I have heard several complaints of the 46re transmission on dodge trucks, hoping I would not experience it. On wed. November 12 2003 my transmission blew. Chrysler will not do anything cause of my mileage of 55,000. The truck has never towed or hauled anything. This transmission problem needs to be addressed. My truck is going to get a rebuilt in it but I will be without a vehicle for the next 3 weeks. This is not acceptable for a $30,000 vehicle.
2001 Dodge RAM 1500 transmission complaints
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I bought a 2001 dodge ram 1500 in nov 2002. Since ive owned the truck I have had to replace in the transmission: a locking silinoid, an overdrive solinoid, 2 torque converters, and a pressure transducer. I would think that maybe I just had a lemon, but the more people I talk to that have these trucks the more that I find that it is a manufacturers problem that they will not address (I have contacted chrysler) refused any assistance.
On 9/1/2003 at approximately 8:40 p.m. My son was driving our 2001 dodge ram pick-up on us 23 south between omer, michigan and standish, michigan. I was in the passenger seat in the front and my husband was in the back seat. All of a sudden there was a loud screeching noise and we went into the oncoming lane of northbound traffic. My son kept saying he could not control the truck. He was able to get the truck back in the southbound lanes and the truck kept fishtailing. All of a sudden the truck took a very hard right and we went through the ditch with coattails into the farm field and rolled the truck. When we stopped moving and we were all out of the truck some people who stopped, we asked them what happened and they said all they saw was headlights flying in the air and it looked like we lost a tire. With the police there he asked my son if he had fallen asleep my son said no that all of a sudden he could not control the truck. The police then thought we had a flat tire but upon looking for the tire in the farm field it was discovered that the back drivers side wheel had broke at the axle right at the spindle. All lug nuts and brake pads were still intact inside of the wheel and it was not flat. Also where the axle broke off the wheel the metal was shining and crackling. None of us, luckily, were seriously injured scraps, bruises, and a lot of pulled muscles. None of us went to the hospital. We do felt lucky that it happened where it did since 10 more minutes up the road we would have been on I-75 south in holiday traffic and things I am sure would have been different. We do feel and with anyone we have talked with that this was a manufacturer defect of poor metal not being heat treated correctly.
Transmission, brakes, air conditioning.
The tranmission failed on my 2001 dodge ram quad cab 4x4 at 54,000 miles (unbelievable!). Well maintained! I had two different licensed mechanics look at and diagnose suspected problem (high quote of $2,500.00 for full transmission repair), incurred 2 tow charges, called chrysler meadowbrook dodge dealership (where vehicle was purchased)- they couldn't look at it for 2 days and told me since I was past my 3/36 warranty to take my truck to a transmission shop for faster service and better price. I called chrysler customer relations and was told that a good faith payment toward my $2,100.00 bill would not be made because I was past my warranty and didn't have my vehicle serviced at an authorized dealer otherwise maybe something could have been done. I feel chrysler should reimburse me. I leased this vehicle new, this well maintained vehicle only had 54,000 highway miles on it, the transmission should not have failed.
When putting vehicle in reverse it produced a loud noise. Then, when switching gears the vehicle shut off. Dealer notified.
Pulling into driveway, the truck shut off. It started back, but seemed to hesitate when trying to accelerate. The following day, the truck continued to hesitate. I added transmission fluid and took a "test drive" in the driveway to see if it continued to hesitate. It did not, but I noticed fluid leaking out of the bottom of the truck (the transmission fluid I had just put in). I had to call a roll-back to tow it to a mechanic. He said it took him a day and a half just to remove the transmission. He noticed metal shavings in the transmission fluid. He was unable to remove the torque converter at all. It was completely stuck. This truck has only 50,100 miles at the time of this repair. We had to have a new transmission, and transmission cooler, totalling $3,061.19 in repairs. I called the dealer I bought it from, and no one returned my call. I called the daimlerchrysler corp. And was told that there was nothing they would do.
