Seven problems related to automatic transmission have been reported for the 2001 Dodge Ram 2500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Dodge 2500 ram p u - faulty transmission staying in gear.
When truck is pulling camping trailer when weather is hot the transmission will not up shift until motor is at very high rpm getting on interstate highways. Making this very dangerous to do. Some times takes a 1/4 mile to get to 55 mph ig on small hill if big longer time and distance. I have 2001 2500 with v10 automatic.
Just after the power train warrenty was up the trans started to slip. I check fluid. It was okay. Took it to the dealership and they rebuilt the trans at my cost of 2500. It still didn't shift right. The dealership told me it was fine. Last year I had to have the trans rebuilt again at 2500. It ran fine for exactly 12 months. The truck is currently in the shop again to have the trans rebuilt for the third time by a licenced facility. I had it fixed one time by a friend also. The trans shop will warrenty the labor this time but, they want over 1600 for parts. This truck was $40,000 and 2,500 per trans per year and the front end redone 3 times also. The engine is too heavy and powerful for the truck and trans. A fault by engineers at Chrysler should not be a constant head ache for myself and my wallet. I have replaced nearly every part on this truck x 3. The only good thing about this truck is the motor and it's because it's a cummins.
My 2001 Dodge ram started stalling out so I called for an appointment to have the censor checked out. They said that wasn't it - it was the transmission itself and they would have to drop the pan, that was fine until they told me there was at least a 1/2 inch of shavings in the pan and that they had never seen that amount in a newer truck- especially with my milage being so low. This sets off an alarm that this is a factory defect. I contacted the manager and he was suppose to get back to me-which he hasn't as of yet. . . Surprise. Oh yes, in order to fix this because the warranty had run out 2000 miles prior it would cost me $5,395. 14. (now being disable this is sure a boost to me) and that isn't even checking out the 4 wheel drive which it has bound to effect also. The warrenty was for 36000 miles and I have 39000 on it now. It has cost me 200. 00 to find this out and also the service manager said because I didn't use their services for oil changes and transmission checks he would probably not get as much help for me and in the contract it said as long as I used a license facility it would be covered and I used jiffy lube. I think this is wrong-they are just about saying for not using our facility you are going to be punished and not get the help you need. I am guessing on the date of purchase.
When accelerating the vehicle jerked. The consumer took the vehcile to the dealership who determined that the transmisson failed.
When you start it and put it in drive the tack winds out and the trani slips real bad and when it does catch it kills the motor I took my truck to the dealer three times . The sad truth is they sold me a lemon this was a special order vehicle I had to wait three months for this. I paid $35000 for a lemon can you help me?.
The vehicle has experienced transmission problems. The vehicle has been taken to the shop 8 times but the problem still exist. The dealer has been contacted.