2018 RAM vent

[WinterDeere]

I have an 07 Ram and was considering a new purchase until I joined a Ram forum and begin to read about all the issues with new trucks ...

What a shame. My 2005 Ram was the most reliable vehicle I'd ever owned, by a very long margin, and I'd still be driving it today if our salty roads hadn't started eating the body around 12 years of age. My 2015 Ram has been pretty reliable, as well, but like you... I was just thinking about replacing it soon. Rust is already starting to have its way with the thing.

My replacement would likely be a 2500 series 4x4 with 6.4L gasser, but it sounds like maybe now's not a great time to be hopping out of my old truck?

Pet peeve: I need to choose a trim level and then scroll past pages of color schemes and interior options, before I can even see the power train options. I really don't care about color or interior, I shop on power train and capacity only, and then settle for whatever interior and color I find within that criteria. I really couldn't care less if the wheels or bumpers are chrome or black, or if it has some special badge that says "Longhorn" or "Laramie", it just doesn't matter to me. More pages of transmission and engine options, with less pages of color and interior options, would be my preference for a truck.

 

[WinterDeere]

Oh... and this!

I choose the 4.10 rear for $195, and it forces me to add a chrome bumper package for $1100. Can anyone explain why a 4.10 rear diff requires a chrome appearance package?

6.4L thru 4.10 rear would be awful snappy around town!

 

[General Lee]

No, its not. All three of the HD truck manufacturers are having supplier problems...but Ram seems to be the worse.

I own two HD Rams so I'm on the Ram forums all the times and lately the number of complaints with the newest Rams have grown exponentially. For one, after many many years of having Cummins engines built with solid lifters for some silly reason they are now made with hydraulic lifters and these new engines seem to be having teething problems. And the problems with electronics are myriad. The latest - apparently there is some kind of sensor on the rear axle that goes bad. When it goes out the transmission will refuse to go into Park position. And if the transmission can't go into Park, the engine cannot be shut off. Owners are having to pull the battery cables off the batteries to shut the trucks down. And they are being told that those sensors are on backorder - with a 4 month leadtime!

Reading about all the problems makes me so happy I own older Rams. They've been essentially trouble free.

Makes me wonder.... Probably a pointless thought....but...could people inform the lien holders of the vehicle (if applicable) that the vehicle is down for XXX amount of time due to whatever from the manufacturer...especially if the vehicle is deemed unsafe to drive. Hey bank- how do you feel about me NOT paying for a vehicle that is absolutely no use to me because this manufacture can't get their crap together. Not sure if the bank(s) have any leverage, or they just say so what, give us our money.

 

[BleedingOrange]

Yep, that is how they force you to buy options you don,t really want, but have to buy the package to get the one option you do actually want.

 

[BleedingOrange]

General Lee, the banks don,t want to be involved in the least. They don,t give a rat sass care about the problems you are having with your vehicle. All they care about is still getting their monthly payment. That is between you and the dealer.

 

[JRH02]

Is there no way to just kill the dinger?

Wire cutters

 

[deserteagle71]

My replacement would likely be a 2500 series 4x4 with 6.4L gasser, but it sounds like maybe now's not a great time to be hopping out of my old truck?

Not until Stellantis gets their act together and improves their quality control.

I've also got a Jeep Wrangler and for several years now brand new Jeeps have been having electrical problems...many times because the relays and fuses in the fuse boxes aren't seated all the way. Standard instructions were for new Jeep owners to go into the fuse boxes and push in every fuse to make sure they were properly seated. This last year I'm seeing the same complaints on the HD Ram forums. Are you kidding me??? The workers who are putting these together can't even be bothered to properly install fuses? What else is not properly put together on these trucks? Are the United Autoworkers union members trying to work themselves out of a job?

