AUTO TRANSMISSION COMING OUT OF GEAR

[Vtur]

You can try rebooting the computers and see if it goes away.

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[BearFootSam]

would the engine rpm go to 2k at the same time? there was no engine braking. will the jscan show trans codes? i thank i braked so hard the pick up in the trans was uncovered and sucked air. i was coming off the highway and was slowing down when the guy in front of me hit the brakes real hard. the off ramp is steep down hill.

If Jeep engineers took the care to implement measures to prevent oil starvation in high angle offroad conditions, I have faith they exercised similar diligence in the transmission department. ["specific upper and lower oil pan requirements have been engineered into the engine to provide increased grade requirements, keeping the oil within reach of the pump when the vehicle operates at steep angles" - Pentastar Engines: Overview and Technical Details (pentastars.com)]

The 8HP45 & 8HP50 are iterations of the venerable ZF-8 that is used by everybody and their mother. If transmission oil starvation was a design flaw we would well know about it by know. That transmission is more prolific than even the PentaStar it's mated to.