Bigtone
Active Member
I'm posting this as informational to help if someone else has the same problem, but there will be a bit of a rant at the end. My 2019 Laramie has made a loud crack noise from the rear suspension since new when first accelerating from a stop and when braking. It seems like when the direction of torque would change on the rear differential. It was very intermittent at first. The dealer I bought it from could not duplicate the problem but performed the stabilizer bar retorque bulletin. That was last May, as of recently in the cold here in PA it has gotten alot worse, along with accelerating from a stop and braking, it would make the noise when hitting a bounce and turning hard. Local dealer, who I did not purchase from, said they could not duplicate it. Although I told them twice it was from the rear, in the paperwork they stated they checked bolt torque in the front suspension. Can't tell one end from the other I guess. At any rate, I'm leaving on a long trip in a few days, the dealer I purchased from could not schedule an appt before I left, so I started looking at it myself and found the rear lower control arm forward bolt was not tight. While laying alongside the truck, I rocked it back and forth and I could see it walking in the bracket. Tightened as best I could and noise is gone. Now for the rants. One, my local dealer worked on the wrong end of the truck, plus Ram building trucks and shipping them out with loose bolts. No excuse for that with a $50k+ vehicle. I'm typically not one to complain about my Ram because I really think it is a great vehicle, but this issue got to me a little because I never had that sort of problem with my 2014, or any of my other Rams. Plus, I buy new vehicles now because I'm getting too old to be crawling under them anymore. LOL
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