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    Crack in body - Bad weld?

    The roof skin is fine. It’s the entire side assembly, from firewall to back of cabin. It’s one giant stamped piece for doorframes. I’m no engineer, but it would seem to compromise a significant amount of the bodies integrity. Either way, that kind of repair will affect the value. I’m not...
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    Crack in body - Bad weld?

    More to this story.. developing.. will update again soon. (Potentially very good news for me).
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    Crack in body - Bad weld?

    For what it’s worth, I did get a call from Ram Cares yesterday. Of course it was related to the case, not this thread. And the person I spoke too was a regional manager even though they didn’t introduce themselves as such. And they were very good at not admitting to anything, but assured me...
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    Crack in body - Bad weld?

    Once you know what your looking for, you can see it from outside. Looking down the length of the body, you see a bubble. Pretty sure my truck has a May 2018 build date. Oh and what Big White Ram said is correct - no weld, just stamped. The roof weld will be under the black time above this...
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    Crack in body - Bad weld?

    I didn’t see the pictures on the service advisories phone. He shared them with the dealership owner as well because this was a unique case. I suspect they just deny everything they’ve never seen before first time. I know they reversed course based on the same pictures they had used to deny...
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    Crack in body - Bad weld?

    FCA has had a change of heart and already approved the repair. Bodyshop quoted 27 hrs of labor, going to remove the bed to get to rear of cab. (Imagine trying time paint that panel without blending and it makes sense). I plan on keeping this truck 10-15 years, but now I don’t know how much...
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    Crack in body - Bad weld?

    I’ve searched, couldn’t find this issue posted anywhere else. I’ve also held off on posting this, I wanted to get a feel for how FCA was going to handle this. So far, not well. Servicing dealer has been stellar however.. I’ve been busy, finishing a home-reno, preparing a house for sale and...
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    What do you dislike about your gen5 truck?

    Since I just experienced this again, I’d thought I’d add this just in case @RamCares is following this thread. If I shut the truck off while it’s in tow/haul mode, then when I restart the truck, put it back in tow/haul mode! It remembers that I turned off the rear parking sensor, surely it can...
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    What do you dislike about your gen5 truck?

    Actually it does do that, but still makes me press start/stop 2 times and flashes the idiot warning. I had a 2000 tundra and one of my favorite features was the headlights. If you turned off the key with the headlight on, it just turned the headlights off! It didn’t beep/squeal at you like ever...
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    What do you dislike about your gen5 truck?

    Most of mine are electronic and easy to fix: park sensors: if the truck is in reverse, stop alerting me that I’m close to something in front, and vice versus. dial shifter: it’s ok, I’m used to it, but if I happen to shut the truck off and didn’t put it in park, PUT IT IN PARK! How effing...
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    Side window vent visors

    I just put the mopar visors on my crew cab. Fronts went on in about a minute each. Rears were more involved, but not bad. Directions must have been upgraded because they were clear to me. What is also clear is the penny-pinching tightwad at mopar who only included 4 of those microscopic...
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    Remote Mount Oil Filter

    My last truck (04 Titan, bought new) came with free oil changes. I think I did the first and never thereafter, always electing to let the dealer do it, since it was free. Shortly before I traded it I had to replace power steering pump & lines. I’d done brakes, exhaust, and other stuff but I’d...
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    Remote Mount Oil Filter

    I changed my oil for the first time (on this truck) over the weekend and O.M.G. what an absolute mess!!! I've been doing my own maintenance since BEFORE I could drive and I've never made the kind of mess I made changing oil. I already had a stalhbus drain plug to replace the factory plug so...
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    Truck won’t start

    There is a setting in the infotainment system to release the e-brake for servicing - can you get into that?
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    Door open while in gear?

    Holding the brake and gas at the same time let me move it.
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    Rear park assist, auto e-brake bs

    For what it’s worth I may have cracked the code. Door open, truck in gear, enough pressure on brake pedal to keep the brake lights lite, and gas, and it will move. Forward and backward . Of course, power-braking a truck that’s already overloaded isn’t smart, but then again neither is an...
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    Rear park assist, auto e-brake bs

    Didn’t try the seatbelt. That would be a silly use case anyway - every time I’ve ever moved any vehicle with the door open I’m sure I wasn’t belted in. Putting a car/truck up on ramps, or using a truck in the manner I just was - unloading stuff and wanting a visual on the tires, etc. Anyway...
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    Rear park assist, auto e-brake bs

    Anyone know how to truly defeat the rear park assist? I picked up a yard of topsoil to fill in some holes in my yard and trying to move the truck around with the tailgate down and the truck will NOT let you back up with the drivers door open. It’s almost as if the engineers at RAM have never...
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    What is Known about the Bed Utility Group Options

    With the titan there was a rail running along the front of the box. In the second picture, way up front you can see the yakima fork mounts (tonneau had to come off - and it did easily) . Since the BUG only runs down the sides, and I'd rather the bikes were oriented north/south, I'm thinking...
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    Big horn LED package

    Agreed. I was disappointed with the LED surround and decided not to wait for a truck with the LED package and got one w/o. I keep looking for the aftermarket to fill this obvious void, but no one has headlights for this truck yet.. This is one of the only disappointments with this truck -...
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