Transfer Case Officially Recalled

[mcspeed.1]

Hey guys!
The transfer case recall is listed as for having any abnormal leaks by the seals or if the drain plug has come loose. It is the mechanics duty to check for any fluid leaking from ANY of the sealed area's from the transfer case! Many of the DODGE mechanics feal that these cars are WAAAAAAY to hard to work on and WILL give them a quick lookover and get them the hell out of their bay! I know as I was a service writer at one of the larger dealers in my town.
When the mechanics looked at my tc they saw nothing abnormal with the unit. Well, I was quick to get under the car myself and found fluid had indeed been leaking from inside the belhousing area from the input shaft! HMMMMMM! I was not very happy! It got worse!!! As many of you don't know, When the fluid leakes out the bearings scrap themselves in short order! Then they place and overload on the input shaft - Destroying the splines in the process. It is not easy to detect the leaking input shaft seal somtimes because it will mix with the clutch dust and become suspended in it and not readily leak like it should.
Dodge replaced the tc ONLY because the district service rep was clueless as to how the damage all took place. NICE!!!!
I found a newer 25 spline trans with a busted case and swaped parts and reinstalled. Now it works great!!

[TTDEVIL]

okay wtf. I jsut called the local dealership and they said they ran my vin # and there is NO open recall for my tc because it was already replaced in 2000... WTF... the recall wasn't even issued until 2002.... Now I have to go on nhsta whatever and look up all that info and fax it to him.... this is bs

[Sean Johnson]

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/pr...sb/results.cfm

[TTDEVIL]

thanks. I ended up looking that stuff up early this morning and faxing it to him. He said he misread whatever said that it had been taken care of in 2000, it was really 2003 (which still couldnt be right?) anyway, if someone actually had fixed it in 2003... it's screwed up again. He said that he would have to hold my car there for several days while he looks at it and figures out whats wrong.... and that dealership is 70 min from me I have to drive to Humboldt on saturday so i'm picking up my car friday whether it's done or not. Grr. Not having a car sucks.

[Sean Johnson]

Damn, 70 minutes away - That blows. Good luck with the fix.

[youngmanvr4]

I got to page 15...then i got so confused.

Heres my question: I'm buying my 94 vr-4. If the t-case isn't leaking and its fine can i still have them fix it? What will they fix? Do they replace the whole t-case? Is the recall still going on (i'm guessing so). Thanks

Nate.

[Sean Johnson]

Originally Posted by youngmanvr4

I got to page 15...then i got so confused.

Heres my question: I'm buying my 94 vr-4. If the t-case isn't leaking and its fine can i still have them fix it? What will they fix? Do they replace the whole t-case? Is the recall still going on (i'm guessing so). Thanks

Nate.

Yes the recall is still valid. Some us have been lucky enough to get a new t-case, athers just had their current t-case repaired. I hope you are one of the lucky ones.

Do you know if the previous owner had the t-case recall completed or not. The dealer will know when they run your vin number.

[youngmanvr4]

The guy i'm buying the vr-4 from told me about the re-call. Told me to do a search on here for...so i did. But he also said he had not gone in for the t-case. So i still can have it done.

[Sean Johnson]

Originally Posted by youngmanvr4

The guy i'm buying the vr-4 from told me about the re-call. Told me to do a search on here for...so i did. But he also said he had not gone in for the t-case. So i still can have it done.

Yes, you can still have it done. While you're there, make sure the car has already had the seat-belt & brake-line recall performed.

[youngmanvr4]

Ok...thanks Sean