2000 Dodge RAM 1500

A DASH BOARD COVER GLUED (WELL SILICONED OVER THE TOP OF OLD DASHBOARD. MAKE SURE THE ENTIRE SURFACE IS SEALED TO COVER BECAUSE DETERIATION WILL CONTINUE AND IT WILL COLLAPS E INTO LOWER DASHBOARD AREA. HINT: GENOSGARAGE.COM . TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER,"CHECK THE TIRE SIZE. IF NOT SAME AS ON THE DOOR POST YOU HAVE FOUND THE PROBLEM. IF NOT THE SAME THE SPEED SENSOR WHICH SHOULD BE REPLACE ANYHOW , AND YOU CAN DO THIS. ARE NOT READING INCORRECTLY BECAUSE OF TIRES BEING LARGER THAN ORIGINALLY SPECIFIED AND/OR TOWING SOMETHING IN OVERDRIVE. CHECK MANUAL. TORQUE CONVERTER NOT IN TOTAL LOCK UP CAUSING SLIRPAGE.NEED THE 'PROPER' COMPUTER CODE ANALYZER. SLIPPAGE WILL ALSO BE IN THE TRANSMISSION BEFORE REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION, FLUSH IT AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER. REPLACE D STATED SENSORS, FILTER. THEN HAD COMPUTER FLASHED PROPERLY. NOTE: WHEN TIRES SEIZED CHANGED IT AND EFFECTED COMPUTER. THE SPEED SENSOR AND TPS GIVE WRONG SIGNAL. WEAR AND TEAR, IE; TIME AND TOWING, EVENTUALLY AN EIGHT SECOND SLIPPAGE WILL OCCUR AND TRIP THE COMPUTER THUS THE WARNING LIGHT. HARD ACCELERATION WILL CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO BANG IN AND OUT AND TRY TO DOWN SHIFT (TPS AND SPEED SENSOR). DODGE DID "NOT" FLASH COMPUTER PROPERLY WHEN THE TIRE SIZE WAS CHANGED, THEREFORE THE PROBLEM. MOST DODGE DEALERSHIPS CANNOT PROBERLY "FLASH" COMPUTER. IMPORTANT; NEED TO FIND SHOP THAT CAN FLASH IT WITH CORRECT TIRE SIZE NOT A GENERIC SETTING. DEALERSHIPS WILL NOT TELL YOU THIS DON'T KNOW. A SPECIALTY SHOP THAT DEALS IN ALL DODGE TRUCKSS. THIS IS NOT RESTRICTED TO JUST THE 1500. "FLASH WITH THE PROPER TIRE SIZE" IF THE SLIPPAGE CONTINUES AND LIGHT COMES ON AFTER HIGHWAY RUNS OR TOWING AGAIN, YOU VERY WELL MAY HAVE TO REPLACE THE TORQUE COMVERTER. *AK

DASHBOARD CRACKING BECOMING SEVERE. MANY CRACKS OVER THE COMPLETE DASH BOARD TOP SURFACE. THIS MAY BE RELATED..... POSSIBLE CHEMICAL REACTION - PER DEALER. FUMES FROM THE TRANSMISSION OVERFLOW SEEP INTO DRIVER COMPARTMENT. THE DASHBOARD ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON PERIODICALLY. TRANSMISSION FUNCTIONS FINE BUT DEALER SAYS THE TORQUE CONVERT IS SLIPPING AT LOCK UP CAUSING A NO-LOCKUP SLIPPAGE CONDITION AFTER 8 SECONDS. DEALER SAYS I PROBABLY SHOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY AND REPLACE THE DASH AT MY COST. TOTAL WOULD BE ABOUT WHAT THE VALUE OF THE 1500 BOOK IS WHEN THEY GOT DONE. I HARDLY TOW ANYTHING BUT A SMALL BOAT. IT SPITS OUT FLUID OUT THE OVERFLOW OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. HAVE INSTALLED A TRANSMISSION COOLER BUT CONDITION, SLIGHT ODOR AND SPILLING CONTINUED. REPEATED FLASHING THE COMPUTER ONLY POPPED UP THE ACCELERATION A LITTLE BUT HAS NOT MADE ANY OTHER CHANGES. GAS MILEAGE IS WAY DOWN 10.4 MPG HIGHWAY. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED PULLING. THERE WAS NO WARNING; THERE HAD BEEN NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. HE CONTACTED A MECHANIC, WHO STATED IT SOUNDED LIKE THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A MECHANIC AT THIS TIME AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE. *AK UPDATED 04/19/06. *JB

