Tranny overheated
Hello All, 2018 Ram 2500 6.4L Hemi with 4.10. Heading back from camping today, tow/haul mode on, after a long hill my truck suddenly left "D" and locked itself in 4th gear. I was on the highway d...
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kfp673 wrote:dodge guy wrote:
The pan needs to be dropped to change the solenoids, basically the entire valvebody. So about 5 qts of fluid will be changed out. And yes I've seen those solenoids fail before.
On my vehicles that towed or hauled I changed the trans fluid every 25k miles. Overkill, maybe, but a trans fluid change is cheaper than a trans. Although the new 8 speed fluid is pricey!!!!! The 6 sped still uses ATF+4
Good info thanks! I just researched and am seeing videos saying this same thing so I guess the service advisor is wrong. Hopefully they change the filter while in there but I guess I should not assume they will. Thanks again!
I don't have my owners manual handy, but I believe the first scheduled service for the 68REF is at 100K+ miles.
I always felt the best practice is to watch the engine and trans temperatures. I have my instrument cluster set on our 2016, when one menu down from digital speedometer is the temperature screen. I watch my temps even where I have a HO Diesel and Aisin trans, and towing about half of towing capacity.
