By itself, no. The oil pressure gauge will drop and check engine light come on, giving you plenty of time to pull off the road. Even if you keep driving until the engine seizes up, you'll have an opportunity to coast onto the shoulder. If you ignore all warnings and leave it dead in the middle of the road, *that* might become a problem.
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Hemi Rusty Oil Pans
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By itself, no. The oil pressure gauge will drop and check engine light come on, giving you plenty of time to pull off the road. Even if you keep driving until the engine seizes up, you'll have an opportunity to coast onto the shoulder. If you ignore all warnings and leave it dead in the middle of the road, *that* might become a problem.
Hey everybody while under my truck replacing my sway bar bushings which turned out great. I was looking around as I really do not service my new cars. I noticed the oil pan to be in very rough shape and worse than I have ever saw on a new truck/car under 4 years old and under 100,000 kms. Who else has Had this issue with a 5th Gen ? Also did it get covered by warranty as this is clearly poor metal or just crap paint on the oil pan. Funny thing a new pan is under $300 CAD. The dealership that I spend a lot of money in service with them their manager said it can not be covered as it probably was hit by a rock and the chip caused all this rust. The only thing flawed about his comment is that the rust above the oil drain plug there is no way a rock chipped it there. Also my truck is a highway-driven truck, not a back-road machine. Looking forward to the comments!!
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Same thing on my 2019 Laramie 70k miles. Disgusted. Calling CNA warranty tomorrow. Dealer says it's not covered as "rust and corrosion terms"Hey everybody while under my truck replacing my sway bar bushings which turned out great. I was looking around as I really do not service my new cars. I noticed the oil pan to be in very rough shape and worse than I have ever saw on a new truck/car under 4 years old and under 100,000 kms. Who else has Had this issue with a 5th Gen ? Also did it get covered by warranty as this is clearly poor metal or just crap paint on the oil pan. Funny thing a new pan is under $300 CAD. The dealership that I spend a lot of money in service with them their manager said it can not be covered as it probably was hit by a rock and the chip caused all this rust. The only thing flawed about his comment is that the rust above the oil drain plug there is no way a rock chipped it there. Also my truck is a highway-driven truck, not a back-road machine
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Short term, drain the oil, wire brush/sand the rusty spots, go crazy cleaning it with lacquer thinner / acetone and butter it up with the stronger of the two JB weld products [get the BIG tubes] I have used that recipe on many pans, so far without failure [until it rusts in a new spot.]
I'll be spraying my new truck with ...something ... to slow that down.
I'll be spraying my new truck with ...something ... to slow that down.
This seems to only effect 2019 model year.
Darksteel165
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Just clean it off and throw some paint on it.
There are also chemicals you can buy to spray on that will deactivate the rust before you paint it. I use Rust Cutter https://www.amazon.com/Rust-Kutter-Converter-Professional-Repair/dp/B001U1KDDC
It's pretty cool stuff just don't breath it in.
If it's bad I would clean, spray, clean, spray, rinse and let dry then paint.
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I have a 2019 Longhorn, 62K miles. My oil pan is rusting out so much it is bubbling now. I amazed because i go to the car wash all the time. I have contacted RAM corporate and working with an agent to have it repaired on their dime (or most of theirs) if possible. The estimate my dealer gave me was almost 2K. With that repair, two cracked exhaust manifolds, an overhead console, and 2 replacement rear windows for leaks on a 5 year old truck I am seriously doing a double look on these vehicles and future RAM's.
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That manager needs his head examined. Hit by a rock my a.. !!Hey everybody while under my truck replacing my sway bar bushings which turned out great. I was looking around as I really do not service my new cars. I noticed the oil pan to be in very rough shape and worse than I have ever saw on a new truck/car under 4 years old and under 100,000 kms. Who else has Had this issue with a 5th Gen ? Also did it get covered by warranty as this is clearly poor metal or just crap paint on the oil pan. Funny thing a new pan is under $300 CAD. The dealership that I spend a lot of money in service with them their manager said it can not be covered as it probably was hit by a rock and the chip caused all this rust. The only thing flawed about his comment is that the rust above the oil drain plug there is no way a rock chipped it there. Also my truck is a highway-driven truck, not a back-road machine
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Take it somewhere else to be checked out. That is seriously messed up and will leak very soon.
