68RFE Solenoid Kit 2004-2010, remanufactured and ready to install. Fits the 68RFE. Ships fast from the USA.
Searching for a 68RFE solenoid kit because your Ram 2500 or 3500 with the 6.7L Cummins keeps falling into limp mode, bangs into gear, or sets a pressure switch code that comes right back after you clear it? Read the photo before you read the title. What this listing pictures is a remanufactured RFE valve body with the solenoid pack already bolted on top, showing the white pass-through connector. You are buying the hydraulic casting, its valves and the electrical pack as one assembly, which is a bigger and more complete repair than a loose set of solenoids.
The 68RFE builds every gear by releasing one clutch while applying another, and the computer makes those decisions through the solenoid pack. The pack converts electrical commands into oil flow, and it also carries five pressure switches that report back whether each clutch circuit actually reached pressure. Those switches close at about 22 psi and open again at about 11 psi. The casting underneath holds the solenoid switch valve, the low/reverse switch valve and the pressure regulator. On white-connector packs like the one shown, there is still a dedicated overdrive solenoid, which Chrysler deleted on the later gray-connector design. When a coil weakens or a bore in the casting leaks, the computer commands a shift the oil cannot complete, and it protects the transmission by locking it in a limp gear.
Do the free test first. With the engine running and the selector in Reverse, all five pressure switches should read open on a scan tool. Wiggle the harness at the case connector while you watch; a switch that flickers points to wiring, not the pack. Then look at the hydraulic side. Sonnax reports that worn valve body bores and solenoid switch valve plugs cause P0871 roughly 90 percent of the time, which is exactly why a complete valve body with the pack is the stronger fix than swapping solenoids alone. Our 68RFE shift solenoid symptoms and testing guide covers the Reverse switch test and scope checks, and the 68RFE valve body testing guide covers vacuum testing the bores.
Be careful with this year range. The 68RFE itself arrived behind the 6.7L Cummins in the 2007 model year Ram heavy-duty trucks, so the earlier years in the title come from the shared RFE solenoid pack family rather than from 68RFE production. More important, the range crosses a design change: white-connector packs ran through 2009, and gray-connector packs without the overdrive solenoid started in 2010. The unit pictured has the white connector. Drop your pan and read the connector color on the pack in your truck, and compare the tag on your valve body, before you order. If you are not sure, send us your year and VIN and we will check it. A 2010 truck with a gray pack should look at the other versions in our 68RFE parts collection.
This is a pan-down job. Drain the fluid, remove the pan and filter, unplug the pass-through connector, and unhook the manual valve lever before you drop the valve body. Keep the separator plate gasket that matches your pack generation; Transmission Digest documents that the wrong gasket on a white pack can starve the overdrive solenoid and cause a neutral on the shift into third. Start every bolt by hand so the plate seats flat, then torque to spec. If the case connector shows heat damage, replace the 68RFE internal wiring harness while the pan is off. Fill with ATF+4 only, check the level hot, then clear codes and run the shift relearn. If you would rather keep your valve body and only replace the electrical side, the 68RFE solenoid block pack with filter kit is the lighter repair.
| Fits | 68RFE 2004-2010 |
| Part type | Solenoid Kit |
| Condition | Remanufactured |
| Brand | OEM |
| Ships | From the USA |
| Warranty | 1-year |
Doing this repair right usually means replacing these at the same time. Same transmission, ships together.
The listing photo shows a remanufactured valve body with the solenoid pack mounted on it. You receive the casting, valves and the pack as one assembly, not individual solenoids.
Possibly not. Gray-connector packs without the overdrive solenoid began in 2010, and the unit pictured has the white connector. Check the connector color on your pack or send us your year and VIN before ordering.
Not always. P0871 is most often caused by worn valve body bores and solenoid switch valve plugs, which is why replacing the valve body along with the pack is the more reliable repair.
ATF+4 only. Set the level with the fluid at full operating temperature, not cold.
Yes. Clear the stored codes and run the shift relearn so the computer learns clutch fill times for the new valve body instead of the old worn one.
A new pan filter and gasket at minimum, and the internal wiring harness if the connector or wires show heat damage.
