168,xxx Miles. 4th trany, ( first one was took out when the truck was in a accident and jumped a culvert and tore the whole batom out, Then the stealership put a junkyard trans(didnt last 30 miles because they never fluched the lines), same thing for the second except it was a new one, Then the fourth one was new too(they finnaly flushed the lines), 2nd transfer case (the stealership installed it wrong and my dad pulled it down in 4L and it wouldnt come out.), 3 new wheel barrings, 3 headlight switches. 2 water pumps. Im the second owner. My dad being the first.

1997 5.9L Ram 1500 Sport Auto 4x4 Extended Cab Laramie.

 

I got 165k on my '95 2500 5.9 4x4.

Held up pretty well, me being the second owner. Tranny replaced when it was brand new from plowing I believe. Second cat, torque converter is shot I think, leaks oil like a mother, probably out the intake and valve covers. Overall it's an awesome solid truck.

 

Hi i have a 1995 4x4 1500 and the tranny went out after 1000 mi from when i bought it. It has 148,000 i here dodge is known for bad trannies. I tell you what this was the first dodge tranny i have ever pulled what a pain. they didnt give u any room unlike my chevys

 

I'm about 8k ahead of you. Good luck with the trans, I probably had mine rebuilt round 90k or so.

 

I agree, My truck does alot of towing so I service the tranny every 15k I am sure that had something to do with it lasting so long

 

I really want to love this truck, but it's fighting me on it. I have only had it for about 3 months, and have already had it go crazy on me. First I found out that the previous owner manipulated the throttle cable going to the tranny causing it to not kick into OD so quickly (which is what he was shooting for), but this also caused it to bybass 2nd gear, which eventually caused 1,2, and 3rd gear to sieze together. Rebuilt $1500...

Then right after I had this done, I ran into my rough idling, hard starting, wanting to stall issue. Changed Fuel Pump, IAC, and then o2 sensor... Finally got Check Engine after o2 replaced.

I believe this is my truck asking me for help, because deep down, it want's me to love it! ha!

 

95 5.9l 360 with 186,500 on first transmission still shifting fine. water pump and working on replacing the whole front suspension.

 

Update 83518 miles after putting on 6921 miles in the last 2 weeks.

 

1997 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Laramie 5.2 318 82,000miles

 

1997 5.9l 93,163k changed h2o pump at 85k. doing new plenum hopefully this weekend. shes been great to me