Fuel tank almost falls completely out in practically brand new truck

[Bully.207]

Anyone have this happen?
Nut falls off rear band that holds the fuel tank on.
The front band held on by one thread.
The last picture show what was holding the fuel tank in one thread.
The truck has 5,000 mi on it hopefully this is not things to come.

 

[Sportznut]

I haven't heard of this problem, but was curious of what size fuel tank you have?

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[BTB123]

Wow! How did you catch that?

 

[Scram1500]

The rear window guy strikes again! They really need to fire that dude instead of moving him around the assembly line

 

[Darksteel165]

The rear window guy strikes again! They really need to fire that dude instead of moving him around the assembly line

Make him change factories and work on the Ram REV

 

[Dewey]

Epic assembly line failure there. Somebody was sleeping on the job and never torqued them.

 

[John Jensen]

Have never heard of it on a new truck but have heard of several failures on used trucks due to rusting at the fastener.

 

[Bully.207]

I have a 26 gallon tank I caught it because the Rear strap that holds the fuel tank up was rubbing against the drive shaft. I bought this truck as a demo only had it for 8 days. Going to the dealer Friday hopefully simple fix and I don't need my drive shaft replaced.

 

[Bully.207]

Wow! How did you catch that?

The rest strap on the fuel tank rubbing against the drive shaft making a screeching sound looked underneath it the rear of the fuel tank was hanging down below the rear drive axle not good for a brand new truck. Hopefully this is the only thing that wasn't tightened down

 

[Legal Brief]

You bought a demo, do not blame this on the manufacturing line. It’s a demonstration unit, who knows what they did with it. Why in the world would you buy a demonstration unit anyway?

 

[Cbty2050]

You bought a demo, do not blame this on the manufacturing line. It’s a demonstration unit, who knows what they did with it. Why in the world would you buy a demonstration unit anyway?

A demo is a vehicle driven by someone like a sales manager. They don't take it apart for show and tell.

 

[Darksteel165]

A demo is a vehicle driven by someone like a sales manager. They don't take it apart for show and tell.

They drive it like they stole it. I test drove a "new" 2021 back in 2021 and the tires were really worn and it had 5k miles on it. I cam back from the test drive like wtf and they said oh the manager drives it, we are still selling it as new with a 3k adm on top of msrp. Needless to say I never returned to that dealership.

He probably took it off road and had the bottom hit against something but never cared to check it.

 

[Cbty2050]

They drive it like they stole it. I test drove a "new" 2021 back in 2021 and the tires were really worn and it had 5k miles on it. I cam back from the test drive like wtf and they said oh the manager drives it, we are still selling it as new with a 3k adm on top of msrp. Needless to say I never returned to that dealership.

He probably took it off road and had the bottom hit against something but never cared to check it.

I really don't think hitting something will cause a lock nut to back off 2" down the stud. Either it wasn't torqued from the factory or a repair was made and not torqued then.