eightball

Nearly a year ago, I went to my dealer with a recall in hand from D.C. saying that my 2005 Dodge Ram Cummins, needed that infamous "fix" for slipping out of Park into Reverse, computer "flash".

I bowed out volunteerly, and the dealer said, "ok". They didn't flash my ECU during a routine oil change......and that was fine.

Now I have just received another Safety recall yesterday from D.C. called, "Safety Recall to Install An Out-Of-Park Alarm System. It's referred to as "E17". If I'm not mistaken that's what the earlier recall code was, "E17".

I was hoping this recall was a fix for the last fix........so that my 05 was alarmed like the 06 models, and not going to go, "honk honk honk" when I'm backing up with my door open to look back with a trailer in tow.

What's your take on this, Dodge Cummins owners? Is this a different "fix" or the same old annoying, and poorly engineered one?

I talked to D.C. this morning using the 1-800 number they said to use to ask about this recall. The D.C. person didn't know anything about whether it was an upgrade to the old messed-up "fix" recall.

They did however tell me that I still could refuse the "flash" and to tell my dealer each time I go in for maintenance or warranty work.

I talked to my dealer later today, and the service manager at South County Chrysler in Gilroy, Ca. didn't know "from Adam" about this recall being different or the same.

What Say you........folks?

floridagc

I also bowed out, but today I got the same letter, I kept the old and compared it, it was the same one. So I guess it will need to go in for the reflash, I think its a alarm for when you leave your truck in gear, and shut the motor down it just warns you to put the thing in park. My take on the matter, correct me if I am wrong.

floridagc

Hounddog

If you did not get it done they will send you several reminders until the recall is showing done on the D.C.end.

eightball

I comprendo.......! Thanks for explaining that.

eightball

I don't think you have it correct. It's not about leaving your vehicle in gear, and shutting off the motor. It's to do with allegedly putting your vehicle in Park with the engine running. I guess in some instances our 48RE Automatic trannies have had a not-so-solid indent for the Park position, and it's possible that when you think your in Park, that your shift lever will pop into Reverse. So D.C.'s brilliant engineering "fix" is to have your horn honk on and off if you open your driver's door while the vehicle is still in Reverse.

Apparently the 06 model has a different way of handling this.

Anyway, I will not be waking up campers in the early morning or late night when I'm backing-up my trailer when I need to open my driver's door and look back physically where I'm going. I also don't want to be annoying my neighbors either. This is just a plain cheap, Mickey Mouse engineering fix..........where D.C. saved some money from doing it right. Thank goodness they didn't engineer the Cummins!

I can't tell you to not do the flash, but I sure won't do it. If you ever want to sell your truck, then you can have the flash done just before you sell it to cover yourself liability-wise. That way if the new owner backs over his wife or neighbor's cat or dog, they can't come back at you and say that you didn't "ok/do" the safety recall, fix.