Rear tires on my dodge durango stopped working, and transmission light is on.?

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Ok first im going to say i am taking my dodge into a auto shop on monday, but i would like to hear from others to what it might be so i do not get screwed.

This is what happened....A van got stuck in my driveway so i towed her out, have never had problems with this, and still didn't, but i then parked my dodge on the other side of the road, and told my wife to get it back into the garage after i unhooked the chain...but she went forward and drove it into a driveway that had 3 and a half feet of snow in it. she drove right over it....got stuck i worked for about an hour shoveling out snow from under it, and the tires, when i got in to back it up, i kept trying and trying, the back tires were working then the transmission light came on and the rear wheels stopped working this is always an AWD dodge.

Any ideas of what it could be? Thanks
 
the spider gears in the transfer case could be bad. this happened in our 2001 ford f-250 diesel. WE have regular 4wd and manual hubs so we got them to free up then got it fixed later. we also have a durango and weve never had that kind of problem. we live in ny with it for 4 years then moved to florida so its been a wile since the 4wd has been used
 
It sounds like the transfer case has gone bad. It is more common than the transmission going out and will set off the transmission light because it is not receiving the proper communication from the transfer case. If I could look at it, then I could tell you specifically, but don't be afraid to get a second opinion on it. AWD transmissions are expensive to rebuild, when there possibly could be just a loose cable knocked off from the snow. In areas where there is snow, there is salt and sand put on the road, and the salt and sand mixture corrodes cables. Try looking under the truck and feel around at the cables to see if they are loose and moving around. If you cannot see the cables, when you take it to the shop, demand to see the broken parts yourself. Where the cables plug into the transmission, the parts that plug in will go bad and you might only need a cable.
Do a search on the internet first to see what the parts are supposed to look like.
Another thing you can do is call your local parts store and ask them if they think it could be a loose cable, broken cable or a bad transfer case or transmission, and ask them where you can get a picture of the proper set up so you can make sure everything under there is right before you take it in. Mechanic shops can break something important and charge you high dollar to get funds from you when that was never the problem to begin with.
 
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