I just purchased a 2007 Dakota SLT with the automatic transmission.

I have noticed that when shifting from Park into neutral that there is a bit of a bang and the truck jerks a bit. It sounds worse than it is. It's really not too bad but it happens almost every time I put the truck in neutral from both park and drive and I don't think it's normal. I haven't noticed any other shifting problems though.

Anyone else have this problem or know what might be causing it?

 

mine has been doing it since it was new. no worries.

 

Check your tranny fluid. Mine was doing the same thing for awhile, then I checked my fluid and it was a little low. Added some ATF-4 and now it's fine

 

was going to say the exact same thing...when mine was done by VALVOLINE they did not add enough fluid so after 3 days of this hard shifting sound i checked it and it was low...filled it up to where it was full and no probles since then!

 

Min did it as well untill the after market spin on filter located inside the trans was removed and replaced it with a factory filter. Now it's as good as new!

 

there`s a spin on filter inside the transmission???

 

Same here... mine only does it occasionally though.

 

Yup, there are actually 2 filters in the transmission. Its never a bad idea to take the the truck to a well-known transmission shop and have them drop the pan and replace the 2 filters, and change the fluid for you. I also had them do a low-pressure flush on mine as well to exchange the fluid in the trans cooler and torque converter. You do not want any flush performed that claims its a high pressure reverse flush or anything of that nature.

And also, there are a couple of transmission relearns in the downloadable service manual for the problem you are stating. It basically involves you starting the truck and doing a sequence of shifts and that is also another fix to the hard shifting.

 

Can you let me know where these are?

 

Thats hard to do nowadays. I have nmo idea if there are any reputable transmission shops left.