# Dodge Ram 1500 Tansmission **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** transmissions\ **Created:** [April 15, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-ram-1500-tansmission/12922 "2008-04-15T23:20:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![driven717](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@driven717](https://community.cartalk.com/u/driven717)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-ram-1500-tansmission/12922/1 "2008-04-15T23:20:18Z")
We were hauling a small bobcat and trailer and the transmission started whinning and slipping out of gear. My friend hauls the same trailer with a Chevy 1500 just fine so I did not think it would be a problem. The truck does not motion forward in gear without gas and will roll backward while in drive when on an incline. I am not sure how much damage I have done or how much a new tranny will cost. It is 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 with a 5.7 liter V8 Hemi. It slips in and out of gear initially but wants you get going it seems fine at higher speeds. The check engine light did come on. I don’t know if it jsut over heated or if I have damaged the lower gears beyond repair. Any input helps. ---
**Author:** ![transman618](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/transman618/32/24_2.png) [@transman618](https://community.cartalk.com/u/transman618)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-ram-1500-tansmission/12922/2 "2008-04-16T01:43:37Z")
Scan the computer and see what it has to say before we go anywhere else. Post back with the code/s transman ---
**Author:** ![mmsamma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@mmsamma](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mmsamma)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-ram-1500-tansmission/12922/3 "2008-04-16T02:49:18Z")
bobcat small plus trailer, plus 1500 RAM with detuned HEMI and a weak trans= what were you thinking?