Complaint 668039
1992 FORD PROBE • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION • incident Dec 12, 2002
- Complaint ID
- 668039
- Make
- FORD
- Model
- PROBE
- Model Year
- 1992
- Component
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- Incident Date
- Dec 12, 2002
- Date Received
- May 1, 2008
- Data As Of
- Sep 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Owner Narrative
SIX MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING A 92 PROBE V6 WITH 59,000 MILES ON IT I HAD TRANSMISSION TROUBLE. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING ONE WEEK WHEN I WAS TRAVELING TO SCHOOL AND WHEN I CAME HOME THAT WEEKEND IT WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. AFTER LETTING IT SIT I WAS ABLE TO BRING IT HOME, ALTHOUGH IT SHIFTED ROUGH FROM NEUTRAL TO 1ST AND TO SECOND, THEN WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO THIRD AT ALL. I HAD TO USE MANUAL SHIFT MODE TO KEEP IT FROM SHIFTING INTO THIRD. WHILE CHANGING TRANSMISSION FLUID IT WE NOTICED A BURNT OIL SMELL TO IT. CHANGING THE FLUID HAD LITTLE EFFECT. THE WORST THING IS THAT I WAS ALSO LOOKING AT A 91 GRAND AM 4 CYL FOR $200 LESS. *TR
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.