8.7
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$1,985.00
Average Mileage:
95,305 miles
Total Complaints:
20 complaints
Most common solutions:
- having a new transmission put in it (9 reports)
- not sure (5 reports)
- rebuild (5 reports)
- torque converter electronics damaged, had the unit rebuilt (1 reports)
transmission problem
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2009Feb 04
Ram 1500 Sport 5.9L V8
- Automatic transmission
- 104,000 miles
Tranny went out at 104K, so got it rebuilt, still shifts rough and has been around 7 months and 5,000 miles, cant figure it out. Fuckn thing.
2008Dec 05
Ram 1500
- Automatic transmission
- 98,000 miles
My ram piece of crap was purchased used with LOW miles and not a crack on it. 2 months later the damn dash started to crack and fell in! NOW, the damn transmission is completely gone. I've not even had this truck a year and dodge won't do a damn thing about it. I've always wanted a ram..now I think I'll go for the 4 legged kind! I owe over $10,000 on this piece of sh*t so the finance company can be the proud new owners as far as I'm concerned! If you've always wanted a dodge ram..go ahead and take a photo, it'll cost you less in the long run!! Dodge needs to take care of their customers!
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2008Jun 23
Ram 1500 SLT 5.2L V8
- Automatic transmission
- 100,000 miles
Where do I start? I purchased the unit used in 2004 with ~44k mi. Thankfully i purchased an extended warranty!!! At 50k mi the block had to be replaced. The explanation i was given was a very good and reasonable one. Apparently something had stopped up an oil line causing 2 main bearings to spin and mess up the block. Shortly after, at about 52k mi, i found myself having my truck towed in for its first tranny replacement. Two weeks later i got it back, good as new. To make this story much shorter, since that first replacement, the transmission has been replaced another 2 times, and been worked on twice that it was not replaced. all of the work on the motor and transmissions were done by a dodge dealership under warranty. back around christmas my warranty ran out. wouldn't ya know it that about 3 months ago my tranny started slipping again!!! i had it looked at at my local transmission shop and they told me its about to go out again, its only a matter of time. i have been babying it for the past few months, but as it continues to get worse, i know i am soon to be faced with a replace/rebuild, only this time at my expense!!! i wont discuss the horribly cracked dash, nor the defective brake rotor which separated and caused me to have a minor accident. i am just so discussed with this truck. i love dodge, but i feel like i have been done an injustice....it makes me sick to think of all the trouble i have had from it!
2008May 19
Ram 1500 1500 Slt 4x4 5.9L V8
- Automatic transmission
- 99,000 miles
Just made some adjustments yesterday and it drove fine. Went out to go to work, pull up to a stop and that was the end. No drive, reverse and grinds when i put in park. The damn thing didn't even make a noise, it just went. Now it's on the side of the road!!! My Dodge was good to me until now. Maybe i should have the damn thing melted down. Ram tough my ass. I guess it's back to Chevy's for me.
2008Apr 09
Ram 1500 1500 Slt 4x4 5.9L
- Automatic transmission
- 112,568 miles
I bought this truck on March 29 2008. It is a used truck When I test drove it it ran and shifted great. 2 weeks later I was coming home from work when I tryed to pass a slower car the trans just whined like a little BITCH. I went to the nearest gas station and checked trans fluid. It was only a qt low so I added a qt. Got it home. the next day I got in it and the only thing it would do is whine. Went down the road but never shifted out of first. Right now it is at the dealer. I will let you know what they say when I find out. the bitch about it is I owe 7500 buck on it. If it cost to much to fix the finance company will get it back.
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2001Dec 14
Ram 1500 5.2L
- Automatic transmission
- 50,000 miles
see previous complaint about this with interior complaints
2007May 19
Ram 1500 Laremie 5.9L
- Automatic transmission
- 112,000 miles
My truck started slipping and eventually lost all gears. I decided to rebuild the trans. A couple of months later it started making a clunk when shifting, then locked up. I tore out the trans agine and replaced all hard parts and seals, new shift kit,torque conv, and trans cooler. After reinstalling I only had first and reverse. My first thought was that the governor sil had got junk in it, so i replaced it. that didn't work so we checked the band, that was good, I have run hydrolic pressure test, pulled valve body 3 times and cleaned and inspected, replaced the governor transducer and internal wiring harness, and also replaced the main computer. We have checked all fuses and gone whrew wireing harness. I still only have first and reverse. Has any body else run into problems like this? I am at a total loss. I have spent thousands trying to fix this prob. Can somebody please help me???