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[mllud]

I bought a 2019 Jeep Sarha in Jan. 2024. Three weeks later I hear rods clatter on cold start. I bought the extended warranty when purchased.
New engine approved. Four months later jeep at dealer and still no engine available. This engine is in new jeeps, pull one off the line.
Stellantis is useless. Parts unavailable for months but find parts to assemble new trucks with unavailable parts. B.S.
2.0 turbo had 42,000 miles was bad so I'm thinking I Don't want the POS new 2.0 engine.

I was stuck so I bought a new 2024 5500 with a 6.4 hemi. More my fit!
I read a lot about the Hemi, lifter rattle. They say don't let them idle for extended times. I never have done that anyway. Utility Co. lets them idle all day in summer heat.

They jam a turbo on a 2.0 and get power but it stresses the little POS 2.0 engine.
So far the new truck is flawless.

I'll do anything to avoid the dealership; afraid they will take my truck for 6 months to get a stinking air filter.
What's going on?

 

[WinterDeere]

My first Dodge Ram pickup was built during the Daimler-Chrysler years, and I have to admit I was impressed with it's reliability, and even design efficiency. This was right on the heels of the terrible reliability and quality issues of the gen.2 Ram pickups, making their turn-around even more impressive. Most of my friends owned those gen.2 Rams, and I watched at least a few rear diffs lock up, transmissions fail, and acres of premature paint failures on those 1990's trucks.

My second Ram pickup was built during the Fiat-Chrysler years, and other than adding UConnect, they seemed to carry over and maintain much of the components and designes from the Daimler years. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

But reading online, it does seem many things started going downhill, once Fiat sold to Stellantis. What a shame... maybe they need to sell back to Daimler?

Say what you will about Daimler, no company is perfect, but they do seem to have their act together, in general.

 

[kenmac]

What a shame. My 2005 Ram was the most reliable vehicle I'd ever owned, by a very long margin, and I'd still be driving it today if our salty roads hadn't started eating the body around 12 years of age. My 2015 Ram has been pretty reliable, as well, but like you... I was just thinking about replacing it soon. Rust is already starting to have its way with the thing.

My replacement would likely be a 2500 series 4x4 with 6.4L gasser, but it sounds like maybe now's not a great time to be hopping out of my old truck?

Pet peeve: I need to choose a trim level and then scroll past pages of color schemes and interior options, before I can even see the power train options. I really don't care about color or interior, I shop on power train and capacity only, and then settle for whatever interior and color I find within that criteria. I really couldn't care less if the wheels or bumpers are chrome or black, or if it has some special badge that says "Longhorn" or "Laramie", it just doesn't matter to me. More pages of transmission and engine options, with less pages of color and interior options, would be my preference for a truck.

My son had one with the 6.4 L Hemi that developed the 'Hemi tick" at 90K miles. It destroyed it's self from lack of lubrication . A factory defect

 

[DarkBlack]

I purchased a 2018 RAM 2500 truck brand new in 2018. However, for the past year, it has been considered unsafe to drive due to a faulty hydraulic brake control module. This issue is currently under recall….. it has become a useless driveway ornament.

Seriously? On a tractor forum, you’re going to rant about recall on an 8 year old truck, and because of a recall notice, it’s relegated to being a “driveway ornament “, even though you’ve used it for the past 8 years with this issue, and don’t actually have an actual problem?
Sorry if my reaction comes across as cold, but this one strikes me as over sensitive. There’s millions of products with REAL actual failures, not just an unsatisfactory fix for a potential future problem

 

[kenmac]

Seriously? On a tractor forum, you’re going to rant about recall on an 8 year old truck, and because of a recall notice, it’s relegated to being a “driveway ornament “, even though you’ve used it for the past 8 years with this issue, and don’t actually have an actual problem?
Sorry if my reaction comes across as cold, but this one strikes me as over sensitive. There’s millions of products with REAL actual failures, not just an unsatisfactory fix for a potential future problem

Seriously ? Where have you been ? There's a lot more things discussed on this tractor forum than tractors. Believe it or not, there's welding discussed, oil discussed, tires discussed, etc,. Just look around, the list goes on and on

