Hi, I have a 1999 Dodge Stratus (Chrysler in my country) with some transmission problems. The rest of car is in excellent conditions, almost new. I must say I am not a mechanic and I live in Uruguay - South America, there are very few of these cars in my country, less than 50?
Many times the transmission stop working, it get in neutral, at least as a driver it feels like neutral mode. Sometimes I can drive the car a few blocks, sometimes I start the car and the transmission doesn't work. no movement.
Other symptoms:
Please, anyone has any ideas?
Many times the transmission stop working, it get in neutral, at least as a driver it feels like neutral mode. Sometimes I can drive the car a few blocks, sometimes I start the car and the transmission doesn't work. no movement.
Other symptoms:
- a couple of times a week the odometer and the rpms gets off line for 5 minutes or so, the car runs fine during the dash blackout.
- Every time I put it in drive (and the transmission doesn't fail) I hear a tick-tick-tick-tick... and the transmission engages. The ticking is near the solenoid body.
- When the transmission fails it gets like in neutral mode, not in second clutch or limp mode, I'm not sure what limp mode is.
- Most of the time the transmission engages hard after fail.
- changed the fluid and the filter. It got better for a couple of days then the problem made it unusable
- disassembly the valve body, clean it and re-assembly, same with solenoid body. Every seems to be fine, the valves in the solenoid body were almost new. I can tell this because I have another body with worn out seals, etc. Again the problem persists.
- Took down the transmission and made a master rebuild. I've never disassembled a transmission before but I was very careful with the process. The master rebuild didn't had the bushings so, no bushings changed, some of them were... so so. The old clutches where almost new, I compared them with the new ones. I believe the car has only 100K miles or less, I know it's PCM changed, the odometer marks 123.000km, nearly 80.000 miles. No mud on the transmission, very little worn other than the bushings.
- Tested the car.... THE SAME PROBLEM.
Please, anyone has any ideas?