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1995 dodge intrepid shift problems
Sent to Car Experts April 26 10:33 AM

1995 Dodge Intrepid 3.3 automatic won't shift out of 1st gear sometimes. check engine light comes on. have gotten code 33, 22, and 21 but some of the codes may be old and just need to be reset...any suggestions? The main problem is being at a stop light and car won't seem to shift from first. rpms go to 3000-4000 and sometimes a little over, but sometimes it shifts ok.

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April 27 9:29 AM (22 hours and 56 minutes and 29 seconds later)
         
Someone at a local shop determined it to be the transmission control module. I don't know if this is right or not. Can't seem to find the tcm anywhere.
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April 27 12:27 PM (2 hours and 57 minutes and 48 seconds later)
         
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April 27 2:16 PM (1 hour and 49 minutes and 23 seconds later)
         
 What is not rare is to find a customer financially exhausted because they have replaced the TCM and still have the same problem. There must be a diagnostic tree these guys are using that can erronously condemn the TCM.  

Edited by jon_050 on April 27 2005 at 2:34 PM
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April 27 3:37 PM (1 hour and 20 minutes and 50 seconds later)
         
I AM LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT CAN ANSWER MY QUESTION BASED ON HAVING THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEM OR SOMEONE WHO HAS REPAIRED A 95 INTREPID WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AND WHAT THEY DID TO FIX IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS SOUNDS FARFETCHED OR NOT, BUT I AM ALREADY COMPLETELY FINANCIALLY EXHAUSTED JUST FROM BUYING THE CAR IN THE FIRST PLACE. HAS ANYONE HAD THIS PROBLEM? WE HAVE NOW DRIVEN THE CAR FOR TWO DAYS SINCE I POSTED THIS QUESTION AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE SHIFTING OR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON.
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April 27 3:38 PM (59 seconds later)
         
Sorry, didn't mean to type in all caps...wasn't thinking.
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April 27 5:06 PM (1 hour and 28 minutes and 14 seconds later)
         
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 It just doesn't work that way. The only way you ever know for sure is to verify exactly where the problem is in the circuit. Nobody can tell you from working on a different vehicle. Every symptom can have 4 or 5 different causes. It HAS to be the technician on the scene that traces wiring and confirms where the problem is. We can only tell you how often that part may fail and a TCM is rare. even if someone had a TCM go before, it will be for a different reason.
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