44RE Valve Body 2002, remanufactured and ready to install. Fits the 44RE. Ships fast from the USA.
2002 was one of the last full years Chrysler built the 44RE before several of its truck and SUV applications started moving to other transmissions, which makes a bad valve body in a 2002 truck a frustrating thing to chase with aftermarket diagnostic info written mostly for earlier years. If your 2002 Ram, Dakota, Durango or Grand Cherokee won't upshift out of third, hunts for a gear at cruise, or throws a governor pressure code, this remanufactured valve body replaces the whole hydraulic and electronic shift assembly rather than leaving you guessing at which bore or solenoid failed.
In the 44RE, the valve body is the hydraulic control center that takes line pressure from the pump and directs it to the overdrive clutch, kickdown band and reverse clutch through a set of spool valves and precision-machined bores. Bolted to the body are the governor pressure solenoid and sensor, which stand in for the mechanical governor used on older Chrysler automatics and let the transmission controller time every shift electronically. When the bores that seat the 1-2 and 2-3 governor plugs wear, pressure bleeds past them and the controller starts reading governor values that don't line up with road speed, which is what produces the hunting and no-upshift complaints common on these trucks.
Scan for codes before replacing anything. A stored P1757 means the controller is seeing governor pressure that won't bleed down with the truck stopped and in gear — a strong sign of a worn governor bore rather than a bad clutch pack. TransGo's technical notes on governor pressure solenoid failures on 42-48RE transmissions cover this same fault pattern, and this breakdown of the P1757 trigger condition walks through the pressure threshold the controller is watching for. If the clutch volume and line pressure otherwise look normal, the fault is in the valve body's governor hardware.
This unit is built for the 44RE as installed in 2002 Dodge Ram 2500/3500, Dakota and Durango V8 trucks and Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ 4.7L/5.9L models. Because 2002 sits near the end of this transmission's run in several of those platforms, casting and connector details can differ from earlier trucks even within the same model year across trims — match your old unit's casting number before ordering, or give us your VIN and we'll verify. We also carry the 2000-2001 44RE valve body as a separate listing for the earlier casting.
Service the fluid and filter at the same time as the valve body swap so contamination from the failed unit doesn't carry over, and refill with ATF+4 only. If you're seeing shift-quality complaints alongside a hard-shifting band or worn clutches, pair this with our A500 family master rebuild kit or a standalone 44RE shift kit rather than installing the valve body on its own, and check the 44RE TCC solenoid if you're also getting converter shudder. Torque the bolts to factory spec in the sequence called out in your service manual, and run the truck through every gear a few times after the swap so the adaptive shift strategy relearns against the new part.
| Fits | 44RE 2002 |
| Part type | Valve Body |
| Condition | Remanufactured |
| Brand | Sonnax |
| Ships | From the USA |
| Warranty | 1-year |
Doing this repair right usually means replacing these at the same time. Same transmission, ships together.
Dodge Ram 2500/3500, Dakota and Durango V8 trucks and Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ 4.7L/5.9L models used the 44RE in 2002. Confirm against your casting number or VIN, since 2002 sits near the end of this transmission's production run in several platforms.
A worn valve body governor bore or a failing governor pressure solenoid/sensor commonly causes a stuck-in-third, no-overdrive condition on these trucks, often alongside a stored governor pressure code.
ATF+4 only.
Remanufactured and bench-ready, built to replace the whole valve body assembly rather than a single worn component.
Change the fluid and filter together with the valve body. If shift-quality complaints come with worn bands or clutches, pair it with a master rebuild kit or shift kit instead of the valve body alone.
Yes, it carries a 1-year warranty.
