1998 CHRYSLER CIRRUS Power Train Problems

THE MISFIRES AND STALLS WHILE I'M DRIVING. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S WARMED UP AND IF IT'S COLD. STALLS AND MISFIRES WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND JUST STOPS WHEN IT WANTS TOO

Mileage: 17,356

I BOUGHT MY CAR IN FEB 2014 USED WITH A LITTLE UNDER 70,000 MILES. OVERALL THE VEHICLE WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH A FEW MINOR PAINT ISSUES. WITHIN THE 1ST WEEK OF BUYING IT I NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND ACT LIKE IT WOULD STALL, OR WOULD ACTUALLY STALL ALL TOGETHER ONCE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE SCARIEST IS WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY & THE CAR LOOSES ALL POWER! I HAVE LEARNED IS IF I THROW IT INTO NEUTRAL THEN THE POWER WILL COME BACK UP & I DON'T HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP MOST OF THE TIMES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO I HAVE USED FOR OVER 10 YRS & HE STILL HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE, HE SAID THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE IS COMING BACK AS THE PARK/NEUTRAL SWITCH (WHICH WOULD BE THE TRANSMISSION AND COSTLY AND COULD NOT GUARANTEE THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM). LAST WEEK MY CAR DIED & I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED SINCE IT WOULD NOT START. ENDED UP BEING THE FUEL PUMP, BUT WHEN THEY PUT THE NEW FUEL PUMP, THE PCM SHORTED IT OUT SO THAT ENDED UP BEING REPLACED AS WELL AS THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR . HE THOUGHT THIS WOULD HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT SADLY IT IS STILL HAPPENING :( THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING TO SEE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND YET CHRYSLER IS STILL NOT ISSUING A RECALL FOR THIS. WHEN SOMEONE LIKE ME HAS A KID(S), IT MAKES IT VERY SCARY EVERY TIME YOU GET IN TO DRIVE NOT KNOWING WHAT WILL HAPPEN. AS A SINGLE PARENT, I CAN NOT KEEP PUTTING IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AND RECALLED AND FIXED. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND STILL WONT DRIVE OUTSIDE OF ORLANDO FOR THE FEAR OF BREAKING DOWN TOO FAR FROM HOME. PLEASE FIND WHAT IS CAUSING THIS AND RECALL SO I CAN STOP THROWING MONEY AWAY ON SENSELESS FIXES!! *TR

Mileage: 70,000

MY CAR WILL STALL OUT IN LOW OR IDOL. IT WOULD JUST SHUT OFF. WHILE DRIVING AND SWITCHING GEARS IT WILL SOUND LIKE ITS MISSING. I TOOK IT TO GET IT SMOG. THEY SAID THAT THE COMPUTER IN THE CAR WAS RESETTING EVERY TIME I START THE CAR. THEY ALSO SAID THAT IT WAS DOING THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE CHRYSLER CIRRUS 1996 WAS DOING. *TR

Mileage: 176,000

MY CAR HAS BEEN GIVING ME PROBLEMS THEIR SEEMS TO BE QUIET SOME ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE WHERE WOULD I TAKE IT IF IT HAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. BRAKE PROBLEMS SOME LEAKAGE SOMEWHERE UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN I PURCHASED GAS IT RUNS OUT VERY FAST THE SUSPENSION IS ACTING UP IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

CHRYSLER CIRRUS 1998 LX CAR SHUT DOWN WHILE DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT 50MPH. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ON HIGHWAY BUT WAS ABLE TO GET OFF ROAD WITHOUT GETTING HIT. DAUGHTER 18 YEARS OLD AND VERY SCARED OVER SITUATION. CRANKSHAFT SHIFTER SENSOR REPLACED. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. INTERNET RESEARCH CONFIRMS THIS. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, CONSUMER RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND PROCEEDED TO PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE, HOWEVER IT ONLY DRIFTED BACKWARDS, A MECHANIC STATED THAT CHRYSLER USES PLASTIC SENSORS TO HOLD ON THE TRANSMISSION CASE, THESE SENSORS BECAME CRACKED DUE TO POOR QUALITY MATERIAL, WHICH RESULTED IN A TRANSMISSION LEAK, THE MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE THEM WITH THE SAME PLASTIC SENSORS, CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL OCCUR AGAIN. *SLC *DT

POSSIBLE GEAR SHIFTER INVOLVED WITH ORIGINAL PROBLEM. *AK

TRANSMISSION PRODUCES A VERY LOUD NOISE, IT WAS REPLACED ONCE BUT AFTER 2000 MILES THE NOISE IS BACK, THE DEALER STATES THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. *SLC

THE REPAIRING CHRYSLER DEALER SAYS REPAIRS WILL COST APPROX. $1200.00. HE IS GOING TO BE TALKING TO THE CHRYSLER REP.,BUT DOES NOT THINK SHE WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM,FROM A CO. STANDPOINT. DOES A CONSUMER HAVE TO REPLACE TRANSMISSIONS EVERY 27 - 29,000 MILES OF SERVICE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER PRODUCTS. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CHRYSLER AUTOS..

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, REAR AXLE BROKE. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING OF THIS HAPPENING. VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED THE TRANSMISSION CAUGHT FIRE. DEALER IS CHECKING VEHICLE. *AK