2002 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 60 MPH IN THE 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED. THE TRUCK DISENGAGED FROM OVERDRIVE, AND THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT TURNED ON. HE PUSHED THE BUTTON TO ENGAGE THE OVERDRIVE. HE DROVE ABOUT ONE MILE AND THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT TURNED ON. HE HAD TO DRIVE ANOTHER 1/2 MILE TO GET TO SAFE PLACE. ONCE THERE HE PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL, SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ,AND HE CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. HE STATED THAT WHEN HE CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IT SEEMED THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH ON THE DIP STICK. HE TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND LET THE VEHICLE SIT FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, CHECKED AGAIN., AND THE FLUID WAS NORMAL ON THE DIP STICK. WHEN HE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE ALL LIGHTS ON DASH SEEMED TO BE NORMAL. HE DROVE ANOTHER 100 MILES AND THE VEHICLE WAS FINE....

ELECTRICAL - CANNOT CHARGE A CELL PHONE IN ANY OF THE RECEPTACLES. WORKS IN OTHER VEHICLES. TRANSMISSION - CHANGES GEARS VERY ROUGH, SOMTIMES ON ACCELERATION, ALL THE TIME WHEN DECELERATING. STEERING - AT TIMES THE STEERING DOES NOT WANT TO WORK. WILL NOT TURN, VERY HARD AS IF NO RACK AND PINION. TRUCK SLIDES OUT AT TIMES DURING TURNS, STEERING GETS PULLED.*AK

TRANSMISSION GOES INTO HIGH GEAR TOO SOON, CAUSING TOO MUCH DOWNSHIFTING WHEN I NEED TO SPEED UP. IT GOES INTO O/D AT 45 MPH. VERY SLUGGISH WHEN I NEED TO SPEED UP UNLESS I GIVE IT LOTS OF THROTTLE AND THEN IT DROPS OUT OF OVERDIRVE AND SKIPS 4TH GEAR AND GOES INTO 3RD. IN TOWN WHEN YOU GET UP TO 30 MPH THE TRANSMISSION POPS LIKE IT IS TRYING TO DOWNSHIFTING STRAIGHT TO 1ST.I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES WITH NO RESULTS.*AK I FEEL THEY ARE TRYING TO WEAR ME OUT SO I WILL QUIT COMING BACK

HAVE OWNED 02 RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SHORT BED FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. AFTER PURCHASING IN AUG 02 HAD IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS WITH FRONT END VIBRATION/SKIP. DEALERSHIP REPLACED 3 SETS OF RIMS AND 4 SETS OF TIRES, SKIP SEAMS TO BE GONE. HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO HAVE VIBRATION/SHAKE AT 40 MPH AND ABOVE, SEEMS AS IF IT IS A DRIVE TRAIN OR ENGINE PROBLEM BUT MILTON DODGE IN MILTON FLORIDA STATES THERE IS NO PROBLEM. IF A WATER BOTTLE IS SITTING IN THE CUP HOLDER YOU CAN REALLY TELL HAD BAD THE TRUCK VIBRATES/SHAKES. HAVE OVER 12 DEALER SERVICE INVOICES WHERE THEY HAVE TRIED TO CORRECT WITH NO SUCCESS. *PH

TRANSMISSION GOES INTO HIGH GEAR TOO SOON CAUSING TOO MUCH DOWNSHIFTING WHEN I NEED TO SPEED UP. GOES INTO OVERDRIVE AT 45 MPH. VERY SLUGGISH WHEN I NEED TO SPEED UP UNLESS I GIVE IT A LOT OF GAS PEDAL AND THEN IT DROPS OUT OF OVERDRIVE AND SKIPS 4TH GEAR AND GOES DOWN TO 3RD GEAR.*AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON -- RAN ON DRB III FOUND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES"S SET FOR NO COMMUNICATION FROM TCM TO PCM CALLED TEC LINE WAS TOLD TO REPLACE PCM RESET VALUES ROAD TESTED VEHICLE-- MOD PO 8035029 * (1) WAS TOLD WIRE CONNECT TCM * (2) REPLACED PCM -- RENTAL01/22/03 - 02/06/03. *NLM

TRANSMISSION HITS HARD WHEN TAKING OFF AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN, DEALER HAS PUT IN NEW TRANS. AND COMPUTER, BUT THIS TRUCK STILL HAS SAME PROBLEMS