Vibration/grinding on takeoff

[WVU_Eric]

Mine does it as well. Coming up on 3 years so I am making a list and will be taking it to the dealer. I plan on dropping it off the night before and arranging to take the tech for a drive the next morning when its cold. It has gotten worse over the years. I have complained and nothing came of it. It used to be mainly on turns, but I am noticing it on straight line acceleration as well. Worse in the cold. Typically it will only do it one or two times when cold. Trans temp around 60 or lower and between 2 and 3 k rpms. I have started filming it and capturing the vehicle info temps.

I also have a few another annoying rattles that I want fixed on the 3/36 warranty. So this will be an extended stay most likely.

 

[Mmack911]

Mine does it as well. Coming up on 3 years so I am making a list and will be taking it to the dealer. I plan on dropping it off the night before and arranging to take the tech for a drive the next morning when its cold. It has gotten worse over the years. I have complained and nothing came of it. It used to be mainly on turns, but I am noticing it on straight line acceleration as well. Worse in the cold. Typically it will only do it one or two times when cold. Trans temp around 60 or lower and between 2 and 3 k rpms. I have started filming it and capturing the vehicle info temps.

I also have a few another annoying rattles that I want fixed on the 3/36 warranty. So this will be an extended stay most likely.

I had a similar experience. Over a 2 year period it first only noticed it on right and left turns out of my subdivision from a stop and tramping on it. Then at a stop a few times I tramped on it and got the same thing.

At this point temp does not matter and I can make it happen at will from a stop. Just have to have it to the floor from shift 1 to shift 2

 

[Sinfiny]

So I am at the shop now and the weirdest thing happened this morning… I didn’t let the truck warm up like normal and when I let on it into traffic, no sound… it’s 35 degrees ambient outside and it’s happened at 50 ambient… to everyone here, has it happened to you when you didn’t let the engine warm up first? I normally always let the motor get to around 150 (oil) before going but today it was at 100 (it had ran for about 5 minutes or so before I drove it)

 

[Dudebro]

So I am at the shop now and the weirdest thing happened this morning… I didn’t let the truck warm up like normal and when I let on it into traffic, no sound… it’s 35 degrees ambient outside and it’s happened at 50 ambient… to everyone here, has it happened to you when you didn’t let the engine warm up first? I normally always let the motor get to around 150 (oil) before going but today it was at 100 (it had ran for about 5 minutes or so before I drove it)

Mine was always worse when it was colder.

 

[Kilo-9]

Mine was always worse when it was colder.

Same.

 

[Mmack911]

So I am at the shop now and the weirdest thing happened this morning… I didn’t let the truck warm up like normal and when I let on it into traffic, no sound… it’s 35 degrees ambient outside and it’s happened at 50 ambient… to everyone here, has it happened to you when you didn’t let the engine warm up first? I normally always let the motor get to around 150 (oil) before going but today it was at 100 (it had ran for about 5 minutes or so before I drove it)

It happens anytime. Warm, winter, summer, cold etc.

 

[WaterfowlingUSA]

So I am at the shop now and the weirdest thing happened this morning… I didn’t let the truck warm up like normal and when I let on it into traffic, no sound… it’s 35 degrees ambient outside and it’s happened at 50 ambient… to everyone here, has it happened to you when you didn’t let the engine warm up first? I normally always let the motor get to around 150 (oil) before going but today it was at 100 (it had ran for about 5 minutes or so before I drove it

Same.

Same x2

 

[Sinfiny]

Welp, that idea about a cold engine too means nothing.. Happened this morning at just under 50% throttle with cold engine and trans. The dealer basically told me that if I made a star case stellantis would drag their feet and I was better off letting my 100,000 dollar truck break because it would obviously be covered under warranty... granted I still have 3 years on my powertrain, but this is clearly a flare up and there's a clutch between first and second that's slipping due to tolerances.

Anyone who has had their transmission replaced: There has to be some sort of star case or information I can share with the dealer to speed this process along. A dealership document of the process they used or the actual star number would be great!

 

[Kilo-9]

Yeah, it would be awesome to have something official we can take to the dealer about this issue before we receive the inevitable "unable to duplicate" or " that's normal operation."

