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205,000 on my 2003 1500 Hemi. Bought it bran new 12 years ago. Still going strong with a lot of towing & plowing. No major issues, just general maintenance and minor repairs. Biggest pain in the *** issue with this truck over the years is the heater box (core & blend door issues). Currently I'm waiting for some warm weather to dig out my broken manifold studs on the drivers side...another common problem. A couple CV axles, some rot over the rear wheel wells, and the rear diff sensor that I find cracked every 6 moths (not sure why) are the only other problems. A bunch of different codes throughout the years that I was always able to hunt down and correct myself. Thanks to this forum, I was able to tackle 99.9% of the issues myself over the years!
130 000 km on my 06. Blew it up with hydro-static lock 10 000 ago but was able to rebuild with gaskets, piston/rod and some dent removal in the oil pan from the busted rod. So id say its pretty tough to survive that.