2016-2018 Ram Tranny Problems
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2016-2018 Ram Tranny Problems
My 2016 1500 hemi tyranny failed at 60k. Can be hard to tell at first with slight slips often as warming up, mostly between 1, 2, and 3rd .
I've found you can tell the most on cold mornings if you can start off on a somewhat downhill road, and accelerate lightly up to 30 mph. Acellerating under normal or high power won't show much.
As my troubles progressed, I would rarely get a clunk between 2 and 3, again slips between gears on light accelerating downhill below 30.
If you get a flashing P or D on the shifter ****, that can be a clue of trouble coming.
Ram dealers will ignore ALL tyranny complaints until you finally get a tyranny error code. With 3 shops, they even declined to drive mine, until the code showed up.
They first replaced the tyranny valve body, hoping to save money. Finally after 4 months they gave me a new tyranny. On a hemi 1500, it's the same tyranny for 16, 17, and 2018.
If buying a used 16, 17, or 2018, I would get enough discount to buy a Ram extended warranty. You can get them online, actually from a Ram dealer for about $1500 for 2 or 3 years and about 60k additional miles.
If you end up needing a tyranny, it will cost a fortune.
I found all this the hard way because it required 4 trips to 3 Ram dealers and 4 months to figure this out.
I've found you can tell the most on cold mornings if you can start off on a somewhat downhill road, and accelerate lightly up to 30 mph. Acellerating under normal or high power won't show much.
As my troubles progressed, I would rarely get a clunk between 2 and 3, again slips between gears on light accelerating downhill below 30.
If you get a flashing P or D on the shifter ****, that can be a clue of trouble coming.
Ram dealers will ignore ALL tyranny complaints until you finally get a tyranny error code. With 3 shops, they even declined to drive mine, until the code showed up.
They first replaced the tyranny valve body, hoping to save money. Finally after 4 months they gave me a new tyranny. On a hemi 1500, it's the same tyranny for 16, 17, and 2018.
If buying a used 16, 17, or 2018, I would get enough discount to buy a Ram extended warranty. You can get them online, actually from a Ram dealer for about $1500 for 2 or 3 years and about 60k additional miles.
If you end up needing a tyranny, it will cost a fortune.
I found all this the hard way because it required 4 trips to 3 Ram dealers and 4 months to figure this out.
