1998 dodge ram van transmission slips in and out of overdrive at 50 mph

Asked by GuruT373 Apr 04, 2017 at 11:26 AM about the 1998 Dodge RAM 1500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My 98 dodge ram van 1500 slips in and out of overdrive at 50 mph
how do i fix that problem

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Bill answered 7 years ago

Could be the overdrive piston seal, and or the steels and frictions are slipping due to a bad or broken overdrive spring. A rather large spring at that. Take it to a tranny shop.

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F_O_R answered 5 years ago

It depends on what you mean by slips in and out of OD. If the truck is simply downshifting into a lower gear because you are going up a slope then this could be entirely normal.

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