I don't know if the transmission design is junk or the build quality is
junk. Ours was diagnosed as needing replacement at 800 (no typo - eight
HUNDRED) miles due to it jumping out of first gear. It was replaced around
the 1000 mile mark. This truck is driven 98% of the time by my wife, who
drives it (or at least shifts) very sedately most of the time. She's got
about 9600 miles on it now and no further problems.
BTW, does anyone else ever notice a clunk from underneath the truck every
now and then when you push the clutch in while the motor is under a slight
load (i.e. when backing out of the driveway)? We asked the dealership about
it at the first oil change and they said it was typical of the 5-speeds -
but they also said that ours was the first Quad Cab 5-speed they ever sold.
I'm going to bring it up again at the next oil change and see if they stick
to their story.
Later,
Luke
2K Dakota QC 4.7 5-speed
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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:47:47 -0400
From: "Chris Lang" <langerdak@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: DML: 5 speed problem
The Bug is here! It really bothers me that my truck is being torn apart and
I'm sure it will be a problem in the future as well with some annoyances due
to the replacement. A NV 4500 would be very nice to have in the truck... I
wonder how much more it would be to put one in over a 3500. I just picked
the truck up and the dealer said the syncros are gone for third gear and
there was a LARGE amount of metal shavings in the fluid. I do occaisonally
slam the gears and grab rubber on the 2 and 3 shifts but it shouldnt cause
the tranny to crap out at 8600 miles! But I've been wondering... I've run
85 in third gear could that have led to the problems I'm having with it?
>From what I've heard around here it sounds like a good number of these
trannys are defective or just plain can't handle the abuses of everyday
grandma driving. What kind of troubles are you having with your transmission
will? and how many miles are on your truck? We basically have the same
truck with the addition of 4 wheel drive in mine so it would be intresting
to see how they hold up for each of us and our different driving styles.
Chris
- Waiting on NV3500 #2 at 8600 miles
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