The first event was in June 2013, then twice in August 2013. The dealer stated that the sealed unit for life gear assembly was coming apart internally. The freeze frame info is useful because it tells us what other sensors were seeing at the time of the fault. It stayed at 86 degrees. The tuck has less than 7,000 miles on it. They didn't get it up on the rack until late Saturday afternoon. She also stated there were transmission issues with the vehicle in the past.
Drove about 4 miles round trip and it shift normally. I'm the original owner of the truck - bought it in Sept 2006 with 17 miles on it. . My biggest issue if I were to do it myself is I don't have a garage and would have to do it in my driveway - not exactly clean conditions. What's in the pan isn't critical, that's why there's a filter. It would sporadically shift into 4th gear, and stay there without any type of reset like before.
It is the original selenoid pack. Have clerk check the codes. You should only see a relativily minor amount of grayish, black clutch material residing there. Says it appears to be an intermittent problem with one of the selenoids. I know replacing a selenoid pack is relatively simple. I'd recommend you check your transmission external electrical connector for water intrusion and corrosion at the terminals by disconnecting the connector. I think I'd avoid that dealer at all cost.
It took several restarts to reset but the check engine light was activated. No additional repairs were made to the vehicle to correct the failure. She stated that the steering wheel would vibrate violently and as a result caused damage to the front hub. Waited two minutes and turned the vehicle back on. I replaced it and didn¿t have any other transmission issues.
I am somewhat of a shadetree mechanic, but am leary of transmissions. At this point I'm still mulling my options. Had new tires installed last weekend and changed the oil. The Ram will also only be used for local driving and dump runs. I thought that maybe I had accidentally put the truck into manual, but I knew that I had not. A few days later while I was driving down the road the truck felt sluggish, almost like I was pulling a heavy load on a trailer. The manufacturer refused to take any liability for the failure.
It's on limited duty for the time being. It's also where I purchased the truck. At 120-125K miles there was an internal linkage problem - a ball of some sort twisted itself off - found it in the pan. There were several fault codes found during the diagnostic. I think that you fixed it by replacing the sensor that the code was for. Labor rates in general are high around here. You'll have to have the codes cleared and the transmission relearned for shift feel, at that point.
May call some other dealerships as well. I eventually had an independent transmission specialist look at the truck. Just about everything I came across pointed to the output speed sensor which took me all of 5 minutes to replace once I had the truck up on the ramps. If I have time, I'll see if I can thoroughly check the wiring and see if there is any insulation nicked or cut. Also on a separate occasion the transmission shifted into the limp mode. Ive done many of these.
Pay particular attention for a gross amount of this or any large particular material, including any metal, either filings or chunks, or any brass or aluminum. Found front and back to be good. Quote includes 4 hours labor for everything. The failure and current mileages were under 79,400. Other days, I could drive just fine. Dealership technician determined cause by driving vehicle on highway above 60mph with code reader connected and was able to duplicate reverse shifting and retrieved code. While driving vehicle on highway at 65 mph, vehicle shifts atm itself abruptly into reverse for split second, causing tires to briefly lockup, then shifts itself back into drive.