1995 Chrysler Cirrus LXi from North America - Comments

I would just like to say that I own a 1995 Cirrus LXI, the thing has 222K miles on it, and the transmission has just started having trouble. I took it to the Chrysler dealership after having the trouble of it only making it to 2nd gear, and they said that the silenoids are operated fully by the computer system. Turns out that we had put the wrong transmission fluid in... which the cars are sensitive to, all we had to do, was flush the tranny, about 50 bucks, and take it back to the dealership to be recalibrated for free. No big deal, transmission is like new. Had the engine rebuilt about 20K miles ago, and working wonderfully, other than minor repairs and a couple of tie rods, the car has been wonderful. In response to a few of the comments I read above, there is a website that goes over getting the vehicle diagnostics. The check engine light will blink a code, and the code will correspond to whatever trouble your car may be having. I will leave the website on my comment, for others to inspect. On my vehicle, you have to turn the ignition on and off about 5 or six times for it to begin blinking. Check the site for more information. If anyone has any questions about their Chrusler, please don't write the car off altogether, they are wonderful cars, they are just highly advanced machinery, and they have many quarks that are easy to fix if you contact the right person, which is usually your nearest dealership... the only thing I would recommend would be to speak to a mechanic who has been at the dealership since the year and model of your car was created!! Good luck to all of you and I wish you the best in your ownership, as I LOVE my car!! P.s. here is the website I promised, although the years don't correspond, this site is for 1995 Chryslers... http://www.allpar.com/fix/80s-codes.html.

My 95 cirrus made it to 270,000 before the clutch for 3rd and 4th gear went out in the transmission. Other than replacing the distributor coil at 100,000 everything is original icluding alternator, waterpump, thermostat, etc. It now has 272,000. My father was the original owner who took care of it well and I do as well. I drive 100 miles roundtrip a day to work so it has been easy driving for the car, so that is probably why I got that many miles out of the transmission.

Years later, in 2008, these Cirrus problems still exist. '96 with 87k miles. Long story short, my tranny bypassed limp mode and just seized up on me completely yesterday. $1800 for a rebuilt trans... think this car is worth half that. Thanks Chrysler.

Well now I am on the merry go round. We'll see what happens. I just bought a 1995 chrysler cirrus with 66,840 miles on it. I have only put a few hundred miles on it so far and have experienced this limp mode a few times and have been concerned. I got it to commute for work and it has been rolling well down the freeway with the cruise at 65. I will update the progress good or bad down the road.