2008Jan 02
Ram 1500 Extended Cab 5.9L V8 4x4
- Automatic transmission
- 109,000 miles
after reading about the transmission problems i have realize that my is about to give out. For no reason at all my transmission has started to failed. coming back from work, it started slipping with out a warning exiting from the highway. i have never towed anything with it although it has the towing package, the previous owner had it in outstanding condition. now the transmission is making noises like if something is about to brake apart!!! its sitting on my drive way now and still have a loan of over 6k to finish paying for it. after reading all this complaints, i will never buy another Dodge again.
2008Jan 03
Ram 1500 SLT 5.9L
- Automatic transmission
- 102,526 miles
If you get stuck in mud or snow with a 1999 dodge ram 1500 DO NOT rock the truck back and forth to free your self as this will inevitably cause the low reverse band to fail. This is the third time in 2 years that I have had to rebuild the transmission. The guy at the local tranny shop changed the low/reverse band to a diesel unit the last time hoping that that would solve the problem......it did not! He also put a pump kit in it which ensures that the tranny fluid flows all the time. All these extra parts and still FAILURE>
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2007Aug 29
(reported on)Ram 1500 318
- Automatic transmission
- 120,000 miles
started getting this problem in nc, took to dodge dealer and thay said trans is bad. took to trans repar shop had looked at and flushed he couldn't find anything wrong. still moves still driving still slips and dosen't down shift all the time. Bot a code reader and erasser to reset the computer when ever trans acks up seems to work so far truck has 155000 on the trans now had two dealers say to replace it. but why not let it stop moving first.
2007Sep 05
(reported on)Ram 1500 5.9L
- Automatic transmission
- 80,000 miles
I bought this truck used in 2002, and it only had 35k miles on it. The original owner used the truck to haul equipment and trailers, and the transmission had a factory defect, and was replaced by the original owner. Around 78k miles the transmission went again, I think it may have been self-inflicted. My 4 wheel drive U-joint assembly broke, which made a winter snowstorm a living hell in 2006 in Colorado. I had been rocking the truck back and fourth, to attempt to remove it from large snow drifts and ice, by going forward and reverse. Which is what may have damaged the trucks second transmission. Eventually the reverse gear in the truck went out completely and had absolutely no function, then after that the gears between 1st and 2nd started slipping. After repairs were done, the check engine light has always been on. Getting that looked into.
2007Aug 02
(reported on)Ram 1500
- Automatic transmission
- 85,000 miles
This vehicle carried an extended warranty and factory dealer maintenance agreement on it. It belonged to my son who took it in religiously for servicing.
With no warning the transmission stopped operating the first time at about 85,000 miles, the dealership would not fix it, under warranty, nor even explain that there was a problem with the transmissions in these trucks.
He took it to AAMCO and paid $2700.00 to rebuild it far less than the dealership wanted, and it lasted for one month past the warranty by AAmco and went out again. This truck only has 144,000 miles on it. Not wanting to drop another $2,700.00 into it my son parked it in front of my house and went out and bought a new truck. He told me to fix this one and sell it :)) yeah right, well it still runs and drives for a short distance but the transmission appears to be heating up and not shifting out of the lower gear range.
After finding this site I learned that many others are having similar problems with this vehicle, Does anybody know if Dodge has come out with a suitable replacement transmission that would last longer and fit this model. ?
I will certainly not be rushing out to buy a Dodge in the future. Too bad too because other than that it is a good truck.
2007Mar 05
(reported on)Ram 1500 SLT 318
- Manual transmission
- 167,000 miles
hop in and no reverse. all to familiar, this porcelan toilet is going to cost the just built tranny in my 97 ram plus a tranny cooler plus a different converter plus labor to install!!! im switching to chevy piss on dodge!!!