FRONT AND REAR AXLE SEALS LEAKING ON DRIVERS SIDE. RUBBING SOUND ON FRONT WHEEL WHEN CORNERING. DROVE STRAIGHT TO MECHANICS WHEN SOUND HEARD. FRONT WHEEL BEARING WAS BAD CAUSING SOUND, WAS TOLD IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. REPLACED AXLE SEALS AT TIME OF WHEEL BEARING. WHILE REPLACING REAR AXLE SEALS MECHANICS FOUND A RETAINING WASHER HALF SHATTERED IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL THAT HOLDS THE CLUTCH PLATES SOLID FOR THE ANTI-SPIN DIFFERENTIAL. WAS TOLD THAT IF ANY MORE SHATTERS OFF THIS COULD HAVE DIRE CONSEQUENCES, INCLUDING HAVING THE REAR AXLE LOCK UP SOLID WHILE DRIVING. MUST HAVE REPAIRED IMMEDIATELY. *NM

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM 4X4. MY TRUCK HAD 56,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE POSI UNIT IN THE REAR END EXPLODED AND TORE UP THE GEARING IN THE REAR END. I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK DOWN I-95 WHEN THIS HAPPED I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING WAS WRONG I GOT OFF 95 AND THANK GOD I DID ABOUT A MILE DOWN LANTANA ROAD I LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND THE REAR TIRE STARTED LOCKING UP. THERE WERE 3 OF US IN THE TRUCK IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON I-95 I DONT KNOW IF WE WOULD STILL BE HERE. DODGE BUILT THESE TRUCKS KNOWING THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE REAR END ALONG WITH MINE THERE WERE 5 OTHERS WITH IN MILES OF EACH OTHER ALL WITH THE SAME REAR END PROBLEM. I CONTACTED DODGE AND ASK THEM WHY THIS PROBLEM HASD NOT BEEN FIXED OR RECALLED THERE ANSWER WAS THEY DID NOT CARE. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN DODGE RAMS WITH A POSI REAR END WE GOT LUCKY BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER MILLIONS WHO HAVE ONE OF THESE TRUCKS. MY TRUCK IS A 2000 AND I THINK THE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY CORRECTED IN 2003. SO THIS PROBLEM IS IN 96-98 TO 2002 THATS A LOT OF TRUCKS BARRELING DOWN THE STREETS THAT AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT THE DRIVERS CAN LOSE TOTAL CONTROL OF WITH OUT ANY WARNING. THINK OF THE ACCIDENTS A 1/2 TON OR 3/4 TUN TRUCK WILL CAUSE WHEN YOU CANT STEER IT OR IF YOU LOSE THE REAR AXLE AND YOUR TIRES GO ROLLING DOWN THE ROAD WITH OUT THE TRUCK. DODGE SHOULD BE RESPONSABLE FOR THIS AND TO FIX ALL THESE TRUCKS. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE OR ALREADY HAVE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. LIKE I WAS TOLD BY MANY PEOPLE " WE GOT LUCKY" BUT THERE ARE THOSE THAT WONT.

DT: CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN OVERDRIVE, THERE WAS A NOISE BETWEEN THE CAB AND BACK OF THE TRUCK. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN OVERHAULED AND THEY REPLACED THE LINKAGE BOX. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 17 TIMES FOR THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THEY HAVE ALSO REPLACED THE BEARINGS IN THE OVERDRIVE 1 OR 2 YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME IT WAS MAKING THE SAME NOISE AND THEY WILL NOT TOUCH IT AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP IS HELPING THE CONSUMER AND HE STATED IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS. *JB