I bought this truck used in 2002, and it only had 35k miles on it. The original owner used the truck to haul equipment and trailers, and the transmission had a factory defect, and was replaced by the original owner. Around 78k miles the transmission went again, I think it may have been self-inflicted. My 4 wheel drive U-joint assembly broke, which made a winter snowstorm a living hell in 2006 in Colorado. I had been rocking the truck back and fourth, to attempt to remove it from large snow drifts and ice, by going forward and reverse. Which is what may have damaged the trucks second transmission. Eventually the reverse gear in the truck went out completely and had absolutely no function, then after that the gears between 1st and 2nd started slipping. After repairs were done, the check engine light has always been on. Getting that looked into.

This vehicle carried an extended warranty and factory dealer maintenance agreement on it. It belonged to my son who took it in religiously for servicing.

With no warning the transmission stopped operating the first time at about 85,000 miles, the dealership would not fix it, under warranty, nor even explain that there was a problem with the transmissions in these trucks.

He took it to AAMCO and paid $2700.00 to rebuild it far less than the dealership wanted, and it lasted for one month past the warranty by AAmco and went out again. This truck only has 144,000 miles on it. Not wanting to drop another $2,700.00 into it my son parked it in front of my house and went out and bought a new truck. He told me to fix this one and sell it :)) yeah right, well it still runs and drives for a short distance but the transmission appears to be heating up and not shifting out of the lower gear range.

After finding this site I learned that many others are having similar problems with this vehicle, Does anybody know if Dodge has come out with a suitable replacement transmission that would last longer and fit this model. ?

I will certainly not be rushing out to buy a Dodge in the future. Too bad too because other than that it is a good truck.

Bought truck last Sept with dealer/carfax 65k verfied original miles. True I have no idea what the previous owner did with it but it had no in-bed hitch, ball mount hole in bumper never had a ball in it, no signs of a receiver hitch. Came home one afternoon (2 weeks before xmas last year), put it in reverse and nothing. It wouldn't move, made no noises, never gave a sign something was amiss before this, just suddenly nothing. That's all I needed 2 weeks before xmas was a $1500 transmission bill. IT SUCKS!!!!!!!! The rebuild tech said a reverse gear snap ring had come loose and went through the transmission destroying stuff as it went. Said there was a piece of it that somehow had actually gotten into the pan. Said he'd never seen one do this before. Imagine that. Been a good truck so far but the trans. SUCKS and I can assume anyone Chrysler has more money then your truely yet I had to suck it up and buy the rebuild. No didn't call Chrysler. In 02 I bought a new ram quad that had several issue, in the shop 8 times in 8 months, and never got it fixed with a 10 year/100,000 warranty so I dumped it for this 99 model. They wouldn't fix the 02...... why would they fix the 99 with 65k on it!?!

The transmission in my truck went out at 71,000 miles. This truck has been babied, serviced when it should have and everything. Dodge will do nothing about it, and they know they have problems with these transmissions. I was pulling my boat on a fishing trip when it went out on me 2.5 hrs away from home. I had to have another truck brought to me so I could get to my destination. Now I have to go back and trailer the truck home. I think there should be a class action law suit against them because of these transmissions!!