Seven problems related to manual transmission have been reported for the 1999 Dodge Ram 3500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 1999 Dodge Ram 3500. While driving 45 mph, the gear was shifted into fifth gear and the vehicle decelerated to 40 mph. There were no warning indicators present. The mechanic at the repair shop stated that a nut on the fifth gear failed. No repairs were made. The current mileage was 182,240 and failure mileage was 182,140.
Was shifting gears on I-44 on ramp to get up to speed so I could merge with the flow of traffic. When I put the truck into fifth gear it felt as if I had shifted into neutral. Was able to go to next exit driving in fourth gear so I could get the truck back home. Couldn't go over 55 mph in fourth gear plus didn't know if driving the truck like this was going to cause more problems. 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 took the truck to a mechanic and had them take the transmission apart to see if this is what happened. Sure enough when he split the tail shaft off the nut was just hanging on the shift rod. I went to a local Dodge dealership and purchased the new and improved lock nut that Dodge came out with to fix the problem. This cost me about 65 dollars and another 530 dollars to pay for the labor involved. The old nut was left in the scrap metal pile at the mechanic's shop.
5th gear failed in my 1999 Dodge model 3500.
Dt: the consumer has had to replace the fifth gear twice since owning the vehicle. The first time it was replaced at around 30000 miles. The second time it was replaced around 60000 miles. The vehicle is mostly driven on the highway. There was no prior warning to the gear failure. The consumer was driving on the highway with the vehicle in fifth gear when it failed. The vehicle felt as if it were in neutral so the consumer had to down shift to fourth gear. All of the other gears worked except for the fifth gear.
While driving with vehicle in fifth gear. Driver applied gas to the accelerator pedal. The vehicle did not accelerate,the engine just continue to ravv up. Vehicle has a standard transmission. Mr.
The weld in 6th gear broke causing 6th gear to be unusable. Consumer stated that when the transmission was taken apart, the mechanic found that the weld was faulty. The power steering system had leaks.
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