Finally had to have tranny rebuilt at 157000 km (98000 miles) after driving it with faulty second gear for a couple years. Started out with occasional slipping out of 2nd when downshifting to accelerate, then after a couple months and ever after had to shift manually from 1rst to D because wouldn't go on 1rst gear automatically. Crappy Dodge
12/15/09 LAST YEAR MY DURANGO STARTED ALMOST RED LINEING BEFORE IT WOULD SHIFT FROM IST TO 2ND THEN SEEM OK UNLESS DOING ABOUT 60 MPH AND SPEED UP OR PASS SOMEONE IT WOULD DROP DOWN TO 2ND GEAR AND RED LINE I WOULD LET OFF GAS LET SHIFT THEN HAVE TO ACCELERATE SLOWLY. MY FRIEND PUT A GOVERNOR PRESSURE SOLENOID IN THE TRANS WITH NEW FILTER AND FLUID AND SEEMED FINE UNTIL NOW IT STARTED ACTING UP 2 WEEKS AGO NOW SOMETIMES I HAVE NO GEARS PERIOD OR IT WONT SHIFT INTO 2ND OR SLIPS OUT OF GEARS COMPLETELY IF I STOP TURN TRUCK OFF RESTART AND GET 1ST OR MAYBE SECOND ALSO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON AND IT NOT GOING INTO PARK HAVE TO START IN NUETRAL PLEASE AND HELP
Sticks in 1st gear and wont shift to 2nd until I manually shift to neutral and then to drive ....shifts fine 3rd to 4th.
I understand it could be a governor pressure sensor and solenoid.....and possibly more.
AAMCO says i could be looking at a $2200 rebuild,
I ran codes and received a P1756 which is governor pressure sensor, i'm told to replace it along with the solenoid.
ALSO my A/C doesn't blow very well in the front and its sh*tty for cooling me off.
other than that I towed my 2 motorcycles and toolbox from california to Illinois with hardly no trouble,,,,froze my ass off because my heater doesn't work so good for heat.
of course i towed all that before i had the shifting problems, actually 2 years before.
blah blah blah......
- Dave B.,
Sacramento, CA, US
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Finally had to have tranny rebuilt at 157000 km (98000 miles) after driving it with faulty second gear for a couple years. Started out with occasional slipping out of 2nd when downshifting to accelerate, then after a couple months and ever after had to shift manually from 1rst to D because wouldn't go on 1rst gear automatically. Crappy Dodge
- Martin L., Montreal, Quebec, Canada