Unhappy -- No internet; No owner's manual.

[Busyjoe]

Recently purchased a 2025 1500 4x4. Just called big Ram in the sky, and was informed that they don't even print an owner's manual for the 2025. You must go to the Mopar site and print the pdf yourself. (About 400 pages at about 10 cents a page = about $40)
Now some folks will say just look it up on your smart phone. Shockingly, the forest land I work in doesn't have phone/internet signal. And as it stands now, I have no written documentation that tells me how engage my 4 wheel drive. Lord help us when my new hand has to drive it in the woods. I hope the tow truck is a 4x4 for the warranty work.
A $65,000 truck with no operator's manual... sad.

 

[SD Rebel]

Recently purchased a 2025 1500 4x4. Just called big Ram in the sky, and was informed that they don't even print an owner's manual for the 2025. You must go to the Mopar site and print the pdf yourself. (About 400 pages at about 10 cents a page = about $40)
Now some folks will say just look it up on your smart phone. Shockingly, the forest land I work in doesn't have phone/internet signal. And as it stands now, I have no written documentation that tells me how engage my 4 wheel drive. Lord help us when my new hand has to drive it in the woods. I hope the tow truck is a 4x4 for the warranty work.
A $65,000 truck with no operator's manual... sad.

There should have been a quick guide at least? Either way, you can actually get the giant hard copy manual for free. Sign into your My Mopar account, you may need to create an account and can request a real paper copy delivered to you house.

As for the PDF manual, just download it when you have internet access, you can keep it on your phone and computer at home and access it without internet connection. Prefer this version anyways since you can always do a search and find your questions easier than a paper version. But trust me, I understand the wanting of a paper manual, it also has its positives.

Here is a thread with the link you can download your PDF version: 2025 Owner Manual Posted Online

I know this info isn't going to help being stuck in the woods without documentation, but for next time going forward.

 

[MarPar]

And as it stands now, I have no written documentation that tells me how engage my 4 wheel drive.

You push the auto 4x4 button. Done.

 

[Scram1500]

This is the kind of thing you should know before going out into the wild

 

[JimboSTL]

There should have been a quick guide at least? Either way, you can actually get the giant hard copy manual for free. Sign into your My Mopar account, you may need to create an account and can request a real paper copy delivered to you house.

As for the PDF manual, just download it when you have internet access, you can keep it on your phone and computer at home and access it without internet connection. Prefer this version anyways since you can always do a search and find your questions easier than a paper version. But trust me, I understand the wanting of a paper manual, it also has its positives.

Here is a thread with the link you can download your PDF version: 2025 Owner Manual Posted Online

I know this info isn't going to help being stuck in the woods without documentation, but for next time going forward.

So I just bought a 2025 RAM and no owners manual. If I go where mentioned above, my only choice after requesting a printed copy is to pay $50.

 

[SD Rebel]

So I just bought a 2025 RAM and no owners manual. If I go where mentioned above, my only choice after requesting a printed copy is to pay $50.

Sucks to hear that, it looks like inflation is caught up to freaking owner's manuals!

Or to be more accurate, the current corporate mantra of charging more while giving less.

 

[jonusko]

Recently purchased a 2025 1500 4x4. Just called big Ram in the sky, and was informed that they don't even print an owner's manual for the 2025. You must go to the Mopar site and print the pdf yourself. (About 400 pages at about 10 cents a page = about $40)
Now some folks will say just look it up on your smart phone. Shockingly, the forest land I work in doesn't have phone/internet signal. And as it stands now, I have no written documentation that tells me how engage my 4 wheel drive. Lord help us when my new hand has to drive it in the woods. I hope the tow truck is a 4x4 for the warranty work.
A $65,000 truck with no operator's manual... sad.

That is not true. They do have printed manuals. These came with my truck and were in a pouch.

 

[202snowman]

That is not true. They do have printed manuals. These came with my truck and were in a pouch.View attachment 191556

Those are the quick start guides, not the 400 page full owners manual.

 

[SD Rebel]

That is not true. They do have printed manuals. These came with my truck and were in a pouch.View attachment 191556

Those are the little booklets, the big manual that is so big & heavy you can use to defend your house from an intruder isn't included unless you contact Mopar directly. In the past, you got it for free, but apparently you have to pay now.

Though based on what the OP stated, he didn't even get these quick start booklets?

 

[Dewey]

Quick start booklets are really all a guy needs hard copies of. The full owners manual is 70% worthless information related to common sense stuff that they print only for liability reasons.

 

[SD Rebel]

Quick start booklets are really all a guy needs hard copies of. The full owners manual is 70% worthless information related to common sense stuff that they print for liability reasons only.

True, but as you say, that 30% left are some in-depth & useful stuff in the big manual not in the quick start, but agree I prefer a PDF which I can easily search instead of riffing through a paper version, but that could be an issue if the OP doesn't always have a connection.

Either way, for what the OP paid for his truck, there should be a free full size paper manual. You could get one delivered for free in the past, but seems not anymore? Fitting in a new corporate world where consumers pay more and get less.

 

[boogielander]

wait you went out there not knowing how to operate your 4x4 system?

 

[UnloosedChewtoy]

This is another one of those "I should have thought of this before getting myself into a situation, but I'll blame others and join a forum just to complain then never come back" threads. (Referring to the original poster that started the thread, no one else.)

I agree, it should be available for free upon request, but in this digital age, expecting everything to be on paper still is a bit backwards. I hear it all the time in the IT world, "its always been this way, why would we change it?" That is not a justification for keeping things the same.

And also... how do you not know how to push 4x4 buttons? Maybe he was referring to 4x4 low range, but even then, if you try to do that improperly, the gauge cluster screen tells you what you need to do.

 

[boogielander]

This is another one of those "I should have thought of this before getting myself into a situation, but I'll blame others and join a forum just to complain then never come back" threads. (Referring to the original poster that started the thread, no one else.)

I agree, it should be available for free upon request, but in this digital age, expecting everything to be on paper still is a bit backwards. I hear it all the time in the IT world, "its always been this way, why would we change it?" That is not a justification for keeping things the same.

And also... how do you not know how to push 4x4 buttons? Maybe he was referring to 4x4 low range, but even then, if you try to do that improperly, the gauge cluster screen tells you what you need to do.

guy's busy. it literally says so in his username LOL