2001 dodge diesel automatic starts out in second gear?

Answer 1

Have the trans computer checked for codes, there could be a failed governor sensor.

I had a problem like this recently. Mine would do that if I sat at a stop under normal conditions and then started to move off and then change gears erratically. I found that when I put it ion neutral and reved the engine to about 1100 it would not do that. So I replaced the Alternator Figuring I had AC on the system like a shorted Diode and it replacing the Alternator fixed the problem...Note: I at first took the Alternator to a generator shop where the actually rebuild them and after opening it up and giving a good look the specialist said that there was too much wrong to be worth his while to rebuild. I used it for a core at one of the local auto parts shops