 

[Mmack911]

Yeah, it would be awesome to have something official we can take to the dealer about this issue before we receive the inevitable "unable to duplicate" or " that's normal operation."

Here is everything I’ve collected

Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

 

[Kilo-9]

Here is everything I’ve collected

Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

Thank you for sharing!!

 

[Mmack911]

Yah let’s keep this thread updated with whatever we all discover

Thank you for sharing!!

 

[Sinfiny]

Wanted to share the video I took of the Tach as i was getting the sound... I'm not an expert, does that seem like a flare up? It feels like a crazy vibration like the clutch between first and second isn't grabbing. I'll be sharing this with Dodge as well as the dealership along with the star case for everyone once it's made.

 

[Sinfiny]

Wanted to share the video I took of the Tach as i was getting the sound... I'm not an expert, does that seem like a flare up? It feels like a crazy vibration like the clutch between first and second isn't grabbing. I'll be sharing this with Dodge as well as the dealership along with the star case for everyone once it's made.

Dropped the truck off today at the dealer. @RamCares has been communicating with me so I as soon as the star case is created they'll assign a specialist to me. I have a separate video of the spedometer..

The interesting thing is that in both videos the tach keeps moving but the speedometer stops during the sound (because the truck loses power) so it's very clearly a trans slippage issue.

 

[RamCares]

Dropped the truck off today at the dealer. @RamCares has been communicating with me so I as soon as the star case is created they'll assign a specialist to me. I have a separate video of the spedometer..

The interesting thing is that in both videos the tach keeps moving but the speedometer stops during the sound (because the truck loses power) so it's very clearly a trans slippage issue.

We have followed up with you to apply support while your vehicle is at the dealership. Also, if anyone is experiencing concerns related, please reach out to us. Our team is here to help!

Chris,
Ram Cares

 

[Mmack911]

We have followed up with you to apply support while your vehicle is at the dealership. Also, if anyone is experiencing concerns related, please reach out to us. Our team is here to help!

Chris,
Ram Cares

@RamCares I have the exact issue. Went through you guys and the local dealership didn’t do shit attached it to an OBD and “no codes” no shit. Next closest is 3.5 hours and i Actually have a life and have to work.

Get your crap together and deal with this. It’s not a 40k vehicle it’s over 100k and po-dunk dealers don’t want to take it serious as they don’t have the techs who know what they are doing.

Share your star case with everyone so it can actually be managed. I’m not driving 3.5 hours so another dealer can attach to the OBD and tell me there are no codes. I know that. But clearly there is something major wrong with the transmission. So far not at all impressed with Stellantis and ram

 

[Sinfiny]

@RamCares I have the exact issue. Went through you guys and the local dealership didn’t do shit attached it to an OBD and “no codes” no shit. Next closest is 3.5 hours and i Actually have a life and have to work.

Get your crap together and deal with this. It’s not a 40k vehicle it’s over 100k and po-dunk dealers don’t want to take it serious as they don’t have the techs who know what they are doing.

Share your star case with everyone so it can actually be managed. I’m not driving 3.5 hours so another dealer can attach to the OBD and tell me there are no codes. I know that. But clearly there is something major wrong with the transmission. So far not at all impressed with Stellantis and ram

I will defer to @RamCares to supply the star case number. The dealership told me they do not share star case numbers with customers, however, they did confirm that no star case for this issue exists before I requested it.

 

[Mmack911]

I will defer to @RamCares to supply the star case number. The dealership told me they do not share star case numbers with customers, however, they did confirm that no star case for this issue exists before I requested it.

They lied. Many of us have already started a Star case. None of these are confidential.

 

[Sinfiny]

They lied. Many of us have already started a Star case. None of these are confidential.

I would need some answers then. My state's lemon law has precedent that if they don't fix it this time then they'll be on the hook for replacing the vehicle or refunding the purchase price of the vehicle. Either way i'm going to patiently wait for now.

I also felt it was weird that no star case exists. I believe that potentially only completed star cases are recorded? I wonder if there's a way to see if any submissions happened rather than completions.

 

[JT3]

Still have the issue also. Sent RamCares a direct message. I’m not bringing my truck into dealer until there’s a verified fix. Now that the weather is warming up it won’t happen as often and hard to replicate.