3pedals
Senior Member
This is more a question for what’s coming up in what I expect to be the not-too-distant future…skip to last paragraph of you don’t want to read the back story.
I have a 2008 ram 1500 4.7 4wd 6spd with 415k miles and the original lifetime powertrain warranty (zero deductible, no clause for buyout if repair exceeds truck value). It has been a fantastic truck that I have no intention of ever letting go, and frankly prefer driving it over my ‘16 2500 ctd 6spd. The LPT warranty has served me well, with a replacement rear differential at 275k, a replacement motor at a little over 300k, and numerous other covered repairs along the way (water pumps, Cv axles, etc). I am up to date on 5yr inspections and just recently had a Cv axle replaced under warranty with no issue.
What I am now concerned about is the Getrag 238 manual transmission. It has never given me any trouble but for the last 50k miles or so the transmission has been getting louder in certain gears. The noise is what I would describe as “gear whine” and is is quite loud in 4th & 6th gears, noticeable but not loud in 3rd, and silent in 5th. It’s actually a trip how the trans goes from super loud in 4th to silent in 5th to super loud again in 6th.
My concern is that it appears the Getrag 238 trans has now been discontinued, and doesn’t show as available anywhere online. So what happens when the trans does finally let go? I asked my service writer (good dude) if he could order a trans to keep in stock, but he basically told me nothing could be done until the trans actually fails. At that point they would try find a transmission…
Is there anyone on here that has/had the LPT warranty and ran into the issue of NLA parts? Curious as to how this has been handled for others facing the same issue.
I have a 2008 ram 1500 4.7 4wd 6spd with 415k miles and the original lifetime powertrain warranty (zero deductible, no clause for buyout if repair exceeds truck value). It has been a fantastic truck that I have no intention of ever letting go, and frankly prefer driving it over my ‘16 2500 ctd 6spd. The LPT warranty has served me well, with a replacement rear differential at 275k, a replacement motor at a little over 300k, and numerous other covered repairs along the way (water pumps, Cv axles, etc). I am up to date on 5yr inspections and just recently had a Cv axle replaced under warranty with no issue.
What I am now concerned about is the Getrag 238 manual transmission. It has never given me any trouble but for the last 50k miles or so the transmission has been getting louder in certain gears. The noise is what I would describe as “gear whine” and is is quite loud in 4th & 6th gears, noticeable but not loud in 3rd, and silent in 5th. It’s actually a trip how the trans goes from super loud in 4th to silent in 5th to super loud again in 6th.
My concern is that it appears the Getrag 238 trans has now been discontinued, and doesn’t show as available anywhere online. So what happens when the trans does finally let go? I asked my service writer (good dude) if he could order a trans to keep in stock, but he basically told me nothing could be done until the trans actually fails. At that point they would try find a transmission…
Is there anyone on here that has/had the LPT warranty and ran into the issue of NLA parts? Curious as to how this has been handled for others facing the same issue.