NHTSA Complaint #10110045 — 2001 DODGE DODGE TRUCK

AT AROUND 60K MILES, I WAS EXPERIENCING A SHIFTING LATENCY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND OCCASIONAL POWER LOSS WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE OR GO IN REVERSE. TOOK IT IN TO THE LOCAL AAMCO WHERE THEY SAID THAT I HAD HIGH LEVELS OF METAL SHAVINGS IN THE FLUID, AND THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. COST WAS $2800 NOT INCLUDING THE WARRANTY THAT I PURCHASED THROUGH THEM. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND (FROM THE DODGE FORUMS I FREQUENTLY VISIT) THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SECOND GENERATION RAM'S, AND ONE THAT CHRYSLER SEEMS TO IGNORE. PERHAPS THAT IS WHY THEY ONLY WARRANTED THESE TRUCKS FOR 3 YEARS/36000 MILES. *JB