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1999 Dodge Ram 1500 transmission problems

Owners reported transmission problems in 44 complaints for the 1999 Dodge Ram 1500, 6% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
44 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
70,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 70,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 70,000 miles
Based on 17 complaints that include mileage. 47% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 17 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

My truck is not equipped with the park break release safety feature, and I want to know why? The last truck I owned before this was a 1996 cherolet and it had it , and my moms 2000 model chevrolet truck, pickup has it as does my dads 97 model ford pick-up. But without me knowing it I found out that my 1999 dodge truck does not have it, but all the chrysler cars are equpiped with it.

November 1999 CrashInjury

While driving the vehicle, the automatic transmission had broken, and caused the consumer to pull off of the road. The dealer has been notified. The dealer stated that the torque converter had gone out and melted on the flywheel. The dealer also found metal shavings all over. There was another incident where the consumer placed gas in the vehicle, and later found fluid pouring out of the vehicle. The consumer then placed transmission fluid in the vehicle.

Reported at 50,000 miles, December 2002

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