1995 DODGE RAM 2500 Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

AFTER DRIVING 5 OR 10 MINUTES VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND HAD TAKEN IT TO DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THE WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE PROBLEMS OF THE VEHICLE, AND CONSUMER HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD LITTLE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHILE DRIVING. ANTIFREEZE LEAKED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE FLOODED AND STALL. THE VEHICLE RAN ROUGH PRIOR TO REACHING 75 MPH. OCCASIONALLY THE SERPENTINE BELT RAN CROOKED ON THE PULLEY AND BROKE. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM LEAKED. THE FUEL TANK WAS NOT PROPERLY FITTED TO THE HOLDERS. THE TRANSMISSION LEAKED FLUID. *NM

THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THIS COMPLAINT IS THAT WITH THE CUMMINS DIESEL THER IS A LOT OF VIBRATION FROM THE ENGINE, THUS CAUSSING THE TRANSMISSION LINE TO VIBERATE, SO MUCH AS TO CAUSE THE BRASS FITTING ON THE PRESSURE SIDE TO BREAK THUS CAUSING THE FLUID TO ESCAPE FROM THE TRANS. THIS DOES NOT MAKE FOR LONG LIFE OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANS. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN TOLD OF THIS PROBLEM ,AND HAS ADMITTED THIS BY CREATING AN UPGRADED PART WHICH HAS A PROVISSION BUILT IN THAT ALLOWS FLEXING , THEREFORE ELIMINATING VIBRATION, ( A SHORT PIECE OF FLEXIBLE HOSE) NO VIBRATION ,NO BROKEN FITTINGS, NO BROKEN FITTINGS, NO WORN OUT TRANSMISSION. YOU CANT RUN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS LOW ON OIL WITH-OUT SEVERE OUTCOMES. CHRYSLER DOES KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE DESIGNED THE NEW FLEXIBLE HOSE IN THE TRANSMISSION LINE , THERE NEEDS TO BE A RE-CALL TO FIX...

TRANSMISSION HAS ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS. REBUILT ONCE 1 YEAR BEFORE TOTAL FAILURE. DODGE DEALER ADMITS THAT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT WHEN THEY CONTACTED DODGE CORP, THEY WOULD NOT REIMBURSE FOR ANY PART OF THE COST. TRANSMISSIONS DO NOT COMPLETELY FAIL THAT EARLY, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT HAD BEEN SERVICED 11 MONTHS BEFORE FAILURE. THIS TRANSMISSION IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE AND IN GOING INTO OTHER WEB SIGHTS ( LEMON-AID) WE FIND WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES THIS HAPPENED TO. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE DODGE ADMIT THERE'S A PROBLEM, AND REIMBURSE US AND OTHERS WHO HAD TO PAY $4000.00 TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION AT SUCH AN EARLY STAGE.*AK

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO PAST THIRD GEAR UNTIL TRUCK HAS BEEN DRIVEN AT LEAST 10 MILES, HAPPENS DURING COLD MONTHS. CJ

OVERDRIVE SWITCH POPS OUT OCCASINALLY CAUSING SPEED TO GO FROM 60 TO 40 MPH. CJ

SOUND PAD TO CLOSE TO THE EXAUST PIPE HEADER ON 5.9 CUM. DIESEL ENGINE. BRAKES ARE VERY BAD IF YOU HAVE TO STOP QUICK. FROUNT WHEELS LOCK UP IN NORMAL BRAKING ON WET ROAD AND IN HARD STOPS WITH A LOAD OR TRAILER REAR BRAKES ARE WORTHLESS. TRANS MISSION LINES RUB TOGETHER WEARING HOLES IN THE IN THE LINES

SECOND TRANSMISSION FOR CONSUMER TO REPLACE, 2 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED BY PREVIOUS OWNER. TRANSMISION SHOP SAID THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY TRANSMISSION. IT WOULD NOT LAST MORE THAN 12000 MILES. CONSUMER CONTACTED DODGE, WHO AFTER FIRST PHONE CALL "RED FLAGGED" CONSUMER AND SAID HIS CASE WAS CLOSED. *AK

VEHICLE IS NOT SHIFTING GEARS AND THE REVERSE GEAR IS INOPERATIVE. YH

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH TRANSMISSION WENT OUT DUE TO A CLIP THAT HOLDS THE COOLANT BLEW OUT. *AK

THIS VEHICULE HAS HAD 2 TRANSMISSIONS PUT IN IT. THE FIRST BEING WARRANTEED, THE SECOND COSTING MORE THAN $2600.00 DOLLARS. WHEN THE VEHICULE WAS PICKED UP IT DID NOT SEEM TO SHIFT RIGHT. CHECK THE FLUID AND WAS 2-3QUARTS LOW,I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH DEALERSHIP TO WHICH I BROUGHT IT,SANSONE'S ROUTE 66 AUTO MALL. *AK

(1) TRANSMISSION PAN OR FILLER BASE LEAKS FLUID; DEALER REPAIRED 4 TIMES - STILL LEAKS. (2) SUN VISOR SWIVEL BECOMES LOOSE. VISOR SWINGS FREELY DURING TURNS. DEALER REPLACED ONCE, NEW ONE DEVELOPED SAME PROBLEM. (3) TRANSMISSION OCCASIONALLY SWITCHES OUT OF OVERDRIVE (INCLUDING ILLUMINATION OF O/D OFF LAMP), USUALLY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OVER DRIVE HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY SINCE PURCHASE.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL REPORT, HOWEVER GM REPORTED NO KNOWLEDGE OF RECALL.

WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT INTO GEAR, IT WILL NOT MOVE THEN WHEN YOU GIVE IT GAS, IT LURCHES FORWARD.*AK

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HANGS IN GEAR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE CONSTANT ACCELERATION EVEN WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. TT