Seriously need help

Asked by Guru8YK1X Dec 26, 2019 at 07:51 PM about the 1999 Dodge Dakota Sport 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

O/D OFF light comes on followed by the TRANS TEMP light and the trucks
transmisson starts to slip a little, then a lot. Then the truck will not move or shift.
Truck sat overnight got towed to work. Truck sounds whining noise in reverse
now and drives and shifts like normal. have not tried taking back on road. 1999
dodge dakota 4x4 5.2L bored out.

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TDolby answered 4 years ago

The flashing OD light is an indication that the transmission is overheating and there are trouble codes present. It does sound like it's time to rebuild or replace it, but have a transmission expert check it out.

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Guru8YK1X answered 4 years ago

Dude seriously? C'mon anything else .... it cant be a temp sensor or pcm or tcm or something that doesn't cost a crap ton of money ? Please

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Guru8YK1X answered 4 years ago

Also so you know when that happened when my truck broke down i had it towed to work the next day. I got in and the truck started driving and shifting. Reverse now has a load whining noise but drives. I have not tried driving on the road yet.

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