In drive and sometimes it will go and sometimes it will not

Tiny
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  • 2001 DODGE RAM
  • 5.2L
  • V8
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Truck will go into reverse and go. Put it in drive and sometimes it will go and sometimes it will not. Someone said the torque converter was acting up before because it would jerk but that stopped two weeks before it broke down.
Saturday, July 21st, 2018 AT 9:17 AM

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Tiny
KEN L
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To me it sounds like you are low on fluid. Here is a guide to help you check the fluid with diagrams below for how it will be for your car:

Check toward the bottom.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-service-an-automatic-transmission

Check out the diagrams (below). Please let us know what happens.

Cheers, Ken
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Saturday, May 1st, 2021 AT 6:13 PM

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