Vehicle: 2002 Dakota 4x2 3.9L V6 4spd Auto (42RE)
20,000 easy miles (no towing)Normal fluid levels, no leaks.
Anyone experienced this/knows what the fix is?
Problem: First drive of the day: Starting out in drive, the engine rpm will
skyrocket and it just slips in 1st, won't shift up. Can barely crawl along at
2MPH for about 10 blocks, then magically all works normally, shifts fine,
drives great the rest of the day!
This is MADDENINGLY intermittant,(ever since it was new), can happen on hot
days or cold, usually once every 3-6 times I drive the beast...as I said, once
it warms up all is well the rest of the day. The only variable I have been
able to notice: it SEEMS to be more likely to happen if the nose of the truck
sits on a higher incline overnight (tho it has happened after sitting on the
level...) Dodge dealers given me runaround, could never duplicate it so to them
it never existed. Some even say it's normal, somehow I doubt that.
Hate to wait until the tranny goes really bad at the worst time...
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