The First Dent... :(
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Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Ontario, Canada
Brought mine to the dealer for a oil change and to rotate the tires, 6K miles on it. When I picked it up, I walked around the truck with the service writer and didn't notice anything out of place. After about two weeks I was washing the truck and noticed a 2' wide ***** in the right lower edge of the front bumper with thick bright red equipment paint transfer on it. Upon further inspection I noticed that there was clean grease on the edge of the ***** and that it just happened to be about the same size of a fork on a lift or jack. It was obvious to me that the dealer ran a jack into it or ran the truck into a lift, probably the later.
After grumbling about it for a week or so and looking at it every time I walked in front of it, I noticed that the right side of the bumper was lower than the left. The margin between the grill apron and the bumper is about 1" on the right side and about 1/4" on the left. This thing was hit hard or it hit something hard!
Over the years I've had more damage done to my vehicles buy the dealers than any other source other. ....I just hate to bring my truck to the dealer!
After grumbling about it for a week or so and looking at it every time I walked in front of it, I noticed that the right side of the bumper was lower than the left. The margin between the grill apron and the bumper is about 1" on the right side and about 1/4" on the left. This thing was hit hard or it hit something hard!
Over the years I've had more damage done to my vehicles buy the dealers than any other source other. ....I just hate to bring my truck to the dealer!
Admin formally known as 94rt10ohio
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: Curtice, OH
No dents, but did get some scratches on the bumper backing into a snow drift that was a block of ice. Touch up a few times, color sand with 1000 and rubbing compound.... Can not even see where they were.
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Joined: Jan 2007
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When i bought my old 3500 dually in '07, i took it back to the dealer after 3000 miles. The clearcoat on my dually fenders (rocker panel) was flaking off.. it looked horrible
I took it to the dealership, they took pics, made a claim, and i was denied any work done, because the manager told the dodge dealership that it looked like i was in an accident and had somebody cheaply spray paint over the fender (rocker panel), and it was making it flake off.. i told myself i would never buy another dodge product after that, and here i am with a new '09 (i just got it for the inside)
I took it to the dealership, they took pics, made a claim, and i was denied any work done, because the manager told the dodge dealership that it looked like i was in an accident and had somebody cheaply spray paint over the fender (rocker panel), and it was making it flake off.. i told myself i would never buy another dodge product after that, and here i am with a new '09 (i just got it for the inside)
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Minnesota
My old truck: 9 years old no dents. My new 09 ram, 3 months old and my fairly new girlfriend falls into the rear passenger door with her butt and dents it. Yeah, that was almost the end of that relationship...but fortunately it could be fixed to new with no painting. She still hasn't lived that one down though.
Girls= disasters with trucks
Girls= disasters with trucks
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Joined: Jan 2010
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From: BC
I just gotta ask, was the realationship almost ending due to her hitting the truck, or you commenting on how large her *** must be to do that? I know my mouth works faster then the brain sometimes. Like when my wife said "Don't look at my fat ***" and I relied, "But I love your fat ***." Women just can't take a compliment.
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Minnesota
haha...well fortunately she has a very cute rear end, in fact that probably played a role in my decision to keep the relationship going. It was a pretty hard fall and may have been alcohol induced on her part.
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Detroit
Didnt even have 500 miles on my truck when we got nailed with a golf ball sized hail storm!! I can live with the 4 on the roof cause obviously you cant see them but the six on the hood make me wanna cry. I have a guy coming out next week who does the paintless dent removal so we shall see how that goes.
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Joined: May 2012
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three days after i had my Ram 1500 i had my quad in the bed and boat hooked up (tailgate down). and when i went to unhook the boat from the hitch the wheels hit a rut a lifted the front of the trailer taking a chip of paint out of the tailgate. a little touch up paint will fix it