2002 Dodge RAM 2500 Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“Truck has 52000 miles, 5.9l gas engine, 4 speed auto tranny, and has been babied, never been off-road or pulled a trailer. On 8/17/2007 I made a couple of short trips and when got home I went to back into driveway and reverse gear did not engage. It worked fine earlier that day, then nothing. Put my obd-ii scanner on it and no code, checked linkage and it is in proper working order.”

“Driving down the interstate going about 75 MPH I needed to brake but noticed the truck was not slowing down and the RPM were not reducing, in fact they were increasing. Despite me not having my foot on the pedal the truck would not slow down. I had to use extreme pressure on the brakes and pull off the road to get the truck to slow down. Once slowed if I released pressure off the brakes the truck would start to accelerate. I put the truck into park and the RPM went up to 5000 and stayed. I turn off the truck and turned it back on to find the rpms immediately go up to 5000 rpms. …”

“My Dodge 2500 quad cab truck with cummins engine has suffered it second transmission failure in 14 months. It is still under warranty, and the dealerhip will fix, however this level of failure is extreeme for a new vehicle. The current failure feels like the auto transmission lock up will not dis-engage when comming to a stop. Extreeme brake pressure is required to keep truck from bolting at stop lights. My truck is stock. I believe the tranmission must have a serious defect. …”

“Have had nothing but trouble with my 02 RAM 2500 truck. Rear brake pads had nothing but rust holding the pads in place, had the turbo and fuel pump replaced, u-joints and yoke on 4wd shaft worn out and hanger bearing on rear drive shaft worn out at about 70,000mi, tail gate cable broke after only two years, when clicking from high beam to low beam occasionally all lights go out, cannot use heated mirrors because they will blow a fuse and I won't have any heat, and now all ball joints and tie rod ends are worn and need replaced. …”

“We feel that the rear -end problem that we are experiencing is a factory defect, and would like to be reimbursed for the expenses incurred for repair of the truck. In october 2007, we reported that we were having problems to tempe Dodge. We said that we had a leak of some kind and that the rear end was having a foul odor. They kept the truck in the shop at the Dodge dealership to make repairs. We got the truck back and less than 2 days later, the axle twisted off of the truck while we were driving down highway 8 going to texas! We had to be towed back to tempe Dodge. …”