Transmission Lock!?!?!

[Kaleco]

Yea my car broke down on me once again for like the 3rd time ever own'n this car and i've only had it bout 6 months....need help with what the problem would be im driving and all of a sudden i hear a loud as bang...kind like i hit sumthing or ran sumthing over...than my tires lock'd up and i was stuck...im on a hill my car is in neutral and it won't even roll forward no ebrake no footbrake on at all juss sittin in neutral on a hill not moving...i put my car into Reverse and it would move back a very lil bit and than it would buckle and juss stop...than i would put my car into drive and it would buckle when it got to the point i was first at...i could'nt push my car anywhere either when in neutral...my car was able to turn on and off...my engine rev'd and it went into gears...that's why im puzzle'd by this issue what could it be?

[DragonRacinImports]

good clutch? and a used transmission i can get for 200 with 50K miles or less on it.

[EclipseRST]

did you look at the tranny at all? check your tranny fluid also, that could be low causing it to lock up, but i'm not sure why it would make a bang like that... make sure that your tranny doesnt have any holes in it, one of my friends shift pin on his tranny came loose, sent it and some gears through a hole the size of a grapefruit in the side of the tranny... luckly it still had warrent, good luck with that, hope its just the fluid, let us know what you find out!

[kjewer1]

It would really be helpful to include what the hell the car is I'm guessing its an AWD and a 5spd, since thats the most common configuration. I'll bet the tcase failed. Pull the drain plug and see if any fluid comes out. Should be half a quart and free of metal chunks If the fluid seems normal, or its not an AWD, most likely something broke inside the tranny and is jambing up the gears. But this typically wont lock it up in both directions (forward and reverse), while a tcase will.

[W-44Olds]

Yep. If it is awd as already said it was probably the transfer case.This is common on the awd cars.So much so there was a recall.If it locked and the recall work was not done it will be to late.Just be glad you were not going really fast, a lot of people have been hurt and even killed.Chrysler.com has a recall section click on it and run you VIN number it will tell about any recalls on your car. It will also tell you if the work is completed or not.Recall work is free so it is always good to check! Sorry about your luck.