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Originally Posted by CorneliusRox
My dodge transmission doesn't suck.
And I still disagree. I think they're adequate. Leave the power stock and they survive. That's all they have to do. Like I said before, Ford and Chev just have more margin on theirs (and the Ford's always seem to actually shift instead of slipping gears for a 'luxury ride').
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Yes, in my past life, I worked for DC at the transmission plant, and had several discussions about transmission, shift quality etc. 90% of the people don't want to know the transmission is even in the vehicle(IE just get me to desired speed and direction as smoothly as possible). Warranty costs were a large number prior to the 48RE. If I recall the costs for transmission warranty for auto diesels averaged around $200 per unit. Chrysler could make the transmissions for around $250 per unit. So basically they could put a spare transmission in the back of every automatic diesel sold. The advent of the 48RE really dropped the warranty costs, as in stock form it held up pretty well.