I know this sounds crazy and its really not too much of a problem, but I am really curious. When my fuel guge is on E my trans will not shift out of first gear, far as I know they are not related to each other, but 2 times before I figured out the connection I was going to take the truck to the shop and put gas in so they could drive it, the first time I thought it started working cause I'd changed the filter and fluid, didnt work when I drove up the street to the gas station, then started shifting on my way home. I didnt connect the two that time. Then it happeded again about 8 months later, was going to the transmission shop, stopped to get gas started shifting again. Its happened couple of times after that but I go fill up and it is OK. As I said its not a real problem, as I dont usally drive on empty, but every body I tell about this thinks I'm crazy, one should not effect the other and normally I would agree. Any one have this happen before.

 

That is the strangest thing I have ever heard. I'm sitting here racking my brain trying to figure out if that can even be possible. Does it stop shifting when the low fuel light comes on? A method to my madness does exist and I have a theory but I'm going to research it a little more.

EDIT: Need to know year, model, engine, miles, etc...

 

Dont let it get to E. Problem solved Honestly, Ive never heard of this before.

 

sorry but i hate you for the beginning words in your thread for the reason below...

hey, i just met you, and this is crazy, but heres my number, so call me... maybe?






gggaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh i hate that song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
















oh, and that is very strange. never heard of that happening before. could be a grounding problem somewhere, or a bad connection at the pcm maybe?

 

Just for you . ....

 

That's just an indicator that you need more gas I would listen to it... its telling you something

 

I HATE YOU!!! now i have to listen to it WTF!

edit: bahahahahahahaha that was hilarious! but seriously..... now the song will be stuck regardless!

 

when the fuel lite comes on it shifts fine. It only starts not shifting when the gauge gets on E, which is very rare, but it is consistant when it does get that low. If I did let it get any lower the trans would be irrelevent.

 

my only guess was mabe in the vacum sys somehow, duno.

 

No vacuum controls on the trans. Not that fuel level has any affect on vacuum.....

That is one of the strangest things I have heard in a while.... (and I have heard some pretty strange ones....) I don't see how the two could possibly be related, but, it's a dodge, and dodge did some truly odd and strange things with the wiring on these trucks...

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