So I'm on my way down to Dalrymple to visit some old friends just after lunch today. Coming down from Washago way and heading across Monck Rd., cruise on at 85 kph & enjoying the ride. All of a sudden, car drops out of cruise, speedo goes to zero. Step on the gas and seems to be ok. Slowed down to turn onto 6 at Sebright, & won't upshift after the turn. I've experienced Limp In mode before with a Grand Caravan, so I pulled over to try something. Of course, it ain't anything near the same under the hood of the two. Tapped on anything looking like a relay, then tried again, no joy. Drove from Sebright to Uptergrove in about 45 minutes (seemed like hours!), flashers on & all but on the shoulder the whole way. Got home, phoned all the local tranny shops - CLOSED! Figured they would be but one can hope!
So, now I have to hope the car rental has one available at 7:30 in the morning so I can get to work this weekend, they're closed today too.
When it happened on the caravan, cost me 25.00 to repair. Mechanic pulled the relay, cleaned & lubed, stuck it back in and voila! But that was in Trenton or I'd be in his parking lot now.
I just bought this car in October because it was cherry - now this! Timing couldn't be worse, along with the unplanned expense!
AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!

Michael (praying for good news from Lotto Max tonight!)

hey tnt i know how you feel.i went ice fishing this year took the car to bear piont and the fuel pump went on me by timmys well frankly it turned out to be a $1000 fishing day .i got some bait and some tackle a full tank of fuel a tow to a shop and fix the problem never would havee thought it would cost me 1000 to go fish for 3 hours . sorry about your bad luck ,and i didnt see you either i was on 169 twice yesterday as i went up north .

Another reason I stay away from Dodge/ Chryslers...
Did you check tranny fluid? Could just be low.

Fishfood - I was only on 169 from Mitchell (?) sideroad to Monck road, when it was running ok.
Wayne, when I first pulled over it was the second thing I checked, I was looking for relays similar to the caravan. Checked it again when I got home yesterday - all good. Had an oil change/lube etc. 2 weeks ago, it was all good then too. I've since found out this is a common problem with an output speed sensor failing, so the computer puts the tranny into limp in mode to prevent further damage because it just doesn't know how fast the car is going. In the U.S. the part is 26.00 to 30.00 and the Chilton time is 0.5 hours to change it. Car will be at my regular mechanic 1st thing Monday, and out real quick if there's a part available, Tuesday if the part isn't in Orillia and has to come in (apparently they're very common!).

Whew!

No longer stressed!

Michael