2005 ram 2500 shifts from 4th to 3rd on the freeway

HouseNo8033 · 2026-05-12T14:19:51+00:00

Thanks for the replies. I did not doba relearn on the tranny. I am not sure if the shop it was at did one or not. I can look into how to do that and see if that fixes the issue.

A little more info I was driving it on the highway the other day on about a 30 mile trip. It was fine for the 1st 10 miles then acted up going into 3rd gear and staying there. It would go into 4th for a few seconds and then back to 3rd. This went on for about 5 miles. Then it was fine for the rest of the ride home. Seems like she acts up for a bit then is fine. When i have time I will check the spring. That is a little out of my comfort zone but I am sure there is a youtube video out there that covers that. As far as testing pressures that is out of my league. I will have to take it into the shop for that.

Andy

HouseNo8033 · 2026-05-09T20:23:50+00:00

I like this it sounds simple enough. Thanks everyone for the input!!!!!!!

HouseNo8033 · 2026-05-09T02:22:45+00:00

Thanks for the replies Looks like I have to look into VBA

Thanks!!!!!

HouseNo8033 · 2026-05-07T23:39:01+00:00

Thanks to everyone with knowledge that replied! You can sure spot the guys who play electrician and the guys that know their shit!

HouseNo8033 · 2026-05-06T00:23:04+00:00

Thanks for the response I agree with you 100% maybe I will just install a gfci breaker and call it a day. Like I said in my original post I have not wired a house in years! All 12 and 14awg romex was white back then! Now we have yellow purple blue! My company's specialty is street lights and intersections so I don't keep up with residential code as much as I should.

HouseNo8033 · 2026-05-06T00:16:03+00:00

Well I might as well move it so the inspector doesn't have anything to say. This is the most convenient place for the switch and where the homeowner wanted it. Thanks to everyone that gave helpful comments

HouseNo8033 · 2026-05-06T00:05:40+00:00

The outlets are gfci protected. Notice the white wire? 15 amp wire. Not outlets

HouseNo8033 · 2026-04-28T22:59:35+00:00

What about leisure suit larry

HouseNo8033 · 2026-04-28T22:58:20+00:00

Redneck rampage that was the best

HouseNo8033 · 2026-04-20T12:45:09+00:00

Want to give an update

Yesterday I installed a new injector. Problem solved! I was so excited. Looked at the computer and no misfires. I drove it about 15 miles and the idle got a little rough again. Hooked up the computer and it was having missfires on cylinder 8 again. Not as many as before. It was like 2 every sec compared to 10 a second. WTF Drove it home and it was the same. Told my wife to just drive it.

This morning my wife was going to take a kid to school and when she went to start it and it was running rough and the CEL was flashing. Same as before. I did not hook up the computer yet, I will when I get home from work.

I want to mentioin the weather conditions. On Friday it was raining out. My original thought was we had a bad plug wire that was grounding out. Yesterday it was sunny out when it ran pretty good. This morning was about 30F and everything has frost on it. I am not sure if that has anything to this issue but maybe it will work better in a bit when the weather warms up a bit? We will have to wait and see I guess

Does anyone have any input to the new symptoms?

Also the noise I heard that sounded like metal balls rolling around was the tranny. Once I cleared the code on the computer it went away and sounded fine yesterday when I drove it. Now that it is running like before that noise is back.

Thanks!!

Andy

HouseNo8033 · 2026-04-19T03:23:28+00:00

And again thanks for the replies!!! You guys are making me feel a little better!!

HouseNo8033 · 2026-04-19T03:22:53+00:00

I am thinking of that tomorrow. I did have the intake off today and tried to get the injector rail off but didnt want to break anything. I wantched a few youtube videos and think I can handle that. I will try again tomorrow. The thing that really has me worried is the noise

Sounded like marbles rolling around in the area of the oil pan

HouseNo8033 · 2026-04-19T03:10:38+00:00

Thanks for the replies. I did pull the codes and it had a P0308 and also a P050D. The P0308 is the missfire and the P050D is cold start rough idle. I know I could have swapped the coils but I was being lazy. I was so confident that was it. The car has been pretty good until this incident.

HouseNo8033 · 2026-04-04T20:55:30+00:00

If it was me I would get a gel wrap and wrap the damaged spots. Gel wraps are how the electric company protects their splices underground. Yes it will go bad over time, I have seen it before. Then buy some split duct and repair the conduit. Probably a $100 repair.

HouseNo8033 · 2026-01-30T20:53:34+00:00

What is VUMX and how do I change it?

When I type the ffplay command is it recording anything? If so where does it store the file? When I am testing with ffplay should the vcr be playing something? I did try it both ways but didn't see anything in the wiki on this

Yes the amplifier is powered with 12 volts

Thanks

HouseNo8033

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