Bruce Bexte wrote:
>
> Hi my 97 has the aod. tranny in it and in cold weather at highway speeds the tranny will
> lock out the overdrive gear. My owners manual says, note if the vehicle is started in
> ambient temperatures of -5 f (-20 c) or below the overdrive will not turn on.This
> protects the transmission from damage if the transmission oil cooling system freezes.
> Overdrive operation will resume when the ambient temperature has rision to approximately
> 2 f (-17 c).Thats what the book says. Hear in the reel world in Calgary this means that
> in the winter you can expect severl days a year when you only have a three speed tranny.
> I found this to be simple horse shit, when I questioned my dealer on it they sayed thats
> the way it goes to bad so sad. I found this to be just a little short of the response I
> wanted. So next step call Chrysler Canada to rase shit,that was two weeks ago. Today I
> got a call from a very shocked service manager letting me know the chrysler enganeers
> have a program change for the tranny.So if you have on of the new Dakotas you may want
> to hound your dealer.
>
> ps. thanks for your time Bruce.
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