They aren't the best.
As far as the transmissions in the 3/4 and 1 ton trucks and having a programmer, there's a good chance your transmission won't last. I've seen it several times- my boyfriend is on his 2nd transmission and will soon need another rebuild. They say those transmissions are only built to withstand stock power but...
I have an 2006 Dodge 3/4 with the Cummins and it's STOCK with 93,000 miles. It doesn't always shift when it should and sometimes doesn't shift at all. The Transmission Fluid isn't the red color it's supposed to be so, I'll be dumping money into it soon.
Not from the factory,but some owners have retrofitted the AT 545 models into them.
Bad transmissions.
No. the trucks with beds have Chrysler transmissions. The cab/chassis truck has an Aisin trans.
No, the bell housings, torque converters, and internals are different.
crysler (dodge is owned by crysler) is notorious for bad transmissions so you might need to get another
No, not in the least. And maintenance on those transmissions is much more than it is on the manual transmissions.
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As far as light duty (Class 1 - 4) trucks go, just General Motors. Ford uses their own transmissions, and Dodge uses the Aisin transmission. If you look into medium- and heavy duty trucks, several manufacturers have the Allison automatic transmissions as an option (for example, you can get them with the Ford F650 and F750), but these are quite different from the transmissions used in GM light duty pickups.
Every vehicle has issues at some point that can result in complaints, including Dodge trucks. Tire sensors not working, low gas mileage, bad EMC, or computer, and door lock issues with bad modules are among the complaints of Dodge truck owners.
No..... But they can have problems just like any other trans.
On the fuel injected engines, the computer acts as a governor. The transmissions up till the 1996 also had a mechanical shift timing governor.
Dodge transmissions do not use vacuum modulators.Dodge transmissions do not use vacuum modulators.