Pray it wasn't done by the same shop that Neon got his done at. His was painted blue.

 

He'll probably be fine. Neon was a sucker and they could probably tell a mile away.

 

i know it was rebuilt, i was told that when i bought it, and i doubt it was from the same shop neon had his done at, considering the hell ive put it thru, and its still working

 

I know it's never a good idea to buy a vehicle on the first model year, I was just having some fun at their expense. It would hurt me to think I just spent 35K for a truck and it's already breaking down. I bought mine from the factory in 97 and it cost me a whopping 22K out the door, fully loaded. I thought that was enough. I was shocked at how prices have skyrocketed. I looked at one of the new 1500 and I have to tell you, ours is a much better truck. The plastic used on the inside is really cheap, and the motors & tranny, I don't even want to guess at. We all know what a great job Daimler has done, so I wouldn't want anything to do with that. Our trannys may be weak, but the 318 & 360s are solid motors with a proven history. I don't know about these new ones.

 

Well, all new vehicles are a crap shoot. It's not like you can hop on a forum and check to see what other people think the reliability is. You can try and more often than not, there is going to people out there that think the car your looking at is the stoutest thing around, but no one really knows. Personally I think the only way to know what reliability is on a vehicle is to buy a certain model that has been around a long time. Like a mid range 2nd gen, or a 2005-2006 model. Those vehicles would have been right in the middle of the model run, and usually manufactures have the bugs worked out.

Personally, I think that the 2004-2005 Rams were about the best production run 3rd gen ever had. Don't ask me what I think was better in 2nd gen..... I think we are all pretty well equal in terms of components.
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go fiqure its a dodge

 

Dodge stopped making trucks in the 80's then introduced the Gen 2 and now they are back to junk with the Gen 3.

 

What personal experience have you had with the 3rd generation trucks?

 

The bottom line is... if you have a good truck, keep it. do not trade up. Ford Dodge and GM make money by Fricking up a good thing, I hate to say this, but all brands make great trucks, just never at the same time.


The new 2500 Rams are recall central, My dealer wanted to inspect my 06 for the drag link problem ( not applicable ) thiers othier recall notices for the 07 + 2500 Rams.

My 06 is a excellant truck..

THe 09 Ram 1500 is a cluster F... with a shinny new skin, in a couple of years dodge will sort out the issues..

THe F-150 back in 04 was a dbbl cluster F... And I owned one and Ford is still having issues with the F-150, and now the 6.4 Turbo diesel.

THe tundra has issues, Gms have issues, but thiers still some well made trucks from all the brands that you will never hear abought.

But I will never ever buy a Ford.. I know loyal Dodge guys that jumped to Ford and are happy.

Never buy a first year re design...

 

I had way worse problems than that with my 50K 05 powerstroke. This brings a tear to my eye. I miss that truck, I wish it wasn't such a big piece of sh*%. Kind of like an old girlfriend thats no good for you and you know it and still cry when shes gone