the whole thing where my truck shuts off pisses me off

 

It's got to be that stupid floor-mounted cupholder in the Mega Cab. Why go through all the trouble of making the biggest cab ever, only to nullify the 6th seating position with that lame design? As a family of 5, we were excited to finally see a Dodge that could seat 3 across the back in equal comfort (not to mention finally having a head-restraint in the center). However, we are always taking along an extra kid or friend, so that cupholder on the floor killed the deal for us. Now I'm waiting on the '09.

 

Crappy paint job is my vote

 

Cracking dash in my 02 but other than that its a truck guys! C'mon! If you wanted a BMW then buya BMW!!

Just my .02......

 

WIND BUFFERING

I like to ride with the back windows down. At over 40 mph the wind buffering is so bad it feels like someone is beating on my head. I check with another local owner and he has the same problems so I do not think it is isolated with my truck.

 

I have never driven a truck like yours but I don't think the v6 is that terrible. But it seems that the people with lower numbered gear ratios (3.21) and quadcabs like eltupac really dislike it. I'm sure I would too, but I have 3.56's and a reg cab so its not too bad. I don't really need to race anyone anyways and if you get on it early in the lower gears it will take offdecent. You just can't punch it without dropping a gear and expect it to move much.

 

You are not. I feel my ears about to blow.

I do. I wanted to change the gear ratio, but now I am just going to trade it in. Not worth the $800 job. I am sorry to say that I think I will become a ricer. Gas is too much for me, especially with a second kid on the way. $100 fill-up, no way, I rather $40 fill-up, $60 food for my babies. Thanks a lot mr. pres!

 

Guess I'm one of the lucky ones, 93,000 miles on my 04 and never had the LSD problem, warping rotor, or door seal tears, or anything like that. But I have burned up the clutch packs in my tranny due to the poorly designed ,weak *** 2nd prime kickdown.

I guess if I was to nit-pick, I also do not like the wide a-pillars, they block my view and I almost hit a kid on a bike because of it. A-Pillar blind spot...

 

I'm at 90K on my 03 and my vote goes out to the placement of the heater core and evaporator. I've had the tranny redone at 72,000 (Dodge covered half and that was like pulling teeth), and recently replaced the heater core (bad design!) and evaporator which require the entire dismantling and removal of the dash and a coil pack and that is it. I have change the rear end grease every year I've had the truck and maybe that is why I haven't had any problems with it yet. Mine is an 03 Quad 2WD with a 4.7 and I've towed 5Klbs plus about a quarter of the trucks life so I'm still happy with it 4 1/2 years later.

 

Thats a problem that I've faced with every vehicle I have ever driven, be it ford, dodge, gm. The A-pillar has always been a huge blind spot, at least for me.