What kind of shifting does a Ram 1500 have?
Seems like any moderate/normal style of driving leads back to rough up & down shifting. Anyway, it’s at the dealer for them to play with some more. They did give me a 2WD Longhorn as a loaner. It shifts like butter – absolutely smooth.
Why do I have shift flare on my Cummins truck?
You’re dealing with a transmission that is tuned from the factory to be as efficient as possible while also protecting itself (shift flare) from the torque output of the Cummins. With 2500 miles on the truck it should have completed all of its “learning” by now and parameters are set in the computer.
When did I have poor shifting on my truck?
I’ve had poor shifting since a few months after getting the truck last September and had the RRTs applied last year and new flashes a few weeks back. In both cases it shifted like a dream when leaving the dealership. So smooth you couldn’t tell when it shifted up or down.
Why does my Ram say butter smooth shifting?
It’s all in the programming, or adaptive learning. Either I or Ram has a problem. Since many claim to have butter smooth shifting months into ownership, either something is different, or I and a few others somehow drove ours wrong so that they could learn this bad behavior.
Why does RAM use hard downshift in tow mode?
Most trucks I’ve ever driven use the transmission hard downshifts to slow the vehicle in tow/haul mode. Ram decided to do it in both modes. Not sure why but that seems like an odd choice when so many other things are done on purpose to make a smooth ride.
Why is the ZF 8 speed on a Ram 1500?
2. He explained that this ZF 8-speed is designed to assist braking with the downshifts and did that on the DS previous model also. He also said that part of the design behind that is to prevent the gas from “bumping” you since the gas tanks are longitudinal under the trucks and that it’s a bit stiffer shifting on the 33gal.