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Surging around 35-40 mph

2.1K views 7 replies 5 participants last post by  Ramathorne  
#1 ·
Cruising in the truck in 5th gear around 35 to 40 mph, and the truck surges. Sometimes it finally makes up its mind to downshift to 4th, others it just continues to surge.

Anyone else had this problem? I think I may have read one time about a drivability flash for this? :4-dontknow:
 
#2 ·
What gears do you have? Have you put bigger tires on the truck? I know my 2500 which had 3.55 gears had shifting issues at about that same point because its right there between the high end of the lower gear and the low end of the higher gear, causing the tranny to "hunt" for the right gear.
There are a couple of fixes, the most reliable being a shift kit.