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If you have been waiting for 7 months, sounds like it was never ordered.
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RAM of the West simply has the excuse that they are "permitted" to order only so many (??!!). Thus I've asked if the problem is so vast, why is there no recall??!! And now on top of this, I have a "visor" problem, like so many others. I can only go with the fact that they've conveyed to me that it has been on order since late last June, just haven't been able to get them in on a timely basis!??! Sound like b/s?? Maybe so!?!?
Oh. And they say the passenger side visor is on backorder as well!!?!
They were Dodge. And with the issues I've had, and are still having, they're still DODGE. With a history of problems, that still exist! At least back in the day my Dakota's didn't have problems, thank God.
I understand what you're saying. I'm 30 years old. This isn't my first car, I'm not negative on the truck. Actually negotiated a good deal on this truck brand new. I was working and decided to go for a career change, just jumped on it and said I'll figure it out as i go, since i figured with good maintenance the ram could give me at least 150k miles, I'll be done with school in 14 months and would have a career job immediately since it's in medical field. I've handled all my diff fluids, transfer case fluids at 50k miles before a trip to Chicago from NY. I'm aware of upcoming transmission fluids and radiator flush. I've upgraded rotors and pads (xtreme pads) replaced them myself. I looked into getting a smaller car and in today's market they wanted 450 a month for a Honda civic... I pay 650 for my fully loaded laramie that's probably almost double the price of a civic. And I don't want a 10+ year old car that's going to cost 10k in today's used market that I'm going to be stuck with repairing every other month and be stranded occasionally (like my 96 E36 M3 that's been sitting for 2 years). I'm not asking ram for unlimited warranty but something that's a consistent issue with majority of their trucks should be addressed by them. I don't mind fixing the manifold issue but if its something that's going to continue going bad or breaking every 20k miles then that's a manufacturer defect. As for the passenger axle. I replaced both prematurely because the passenger side was doing the harlem shake and now passenger axle is back at it again. I don't mind replacing it but if it's going to continue to go bad prematurely... is that fair to the consumer?
I mean there Is a lot that is not fair to the consumer, and it's not just Ram. Most replacement parts come with their own warranty, buy them using a credit card that provides extended warranty (it adds 1 year of warranty to any item with a warranty of 5 years or less when paid with the credit card). That should at least get you a 2 year warranty minimum if stuff is really going every 20k miles.
The manifold was 65 something + shipping. PS axle was little over a hundred plus shipping.
Oh really?
Yeah I don't have the rear Window leak but deff the manifold. I looked into mopar extended warranty. I contacted them directly and they gave me a price list for Max care plus the most being the $100 deductible 5yr/60k miles for $5k. No financing available for that either. Paid on the spot after an inspection. Thanks for the tip though. I'll prob have to go that route if I want to have a peace of mind for at least another 60k miles.
Yeah my rear diff blew into pieces. I ended up doing some research and apparently some left off the line with incorrect amount of diff fluid and I was one of few victims. They replaced entire rear end under warranty though. OEM axle a little over a hundred? Where? When I called the dealer they told me almost 500 per axle!!! I mean and as per stock shock/struts my rear ones were done before 40k miles and now my fronts are done but I have 76k miles so that's fine I guess. Ordered new bilsteins to replace them for something better. Ordered suspension Maxx sway links since stock ones took a crap already and replacing inner and outer tie rods as well just to take care of whole front end since it feels too loose and unstable. I just want to find an aftermarket manifold and axle permanent solution that'll solve the issue, where I don't have to worry about cracks or premature wear. Oh and also lower control arm ball joint not being replaceable sucks because I've also read they go prematurely and I feel like that's the case with mine because I can't determine what's making the small faint clunking or ticking noise after small bumps etc. So apparently LCA has to be replaced as whole.
Also I've read the intermediate shaft of PS axle is the issue or not sure of the axle taking a crap causes the intermediate shaf to wear out and then now that has to be replaced and just the intermediate shaft at dealer is also like 425 if I remember correctly.
Not OEM shafts.
You tube is your friend.
TRUE statement, dealers here have stated they can only order 1 manifold "kit" every 7 days, takes about 3-5 days to get it.
Oh boy, I'm going there..."At least back in the day my Dakota's didn't have problems"...uhm, I've always considered RUST to be a problem
(Sorry, couldn't resist!)
You don't get it through Mopar directly, they are the most expensive. Check out the site I listed and call them. Also if you keep the truck through the warranty time and don't use it at all you can get a 100% refund if you wanted to just get the warranty and save it for a big ticket item and not use it on smaller things..
Yeah no unfortunate for me my LCA started making those small little knocking noise early. At least I believe so. Once I replace suspension, sway bar links, inner and outer tie rods, and axles with shaft, I guess I'll see how it feels.
