Complaints about your 4th gen?
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From: Texas
Sorry, I meant to respond a few minutes ago. But totally got sidetracked by your avatar. Totally would, where do I sign up.
I don't think that is really your car. But even if it was, I am okay with yellow Corvettes. I am also okay if you happen to own a denim Corvette button down shirt, wear a Corvette wrist watch, and write with a collectible Corvette pen.
What I am not okay with is Honda or Toyota. Ever! Period! These cars are taking away the wages of hard working Americans each and everyday. If you want to buy a foreign car, FINE BY ME, but for the love all that is holy don't go flashing around in it with some quasi-homosexual paint scheme. This is America damnit, and this aggression will not stand, man.
Buy American, Live American, Do an American in the Back of an American Made Truck...my life motto.
I don't think that is really your car. But even if it was, I am okay with yellow Corvettes. I am also okay if you happen to own a denim Corvette button down shirt, wear a Corvette wrist watch, and write with a collectible Corvette pen.
What I am not okay with is Honda or Toyota. Ever! Period! These cars are taking away the wages of hard working Americans each and everyday. If you want to buy a foreign car, FINE BY ME, but for the love all that is holy don't go flashing around in it with some quasi-homosexual paint scheme. This is America damnit, and this aggression will not stand, man.
Buy American, Live American, Do an American in the Back of an American Made Truck...my life motto.
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From: Pearland, TX
I enjoy certain shades of yellow on sport cars. In fact, my s2000 is yellow.
I guess he's just hating on the foreign yellow cars because they take away AMERICAN JOBS. Or maybe it was the fact that he hated a guy with a yellow S2000.
I guess he's just hating on the foreign yellow cars because they take away AMERICAN JOBS. Or maybe it was the fact that he hated a guy with a yellow S2000.
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From: Texas
back to the topic on hand my complaints have been many yet in the end I have expcepted this truck.
- power is awesome and will be better when K&N and superchips get off their asses-
- seats wearing prematurely but theirs nothing to to do about it.
- Ive seen a couple complaints about handeling but what do you expect its a sports car wheel and feel in a huge truck, at least it not as loose a chevy's move the wheel a few feet and itll engage in a few minutes.
- as for the interior shaking and rattling I havent expereinced this, I felt it before in other vehicles but running through feild roads around 75 mph in a cloud of dust has been as smooth as on the road.
- power is awesome and will be better when K&N and superchips get off their asses-
- seats wearing prematurely but theirs nothing to to do about it.
- Ive seen a couple complaints about handeling but what do you expect its a sports car wheel and feel in a huge truck, at least it not as loose a chevy's move the wheel a few feet and itll engage in a few minutes.
- as for the interior shaking and rattling I havent expereinced this, I felt it before in other vehicles but running through feild roads around 75 mph in a cloud of dust has been as smooth as on the road.
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From: Ontario, Canada
Yes. This ram was being finalized back in the middle of high gas prices. But it was not being designed during those prices. When gas was at $4 these trucks were rolling off a line and being tested. It was too late to make changes. Too many committments were made. The development of a new vehicle takes years, not months. What technology do you propose they should have worked into the truck? A new smaller diesel? That's been scrapped b/c it costs too much money? A hybrid? In development but not ready yet and guess what, that too would raise the price of your truck at least $10k and it doesn't look like that's something people are willing to pay. The non-Hemis get poor mileage b/c they're simpler engines. They don't make up the bulk of sales so Chrsyler can't afford to dump more money into them. The carmakers still need to make money....
If you want better mileage today, you either need to a) pay more money (and we're talking a lot more) or b) significantly give up power. Now I don't want to pay $10k extra for a hybrid truck b/c it won't pay off, even with $4 gas.
If you don't need a truck, don't buy a truck. I need a truck, so I bought one. I'm happy with the mpg. It's beats or matches every other truck in it's class with a similar power rating. The Ford and Chevy high mpg trucks only get 1 mpg more on the highway and they have smaller engines, crappy low resistance tires, sit lower, and have crappy gears. I don't want all that for 1 mpg.
These are big trucks that move a lot of air and take a lot of energy to get moving. They're never going to be as efficient as cars. You want efficient - go buy a Prius. If you don't need a truck then don't complain about the mpg.
If you want better mileage today, you either need to a) pay more money (and we're talking a lot more) or b) significantly give up power. Now I don't want to pay $10k extra for a hybrid truck b/c it won't pay off, even with $4 gas.
If you don't need a truck, don't buy a truck. I need a truck, so I bought one. I'm happy with the mpg. It's beats or matches every other truck in it's class with a similar power rating. The Ford and Chevy high mpg trucks only get 1 mpg more on the highway and they have smaller engines, crappy low resistance tires, sit lower, and have crappy gears. I don't want all that for 1 mpg.
These are big trucks that move a lot of air and take a lot of energy to get moving. They're never going to be as efficient as cars. You want efficient - go buy a Prius. If you don't need a truck then don't complain about the mpg.
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From: Albuquerque
Whole lotta shakin' going on...
Ok, here's a legitimate complaint. The truck rattles too much on washboard roads. We did about 200 miles of dirt roads last weekend, and the truck rides great, but rattles like crazy.
How can Dodge make something that is so perfectly quiet on the highway, that can also make so much racket on rough dirt washboard roads? My Jeep is so loud you can't talk to your passenger on the highway, but even it rattles less than the brand new Dodge on washboard roads.
MOPWR2U
How can Dodge make something that is so perfectly quiet on the highway, that can also make so much racket on rough dirt washboard roads? My Jeep is so loud you can't talk to your passenger on the highway, but even it rattles less than the brand new Dodge on washboard roads.
MOPWR2U
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From: Beautiful San Dimas, California
The only rattles I have in my truck are from the passengers' seat belts when after they get out the buckle rattles against the B-pillar panel. It needs to be tucked between the seat and the panel, after that it's all quiet again.
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Check my sig. I'll get my sig pic posted soon.
EDIT: Here it is.
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From: Calgary Alberta Canada
I hate my truck, wishing i kept my 2005. Where to start, vent fan noisy when on high (sounds like plastic rubbing on fan wheel) 4 wheel drive gets stuck in 4lock and wont switch to 4auto or 2 wheel, service 4 wheel drive pops up on the dash. this truck only has 7500km on it. oh and the front end sounds like the shocks are messed, the clunk noise they make when driving drives me nuts and the dealer says "we looked and everything is fine" .The key fob dosent work half the time (new batterys) and the heated seats and wheel are never the same temp. seat is hot, wheel cool or seat is cool and wheel is hot. and when that wheel gets hot, holy crap to hot to touch. this is a full load truck nav,rear camera, fully loaded peace o crap.
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From: Austin/Round Rock, TX
I hate my truck, wishing i kept my 2005. Where to start, vent fan noisy when on high (sounds like plastic rubbing on fan wheel) 4 wheel drive gets stuck in 4lock and wont switch to 4auto or 2 wheel, service 4 wheel drive pops up on the dash. this truck only has 7500km on it. oh and the front end sounds like the shocks are messed, the clunk noise they make when driving drives me nuts and the dealer says "we looked and everything is fine" .The key fob dosent work half the time (new batterys) and the heated seats and wheel are never the same temp. seat is hot, wheel cool or seat is cool and wheel is hot. and when that wheel gets hot, holy crap to hot to touch. this is a full load truck nav,rear camera, fully loaded peace o crap.