How To Determine Your Automatic Transmission - Dodge & Jeep Trucks

• BASIC IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS
• DODGE & JEEP TRUCKS

Diagnosing the various problems with these transmissions can be quite challenging.
One issue we hear most often is people trying to just determine their transmission model.
This article we're covering only the basic's to identification transmission types.
In the future we will be covering parts and common automatic transmission repairs.

If you don't see your truck listed please continue down the list.

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• 42RE / 44RE / 44-RE / 500 / A-500 - Industry Term For These Is " A500 "
  Jeep Grand Cherokee's 1996 to 2004 With 4.0L Engines
  Dodge Dakota 3.9L 1996-2003 With Engines
  Dodge Durango 1998-2002 With 5.2L Engines

These all have 14 pan bolts.
Normally described as a square pan with rounded corners but one corner has a sharper angle to it.

http://www.cascadetransmissionparts.com/a50042re44re.aspx

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:::: There's A Few We Grouped Together For A Variety Of Reasons :::

Most V8 "RE's" Share Same Gasket Bolt Pattern & Shape Entirely <<

• 46RE / 46-RE / 518 / A-518 - Common Industry Term For These " A518 "
  Jeep Grand Cherokee's 1996-1999 With Gas 5.9L Engines
  Jeep Dakota 1997-2003 With 5.9L Gas Engines
  Dodge Durango 1998-2004 With 5.9L Gas Engines
  Dodge Ram 1996-2004 With 5.2L & 5.9L Gas Engines
• 47RE / 47-RE / 618 / A-618 - Common Industry Term For These " A618 "
  Dodge Ram 1996 to Early 2003 With Cummins Diesel
  Dodge Ram 1997 to 2001 With V10 Gas
• 48RE / 48-RE , these are always called " 48's "
  Dodge Ram 2003-2007 With Cummins Diesel

** 14 Bolt Holes Like An "A500" Except 20% larger and a bump out in Corner ( Not Squared Pan )
... 48RE's Contain A Re-Useable Gasket - That gasket will fit all models listed here as an update.

http://www.cascadetransmissionparts.com/a51846rh46re.aspx

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*** 4.7L / 5.7L / 6.7L Models Are ALL "RFE" Transmissions

• 45RFE / 45-RFE / 545RFE / 5-45RFE / 545-RFE
  Dodge Durango 1999-2011 With 4.7L Engine's
  Jeep Grand Cherokee 1999-2009 With 4.7L Engine's
  Dodge & Jeep Trucks 2005-2007 With 5.7L Hemi Engine's

• 65RFE / 65-RFE / 66RFE / 66-RFE
  Dodge Trucks 2007- Current With 5.7L Hemi Engine's

*68RFE / 68-RFE
Dodge Ram's With 6.7L Diesel's With Regular Beds

Please Note: 6.7L Cab & Chassis models have " Aisin Seiki AS68RC "
AS68RC Transmission are completely their own animal

The "RFE's " have 15 pan bolts <<
Main differences between these are very slight and your owners manual may be more specific.
The mopar factory uses RTV Silicon, in our opinion we prefer a gasket which is also the consensus of most professional tech's.

http://www.cascadetransmissionparts.com/45rfe545rfe65rfe66rfe.aspx

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Aisin Warner 4 Speed / AW-4 / A340 / A340E - Always Called " AW4 "
Jeep Regular Cherokee 1987 to 2001 With 4.0L Engine
Jeep Comanchee 1990 to 1993 With 4.0L Engine
Grand Cherokee 1991 to 1993 With 4.0L Engine
Jeep Wagoneer 1987 to 1993 With 4.0L Engine

These all have 19 pan bolts, and are most often described as 4 bolts on the front of the pan, 3 bolts on the rear.
The top of the case will very commonly have a sticker of varied color's with the word " AISIN "

http://www.cascadetransmissionparts.com/aw4.aspx

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A904 / 904 / A999 / 999 / TF6 / Torqe Flight 6 - Industry Term For These Is Most Commonly " 904 "
** Ironically enough these have the identical pan gasket as the A500 / 42RE Transmissions Above.

Jeep Wrangler 1996-2004 With 2.5L Engine

http://www.cascadetransmissionparts.com/a904tf6.aspx

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Sprinter & Some Mopar Cargo Vans Contain NAG Transmissions, Normally Called 722.6

no pan gasket image available, these are typically easy to always id

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If we have missed your mopar model truck here very sorry , please write us and let us know.
We have tried to do the best with the information currently available for models up through 2016.

We sincerely hope this may be of some help to our readers.

• We would like to Thank Cascade Transmission Parts for use of their images.

http://www.cascadetransmissionparts.com/

please forgive any typo's and missed details, this was our first post here.

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