Christopher W
Junior Member
I have a 2014 Ram 1500 with the 8 speed automatic transmission. I brought it used with 32000 miles and drove it for 9 months running it up over 40000 miles. I brought it to the dealer because of harsh shifting and lagging in the transmission. I also had 3 occasions that the tranny temp spiked at 275 degrees and ran in normal driving at 230 degrees, which I assumed was due to the mechanical problems it had.
The dealer ran a diagnostic and decided that the clutches were all maxed out and could repair the hard shifting so they changed the entire transmission and cooler under the "certified pre-owned" warranty.
Problem is with the brand new transmission, it shifts beautiful and runs great , but under normal every day driving, it also runs at 220-230 degrees under daily driving. In all my research it seems that this is high and while it won't literally breakdown because of this I am probably dramatically shortening the life of what is a brand new tranny. My service advisor informed me via email, "I just spoke with my head technician, we checked in the Jeep (sic: he meant Dodge) database, there is no published operating temperature for this transmission. However, there is a transmission over temperature warning that will set a check engine light if the temperature gets too high. Basically if there is no light, its ok." But I see almost all research and posts by other owners indicate the transmission should run at around 190 degrees.
Any insight anyone has on this would be greatly appreciated. Maybe a part they can look at, a spec from a mannual I can refer them to, or even if you all agree, this is nothing for me to worry about. Thanks in advance for any knowledge you guys can share.
The dealer ran a diagnostic and decided that the clutches were all maxed out and could repair the hard shifting so they changed the entire transmission and cooler under the "certified pre-owned" warranty.
Problem is with the brand new transmission, it shifts beautiful and runs great , but under normal every day driving, it also runs at 220-230 degrees under daily driving. In all my research it seems that this is high and while it won't literally breakdown because of this I am probably dramatically shortening the life of what is a brand new tranny. My service advisor informed me via email, "I just spoke with my head technician, we checked in the Jeep (sic: he meant Dodge) database, there is no published operating temperature for this transmission. However, there is a transmission over temperature warning that will set a check engine light if the temperature gets too high. Basically if there is no light, its ok." But I see almost all research and posts by other owners indicate the transmission should run at around 190 degrees.
Any insight anyone has on this would be greatly appreciated. Maybe a part they can look at, a spec from a mannual I can refer them to, or even if you all agree, this is nothing for me to worry about. Thanks in advance for any knowledge you guys can share.