It looks bad enough in your pictures that i can see a wire brush job breaking through it. That is the worst ive ever seen !
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Just at my dealer now with a 2019 1500 LTD with 75000km , and guess what they have old me……yep, the rock hit my oil pan and caused it to rust out.
$1500.00 CDN and not covered by my 5 year 100,000km warranty…..even though my 5 years are not up until August.
All service has been done at the dealer, and never mentioned until now.
$1500.00 CDN and not covered by my 5 year 100,000km warranty…..even though my 5 years are not up until August.
All service has been done at the dealer, and never mentioned until now.
Dewey
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Crooks. Go to a different dealer. No way I would settle for that. They know there’s a known problem with this. Should be a recall.
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I sense a lot of us 2019 owners have put this project off or attempted to prolong it with some type of coating. I read one guy on here tackled the pan replacement, but I haven’t been able to get any feedback from him. Anyone else did it themselves, or will you be having the dealer/shop (out of warranty) do it?
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This is still a problem. I recently purchased a 2021 Ram 1500 Bighorn with 39k. I did an oil change this weekend I noticed what looked to be paint flaking off the bottom of the oil can, andwhen I tried to clean some of it off oil starts seeping through the pan. I had the truck picked up this morning and brought to the dealer. I should know in a day or two what the cost this will be. The truck was originally purchased in Vermont, I’m in Maine. I still have like a year left on the warranty, but I doubt that that’s gonna cover anything. Ram should make this right but I realize that is unlikely.
Gren71
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Ive always made it a point with all of my jeeps, and now ram, to be fastidious about the undercarriage. A couple times a year, usually while im under the vehicle for an unrelated fix, i give it a once over. Scrape/brush off any rust that needs remove…hit every spot with a convertor spray. And go back a couple hours later and cover it black engine spray. I recently noticed a few spots starting on my oil pan at only 20k miles…hopefully the preventative maintenance keeps the rust monster away.
I had my oil changed last year and went to a different place than usual so I could also have them install some tires I ordered from Tire Rack. Well, they sent me a photo my oil pan. I was shocked. Equal to if not worse than the OP. The entire bottom of the pan was bubbled from the rust. They even said they were afraid to take the drain plug out for fear that it would start leaking.
Fast forward a few months and I decided to start doing my own oil changes. The drain plug location is horrible, so I also ordered a Fumoto valve to make the next oil change an easier and cleaner job. While down there, I decided to try and do something about the rust on the oil pan.
I can’t for the life of me find the original photo from the oil change last year, but if I do I’ll post it here. I started with a wire brush, and while it was getting some of it off, I would have been there all day. So I switched to a wire brush drill attachment and that made pretty quick work of it. I will say, even after knocking off all the bubbling (so many rusty flakes everywhere) there were still a few spots that I was afraid to go further with. Definitely deeper rust, almost scab like. If you ever picked a scab as a kid, you know what happens, and I didn’t want my truck to start bleeding any time soon. Those “scabs” are easy to spot in the photos.
Once that was all done and fumoto valve installed, I taped it off and sprayed on 3 layers of Dupli-Color Rust Fix. Photos attached.
I’ll keep you all posted on how things look at the next oil change time. Also looking forward to a much faster/cleaner oil change.
Now I just need something like that for the oil filter…..
Fast forward a few months and I decided to start doing my own oil changes. The drain plug location is horrible, so I also ordered a Fumoto valve to make the next oil change an easier and cleaner job. While down there, I decided to try and do something about the rust on the oil pan.
I can’t for the life of me find the original photo from the oil change last year, but if I do I’ll post it here. I started with a wire brush, and while it was getting some of it off, I would have been there all day. So I switched to a wire brush drill attachment and that made pretty quick work of it. I will say, even after knocking off all the bubbling (so many rusty flakes everywhere) there were still a few spots that I was afraid to go further with. Definitely deeper rust, almost scab like. If you ever picked a scab as a kid, you know what happens, and I didn’t want my truck to start bleeding any time soon. Those “scabs” are easy to spot in the photos.
Once that was all done and fumoto valve installed, I taped it off and sprayed on 3 layers of Dupli-Color Rust Fix. Photos attached.
I’ll keep you all posted on how things look at the next oil change time. Also looking forward to a much faster/cleaner oil change.
Now I just need something like that for the oil filter…..
