What feature do you hate about your truck/suv?

[tcartwri]

2014 Ram 1500. I have a love hate relationship with the Auto transfer case. Brilliant in the snow and ice, almost useless when you really get bogged down. It needs to see wheel slippage before it engages, so you cannot walk it out of a hole or do any low speed crawling.

 

[CobyRupert]

2001 Ram 1500: I hate that it (sometimes) automatically locks the door when you start it, even without putting it into gear. (I've yet to figure out if there's another trigger. It seems random.) But in 3 years of owning it, IT has locked me out 3 or 4 times. Usually after I've started it and then get out to clean off snow.
Once I started it, turned wipers on to work on cleaning off snow and ice, got out, the wiper blade popped off so now just bare metal of the wiper arm is scraping metal and the SOB has locked me out. Luckily it has an easily break-into-able sliding back window and I have a teenage daughter who is skinny enough to climb through it (only because I was bundled up in thick winter clothes - cough cough, - that's my story & I'm sticking with it!)
I know have a hidden key on the outside of vehicle!

I hate nanny vehicle options:

If I wanted the doors locked I'd lock them!!
If I wanted the wipers to sweep 3 times after I spay window cleaner, I'd swipe them 3 times! (Or maybe 2 if I want, or maybe 4 times if I'm feeling wild!)
If I wanted the dome light to go on when I shut off the vehicle and show everybody the contents of my car, I'd turn it on!!
If I want the headlights on, I'll turn them on!!
If I want the headlights off, I should be able to turn them off!

 

[oldballs]

Coby........you shoudda have my V-8 :laughing:

 

[Turbys_1700]

My current truck is a Chevy 07 2500 HD Classic 4x4 extended cab. Very reliable and performs great other than gas mileage typical of a 300 HP 4.10 geared 4x4.

When I bought it I realized that getting into the truck with the nerf bars was aggravating. The step up is higher than typical but I really like the ground clearance. Inexcusable that Chevy did not put a grab handle on the drivers side door. Not any aftermarket alternatives that I can find either. That fall my right hip started hurting and now needs replacement. So entrance into my truck is deserving of a YouTube comedy video.

1. Open the front and back doors.
2. Grab the handle located for the back cab door.
3. Step onto the nerf bar with my right foot back at the extended cab door.
4. Pull up and step with the left foot on the drivers door nerf bar.
5. Slide my right foot past my left foot on the nerf bar.
6. Slide right foot into the into the drivers side floor.
7. Slide left foot into the truck.

I guess Chevy decided it was more important to include a grab handle for the passenger and 10 year old passenger than the driver.

Other than that it really is a good truck.

 

[dodge man]

2011 Chevy 2500 6.0 gas motor. I can't complain about anything on the truck except the poor fuel mileage, I'm probably getting around 13 mpg or a little worse.

 

[GLyford]

'03 F150. Rust.

 

[orezok]

2013 F150 - no headlight on indicator, no garage door operator button built in, no keyless ignition. Come on, even econo-boxed have these as standard. Then of course the lie-o-meter that always reads 10 to 15% high, towing mirrors that have a large blind spot mirror, but then the main passenger mirror is also a blind spot mirror making it difficult to judge passing clearance when towing a long trailer and finally I have the HD payload option which included LT tires so the TPMS always assumes that you are fully loaded to 8200# so if you lower the pressure more than 10% the light comes on.

Other than that, it's cherry. Cherry red of course!

 

[Bird]

2015 F150 Supercrew, and the only thing we don't like is the height of the seats. Too awkward to get in and out of even with the running boards. My wife gets hold of the handle that exists for that, steps up on the running board with both feet before stepping inside with one foot and sitting down. I can barely get my rear onto the edge of the seat without stepping onto the running board, but then put my left foot on the running board to push myself the rest of the way in.

 

[Btown]

I own a Y2K GMC Yukon XL 2500...it has been dead reliable and never required dealership or shop service aside from having new tires installed at Discount 3 years ago. Although it eats gas, I only drive it 3000 miles a year so that does not matter. The only feature I HATE about it is the huge headache of removing/installing the third seat...I am 65 years old and weight 165 and stand 5'-6" and my knees are shot and then some. I love the truck for it's reliability and do-everything capability but that darned third seat is ONE HUGE AND HEAVY PIB to remove and reinstall 4-5 times a year. I am interested in knowing what others have to say about what major pet peeve (ONE ONLY, PLEASE) they have to reveal about their current wheels. Thanks.

You are lucky. My 2004 Yukon Denali XL had the power seat fail at 30K. That was just the beginning next came the instrument cluster. Which GM replaced. Then the wheel bearing problems. Those would kick in the ABS or vehicle stability control. Just depended if you were accelerating or stopping. It was very annoying. All issues happened with less than 60K on it. Also one of the steel belts let go on one of the stock tires at about 40K. Sold it in 2009. Nice vehicle but it had too many issues with such low mileage.

 

[crabjoe]

Got a '14 Ram 3500 SRW w/Cummins... What I hate about it is the throttle response (Dead Pedal). If you're taking off from a stop or have to stomp on it to get out of someone's way, there's a huge lag... I had an '04 Cummins Ram that had a lot less power, but that thing drove like a sports car compared to my current truck.