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What did you do to your Ram today???

MarPar said:
That's what I thought.

Not short trips per se, but this poor truck has done 80% of it's life in traffic. 22.5 miles door-to-door to work every morning in Chicago traffic. BUT...I have exclusively used the tow/haul mode starting at 1253 miles on the truck. lol

Since tow/haul shuts off the auto stop/start, the starter has had a relatively normal life.

About 4 months ago, it didn't want to start up on the button like it always did. So I did some research here on our very own 5thgen forum. I replaced the OEM battery (which wasn't very strong at that point anyways) and I also cleaned the battery body ground on the fender and she was good, till she wasn't.

Tuesday morning, dead. Not even a click from the starter. I knew was screwed at that point.

Apparently (from what I could gather) it is a thing with 2019-2022 Rams. Not sure if it's an e-torque thing, or a normal 5.7 thing, but it's a thing. So I ordered a reman starter from NAPA in the morning and by 1:00 the driver delivered it to my driveway.
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You do know the starter isnt used to restart the truck when the auto start/stop kicks in. The e-torque motor is what restarts the engine.
 
MarPar said:
That's what I thought.

Not short trips per se, but this poor truck has done 80% of it's life in traffic. 22.5 miles door-to-door to work every morning in Chicago traffic. BUT...I have exclusively used the tow/haul mode starting at 1253 miles on the truck. lol

Since tow/haul shuts off the auto stop/start, the starter has had a relatively normal life.

About 4 months ago, it didn't want to start up on the button like it always did. So I did some research here on our very own 5thgen forum. I replaced the OEM battery (which wasn't very strong at that point anyways) and I also cleaned the battery body ground on the fender and she was good, till she wasn't.

Tuesday morning, dead. Not even a click from the starter. I knew was screwed at that point.

Apparently (from what I could gather) it is a thing with 2019-2022 Rams. Not sure if it's an e-torque thing, or a normal 5.7 thing, but it's a thing. So I ordered a reman starter from NAPA in the morning and by 1:00 the driver delivered it to my driveway.
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Why no warranty coverage?
 
Went down to the ground to see what the 2’ dia oil spill in my driveway was from under the truck. I’ll have to underbody wash for the skid plate, but it looks like the oil cooler line in front of the filter. Warranty was done about Sept 28 or so, nice.
 
Bt10 said:
Went down to the ground to see what the 2’ dia oil spill in my driveway was from under the truck. I’ll have to underbody wash for the skid plate, but it looks like the oil cooler line in front of the filter. Warranty was done about Sept 28 or so, nice.
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The pressure sensor on my truck wasn't right from the factory and caused an oil drip. Might be something worth looking at. I was able to turn it by hand. Got two full rotations out of it with a wrench. No leaks since.
 
HSKR R/T said:
You do know the starter isnt used to restart the truck when the auto start/stop kicks in. The e-torque motor is what restarts the engine.
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Ya, forgot bout that. lol

JamRam said:
Why no warranty coverage?
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I think it would still be under warranty, but I can't afford to be without the truck for 2 weeks. And Im not about to rent a truck either. For $245 after core charge, I just got er done and over with.
 
1.21gigawatts said:
Hey peeps, sorry, i've been offline for a bit, and this actually may be old news at this point, but did you guys know we now have the lock/unlock command feature from the RAM app??? like looks like its free??

I just got a new phone because my old one was so full it would just offload apps left and right to make space... and i redownloaded the ram app and noticed that the lock and unlock buttones are there, in a spot they never were before.

After my trials ran out i just was using it for the typical ree stuff, TPMS, amount of fuel, oil life, recalls, etc. but now these were here...

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Got a link to the app? Or exact name? Is it IOS? Just want to make sure I get the right one.
 
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