Jeep dealers are now allowed to do the rebuild of the 850re. The 4th gear issue is the failure of the D-clutch assembly. Mine was the second one done in the country back in October. The tech that did mine said it was a simple rebuild., otjer than needing a couple of special tools. I talked a few...
That would be me. Mine was the 2nd one in the US to be rebuilt. This is the TSB that came out late last year. Took about 6 week total. Have about 5500 miles on the rebuild, so far its better then new. Mine went out at 45,000 miles. Service at the dealer was great.
There is a new TSB out for this issue. Replace the D clutch assembly. I believe mine was probably one of the first few of these that was ever done. Basically rebuild. Was at the dealer for 6 weeks. They did give me a Ram 1500 loaner. Ive had it back now for a week and os shifting as new. Mine...
My first symptom was a hard shift into reverse, but only when the motor was cold. This went on the last 3 months.
Then I got the funky shift from 3rd to 4th, with the check engine light on. P733 code.
I took it to the dealer the next day.
The hard shift into reverse is not normal. When i got the funky shift between 3rd and 4th , with the check engine light that was when i took mine in.
Have you ever dropped the pan and checked the fluid condition and the magnets for metal???
Mine was burnt bad and tons of metal.
Most likely is...
Update#2 So shifting into reverse this morning on a cold transmission was smooth and quiet as new. None of the hard clunking which was my first tell of the start of the tranny issues.
Update😎😎Dealer called this morning said my truck was done, come pick it up. Returned my loaner, Enterprise gave me a lift to the dealer.
My service advisor stated that the transmission tech was tired of waiting for the “special tools”, but was confident enough that his arsonel of tools was more...