2002 Sebring Lx Sedan Was driving home from work yesterday and while at a light felt a "thud, thud" in the transmission. Thought nothing of it, since it is kind of jerky to begin with. Then, when picking up speed the transmission seemed to disengage or shift into neutral. I slowed to a stop and shifted gears up and down until it finally reengaged. Then when accelerating I was hearing a loud whining sound toward the front of the car. This cycle kept repeating, fortunately I was able to limp home driving the car. Any thoughts? The car has 101k miles on it. I bought it with about 75k miles. Thanks!

Yes they can be used, but you must swap everything including the entire wiring harness.

im having the same issue. I think the problem is the tcm but after installed make sure you get clear the codes and reprogram the computer

Drive it slowly to a reputable transmission shop. There is nothing you can fix yourself.

orbital clutches slipping , needs stripping

HI. Here is the complete line up of specs concerning your vehicles front and rear tires. You did not post the trim line of this car, so I posted all models and tire combination's specified by the manufacture.


2001 Chrysler Sebring Lim 2 Door Convertible Front and Rear Tires P205/60R16
2001 Chrysler Sebring LX 2 Door Convertible Front and Rear Tires P205/65R15
2001 Chrysler Sebring LX 2 Door Convertible Front and Rear Tires P205/60R16
2001 Chrysler Sebring LX 2 Door Coupe Front and Rear Tires P205/55R16
2001 Chrysler Sebring LX 4 Door Sedan Front and Rear Tires P205/65R15
2001 Chrysler Sebring LX 4 Door Sedan Front and Rear Tires P205/60R16
2001 Chrysler Sebring LXi 2 Door Convertible Front and Rear Tires P205/60R16
2001 Chrysler Sebring LXi 2 Door Coupe Front and Rear Tires P215/50R17
2001 Chrysler Sebring LXi 4 Door Sedan Front and Rear Tires P205/60R16

when reverse fails the tranmission is done, the part that causes this is deep inside the transmission (reverse apply band), this means u must tear the trans down to replace it, then u need to install a seal kit, that means an overhaul, the labor is the same

wiring harness short of tracing all the wires with a voltmeter......

This is most likely your bushings or axle boots you are hearing. Is it mostly when turning? Or when driving? Are your tires worn?

make absolutely sure nothing is maybe not plugged in all the way. like pcm harness.

Best to have a transmission place work on this.
Here are the meaning of the codes:
P0700 Transmission Control System Malfunction
P0740 Torque Converter Clutch Circuit Malfunction

It maybe cheap to fix like a bad sensor. Or it maybe something serious going on. Best to have a transmission shop check it out.
Good luck.