Q: Need to know which transmission I have in my vehicle.

asked by on February 15, 2017

i have a 2000 ram 1500 5.9 v8 and just wanted to make sure it has a 46re trans from the factory. not sure because the trans changed from 99 to 00. so i dont know if all the 2000's have a 46re or is mixed.

My car has 159000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

Your vehicle has a A518/46RE type of transmission for the year of 2000. This model fits from the vehicle years of 1998 through 2002.

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