started to die on the car related to age and use... while I surely got my money's worth, this was not a car built to last for the long term. But I guess the only way to get one of those anymore is to buy a Honda or Toyota. And actually many of these things would be tolerable, but I'm a pretty busy guy, so it's hard to justify time spent working on an older car.
- One of the reasons I decided it was worth putting money into the car is that I only paid $12,500 for it (new) in January 2002 -- the sticker was in the neighborhood of $21-23k. Those deals are very few and far between, and certainly not able to be had a couple years ago when I did this repair work.
Some unsolicited advice: If you really like it, and if everything else seems to be in perfect working order (think about rotting rubber parts, dying cylinders, worn-out steering, etc), it might be worth spending $2k to fix it. But today's car market is full of bargains, so look around before you leap.
Best of luck to everyone!
"2007 Chrysler Sebring gear shift"
http://www.2carpros.com/forum/2007-chrysler-sebring-gear-shift-vt251249.html
Hope this helps.
I have a 09 Chrysler Sebring Limited with 25000 miles on it, Engine 2.4L, I have a problem with the transmission, especially on the hills or sometimes in a normal, the problem is a sudden locks into second gear, and sometimes when I use to break and decrease my acceleration, the same sudden locks will happen but this time it is from second gear into a firt gear ... can I know, is that bad for my transmission? and how can I fix it please?
1. The downshifting from 2nd to 1st is a constant problem; the car almost suddenly stops.
2. When put on "D" the car doesn't move forward unless I push the gas paddle a little bit.
I live in Libya, so please help me tell the mechanics what to do.
Thanks
asimogailyyahoo.com
Re: 2002 Chrysler Sebring trans won't shift [owner01sebring]
You can also ask the folks in the Edmunds Answers section about this:
http://answers.edmunds.com
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