My 98 RT also has done this once. From what I can understand, it is a
computer glitch. I was told it was a combination of vacuum,temp, throttle
sensors and the computer is trying to keep the engine in the correct rpm
range. My dealer service guy, who usually is pretty knowledgeable, told me
once it started, most likely it would not stop until the truck was shutoff
and restarted. That was the case for me, but it only has happened once, so
I don't know for sure. Hoping it never happens again though.....
>My 98 R/T has done a strange, similar thing. Driving in traffic (and the
>5/805 merge in S.D. has a lot of it) I turned the overdrive off. When I
>turned it back on after the traffic "cleared" (it never really clears) the
>transmission downshifted every time I gave it a little throttle (just a
>little). This got really annoying and I was about to "see my dealer". I
>parked it at home. Next time I got in it it was fine and hasnt done it
>since. Ive locked out the overdrive on many occasions since and it never
>repeated its premature downshifts. Hmmmm Anyone else with this problem in
>a 98??
>Bruce K Bridges
>
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