Recent content by v8440

It's getting lemon lawed.

I'm sure it makes more power on higher octane. This truck can't reliably be driven across town. That is not because I'm only running the minimum recommended octane. Blaming 87 octane gas for the problems my truck has is akin to blaming an oil change with semi-synthetic oil in an engine...

I got less than two tanks worth of driving from the truck. I don't know what the dealer put in for the first tank, probably 87. Second wad 88 octane 15% ethanol. That fuel is probably still in it, unless they refilled it. Truck has 1069 miles or so. I've owned it 9 months or so.

Not seeing a check engine light is no guarantee it's not misfiring like hell. In the unsuccessful attempts to fix my '25 laramie, one pcm update greatly raised the threshold for turning the check engine light on during misfires. The talk at the time was that because the misfire problem was so...

Torque management probably steps in and lowers output if you stay on the brakes at heavy throttle so that it won't cook the transmission. Every bit of power the engine is delivering to the torque converter when holding the truck still is turned directly into heat in the transmission fluid. So...

While we're dreaming, I'd like the rcsb to come back, with the current interior, with the 6.4 hemi available at a semi-reasonable price. After a year or two of them proving it isn't unreliable because of electrical problems like my '25 laramie is, I'd consider trading in my rcsb v8 f150 on one.

Unfortunately, the entire auto industry needs to do better. What you described is now par for the course.

I wonder if clicking sound might be wastegate solenoids cycling after shutoff to prevent sticking?

Yeah, to hell with pushing through surge on a $70k truck. Make them fix it or buy it back.

Well, sounds like that worked out pretty well. I'm having to make two truck payments, but the ford was waaaay cheaper than the ram, plus I got a screaming idiot interest rate on the ford (2.49%).

GMC didn't hammer the **** out of you on trade in because of the problems with the ram, or did they know? I went ahead and bought another truck, too. I got a '24 regular cab short bed f150, with absolutely no options except the running boards. It came with the coyote engine and 3.73 gears...

Ah, gotcha. I'm insisting on a buy back, and everything I've paid on payments so far. I'm also going to try for at least some money for the months of insurance payments.

I don't know. Did they buy yours back, paying you back all money you spent on payments?

I think I started the lemon law process this last November. I still haven't received an offer from ram yet, but the lawyer's office thinks one will be forthcoming soon. Ram took a long time to respond to the law firm's letters, well over a month if I remember correctly. So, you should...

Electronics absolutely can fail by going temperature sensitive, both cold and hot. There's probably a slightly bad solder joint somewhere in your pcm. If warming it up causes it to start without having to jump the vehicle, that's a strong sign right there that the problem is not related to...