Transmission Sensor Problems of Dodge Intrepid

My car's transmission became disengaged from the third or fourth gear and dropped down to second gear while I was on the freeway. The rpm gauge went up to 5000 rpms before I let off the gas realizing the car would not shift. With oncoming traffic behind me and my car preferring to be in 2nd gear, I was at risk of being rear-ended. Researching the problem revealed that it was a transmission speed sensor that had failed and further investigation into online forums for problems with the make and model revealed that others had similar issues in the past with their vehicles.

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2002 Dodge Intrepid. Consumer states when stopping the vehicle, it made a clunk sound and the transmission light came on. The consumer stated almost from the time she purchased the vehicle, she had problems with the transmission sensors. As soon as she drove over 45 mph, the sensor light illuminated and the engine would rev between 2500-300 rpms. It would stay in that position until the she pulled over and turned off the engine and re-started it. The sensors were replaced, however one week later, the problem resurfaced.

While driving at normal highway speeds the car suddenly downshifted, causing a terrible jolt to my family including two children. The jolt nearly caused an accident from cars behind us (the car does not light the taillights even though the car went from 60mph to 30mph in probably less than a second). We were told that the problem was the input and output transmission sensors. This is the second time this has occurred to us in 33000 miles!! we were lucky but this could easily cause a fatal accident to somesone. I hope the NHTSA will do something about this issue soon before a fatal accident does happen!!!!.

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Our 2000 Dodge Intrepid transmission went in to the limp mode (locked in to second gear). Took to dealer. Needed to replace the input and transmission range sensors. Other internet sites indicate that there have been 32 TSB's on these transmissions and that the dealer should bill Chrysler for any repairs. Can this be confirmed and what can I do about it? secondly, I had to pay for cleaning carbon from the throttle body system. Previously, I had a 93 Dodge Intrepid and had to pay for the same service. I run the recommended octane gas & don't understand why the maintenance manual does not include adding a fuel additive at various mileage intervals if this is a problem that continues to occur with Dodge engines. I appreciate any response to these two concerns.

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Transmission sensor light illuminated. Speedometer stays at zero. Cause is unknown. Please provide any further information.

Failure of transmission input sensor caused transmission to lock into 2nd gear at 60 mph, causing a rapid deceleration to 35 mph w/o applying the brakes. This nearly caused a rear end collision. Dealer service knew of the problem; said they had lots of incidents of the same problem due to heat, and replaced input sensor with a newer version.