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GreenAcres · 07-03-2009, 01:06 PM

Hi all, been gone a while but I'm back and looking for a 2gen LHS or Concorde LXi or Limited.

I recall this feel/noise happening with past LH cars, most of them were 1gen.

At very low speed or when shifting from R to D or starting out thereafter, there is a light sort of chunk or clunk or thump that I both feel and hear, coming from trannie section.

I always traded after a year or two so trannie trouble never developed too far in the earlier cars. Plus they were still under warranty.

This happened in a nice '99 LHS I test drove. I have to assume it's a characteristic of the LH.

Is it a quirk or does it indicate coming troubles?

Thanks.

BTW, r/t other trannie discussions I've searched. I had a 95 LHS whose trannied croaked. Dealer replaced with a factory rebuilt for around $2500, it came with (IIRC) a 3 year/100,000 mile warranty.

234on87 · 07-03-2009, 02:52 PM

..a factory rebuilt for around $2500, it came with (IIRC) a 3 year/100,000 mile warranty...

around here is no longer the case, dealer give 12/12 ...I'll be buying one TODAY on the above deal

What you mean by: At very low speed (like: coming slowly to a stop/low pressure applied to the brake pedal?)

GreenAcres · 07-03-2009, 03:16 PM

Slow speed. Coming to a stop, just starting out, just after shifting from reverse to drive.

WOW. Talk about a dumbed-down warranty.
Full faith and credit of Chrysler Corporation eh? This is a sad day in Crabwell Corners.

Charles_Scott · 07-03-2009, 05:13 PM

Could just be some really hard shifting and a bad mount... Check the mounts and see if they are ok.

234on87 · 07-03-2009, 05:26 PM

.. just starting out..
yeah, that call for mounts as well as going from R to D

GreenAcres · 07-03-2009, 05:59 PM

Mounts would go bad in a 96 that was less than two years old.

Man, what do they use for mounts? Cheerios?

Thanks for the feedback. I'd prefer mounts to a trannie job any day, tho.

234on87 · 07-03-2009, 06:56 PM

Man, what do they use for mounts? Cheerios? LOL

**Dudley** · 07-03-2009, 09:37 PM

How many miles on the mounts?

GreenAcres · 07-03-2009, 10:38 PM

^^ The one I drove was a 1999 LHS with about 38,000 on it.

I also recall at least one of my 1gen Concordes doing this, all were under 30K and less than 3 years old.

**inthetundra** · 07-03-2009, 10:57 PM

I doubt its the mounts