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    2018 tradesman door handles squeak

    My exterior door handles squeak. I tried spraying lithium type lubricant in all the nooks and crannies accessible from outside but it didn't help. Has anyone else had this problem? Everything I can see from the outside is plastic. I don't really want to disassemble the door to deal with a minor...
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    If You’re Really Going to Service 8HP70 Trans on Your Driveway ...

    If I read all of this correctly, you must have the rear wheels off the ground so that you can accelerate enough to shift from first to second gear?
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    First shift with cold engine = lurches.

    My 2018 3.6 8 speed Tradesman with 11,000 miles does something similar. I start it in the morning, let the idle come down to 1000 rpm or below and put it in gear--reverse or drive, it doesn't matter. There's a clank and a significant lurch forward or backward, depending. Then, when driving off...
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    Groaning, rattling sound on cold start

    I have a 2018 Tradesman with 6 cyl. engine and 8 speed transmission with 6000 miles. At 4000 miles the valve body on the transmission had to be replaced because of bizarre shifting problems. Since replacement the transmission works much better. However, a new issue has developed that didn't...
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    plastic dash clips

    In the process of removing the plastic piece that covers the radio, I lost a plastic clip. I'm sure some of you know what I'm talking about. It is a large piece and is largely held in place by molded in pieces of plastic--rectangle shaped daggers that stick into rectangle shaped holes in the...

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