The 35ClNQR frequency in trans-1,2-dichloroethane was studied at pressures up to 3 kbar and in the temperature range 77 to 230 K. The rotational barrier increases with increasing pressure and the pressure coefficient of the phase transition ϕT/ϕp is 10 deg/kbar. The pressure coefficient ϕp/ϕp was found to be negative at temperatures about 77 K and positive above the phase transition temperature. The activation volume was determined as ΔV ∗ = 6.0 cm 3/mole from the pressure dependence of the quadrupole spin-lattice relaxation time at 77 K. The effect of pressure on the various types of molecular motions existing in trans-1,2-dichloroethane is discussed.