About to trade my ram in for a durango.
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Hoss:
Glad your considering a Durango. That IS a nice looking Rak truck you have there though!
How come you want to get away from it?
Any way, 04-05 5.7 engines had issues with valve train so, you will want to listen very carefully for any engine noise. Although the 4.7 is a great motor, my second D has the Hemi, and I have no regrets.
MDS or cylinder shutdown (from 8 to 4) started in 2006 for the Durango. It will give you another mpg or 2 on the hwy unless you always drive 80mph, or are towing.
04-05 models also had the 7/70 powertrain warranty. So, if you would be the 2nd owner and have enough miles till 70k to make it worth while, be sure to get the 7/70 transferred to your name. Will cost you $150.
A week after I brought home my 04 with 53k, both outer CV boots disintegrated. Due to the 7/70, the fix cost me $100 instead of around $500.
Other will surely chime in to give you a good baseline to work from.
I found my D using Autotrader dot com.
Glad your considering a Durango. That IS a nice looking Rak truck you have there though!
How come you want to get away from it?
Any way, 04-05 5.7 engines had issues with valve train so, you will want to listen very carefully for any engine noise. Although the 4.7 is a great motor, my second D has the Hemi, and I have no regrets.
MDS or cylinder shutdown (from 8 to 4) started in 2006 for the Durango. It will give you another mpg or 2 on the hwy unless you always drive 80mph, or are towing.
04-05 models also had the 7/70 powertrain warranty. So, if you would be the 2nd owner and have enough miles till 70k to make it worth while, be sure to get the 7/70 transferred to your name. Will cost you $150.
A week after I brought home my 04 with 53k, both outer CV boots disintegrated. Due to the 7/70, the fix cost me $100 instead of around $500.
Other will surely chime in to give you a good baseline to work from.
I found my D using Autotrader dot com.
vaffanculo
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Pittsburgh, PA
I think the 2008-2009 5.7L have 370 horsepower compared to 340 for the 2004-2006 models due to valve timing. I had a first generation durango before my 2007 and I wish the third generation was a mid-size SUV instead of the crossover. The 2005 had a recall on the dash cluster that posed a fire threat and some 2006 (maybe 2005) have a gas fill up problem where gas overflows during filling. I would check out that thread and advise against that year although I know a 2007 (same as mine) had a problem, but mine has been trouble free the last 3-1/2 years,
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Joined: Dec 2008
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From: washington
The reason I'm selling my truck is money, I'm cutting back everywhere, even selling a few firearms. I really love my truck, it's been dead reliable and is a solid good looking truck, but I need less money going out the door each month. Might start saving up for a ring to upgrade the girlfriend of 3 years.
So, I'd like to think I'm upgrading in some way when giving up a great truck like this and diesels in this body style are still out of the ballpark I want to spend so instead of trading it in for an older and/or lesser version I'm looking at something with more interior room that could come in handy sometime in the future as well.
So, I'd like to think I'm upgrading in some way when giving up a great truck like this and diesels in this body style are still out of the ballpark I want to spend so instead of trading it in for an older and/or lesser version I'm looking at something with more interior room that could come in handy sometime in the future as well.