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2007Feb 15
(reported on)Ram 1500 SLT 5.9
- Automatic transmission
- 51,000 miles
We purchsed the truck new in 2000. It still looks new and has only 58000 miles on it. The truck stalled in traffic. It would run but would not move. We had to have it towed to shop and have transmission rebuilt. There had been no previous incident or warning that there was a problem. We will not buy another Dodge due to the dash problems and the brake problems as well as the transmission.
2007Feb 13
(reported on)Ram 1500 Sport 5.2 V8
- Automatic transmission
- 129,000 miles
Although my transmission had 129,000 miles on it, it began slipping pretty bad. My mechanic had to replace a lot of parts like the pump, overdrive, overdrive clutch plate, etc. It was a pretty expensive fix.
2006Dec 05
(reported on)Ram 1500 Sport 5.9L
- Automatic transmission
- 72,000 miles
I have a 1999 dodge ram after buying it off of a private seller with 42000 miles at the time, within 1000 miles the transmission went, 500 miles after that it went again, then another 2000 miles again, and now at 72000 its gone again. If dodge doesn't think they have a problem look at this, I am going to sell this truck when it is fixed, and I will never buy another dodge, nor will anyone I know. big problem if you ask me
2006Feb 06
(reported on)Ram 1500
- 112,000 miles
Dodge knows they have a problem with very lousy transmissions.I dont understand why they dont start using a better quality one!One thing I found out that I didnt know until it was too late is always check your transmission fluid in neutral on Dodge products because the fluid doesnt circulate in park.This is an easy fix for Dodge if they would!
2004Nov 06
(reported on)Ram 1500 SLE
- 70,000 miles
Bought truck last Sept with dealer/carfax 65k verfied original miles. True I have no idea what the previous owner did with it but it had no in-bed hitch, ball mount hole in bumper never had a ball in it, no signs of a receiver hitch. Came home one afternoon (2 weeks before xmas last year), put it in reverse and nothing. It wouldn't move, made no noises, never gave a sign something was amiss before this, just suddenly nothing. That's all I needed 2 weeks before xmas was a $1500 transmission bill. IT SUCKS!!!!!!!! The rebuild tech said a reverse gear snap ring had come loose and went through the transmission destroying stuff as it went. Said there was a piece of it that somehow had actually gotten into the pan. Said he'd never seen one do this before. Imagine that. Been a good truck so far but the trans. SUCKS and I can assume anyone Chrysler has more money then your truely yet I had to suck it up and buy the rebuild. No didn't call Chrysler. In 02 I bought a new ram quad that had several issue, in the shop 8 times in 8 months, and never got it fixed with a 10 year/100,000 warranty so I dumped it for this 99 model. They wouldn't fix the 02...... why would they fix the 99 with 65k on it!?!
2004Apr 24
(reported on)Ram 1500 Sport
- 71,000 miles
The transmission in my truck went out at 71,000 miles. This truck has been babied, serviced when it should have and everything. Dodge will do nothing about it, and they know they have problems with these transmissions. I was pulling my boat on a fishing trip when it went out on me 2.5 hrs away from home. I had to have another truck brought to me so I could get to my destination. Now I have to go back and trailer the truck home. I think there should be a class action law suit against them because of these transmissions!!
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2009Oct 27
Ram 1500 Sport 5.9L
99 quad cab sport 360 auto bought new. Tranny rebuilt in 2005 at 34,000 miles ($1,750.00) now needs another rebuild at 63,000 (2009). I baby this thing and perform maintenance sooner than required. On the first tranny rebuild, the service tech said the unit looked brand new on the inside but it still failed. I will never buy another Dodge/Chrysler product again. I've had numerous other problems including A/C, Brakes, ignition and suspension issues that I've spent thousands on. I haven't been able to properly use the quad doors for years as the drivers side bottom won't latch and the passenger side bottom won't release. DON'T take it to a dealer for service, they charge $175.00 an hour to work on it!
wulfhound
Buffalo, NY, USA
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