Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Dodge Ram 2500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
NO NOTICE OF A PROBLEM, DID ALL MANUFACTURERS REQUIRED OIL CHANGES, TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 63,000 MILES. MANUFACTURER, DAIMLER CHRYSLER REFUSED TO REPAIR, TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT FOUND SPECIAL OPTIONAL TRANS OIL COOLER FAILED WHICH CAUSE TRANS FAILURE. HAD TO REPLACE ALL ITEMS AT A COST OF 4000.00. *NM
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER SLIPPED WHILE DRIVING". THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED TWICE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. *JB
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. A DARK GRAY PLUME OF SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, ALONG WITH SOME FLUIDS. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND CALL A TOW TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE ALREADY HAD A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AT 13,000 MILES. *AK
2000 DODGE 2500 DIESEL TRUCK - TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT SIX TIMES IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, INCLUDING ONCE WHILE PULLING A 30 FT. CAMPER. I NEARLY LOST CONTROL ON A WET ROAD ON A HILL IN PA. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES. THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE ANY PARTS BECAUSE NO CODES SHOW UP WHEN IS PUT ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY AFTER LEAVING THE ENGINE OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES. IT HAS NOT FAILED NEAR ENOUGH TO HOME AND WHEN THE DEALER WAS OPEN. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A FATAL ACCIDENT BEFORE THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED.
WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH VEHICLE WILL SWITCH FROM 5TH GEAR TO NEUTRAL, AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR CONSUMER TO SWITCH GEARS BACK. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. BUT THE REPLACEMENT HAS NO BACKING UP POWER AND ALSO STARTED SMOKING. *YH
WHEN DRIVING, VEHICLE WILL TEND TO TRY TO MOVE OVER TO THE SIDE WITHOUT CONSUMER TURNING VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE GETS POOR GAS MILEAGE. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. BRAKES GRAB, PULL, AND LOCK UP. CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 55 MPH AND HITTING A BUMP, IT WILL THROW THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE. *JB
STEERING PROBLEMS PULLS RIGHT AFTER PURCHASE, COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE PINGING AND REVING SOON AFTER BUYING, HAD STEERING COMPONETS REPLACED, TRUCK HAS JUST TURNED OFF SEVERAL TIMES NO RESTART, HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS FROM 3 MOS AFTER BOUGHT THEY FINALLY FIXED ONCE IT WENT TOTALLY, 45 DAYS LATER ITS AGAIN ALMOST GONE AGAIN,I CONTINEULY COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE PING AND TRUCK DRAGGING THEY KEPT SAYING NOTHING WRONG UNTIL IT FINALLY WENT THE ENGINE AND TRANNIE IS RELATED BAD TRANIE WAS MAKIN ENGINE DRAG AND PING. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH BRAKE MAKING LOUD BUMPING NOISE, AND GRABBING FROM REAR WHEELS WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALER'S SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK TRANSMISSION FLUID HAS HIGH ALUMINUM ACCORDING TO SAMPLE ANALYSIS, THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO THIS. REAR AXLE ALSO HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF IRON AND CHROME IN FLUID ACCORDING TO THE SAMPLE ANALYSIS. *SLC
TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS OUT OF SEQUENCE WITHOUT WARNING, DOWN SHIFTS TO LOWER GEAR AND THEN SHIFTS INTO NEXT LOWER GEAR. THIS CAUSES MOTOR TO TACK OUT TO 5500+RPM AND SHUTS DOWN, WHEN RPM DROPS DOWN MOTOR FIRES UP TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS AGAIN MOTOR SHUTS DOWN AGAIN. THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL I BACK OFF GAS PETAL. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS THROUGH UPPER GEARS WITHOUT STOPPING EXAMPLE ; SHIFTS FROM 2ND TO 3RD 4TH OD WITHOUT STOPPING.THESE PROBLEMS HAPPEN WHEN PULLING LOADS, HAS HAPPENED WITHOUT LOAD CAUSED TRUCK TO SPINOUT OF CONTROL. LAST WEEK WHILE PULLING A TRAILER ON RAIN SLICK ROAD DOWN SHIFTING NEARLY CAUSED TRUCK TO JACKNIFE. DEALERS KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT CANNOT FIND ANY CODES. SHIFTING PROBLEMS AND ENGINE OPERATING AT WRONG RPM CAUSING EXTREMLY BAD FUEL MILLAGE. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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