2001 dodge ram 4x4 offroad - transfer seals have gone out and begun to leak 3 times in the past 6 months. Each time the truck has been taken to the dealer and had the seals replaced.
I have a 2001 dodge ram with 23,600 miles on it. Two weeks ago the transmission completely failed 2 hours form my house. It left me stranded on the side of the road with a truck load of hunting gear. Of course it had to be towed to the nearest dealer. Diamler chrysler could care less that it was 9pm and I had no way home. The dealer in annapolis rebuilt the transmission - they claimed the torque converter failed. They had the vehicle for a week. 3 days after I got the vehicle back, the transmission started to fail again. Now its at leesburg dodge (va) and they are in the process of rebuilding it a second time. This truck has no tow hitches and has never towed a heavy load. It is not abused but just failed. This is unnacceptable and if things are not made right with me, I will never buy another dodge again.
Consumer called complaining about having problems with transmission. Also stated that on march of this present year that transmission had fail and now on december 2002 the transmission has problems again. Dealer was contacted and stated that the warranty was for 36000 miles and is now out of warranty so they won't do nothing about it. Mr
When driving at speeds of 50 MPH and higher, the entire vehcile vibrates. The manufacture and dealer cannot fix problem due to this being the characteristic of the vehicle. Consumer afraid to drive vehicle. Ts
No summary listed for above vehicle.
Camshaft leaking fluid, and is starting to cause problems to transmission.contacted dealer. Please provide further information.
Is a 2001 dodge ram 1500 susposed to come out of park without touching the brake pedal? The truck came out of gear from park to reverse and caused $2500 worth of damage. The engine was running in this case. However, my 3 year old granddaughter was able to take the truck from park to reverse while standing on the seat. The truck was parked at that time on a inclining driveway so it rolled only to the street. Chevrolet products, I know, have a safety feature which requires the break pedal to be pressed in order for the vehicle to come out of park.
While in motion and in low gear, the transmission will slow down and once in a while stop. This happens at any given time.
The valve body was replaced as a result of the first repair attemp. Second attempt the transmission was overhauled, replaced pump, input shaft & torque converter. Third attempt is currently being made. Same as second to be replaced.
Per dealer service advisor, my trucks wheel sub-assembly was damaged from an over-torqued center nut (during manufacture assembly). This condition caused the bearings to seize and superheat, they have been cutting into the axle and the heat expansion caused the brakes to fail (locked on, but steering has not been pulling). Parts needing replacement include: axle; caliper; hub and bearings; rotor; center nut; center cap.
No satisfaction from dealer mgr. Or general ser. Mgr. No safety defect listed.
The consant rough idle and sparadic engine miss can not be fixed until daimler-chrysler builds new software for computer. This is causing bad gas mileage.
Transmison does not shift into passing gear because computer wii not let it service manager david dyer said it canot be fixed chrysler rep will not return calls.this is a new truck .david said chrysler has had over a 100 complaints about this same truck,but chrysler will not help.this started with 500 miles on truck the dealership put a new computer in but it did not help.I have reported this to chrysler cust service many times.truck has lack of power because of this I was told by david the chrysler rep said they my have a fix in june ,but no promises .
This problem occurs when the vehicle is cold and you shift gears it feels like the dri ve train is going to come out of the vehicle. Service rep told me chryler is aware of this and have been for a awhile but they doot know what to do to correct problem.
With 206 miles on the vehicle the transmisson went completly out stranding me on the side of the road 86 miles from home.
Transmission prematurely failed, causing vehicle to die on road. Vehicle had to be towed to dealer. Dealer will replace transmission. Prior to incident, consumer noticed cruise control light came on.
The transmission drops in low gear while driving at high speeds and low speeds, transmission problem almost caused a crash, after 8 trips to the repair shop same problem still occurs. Cj
Engine ping: dealer noted problem and advised I must wait for chrysler tsb to be released on 2001 truck. Transmission rattle: dealer advised that this is gear rattle & is normal & not harmful to my truck. Injector tap: dealer identified fast clicking noise as inj. Tap & advised that this is normal & not harmful.
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