P0826 on the 2025 Ram 2500
The bulletins listed name this code in NHTSA's summary, or are about the same components. A bulletin or a recall listed here may apply to the model year. None of it is a diagnosis.
Nobody has written a description of this code yet.
| 21-028-26 REV. A | 2026-05-06. Service bulletin. Flash: Transmission Control Module (TCM) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle may exhibit/set one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs): ● P0826-00 - Up/Down Shift Switch. ● P0827-00 - Up/down Shift Switch Circuit Low. ● P085F-00 - Up And Down Shift Switch Circuit Range/performance. Customers may also experience one or more of the following: ● Customer is unable to switch the ignition to OFF when in Park gear. ● After shifting into Park, the Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) will display that the transmission is in Neutral. NOTE: The transmission will actually be in Park and able to hold the vehicle, but the cluster display would indicate Neutral, preventing the engine from shutting off. ● Rough/bumpy 2-3 power on upshifts and/or 3-2 coast down shifts. ● Vehicle enters into limp home mode. Other software improvements: ● Decreased sensitivity to DTCs P1D8A and P1D8B. This bulletin involves inspecting and if required reprogramming the TCM with the latest available software |
|---|---|
| 21-028-26 | 2026-04-15. Service bulletin. Flash: Transmission Control Module (TCM) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle may SYMPTOM: exhibit/set one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs): ? P0826-00 - Up/Down Shift Sw |
| 21-003-26 | 2026-01-14. Service bulletin. Flash: Transmission Control Module (TCM) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle may exhibit/set one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs): ● P0826-00 - Up/Down Shift Switch. ● P0827-00 - Up/down Shift Switch Circuit Low. ● P085F-00 - Up And Down Shift Switch Circuit Range/performance. Customers may also experience one or more of the following: ● **Customer is unable to switch the ignition to OFF when in Park gear. ● After shifting into Park, the Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) will display that the transmission is in Neutral.** NOTE: **The transmission will actually be in Park and able to hold the vehicle, but the cluster display would indicate Neutral, preventing the engine from shutting off.** ● Rough/bumpy 2-3 power on upshifts and/or 3-2 coast down shifts. ● Vehicle enters into limp home mode. Other software improvements: ● Decreased sensitivity to DTCs P1D8A and P1D8B. This bulletin involves reprogramming the TCM with the latest available software. |
| 21-027-25 REV. B | 2025-10-29. Service bulletin. Flash: Transmission Control Module (TCM) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle must exhibit/set one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs): ● P0827-00 - Up and Down Shift Switch Circuit Low. ● P0826-00 - Up and Down Shift Switch Circuit. ● P085F-00 - Up and Down Shift Switch Circuit Range/Performance. ● P1DCD-00 - TCM Monitoring Processor Performance Multiple Clutches Locked Up. Customers may also experience one or more of the following: ● Vehicle stuck in default gear, and possibly stranded for many minutes. ● Rough or bumpy 2-3 power on upshifts and/or 3-2 coast down shifts. ● Vehicle enters into limp home mode. Other software improvements: ● Decreased sensitivity to DTCs P1D8A and P1D8B This bulletin involves inspecting and possibly reprogramming the TCM with the latest available software. |
| 21-027-25 REV. A | 2025-09-24. Service bulletin. Flash: Transmission Control Module (TCM) Updates *Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle may exhibit/set one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs):** ● **P0827-00 Up and Down Shift Switch Circuit Low. ● P0826-00 Up and Down Shift Switch Circuit. ● P085F-00 Up and Down Shift Switch Circuit Range/Performance.** ● P1DCD-00 - TCM Monitoring Processor Performance Multiple Clutches Locked Up. Customers may also experience one or more of the following: ● **Vehicle stuck in default gear, and possibly stranded for many minutes. ● Rough/bumpy 2-3 power on upshifts and/or 3-2 coast down shifts.** ● Vehicle enters into limp home mode. **Other software improvements: ● Decreased sensitivity to faults P1D8A and P1D8B.* This bulletin involves inspecting the TCM software level and possibly reprogramming the TCM with the latest available software |
| 9100459 | 2024-12-19. Service bulletin. switch Electronic range select Before replacing the switch electronic gear selector 68379834AB due to P0826-29, P0826- 11 active codes, please follow these steps: 1.- Refer to service library procedure and follow diagnosis steps at BCM. 2.- If failure still present, make sure the switch is properly connected and there is no corrosion or pinching, disconnect the switch & reconnect it, and reverify the issue. 3.- Verify if failure is still present, review if there is lack of communication between gear selector switch and BCM. For example, try switching between driving modes. 4.- Read at the BCM diagnosis session if BCM is receiving information from gear selector. 5.- Do a hard reset to BCM and evaluate if any DTC or failure code is set. Retest if failure still present. If there are no DTC's, physical defects, gear selector inop, then the Electronic Gear Selector Switch does not need to be replaced. |
6 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19. See them in the bulletin list. A bulletin lists model years: read the document for which vehicles it concerns.