I am sure those of you who have been reading the different forums for awhile know that the Catalytic Converters on Rams and Dakotas go bad frequently: rattling noises around 40,000-80,000 miles with occassional plugging either completely killing engine power above idle, or really poor MPG.
Chrysler has finally admitted the problem for 1996-2001,
but the 1992-1995 Ram catalytic converters were every bit as bad.
See these two articles:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...ler-usat_x.htm
also
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...512220366/1148