Originally Posted by
XFireMike
My 05 SRT stays in first gear. After starting out when you come to a stop the car shifts to first gear all by itself.
You can move shifter back in forth but "D" is still showing on dash and car is still in "1". To get out of this you
must put car in Park, shut engine off and remove the key. Put key back in, start engine, put in Drive and go.
It will do this once a month,once a week or 3 or 4 times a day. I have taken the car to Chrysler Dlrs. that have test equipment
for Crossfires and shop tecs. qualified to do repairs and they all say we cannot find anything wrong with your car. No lights
or codes showing. My car has 49,000 miles on it. Any one else have this problem ?
Mike, most people who took their car to a dealer has this problem as well. The first place you should have came to was this forum. I have no idea how much they soaked you for to date but if it is the transmission plate you could have had it replaced inexpensively if handy with a few hand tools and any ability to partially lift and drain/work on the transmission. Another problem it could be, is the 'digital' shifter. There are a few posts about that as well. If it would help, download the service manual from here, do a little research there then search a few posts about the trans plate or shifter. If these things are not within your capability, an independent European shop might be able to help you once you have an idea what is wrong (by doing the steps above ie service manual and perusing the posts about the trans and shifter). That would be my starting point, but it may not be everyones thing to try to fix themselves. Good luck!
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