1995 Eagle Vision Powertrain & Transmission Problems

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SHIFTER ARM WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT FROM THE PARK POSITION TO DRIVE OR REVERSE WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS ADDED EVERY WEEK OR TWO, WHICH SEEMED TO MAKE SHIFTING EASIER. THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THE COIL WAS FLAT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM FOURTH GEAR TO SECOND ON ITS ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC INSISTED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. CONSUMER INFORMED THE DEALER THAT PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ON ITS OWN FROM 4TH GEAR TO 2ND GEAR WHILE IN MOTION. *TC

I PURCHASED MY 1995 EAGLE VISION FROM NORTHTOWNE IN AMHERST, NY, IN 2001. EIGHT MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED IT, THE TRANSMISSION WENT, I HAD ANOTHER INSTALLED. I LATER LEARNED THAT EAGLES WERE KNOWN FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE-MY TRANSMISSION WENT AGAIN ON 2/13/04 COSTING ME $810, I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A CLAIM AGAINST THE COMPANY AS I FEEL THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE AND FEAR I WILL BE PUTTING IN ANOTHER TRANSMISSION WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AS I HAVE BEEN DOING. *JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON HIGHWAY, WENT TO SHIFT FROM THIRD GEAR TO SECOND GEAR, AND IT TOOK MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME FOR SHIFTING. TDEALERSHIP AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION GEAR DOESN'T ENGAGE INTERMITTENTLY AND TRANSMISSION SLIPS. *AK *ML

THE TRANSMISSION COULDN'T NOT BE REBUILT. IT HAD A CRACK IN THE HOUSING. IT COST ME $2275.00 TO HAVE REPLACED. IT HAS BEEN FAILING FOR ABOUT A YEAR. IT WOULD AT TIMES VIOLENTLY JERK THE PASSENGERS FORWARD WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT UPWARDS AND WAS UNDEPENDABLE IN CASE FAST ACCELLERATION WAS NEEDED. IT FINALLY QUIT SHIFTING UP TO 4TH GEAR. THE FUSES TEND TO OVERHEAT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON WHICH HAS CAUSED THE WINDOWS NOT TO WORK AND SOME OF THE THE INTERIOR INSTRUMENT LIGHTS NOT TO WORK. THE BRAKES KEEP HAVING PROBLEMS. I CAN'T GET THEM FIXED TO MY SATISFACTION. I DIDN'T LIST THEM AS A PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY TRIPS TO GET THE BRAKES FIXED TO LIST IN THE FORM.

WHEN CONSUMER PUTS CAR INTO GEAR IT JUMPS. *AK

NO SUMMARY

TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY REBUILT UNDER EXT. WARRANTY COVERAGE. WITHIN TWO DAYS, VEHICLE BEGAN LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM NEAR RADIATOR. RETURNED TO REPAIRING DEALER SERVICE [KENNEDY CHRYSLER - NOT O'BRIEN CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP] AND WAS INFORMED THAT TRANSMISSION COOLING SYSTEM LINES WERE CRACKED AND LEAKING AND MUST BE REPLACED. THIS SERVICE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER EXT. WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH LEAK APPARENTLY WAS SPAWNED BY TRANSMISSION REPAIR [TRANSMISSION WAS REMOVED FROM VEHICLE TO REPAIR]. DEALER SERVICE INFORMED ME THAT THEY SEE MANY EAGLE VISIONS WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE REPORTED FOR A RECALL.

TRANSMISSION DOESN'T LOCK VEHICLE WHEN PARK IS ENGAGED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL.

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY WHILE IN PARK POSITION AND THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. THEN WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER IS REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

TRANSMISSION COOLING UNIT AND LINES LEAKING.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

CAR WOULD HESITATE AT A STOP SIGN. IT DID NOT SHIFT INTO GEARS PROPERLY. AFTER STARTING THE CAR AND PUTTING IT INTO GEAR IT WOULD NOT MOVE. WE DIDN'T REPORT THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALER WHEN IT WAS FIRST NOTICED. IN JUNE WE CALLED THE DEALER WHO WANTED $60 JUST TO LOOK AT IT. WE TOOK IT TO COTTMAN WHO TOLD US IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. WE NOTIFIED CHRYSLER THEY COVERED ALL BUT $200 ON THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION.THEIR COMPUTER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM FOUND.SHORTHLY AFTER THE TRANSMITION WAS REPLACED THE CAR WILL NOT START AT THE FIRST TRY, WE HAVE TO CHANGE MANUALLY THE GEARS AND TRY AGAIN TO START THE CAR, ONCE THE CAR START RUNNING IS OK UNTIL THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF, THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE TO REPEAT THE SAME PROCEDURES, IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY THE CAR WILL NO START INMEDIATELY.WE HAVE TO LET THE CAR SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES TO REPEAT THE SAME OPERATION.

TRANSMISSION WOULD ONLY OPERATE IN 1 & 2 GEARS.

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' RECEIVED AFTER 7 TRANSMISSION HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN 1995 EAGLE VISION. *BF THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE SHIFTING BUT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT MOVEMENT/NON MOVEMENT AT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE WITH NO OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AND THE GEAR INDICATOR REMAINED IN THE PARK POSITION. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL COST OF THE VEHICLE. *SC ON ONE OF THE SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CONSUMER WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE GARAGE DOOR WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE WITH NO OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AND THE GEAR INDICATOR WAS STILL IN PARK. *JB

TRANSMISSION REPLACED.

DEALER WILL NOT PERFORM REPAIRS FOR NHTSA RECALL 04V021000 CONCERNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFTER. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT RECALL REPAIRS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THE VIN FELL INTO A LEMON BUY BACK.*AK