Lol the Chryslers aren't as bad as you make it sound as long as the transmission was built correctly. If it's as bad of a skip as you say it's not that it's a Chrysler it's that it's a crappy transmission. Mine will sometimes kind of go into overdrive a little hard if you are on the throttle just right but I wouldn't call it a skip and it looked like from your video yours slipped into od. Mine doesn't do that. Are you getting the bulid sheet this time?

As long as they built a quality transmission it shouldn't need a computer flash. My APS didn't and does great.

 

Absolutely rediculous. I had to take my truck to Oxford this morning from Portland (100 mile round trip). The trip is about 25 miles highway and 25 miles of hillbillys backroads. Just an absolutely nightmare traveling up there with my truck. It skipped around the entire time. Every bump on the highway would rev the truck up. The faster I go when I hit the bump, the more aggressive the skip. I couldn't even sustain above 65mph just trying to avoid the bumps, I was barely holding onto 60mph from having to let off the gas everytime I was about to hit a bump highway or backroad. Then when I would go to apply for gas it would start skipping too. I swear my truck is going to blow up if it keeps doing this, it's terrible. Tonight I'm having my dad test drive the truck again so he has an idea with what's going on. I'm going to have him come in with me tomorrow morning when I drop the truck off. That truck is not leaving that lot until it is absolutely PERFECT. I have done everything possible to make this truck stock. I took the lift off and the big tires and brought it back to stock. There is no reason why the truck should be having any problems whatsoever. $4,000! $4,000! $4.000! Do I need to repeat this anymore. I don't want the truck back until the sensitive pedal is eliminated. I don't want the truck back until the overdrive skip is eliminated. I don't want the truck back until it shifts perfectly at wide open throttle. This is my last shot to get this fixed while this transmisson is still relatively new. I've done everything I can to make this truck normal as possible, the only thing it has abnormal are headers and a too loud exhaust. I'm addressing that too, I am getting a muffler that is quiter that doesn't consume the cab or cover up noises that I can't hear. I'm tired of dealing with people who use slight modifications as excuses of why it can't be fixed. I am very annoyed right now, and I'm not letting up this time. It looks like they need to have the big guy come in tomorrow with me to make sure this is settled once and for all.[:@]

 

What the **** is the stock overdrive unit still doing in there? I know they didn't give you a new heavy duty transmission, but at least if they were going to rebuild it and charge you double what it's worth they could have put new parts in it (even if they weren't heavy duty, which they also lied to you about). You should just sue these ********. **** getting that transmission right. Just ****in sue them.

 

What cereal said +1241234701497124012947 and then some.

 

not rying to be a dick here but i think you should take them to court as well but there are a few things to do first,
1 you need to take it to a reputable place and have them be able to tell you and swear to it that there is a problem with the trans that we all believe there is,
2 get them to give you an estimate of what it will take to fix it right,

with a written affidavit and estimate you should have no problem whatsoever of taking them to court and winning what it will cost to fix it right.


unfortunately though i dont think youll ever be able to recover the full 4,000 unless the estimate for repair is higher then that.
also remember if you take them to court that small claims have limits and some states the most you can recover is 3,000 but it varies state to state.

 

oh i forgot to add i hope you have records to show that you took it back numerous times cuz that will help your case as well if you take this to court.

 

If they demonstate an inability to repair the problems I'm requesting them to fix then this will warrant legal action. I'll see what they give me back first...It's not leaving until it's perfect, I'm not dealing with this anymore.

 

Mark gave me a call this morning from New England Transmission and told me to come and give it a spin. When I got there, Mark told me that Todd, the technician, spent some time reflashing the system with the newest of dodges codes, recalibrated the tire size, and worked on making it smooth. So with that said, he gave me the keys and said give it a drive. So with the lowest expectations possible, I took it out for a drive around the city first. I immediatly noticed there were some considerable differances. The truck shifted through first and second great still. The biggest thing I noticed though, was the truck wasn't having the drag it used to. Before when the truck would shift into third gear, it would quickly drop in power. Now when it shifts into third it has just as much power as it does in first and second gear. I could tell they defiantly spreaded the shifts out so it could maximize power throughout all of the gears, I was extremely pleased with the fact it doesn't dog anymore in third gear. It also didn't do the sensitive pedal in third gear either. My last test was the highway...overdrive. I had about 3000 rpms going into the pedal before it shifted into overdrive. When it got to about 50mph it shifted into overdrive, and much to my suprise, it did it seamlessly. The overdrive skip was finally eliminated. This put a happy smile on my face. Once I got up to about 65mph the truck was at about 1900 rpms and riding good. When I hit a rough part of highway though, the pedal bounced around on me again, so this kind of bummed me out. It was doing the sensitive pedal thing to me still, but now only at speeds 55mph and above. After I drove the truck around for about an hour doing various tests on it, I drove the truck back to the shop to talk to Mark. When I arrived, I told Mark that I was very pleased with the way the transmission was smoothly shifting and how it has power throughout all powerbands. I also mentioned that I was happy with the way the truck kicksdown out of overdrive effortlessly when going up hills etc. Then I told him how I was still having problems with the throttle being overly sticky in overdrive. I said to him that as long as they are ok with working with me on trying to figure it out, that I don't have an issue. The truck can drive throughout the city now with no problems and is operating very smoothly. I told Mark whenever they could take it again to look at it would be fine with me. So we agreed on next Tuesday. They are going to see why it's being so sticky on me in overdrive with speeds 55mph and above. We left on a good note. I think Mark appreciated the fact that I was able to see the positive things that they did, and was willing to give them time to take my truck on again to fix the kink. I'm also happy with myself that I didn't just accept it, and that I went in there and told him I was still having a problem. Now I'm locked in to be there next week, and I don't have to stress myself out with calling them back again. For now, my truck can drive smoothly through out towns 0-55mph and that is fine with me.

 

" Before when the truck would shift into third gear, it would quickly drop in power." What you were feeling is the TC locking up. And mine does that too and it sucks. Dodge did this to try to increase fuel mileage. By flashing it they changed the order in which the TC locks up. Atleast I hope so! The older flash was 1st,second, third,tc lockup, then overdrive. The new flash is 1st,second,third,overdrive, then TC lockup. I am currently looking in to this but have not had the time.

Of course all they may have done is change the shift points which is what I am hoping is not the case.

 

Just had time do do this! Called 2 dealers and there is no flash to change TC lockup, only shift points. Called my trans guy that I have gotten numerous other rebuilt trannys for other vehicles from without any probs, and he rebuilt my 231 transfer case , and he told me that when the TC locks up too quickly after it shifts into third there is a broken spring or clip or something "in or just above the valve body IIRC what he was saying". I asked him if after a tranny rebuild could this prob. exist? And he said "only if they did a **** job and didn't replace everything with new parts and/or they don't know what they are doing.