1999 Dodge RAM 1500

WHILE TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER (3000 LBS) FROM SAN ANTONIO TO CORPUS CHRISTI, AIR TEMP 85 DEGREES, OVERDRIVE OFF, DISTANCE 130 MILES TRAVELED, ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER UNLOCKED AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP, AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED VIBRATING. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND LET THE VEHICLE COAST UNTILL THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKED AGAIN, ABOUT TWO MILES AND SPEED DROPPED TO 50 MPH. EVERTHING SEEMED ALRIGHT UNTIL WE TRAVELED ANOTHER 10 MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN, IT HAPPENED A THIRD TIME ABOUT 10 MORE MILES DOWN THE ROAD. WE TOWED THE TRAILER EXACTLY 185 MILES WHEN WE HAD TO STOP FOR GAS, TANK ON EMPTY, AND PUT IN 27.5 GALLONS OF GAS. I WOULD SAY THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING ALOT. STAYED TWO DAYS AT THE COAST AND TRIED TO DRIVE BACK TO SAN ANTONIO, TRAVELED 30 MILES TO A MILITARY BASE WITH THE ENGINE REVING AND BARELY DOING 50 MPH, LEFT THE TRAILER IN STORAGE, FILLED THE TANK AGAIN, TOOK 8 GALLONS OF GAS, DROVE BACK TO SAN ANTONIO, ANY TIME TRIED TO DO OVER 70 MPH TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLES THE TRANSMISSION WOULD START VIBRATING. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEMS, THEY GAVE THE VEHICLE BACK TO ME A WEEK LATER STATING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WENT DOWN TO CORPUS CHRISTI ON 14 JUL 2000 TO RETREIVE THE TRAILER, TEMP 92 DEGREES, LEFT THE BASE AND TRAVELED 11 MILES BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER UNLOCKED AGAIN. COULD ONLY DO 30 MPH BACK TO THE BASE OR THE TORQUE CONVERTER WOULD UNLOCK. TOOK IT BACK AGAIN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID "THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION". ALL THEY DID WAS PUT THE COMPUTER ON IT , THE PAN HAS NOT BEEN DROPPED YET, PRESSURE GAGUES HAVE NOT BEEN PUT ON IT EITHER. THEY WANT ME TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THE TRAILER IS 185 MILES AWAY AND THE VEHICLE CAN NOT TOW IT BACK HERE. WHAT DO I DO???*AK

MY TRUCK IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THE PARK BREAK RELEASE SAFETY FEATURE, AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY? THE LAST TRUCK I OWNED BEFORE THIS WAS A 1996 CHEROLET AND IT HAD IT , AND MY MOMS 2000 MODEL CHEVROLET TRUCK, PICKUP HAS IT AS DOES MY DADS 97 MODEL FORD PICK-UP. BUT WITHOUT ME KNOWING IT I FOUND OUT THAT MY 1999 DODGE TRUCK DOES NOT HAVE IT, BUT ALL THE CHRYSLER CARS ARE EQUPIPED WITH IT. NOT ONLY DID I NOT KNOW THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE IT , BUT ALSO THE POLICE OFFICER THAT WORKED MY ACCIDENT, AND 3 DODGE DEALERS DID NOT KNOW THIS. AS A RESULT OF MY PICKUP NOT HAVING THIS SAFETY FEATURE MY GRANDMOTHER, 4 YEAR OLD SON AND MYSELF WERE IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A SEMI-TRUCK. I PARKED IN A LOT OF A STORE AND LEFT MY GRANDMOTHER AND SON IN THE TRUCK ONLY TO REALIZE THAT I HAD FORGOT MY PURSE. I CAME BACK FOR IT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND ASK THEM TO HAND IT TO ME, IT WAS ON THE DASH, AND WHEN MY SON PULLED IT OFF, IT HIT THE GEAR SHIFT AND WENT INTO REVERSE INTO THE HIGHWAY , AND WAS STRUCK BY A ON COMING LOADED SEMI-TRUCK. FORTUANTLY WE WAS NOT KILLED , BUT I WAS HANGING ON TO THE TRUCK TRYING TO STOP IT, AND DID GET SOME PULLED MUSCLES, AND GRANNY GOT A WHIPLASH. MY POINT IS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. IF THESE TRUCKS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS FEATURE THEY NEED IT, FOR GODS SAKE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. WHY DOES THE FORDS AND CHEVY TRUCKS HAVE THIS ,AND THE DODGE TRUCK DOESNT. PLEASE HELP ME!!! AND MANY OTHERS BEFORE SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS.. YOU SHOULD HAVE TO PRESS THE BREAK TO GET THESE VEHICLES INTO GEAR.!! IF ITS GOOD FOR ONE WHY NOT THE OTHER. IT CAN'T BE THAT MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THE REST OF THEM HAVE IT, AND THEIR NO MORE HIGHER THAN THE REST. THANK YOU TRACY WILLIAMS PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION, AND LET ME KNOW SOMETHING IF POSSIBLE. *AK