oh, I'm not disputing you, if you remember, I said "welcome to the way business is conducted in America, anymore...

My point is they are ALL having really major issues trying to cut costs. It's the way the individual company deals with those issues that's the difference anymore. But even the Toyota, Nissan and Honda's are having problems you used to NEVER hear about...

 

Truck should be ready on Friday. Excellent turnaround, tech said Dodge replaces the entire carrier all he has to do is connect the axels (with new bearings/seals) and attach the brakes. Brakes are original so I ordered new Power Slot rotors and Hawk pads...dealer is installing them as I type. Pushed for a new Driveshaft but dealer is only replacing the yoke.

I also had them flush the transmission, front differential and transfer case fluid, am I throwing $ out the window? I had planned on doing all this myself over the spring but getting tired of working on my back.

 

I know It's just very frustrating as I don't have the money to replace the f-ed up parts with aftermarket stuff.

It's a real shame. Dodge has a very powerful and comfortable truck. Looks killer to boot too. But the quality has taken a real nosedive in recent years. I suppose they all have, as Detroit wouldn't be in the place they are in.


97LT4SS. What's up with having GM cars, but driving a Dodge truck? You lose a bet or what

 

The initial Hemi Advertising along with the 20's sucked me in. I actually traded in an F-150 to buy the Ram back in '03, go figure. I also own a '96 VW Passat wagon to haul my GSD's around in.

 

OMG - that had to suck - but I am glad they are fixing it, I woulda freaked out if this happened to me...

As I read this my face was priceless... ......(at hammer gettin picked on)... to hear about the fixedness about it

--Cow-Chick--

 

Picked up the truck yesterday, dealer put a brand new rear end in, disk to disk. Not sure why the dealer didn't rebuild the original but now I have a 2009 rear in my truck. They also put in a new Driveshaft and installed Powerslot rotors/Hawk pads which I supplied for $120. Very happy with the entire process, cost to Dodge was over $6k including labor. Only grip I have is they didn't clean the differential fluid off the underside of my truck....it's everywhere. Geuss that's what Gunk is for.

 

No you don't have a "2009" rear in your truck. There is no such thing. They are all the same f'd up design since 2002.

Here's another discussion we've been having this week. See the latest posts.

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...e-respond.html

 

[quote=Trigger;1626371]No you don't have a "2009" rear in your truck. There is no such thing. They are all the same f'd up design since 2002.

Bar code reads Jan 2009, sounds like it was manufactured in 2009 to me. Same bad quality as my original rear....yes I understand that but it's still new. Better than having a Dodge tech rebuild the original.

I'll check out the new thread, thanks.

 

Damn it! I hope the 2009 rear is changed!!

 

I have a 98 Ram 1500 2WD. I had the pinion bearing go out and had to have it replaced in June of 06. Now the replacement bearing is whining. Last time I got the job done for $700 and change - pretty reasonable, actually. Just a pain in the rear end (ba-dump, BOOMP!) to have to do that again within 3 years.

The rear-end shop that did the work is reputable enough, and they tell me that failure of the pinion gear bearing is very common in Dodge trucks. They have even written to Dodge to try to get Dodge to come up with a fix, but Dodge says there's nothing wrong with the design. Either someone's lying or they don't know jack about the subject.