Dodge ram

[Monster5601]

Putting brand loyalty aside, there is a lot to like about RAM, they make a good truck just like Ford and GM. RAM does a couple things better, interior comfort and quiet (subjective I realize) but really, those silly skinny bucket seats GM throws in their trucks. When it came time to replace my 2003 Tahoe with 300,000 miles, I bought a new 2013 RAM Laramie. 60,000 on it all trouble free.

Then it came time to select a tow vehicle for a fifth wheel RV. I looked at Ford, GM, and RAM. I spend a year researching and reading before I selected. The number one goal was reliability period. No one wants to have troubles traveling with 15,000 pounds of RV. The RAM Cummins was the winner hands down. My 2015 Longhorn 3500 SRW Cummins has been perfect and trouble free.

The RAM 3500 in SRW offers higher payload numbers, and I'm not talking a few pounds, than Ford's 350 or GM's 3500. That is a clear winning offering for folks looking to tow the bigger RV's and wanting to stay out of the duallies.

 

[houstonscott]

Putting brand loyalty aside, there is a lot to like about RAM, they make a good truck just like Ford and GM. RAM does a couple things better, interior comfort and quiet (subjective I realize) but really, those silly skinny bucket seats GM throws in their trucks. When it came time to replace my 2003 Tahoe with 300,000 miles, I bought a new 2013 RAM Laramie. 60,000 on it all trouble free. Then it came time to select a tow vehicle for a fifth wheel RV. I looked at Ford, GM, and RAM. I spend a year researching and reading before I selected. The number one goal was reliability period. No one wants to have troubles traveling with 15,000 pounds of RV. The RAM Cummins was the winner hands down. My 2015 Longhorn 3500 SRW Cummins has been perfect and trouble free. The RAM 3500 in SRW offers higher payload numbers, and I'm not talking a few pounds, than Ford's 350 or GM's 3500. That is a clear winning offering for folks looking to tow the bigger RV's and wanting to stay out of the duallies.

Google rear main seals (RMS) in Cummins. You are doomed. My bet is yours is already wet or dripping.

 

[Code54]

Google rear main seals (RMS) in Cummins. You are doomed. My bet is yours is already wet or dripping.

That is a little extreme - I have a 2012 and it is perfect..... There were some issues with much older ones but the more recent ones have very little problems. There is a reason it is such a highly well regarded motor.

 

[coobie]

Google rear main seals (RMS) in Cummins. You are doomed. My bet is yours is already wet or dripping.

(DOOMED)So was the toyota tundra with rotting frame issues.LOL... I have owned toyota,ford,chevy and dodge trucks. All brands have had certain issues some more some less.

 

[tjkubota93]

Google rear main seals (RMS) in Cummins. You are doomed. My bet is yours is already wet or dripping.

That's odd I have not heard of an engine eating rear main seals. Especially a newer 1 piece type. Especially a cummins!

 

[Monster5601]

Google rear main seals (RMS) in Cummins. You are doomed. My bet is yours is already wet or dripping.

I did but I didn't see the reality of your predicted doom and gloom.

I saw a few posts Google dug up on the older 5.9L Cummins, a few on the current design which turned out to be from the manufacturing process.

Last time I was underneath to grease the front drive shaft, change oil and fuel filters, I saw no indications of an RMS leak.

Shame on you for attacking the most reliable and bulletproof diesel pickup truck engine available.

 

[houstonscott]

That is a little extreme - I have a 2012 and it is perfect..... There were some issues with much older ones but the more recent ones have very little problems. There is a reason it is such a highly well regarded motor.

my sons 2015 leaked at 40k miles. Junk engine. Not sure of your ability to search but there are hundreds.

 

[Code54]

EVERY motor manufacture has a bad one now and then, even Cummins, Kubota, Ford, whoever.
So one motor had a bad RMS so the entire line of millions is bad and "junk"- that is a stretch. Not sure that the production is at currently on the B series Cummins but it was around 500,000 a year from what I found. Even if 500 (you said 100's) were bad that is .1% in a year. Now take the fact they been producing the B series been in the Dodge since 1989, and the 6.7 since 2007 (10 years), your 100's of reports of this junk engine just dropped to basically nothing. Oh, and lets not forget all the mining eqpt, and other vehicles that use that same motors in far harsher conditions than a normal pickup and I would say Cummins does a pretty good job of building a solid motor.

As for my ability to search, no issues there - I was easily able to see 1000's upon 1000's of of positive posts, articles, and points with very little effort. Funny thing is I was not even trying to find all the good......

