Re: RE: 4.7L auto tranny

From: Al & Jeanna Figols (ALJF@mhonline.net)
Date: Thu Mar 01 2001 - 09:03:05 EST


The TSB was released in January '00. If you bought your truck
afterwards, it already has the PCM update. That's what I was told
anyway.
Al

Ronald Wong wrote:
>
> There is a TSB out on the shifting. If your dealer won't fix it or
> acknowledge it report it to DC and take it to another dealer.
>
> Ron
> 00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
> For modifications see my DML Profile (URL follows)
> http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Kw9pV1EkFeOYY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Jason Clifford
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 8:09 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: 4.7L auto tranny
>
> I have 14,900 on my truck and the screwed up shifting has been going on
> since I got it. I'll have to try the jet chip. I will go to the dealer
> pretty quick here and ask about it, but I doubt they would do anything since
> (for me at least) the problem is very intermittent and when it does happen,
> it isn't always noticeable to other people. My dealership probably won't
> see anything wrong. Ever since I put on the Gibson exhaust, I notice a lot
> of the shifts are a little shaky.
>
> Jason Clifford
> 2k 4x4 cc 4.7 auto
>
> Advanced Grinding and Machine wrote:
>
> > You have complaints you dealer should be fixing.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Al & Jeanna Figols
> > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 1:10 PM
> > To: Dakota list
> > Subject: DML: 4.7L auto tranny
> >
> > I just signed on to this list today and already I have a question for
> > all of you '00 4.7L automatic equipped Dakota owners. How does your
> > transmission shift? I ask because mine seems to have a chatter between
> > shifts sometimes. It seems the harder you accelerate the sloppier it
> > shifts. The other day while pulling a trailer I had to floor it to get
> > out into traffic and between the 1st and 2nd shift it acted like it hit
> > the rev limiter even though it barely hit the red line. The dealer
> > first said that they were waiting for a TSB, but I feel like it is more
> > than that. It's been to the dealership 4 times! I feel it is a computer
> > problem because it doesn't happen all of the time. I'm curious if
> > anyone else has or is experiencing this. I had a 1990 Chevy truck with
> > 240K miles on it that shifted better than my new Dakota does with only
> > 14k miles.
> > Thanks,
> > Al



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