Just based on the experience with my 94 T&C Mopar Minivan... The only real problem with the FWD transmission is that they glued it right to the hottest thing in the entire car - The bottom of the engine. Bought that van new, and had brand-new transmissions installed at 40k, 80k, and 120k. The van (still have it) has 220k on it now, with that SAME transmission from 120k. What changed? A Mopar dealer did NOT install that transmission, the brand-new unit was installed by an independent shop that also installed an auxiliary front transmission cooler.
Thats it. A freakin cooler. They cut all ties to the existing radiator-exchanger system and routed the lines only to that cooler. I'd say 100k of proof says that Mopar was about 90% correct on their design, but went wide right of the goal on the last drive. You'd think they would have caught it in QC and issued a recall... But I guess installing warranty transmissions all the darn time is cheaper.
Must be why they are doing so well in market share, or is it the evil unions that are causing them to fail?
