65RFE Shift Kit 1999-18, new and ready to install. Fits the 65RFE. Ships fast from the USA.
If your Ram 1500, Dodge Durango or Jeep Grand Cherokee with the 65RFE six-speed bangs into converter lockup, sets a converter clutch slip code, or drops into limp mode with a low line pressure code, the wear this kit targets is a likely place to look. What ships is the TransGo SK 45RFE-A, a valve body and pump repair kit that TransGo lists for the whole RFE family, 45RFE through 68RFE, from 1999 to 2018. The 1999 start date belongs to the 45RFE. The 65RFE itself only arrived in 2012, so on a 65RFE vehicle this kit covers 2012 through 2018.
The 65RFE is a six-speed relative of the 545RFE, built for gas V8s. GEARS Magazine lists it in the Ram 1500, Durango and Grand Cherokee with the 4.7L and 5.7L. It has no bands, kickdown cable or governor to adjust, and the computer decides how hard every clutch applies. So this is not a firm-shift kit in the old sense. It fixes the hydraulic leaks that keep the computer's commands from reaching the clutches and the converter. On the valve body side you get a self-cleaning low/reverse solenoid switch valve and end plug, a heavy-duty accumulator cover plate, new accumulator seals, an overdrive accumulator spacer washer with two spare springs, and recalibrated converter clutch accumulator springs. In the pump it adds a drop-in torque converter limit valve system, and in the input clutch housing a heavy-duty snap ring for the underdrive/overdrive pressure plate. The switch valve is the heart of it: it shifts the low/reverse solenoid over to running the converter clutch once first gear is done, and when its bore wears the two circuits bleed into each other.
Read the codes and the freeze-frame data first. A switch valve or pressure switch code with every solenoid in resistance spec points at the hydraulics, while an open or shorted circuit points at the solenoid block or harness. Our RFE shift solenoid testing guide covers the checks, and they apply to the 65RFE because it uses the same style of solenoid block. If the shifts are harsh with no codes, work through software and adaptive causes in the harsh shift guide first. A banging lockup can also be a tired torque converter. GEARS notes the 65RFE uses its own converters: 659AA for the 5.7L and 647AA or 649AA for the 4.7L.
This kit fits 2012 to 2018 65RFE units. It is not for 2019 and later: those use a blue-connector solenoid pack and revised valve body hydraulics. Inside the 2012-2018 range, check two things before you start. Count the check balls in your valve body, and measure the solenoid switch valve, since TransGo makes RFE switch valves in .420 and .453 inch sizes. If your build date is close to a change, or you are not sure which unit you have, send us your year and VIN. Related 65RFE parts are listed on our 545RFE and 65RFE parts page.
| Fits | 65RFE 1999-18 |
| Part type | Shift Kit |
| Condition | New |
| Brand | TransGo |
| Ships | From the USA |
| Warranty | 1-year |
Doing this repair right usually means replacing these at the same time. Same transmission, ships together.
TransGo builds one kit for the whole RFE family, and the 45RFE started in 1999. For a 65RFE the years that matter are 2012 through 2018.
No. The 2019-up RFE units have a blue-connector solenoid pack and different valve body hydraulics, so they need a different kit.
Not the way old shift kits did. The computer still controls shift feel. The kit stops pressure loss, so the clutches and the converter clutch apply the way they were designed to.
Only the valve body parts. The converter limit valve goes in the pump and the snap ring goes in the input clutch housing, so the complete kit is a rebuild job.
ATF+4. After a valve body or rebuild job, set the level with the fluid hot and run the quick learn.