 

[Code54]

So a truck with 14,000 miles that is in perfect shape, can not be traded in (who will pay full value for truck with a known issue, dash lights on, and a dinger going off every 10 seconds) due to a faulty control unit that is recalled is not a problem. No ABS brakes, no stability control, both of which I paid for, will not work. The truck is used for truck stuff, towing heavy trailers, hauling, etc. Having perfectly a prefectly working brake system seems like a good idea to me.
Sure, I can drive it, but if you understand civil law, it creates an issue if you hit someone. Pretty easy for the attorney to start with "So you know the braking unit was faulty and you still drove it, is that correct???"

Also, this is to let others know about issues that are out there so perhaps they don't get burned in the future.

 

[DarkBlack]

I bought a new GM Silverado one year, not that long ago.
Couple years later, I went right through a busy intersection red light, with my foot to the floor, without hardly slowing. How I was able to avoid the oncoming green light traffic was a miracle.
GM was using junk Chinese common steel on brake lines.
No engineering for rust belt sales.

No recall. Nothing.
They quietly switched to rust resistant materials in subsequent years. Swept under the carpet.
At least The potential Ram brake issue is being acknowledged and a recall issued.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Pet peeve: I need to choose a trim level and then scroll past pages of color schemes and interior options, before I can even see the power train options. I really don't care about color or interior, I shop on power train and capacity only, and then settle for whatever interior and color I find within that criteria.

To get what you really want, have the dealer send you the sales codes. It'll be more reading (much more) but you'll get to see everything available.

It'll also show what's available with what.

6.4L thru 4.10 rear would be awful snappy around town!

Unless you'll never tow anything, I strongly recommend the 4.10s.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Standard instructions were for new Jeep owners to go into the fuse boxes and push in every fuse to make sure they were properly seated. This last year I'm seeing the same complaints on the HD Ram forums. Are you kidding me??? The workers who are putting these together can't even be bothered to properly install fuses?

I'm pretty sure they get the fuse boxes from some supplier with the fuses already installed. Either way, easy enough to check/fix.

What bugs me more is the low fill levels I keep finding in almost all Stellantis vehicle diffs. There's a reason I check fluid levels as soon as a new vehicle comes off the trailer at home.

At that point I install magnetic level plugs, which are checked and cleaned at about 500-1,000 miles when the diffs get new fluid.

 

[DarkBlack]

.Oh. … and that GM Silverado, where the corroded brake line blew out… was less than 8 years old. It was like only 4 years old.

I would have been tickled pink to have just, an ABS ding, and recall notice in the mail, than no brakes and a pint of brake fluid spraying under my truck

 

[WinterDeere]

My son had one with the 6.4 L Hemi that developed the 'Hemi tick" at 90K miles. It destroyed it's self from lack of lubrication . A factory defect

Interesting, but probably not a factor for me, anymore. I own a 6.4 already, 10 years old now, and I think I have only 26k miles on it.

My last few trucks all started rusting by 50k miles, and were traded in by 70k miles, so it's unlikely I'll ever even see 90k miles.

 

[WinterDeere]

.Oh. … and that GM Silverado, where the corroded brake line blew out… was less than 8 years old. It was like only 4 years old.

I would have been tickled pink to have just, an ABS ding, and recall notice in the mail, than no brakes and a pint of brake fluid spraying under my truck

My last Chevy Shilverado pickup blew its first brake line around 5 years old, and its second at 9 years, but those were among the cheapest and least-problematic failures I had on that truck. That was the worst truck I ever owned, by a very wide margin, but I doubt it shared much in common with anything GM makes today.

 

[DarkBlack]

Seriously ? Where have you been ? There's a lot more things discussed on this tractor forum than tractors. Believe it or not, there's welding discussed, oil discussed, tires discussed, etc,. Just look around, the list goes on and on

Seriously. An 8 year old heavy duty truck instantly becomes a “driveway ornament” because someone gets a recall notice in the mail?
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