Dodge Ram 1500 owners have reported 2 problems related to transmission not engage (under the power train category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.
One day I was backing out of a parking space and when I turned the shift knob on my 8-speed auto transmission v-6 from "reverse" to "drive" the gear would not engage. When I applied my foot to the accelerator the rpm's increased as if I were in neutral. During this occurrence the "d" on the shift knob was blinking. After turning the knob back to park and then back to drive the transmission engaged and I was able to pull away and drive normally. On a different day about 2 weeks later I noticed that while in "drive" and traveling between 15mph and 30mph my transmission seemed to be in the wrong gear. I would apply the accelerator and the rpm's would increase upwards to 2500 - 3500rpms which should not be happening at such low speeds. My truck then began to shutter as it was trying to find the right gear. This truck is a 2013 with less than 1000 miles on it. I have read a similar post on this NHTSA website about this same vehicle. I have also read an article posted on motortrend. Com that references a transmission recall for various 2013 Chrysler vehicles' including the Ram 1500 with 8-speed automatics and a six-cylinder engine. Strangely, when I look up recall notices for this vehicle there is no recall alert for this problem.
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Automatic transmission did not engage to next gear after driving slow. When you step on gas pedal, it seems that the transmission does not want to engage into next gear. Had to push down on gas pedal as if trying to get into passing lane in order for transmission to engage. Chrysler could not find any problem.
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