 

[houstonscott]

EVERY motor manufacture has a bad one now and then, even Cummins, Kubota, Ford, whoever. So one motor had a bad RMS so the entire line of millions is bad and "junk"- that is a stretch. Not sure that the production is at currently on the B series Cummins but it was around 500,000 a year from what I found. Even if 500 (you said 100's) were bad that is .1% in a year. Now take the fact they been producing the B series been in the Dodge since 1989, and the 6.7 since 2007 (10 years), your 100's of reports of this junk engine just dropped to basically nothing. Oh, and lets not forget all the mining eqpt, and other vehicles that use that same motors in far harsher conditions than a normal pickup and I would say Cummins does a pretty good job of building a solid motor. As for my ability to search, no issues there - I was easily able to see 1000's upon 1000's of of positive posts, articles, and points with very little effort. Funny thing is I was not even trying to find all the good......

Dealers have a protocol on dealing with RMS failures on the Cummins engines, wet, drips, how many replacements you get....

 

[coobie]

my sons 2015 leaked at 40k miles. Junk engine. Not sure of your ability to search but there are hundreds.

It costs a whopping $700 bucks at a dealer to replace the rear main seal on the 6.7 cummins.Pretty fair price IMHO.Had the 5.9 cummins in my 2004 dodge 2500 truck.One of the most dependable engine & trucks I ever owned.

 

[houstonscott]

It costs a whopping $700 bucks at a dealer to replace the rear main seal on the 6.7 cummins.Pretty fair price IMHO.Had the 5.9 cummins in my 2004 dodge 2500 truck.One of the most dependable engine & trucks I ever owned.

Ask yourself why a RMS fails. Hint "wobble".

 

[tjkubota93]

They are hard on folks that don't like stuff around here. So what what if he thinks cummins are turds. No shame on him. He had a bad experience. Could be misinformed. But if yours was great why is he a jerk for getting a bad one? Saying you are doomed is a little crass.

 

[coobie]

Ask yourself why a RMS fails. Hint "wobble".

It is obvious you have NO clue.Keep up the good work.

 

[Monster5601]

Ask yourself why a RMS fails. Hint "wobble".

You just want to be argumentative, not much else to do on winter days I guess.

On December 10, 2012, Cummins built the 2,000,000th ISB for RAM, since then, Cummins has built another 500,000 ISBs for RAM. Additionally, the ISB is used in marine, in school buses, Class A motorhome, medium duty trucking, and gensets. So they are all junk you say? If that is the case, I'll take that junk engine everytime.

 

[oliver1555]

They are hard on folks that don't like stuff around here. So what what if he thinks cummins are turds. No shame on him. He had a bad experience. Could be misinformed. But if yours was great why is he a jerk for getting a bad one? Saying you are doomed is a little crass.

Mostly, it's because he trolls this site looking for ways to inject his opinions about Cummins. He doesn't like Cummins - we get it. Notice that the OP was asking about 1500 Rams. The diesel engine used in 1500 Rams is not even made by Cummins.

 

[houstonscott]

I have nothing against Cummins, I was most surprised a two year old dodge 3500 Cummings had suffered a RMS failure, until I went on the net only to find hundreds. Yeah, you pay your money, you take your chances. More information you have the better before you lay your money down. They are prevalent enough Dodge has a corporate policy for dealers to follow on handling RMS failures. You do your own investigation, I'm passing on a issue, it's real, up to you what you buy or drive. A flawed Cummins in an Italian truck, no thanks.

 

[Zick]

I have nothing against Cummins, I was most surprised a two year old dodge 3500 Cummings had suffered a RMS failure, until I went on the net only to find hundreds. Yeah, you pay your money, you take your chances. More information you have the better before you lay your money down. They are prevalent enough Dodge has a corporate policy for dealers to follow on handling RMS failures. You do your own investigation, I'm passing on a issue, it's real, up to you what you buy or drive. A flawed Cummins in an Italian truck, no thanks.

And if you do a search for 4.0 rear main leak you'll also find hundreds of Jeep owners w/ this problem but that was by far the most popular engine as far as durability goes. Just cause it leaks doesn't mean it's junk.

 

[Hanshans]

And if you do a search for 4.0 rear main leak you'll also find hundreds of Jeep owners w/ this problem but that was by far the most popular engine as far as durability goes. Just cause it leaks doesn't mean it's junk.

Right. Us Harley owners have been dealing with that for years!

 

[Code54]

Again, 100's of Rear Main Seal issues in MILLIONS of trucks is next to nothing and certainly not something to worry about. Sounds like I have the same odds of getting hit by a meteorite........

 

[Btown]

Again, 100's of Rear Main Seal issues in MILLIONS of trucks is next to nothing and certainly not something to worry about. Sounds like I have the same odds of getting hit by a meteorite........

Has RAM even sold a million trucks with a Cummins in them? Dodge probably has, but I’m not sure if RAM has yet.