Dodge transmission problem

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Camden

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• Dec 1, 2007

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Got an '04 Dodge diesel w/ auto tranny. I've been pushing snow since about 2 o'clock with it and everything had been working great up until about 30 minutes ago.

When traveling between jobs my transmission went from second to fourth. I accelerated and it kicked back down into 2nd and then when the rpms settled it once again skipped a gear.

I came to a stop and manually put it in 1st then 2nd and then finally into "Drive" and then it shifted correctly and has worked fine since doing that.

Do any of you know what could've caused my tranny to act up? About 10,000 miles ago I had the fluid and filter changed and they tightened the kick down band.

 

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• Dec 1, 2007

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maybe it just got hot elifiknow dodge trans suck everyone know that

 

redlineguy

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My guess is a pressure Solenoid I think thats what they are called.

 

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I just put in another 2 hrs plowing and it didn't act up at all. I just need to get through this storm so I can get it checked out on Monday.

 

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• Dec 2, 2007

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redlineguy said:

My guess is a pressure Solenoid I think thats what they are called.

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Governer pressure sensor or a shifting solenoid would be my guess.

 

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• Dec 2, 2007

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Direct drive seal. Dodge puts a "D" shaped seal in there and it leaks if there is too much pressure. Also leaks when it gets old. If it starts to happen all the time try a bottle of LUCAS transmission conditioner. Worked on mine I got 3rd gear back from havin nothin. Now if I'm hard on it, it'll still skip 3rd but as long as i drive it easy no problems.

 

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• Dec 2, 2007

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I plowed over 20 hours since I had the initial problem and it never flared up again. None the less, the truck's going in tomorrow and if it needs anything I'll make sure it gets put on. Just goes to show that no matter how well you take care of your stuff it's still going to break down from time to time.

 

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• Dec 16, 2007

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Whats the out come?????

I have a tranny guy that will fix it for good.

http://www.goerend.com/

You tell him kevin from triple D performance told you to call...