Hard to explain!

When I had my cruise set my truck every once in a while would jerk. Not hard just feel a little pull kinda like the rpm climb 100 RPMs and the tranny grabed again.

Well then I was going down the interstate about 80MPH and it did it again. Felt like it started to down shift then decieded not too and hit overdrive again. Its not real noticible. Passengers don't notice it too much but I do. Only happends once in a great while. I was pulling a trailer last week and it never did it. Only when there is no weight. Maybe happends 2 times a week. My tranny dosen't do it on take off etehr. I did a smoky burnout the other day and beat on it a little to see if it would do it and nothing?????????

 

could be the TPS, it controls the shift points as well... i know i have been on the tps thing, but it controls a lot of stuff

 

Do not know what the hell that thing is lol. I did however just get my tranny serviced. Complete flush and filter change...the whole 9 yards and it didn't do it till after that. The fluids are all full. BTW my truck is all stock. (engine wise)

 

Who did the service on the tranny? They could have put the wrong fluid in it...

 

A good place. Zach I belive takes his truck there. They have a good rep in town

 

Do you have a limited slip rear end. My truck does something similar and we think we determined it to be the limited slip causing the issues. I still haven't done anything about it tho.

EDIT: wait you got a level 2 so you have a torsen rear and I don't think those have the same issues the clutch type rears do.

 

I belive the Level 2 rear ends are a locker basicaly. Guess I will just wait it out hasn't done it for a while now

 

Mine does the same thing Josh.

Next time you set cruise at any speed, dont let your foot off the gas until you KNOW the CC has engaged to the same speed you set it at.

Basically, what happens with mine, i'll set it to cruise at 75 (or any speed), then let off the gas as soon as i hit the set button. Well, it takes a second for the CC to engage fully and if i let my foot of the gas early it has to increase speed to get back to 75, which feels like a jerk until the truck is back up to speed.

 

Ya that may be it cuz it mostly does it when I am behind someone and they can not make up there damn mind how fast they wanna go

 

they are ok, did u check the fluid level?

you never turn the OD off when you are towing do you?

 

Yea the fluid is fine. I only turn the OD off when I need to. My little trailer I rarely have too. Only time I turn it off is when we hit the bigger hills in MIchigan

 

man ive been telling you to do that no matter what, if its unloaded that is fine but otherwise i would turn OD off. you would be surprised how much of a difference it makes! that is why i think my tranny is still alive.

 

Nick, TPS? Throttle Position Sensor? where is that located? close to the IAC?

 

Nah that is not the problem I have been harder on the Dodge with no troubles. Your trailer yes it is good to turn it off. My trailer pulls so easy its unbelivible.

Edit: Plus it never has its hicups when its loaded it has the hicup when its not loaded.

 

have you unplugged the battery yet? i would give that a shot.

 

No I forgot to do that. It only did it bad going to the cracker barrel. It rarley ever does it. I will try disconnected the battery. Then I will see what happends

 

might just need a good reset.

 

i need to have my fluid flushed......

josh, sounds like your problem is right in line with the problems i am having now.....except for mine seems to be a slow shift into 3 and 4 gears.......then it takes FOREVER to go into OD....

 

clean your fuel injectors, my truck was doing the same thing. around 1800 rpm the truck would jerk and shudder like the tranny was slipping but it was the engine misfiring

 

Kinda but it seems to want to change its mind too much. Like when you are running 55 and you want to go 58 and hit the gas. It acts like it wants to downshift then all of a sudden decides it dosen't at the same time and jerks.
But it dosen't happen very often. I am going to reset it tommorow

 

I thought it could be a mis fire since I have not replaced my plug and wires yet. But ussually with the technology these days I would think my check engine light would have came on then

 

josh if you want i can help you replace plug and wires. your over 50k right? prolly be a good idea, also a new fuel filter!

plus man i have some extra ATF lets change the transfer case while we are at it.

we can get most of it at walmart, prolly under 60 bucks total.. be worth it. gimme a call saturday

 

yer out of control lol. Ya I need to do some stuff to it. Just running outta time.

 

couple hours max...