1999 Dodge RAM 1500: complete transmission failure

Filed Dec 28, 2005 · Airbags, Engine · 870,000 miles · IL · crash

1).we were driving along when the truck, we just got suddenly died. The gas gauge showed 1/4 of a tank. It is a single tank truck, but it was out of gas. When more was added it started up and ran. 2). A heavy rain fell , my sons carseat (latched in the back seat of the quad cab) was so wet the next day I had to wash and dry the padding before it could be used. The windows were shut, locked tight and parked all night. 3). My husband was coming from work a drunk driver suddenly pulled in front of him. Trying everything to stop my husbands truck hit his. The air bags (none of them) went off! They were "on" at the time of impact. My husband was going around 45 miles per hour.4). As my husband started to work the truck suddenly over revved and died. It was said the transmission went out. It was later found it was a sensor went out. New sensor fixed it for about a day and a half. 5). Truck shifted funny, lost all oil pressure, and died the motor failed. When it was opened up the cylinder walls were not assembled right at the factory it is a surprise it even made it to 87 thousand miles in the first place. The xxx wall pattern was highly visible and never worn smooth as it should have if it were running properly from the start. Some of the pieces are "missing" also in this motor others are improperly aligned. When he called the dealership it was out of business and the dodge company says you bought it you got it . Not even 90 thousand miles on it . Now we are stuck with the financial burden of paying for my car payment( as to shuffle the kids around), his replacement car (as to get to work 30+ miles away), and this pile of mistakes in a shell that is suppose to be his truck . This does not even mention the burden of the cost we are suffering from to re build this thing to working order again . To make matters worse; this is just the stuff he has told me about so far, more is being found wrong every time he checks in on it.

Filed Nov 2, 2005 · Transmission · 29,000 miles · MO

Dt: the contact complained about an automatic transmission problem. The transmission was slipping out of drive. When the vehicle was taken to the dealership they replaced the transmission under warranty. The transmission started slipping gears again. It was experiencing the same symptoms as before. She has not taken the vehicle to dealer at this time. *ak updated 11/29/2005 -

Filed Oct 10, 2003 · Transmission · 580 miles · FL

Dodge 1999 ram 4x4, I've taken the truck in from the very beginning about the transmission and they test drove it and said they could not find anything wrong. Now that the warranty is up the transmission needs to be replaced and dodge won't fix it even though I saved all the papers from the work done.

Filed Feb 15, 2003 · Transmission · 34,500 miles · TX

Automatic transmission failure - vehicle started to skip when shifting from 1st gear to second gear. Took it to the dealer and was told I was 200 miles out of warranty and they could not fix it under warranty (even though I had been having problems for a month before that and hadn't time to get in to get it looked at). Was told that other transmissions were also failing, but dodge would not do anything. I am a former chrysler employee, as is my father. Always been loyal to chrysler products, but after this, I can't tell enough people to buy foreign and not domestic - cheap quality and poor customer service. They sell you a vehicle and the problems are yours - too bad. Finally got some help from the chrysler corporate center michigan.first dealer said "passing cable was problem, then later on found transmission was fault. A rebuilt one was installed, and now that too is having problems. This vehicle is used only to go to and from work and around town. No heavy hauling, heavy towing (do haul push mower and hand trimmer, rake, etc) or any heavy driving. Truck is maintained on schedule - treated with care like a kid.

Filed Dec 30, 2002 · Transmission · 76,000 miles · MN

I bought my truck in 1999 and had to replace the transmission a week ago. The mechanic who replaced it explained there is a defective valve in the transmission fluid line that sticks when driving on the highway denying the transmission fluid thereby burning it up. Chrysler is aware of this defect but refuses to own up to the defect. They replaced my transmission with another defective transmission which I was told the day after installing the new transmission would need to be replaced again. I called chrysler to ask what they intend to do regarding not only owning up the defective valve but also what they were willing to do for me due to the inconvenience of having to not have my vehicle for a week until they can replace the transmission again, and was told they were willing to do nothing on either issue.

Filed Dec 4, 2002 · Transmission · 50,000 miles · MO

While driving the vehicle, the automatic transmission had broken, and caused the consumer to pull off of the road. The dealer has been notified. *ts the dealer stated that the torque converter had gone out and melted on the flywheel. The dealer also found metal shavings all over. There was another incident where the consumer placed gas in the vehicle, and later found fluid pouring out of the vehicle. The consumer then placed transmission fluid in the vehicle. The transmission was replaced along with the cooler line, and the system was flushed the system.