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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 05:13 PM
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my '01 1500 w/ off road pkg has a really lazy downshift unless i come to a complete stop at a stop sign or stop light. if you do a 'rolling' stop it will continue in the higher gear and downshift really hard w/ throttle input. has about 50K on rebuild w/ shift kit & cooler done @ same time. GPS pak and vehicle speed sensor have been replaced and problem persists. i haul a 6,000 lb boat w/ this thing regularly w/ no other issues except this lazy downshift. my old tranny guy hooked his Trans-X machine w/ no issues and said it didn't need rebuild. I'm wondering if valve body or torque converter could be culprits......i get no check engine codes for tranny. if it's any significance I am getting a large evap leak code but no tranny codes. even had the TPS replaced which was no help. hoping somebody that reads this has had the same problem as i don't want to go rebuild route to have same issue when complete.
 
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by WillyB4x4
my '01 1500 w/ off road pkg has a really lazy downshift unless i come to a complete stop at a stop sign or stop light. if you do a 'rolling' stop it will continue in the higher gear and downshift really hard w/ throttle input. has about 50K on rebuild w/ shift kit & cooler done @ same time. GPS pak and vehicle speed sensor have been replaced and problem persists. i haul a 6,000 lb boat w/ this thing regularly w/ no other issues except this lazy downshift. my old tranny guy hooked his Trans-X machine w/ no issues and said it didn't need rebuild. I'm wondering if valve body or torque converter could be culprits......i get no check engine codes for tranny. if it's any significance I am getting a large evap leak code but no tranny codes. even had the TPS replaced which was no help. hoping somebody that reads this has had the same problem as i don't want to go rebuild route to have same issue when complete.
If I roll a stop sign, mine stays in the higher gear (doesn't downshift) and just slowly works herself up to speed. I call it diesel mode lol. When comming to a stop sign and actually stopping...going into first it does have a hard downshift sometimes (almost like a clunk), but not all the time.

As far as yours goes with a delayed downshift goes, I would take a look at this.
http://bionicdodge.com/Download/Dodg...Adjustment.pdf
 
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