While in traffic, the consumer had to coast to the shoulder while pulling a 26' trailer. I live in California, my business friend in south caroline has had it happened twice also, and he knows of another person in texas that had the same problem. Sure enough when he split the tail shaft off the nut was just hanging on the shift rod. The dealership stated that the fifth gear nut came loose. The approximate current mileage was 148,000 and failure mileage was 120,000.
The nut that holds the 5th gear on in the transmission comes off while the vehicle is moving at a high rate of speed. The recall number was unknown. Trouble started about 1 month ago, at 92, 000 miles. The transmission case and clutch housing were a one-piece aluminum casting to cut weight and noise transmission. The contact has experienced the safety risk involved due to the failure. The mechanic at the repair shop stated that a nut on the fifth gear failed. The old part is not available, but my work orders from the Dodge service departments are.
Prices exclude tax, title, and license. Any agreement is subject to the execution of contract documents. . A shift pattern insert snapped into the top of the knob, concealing the locking nut. The second time they replaced the nut, I think they put locktite on it. The vehicle is mostly driven on the highway.
Having fewer springs allowed each spring to be longer and have a lower rate for better vibration damping with the same torque capacity as the previous design. The contact expected the vehicle to be repaired for safety reasons. This caused the vehicle to lurch unexpectedly. Fill out your contact information and your transmission request will get distributed instantly to a nationwide network of auto recyclers, salvage yards, wrecking yards, junkyards and parts brokers across the country. The consumer was unable to get the trailer completely off of the highway. After placing the vehicle into park, it began rolling backwards. A rubber sleeve isolated the shifter from noise and vibration in the transmission.
A stub lever on the transmission cover selected ratios through a single-rail mechanism. Master and slave cylinders were lightweight molded plastic with steel liners for durability. If it has an engine let us put a bid on it! Called a few people I knew that had heard others say that the nut that goes onto the fifth gear shift rod would often back off. I now come to realize that there is a service bulletin on this very problem 21-10-98a which was ignored by the manufacturer. I do not know of too many people that have the same vehicle, so it seems strange that the one person I do business with on the other side of the country has the same problem and that he knows of someone else in another part of the country with the same problem. All offers expire on close of the business day subject content is removed from the website, and all financing is subject to credit approval.
Our inventory includes hundreds of 5. The vehicle felt as if it were in neutral so the consumer had to down shift to fourth gear. They shared third gear and overdrive ratios 1:1 and 0. All transactions are negotiable including price, trade allowance, interest rate of which the dealer may retain a portion , term, and documentary service fee. Every reasonable effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this data. Craigslist does not let us update the vehicle's location once we've posted it. The new V10 and Cummins turbodiesel upgrades required a stronger manual transmission.
The lockup torque converter clutch engaged at highway cruising speeds, when the transmission was in the highest gear selected - overdrive or, when overdrive was locked out by the driver, third direct gear. A flexible shift boot attached to the floor pan over a foam gasket concealed the opening for the shifter and effectively blocked the passage of noise. This cost me about 65 dollars and another 530 dollars to pay for the labor involved. A supervisor at the manufacturer stated that the repair was mandated by law and cannot be reversed. The manufacturer could not offer any further assistance. Dealer tells me that parts are not available to repair and they are not sure if Dodge is having a problem.
The second time it was replaced around 60000 miles. The electronic transmission control unit could shift to third gear and engage the converter clutch if transmission oil temperature reached its upper limit. It provided smoother easier shifts and gear ratios more suitable to a half-ton pickup than the transmission used in the previous Ram pickup. It is known that the nut sometimes jams the rest of the transmission, resulting in no transmission at all when moving at a high rate of speed. Torque capacity was 450 lb-ft, 10% more than the previous Getrag 360 heavy-duty transmission, thanks partly to larger diameter input and output shafts.
Longer, lower rate disc damper springs reduced gear rattle on diesels. The consumer was driving on the highway with the vehicle in fifth gear when it failed. There were no warning indicators present. The transmission was hard to shift, the clutch control was defective due to the slave cylinder bleeding back into the master cylinder. Dodge Ram 4x4 Truck with 6 Speed Manual Transmission! Shifting into reverse during forward movement was blocked by the Reverse synchronizer and by a slight offset between the two gates. The contact received a recall notice that stated that, in certain circumstances, the vehicle may move without warning.