99 RAM 1500 Sport. Opinions

The biggest problem that they had with Mopar transmissions is that nobody seemed to have any idea what that overdrive lock out button was for. People would tow all sorts of things and never lock out the OD which it specifically states in the owners manual you should do. I managed a whole fleet of Dodge work trucks and vans and had minimal problems with the transmissions or anything else for that matter. Lots of our trucks went 300,000 to 400,000 miles with no problem. My ram1500 4x4 has 369,000 miles on it right now and I drive it every day. The other problem with the 97 and later transmissions is that they have some electric sensors built into the valve body that will occasionally go bad but they are usually a pretty cheap fix, like $25 to $100 bucks. Of course there is not a trans shop in the world who would tell you that when they can hit you for a couple or 3 grand to "rebuild" your trans. I scour the Craigslist ads every day looking for trucks and Durango's with "bad transmissions" because about 8 out of 10 times I can get them going and quadruple my money on them.