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Old-ish thread but I thought I would chime in. I bought a 19 5th gen with 82k on the clock. When on the highway the trans temp would go up to 240 after about 20 minutes of highway cruising and start whining under load. Brought it back to the dealer and they replaced the "heater"... which I...

I bought an allstate bumper to bumper warranty with the car so its not an issue. I ended up pulling the active grill shutters, problem solved.

Well there's nothing more they can do. They've inspected fluids and opened a case with Chrysler. With no signs of wear I'm just left to deal with it.

Its back at the dealer now. The service manager had me go out on a ride with a tech to verify the noise. When we got back the tech goes to the service manager "oh yeah, that thing is whining". So they're trying to further diagnose now. The tech has been there ten years and hasn't run into...

Well, it made it to Florida and back. So this is what happens, it's totally symptomless unless you do this: Drive on the highway at 75 for at least 15 minutes. The trans temp will slowly raise to at least 215. At around 195-200, the whine starts. Much more noticeable in the drivers seat on...

Yep to all the above. My initial thought was a failing torque converter actually. Just not locking up and generating heat well into highway speeds... The more heat the faster I go. Pretty chilly here today, too. 46 degrees. Can't wait to see what happens in Florida in a few days but they're...

After a two week wait they replaced the heater. I took it out for about 45 mins to test it and I still managed to get it up to 227 by cruising along at 85mph until I found some traffic. Not totally sure it wouldn't have just kept climbing if I was able to keep going along at that speed. It...

Same. The good-ish news is I got the allstate bumper to bumper warranty because of the miles. So if it does explode on me, it should only cost me a couple hundred bucks.

Yeah, agreed all. Chrysler got back to them and said to replace the tranny heater. Maybe it was opening and offloading too much heat to the tranny from the engine coolant. We will see what happens. They also did some software updates, which I saw in another post helped oil/coolant temps...

Well this is going to be a nightmare. I brought it back to the dealer (a ram dealer) and they had a "senior" tech look at it and he's reporting the temp is normal. So my response was to say I've owned a lot of trucks and I have never seen the trans temp get that high, and whining with the heat...

I just bought a 19 with 83k on it for a song but after its first road trip I noticed the trans temp sits at 240 cruising down the highway without towing anything, and there is a subtle whine. Much less subtle if you stomp it. I also noticed the fan is running on full blast desperately trying to...