Transmissions

[tinman12]

They might be the best selling, but their A404 traansmissions don't last very long. Ours went out at 87000 miles. Seems kinda low milage for a modern transmission. Maybe, sometime the engineers will figure it out. Curious about the lifetime warranty on drive train though. Chris

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[master tech]

When the 1st a604 were made in late 1988 and failed as soon as they came off the truck. So the a604 as come a long way. The transmission you need to watch out for is the NAG 1 thats in the LX body. 300c, charger, and magnum. This transmission went thru 47 changes before germans gave it to dodge and whole diff transmission in theirs.

[tinman12]

We have two dodge vans now and really like dodge products, obviously. A 1998, that we just recently replaced the tranny in and a 1989 with a turbo. We are thinking about a new dodge van, but with all the tranny problems, are leaning toward a kia instead. Your opinion please.

[master tech]

I had work for KIA for a few years along with dodge at the same time, At that time I was repairing more KIA transmissions and enginesthan dodge transmission. What I am trying to tell you ALL cars products have problems not just dodge.

[rustyedge]

How do you know what kind of tranny you have? I have a new 07 SXT. Other than the hard downshifting it seems OK.

My previous Caravan was a 96 w/3.3. I kept that one 11 yrs and 105K and never had any tranny issues. I did maybe 3 oil/filter changes on it and that was all the service that tranny ever saw.

[master tech]

Well since you are under the caravan post, If you have a 2.4, 3.3 or 3.8 engine you could have a 40TES or 41TES transmission. The 2008 caravans will have two transmissions 41TE and 62TE auto. But you have a manual trans there are two. 5 speed or the 6 speed.