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Old 02-19-2010, 07:43 PM
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Power stearing pump, packed it in, prior to this event, water pump went, over christmas, left front axle shaft packed it in, lost a wiper arm, more stuff has gone wrong my truck in the last three months than in 2 and half years of praise for this truck

In the last 6 months I have driven less than 4,000 km, and my truck is a warenty junkie now, is thier a self destruct at 90,000 KM?

It really looks like the more I drive my truck, the better it runs, once parked it falls apart, oh well, better to use up warenty now than after 100,000 km..

as far the gages in the truck, do they really measure any thing, my temp gage takes for ever to get to the normal range, oil gage is on H all the time and so is the elctrical on H.
 
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Old 02-19-2010, 08:12 PM
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Run it!!!!!!!
 
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Old 02-19-2010, 08:53 PM
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dont feel bad. my power steering pump crapped out before 60000 miles!! other than that i have been lucky!
 
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67k no probs man...knocks on wood....
 
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Car wash, wand wash, now dam check engine light, and running like Ram crap in the woods, This is not new to me, pulled off the bat cables and I worry abought hooking them up later, You know with all the Toyota stuff happening, I should not admit to owning a 02 Sienna mini van, comes in handy for weekend road trips.

Maybe my Rams mad at for me looking at a new replacement truck, seems like evry time I go looking, something breaks...
 
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Old 02-20-2010, 12:15 AM
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210,000 kilometers. Not a single problem.
 
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233 000 kilometers. Very small problems here and there.
 
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from what i gather 06 wasnt a very good year for the rams. although ive replaced alot of things under warrenty like both racks, power steering pump and hose, alternator, brakes all around and im at 53k.
 
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06 Mega Cab.... 65K little problems. Knock on wood
 
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lol, 40K miles, P/S going two exhaust systems rusting out (have stainless now Freeze plugs leaking, Both rear axle seals and pinion seals leaking. Pinion fixed once. Transfer case tail shaft leaking, this was fixed once before too. The grab handle drips water on my left knee when it rains. heater core keeps getting clogged. Ignition switch gets stuck in the accessory position even with the key out. Left front caliper seized. Washer pump seized. Right front wheel bearing going (I think). Left lower ball joint squeeks like mad, but its not loose, YAY!!! And I was doing some work on it in the barn and left it with a new welding tarp over the open engine compartment. For some reason the tarp smelled just like skunk. It didn't seem real strong when I first opened it but it was like 5deg out. I left it like that for a couple days now my truck smells just like it has a family of skunks living in it. Oh yeah and the head gasket leaks (coolant in the oil) and it burns a fair about of oil as well (1 quart about every 2k miles) Umm, and about half the coil bolts broke off flush with the manifold when I tried to change the spark plugs. I soaked them for weeks before hand too. So Yeah, sometimes these trucks have issues, LOL, especially in the salt belt here in upstate NY. I think mine may have been built on a Friday afternoon or something too.
 

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