Ram rear end?
#21
I've owned three Ford trucks - '84 F150 4.9L I6, '93 F250 7.3L diesel and a '97 F150 5.4.
First one I bought new, had three years with nary an issue. Second I bought used - had to have the rear end rebuilt with 71k miles on it. The thing also absolutely ate front end suspension parts. The third one, bought new had a piston crack and the engine blew at 14k miles - but the rear end was still ok, LOL.
Two Rams, both bought new - '98 which I traded in with 68k on it. Current '04 which has 54k on it. Never a rear end issue to date.
MY personal track record says about the opposite of what your Furd buddies say...
First one I bought new, had three years with nary an issue. Second I bought used - had to have the rear end rebuilt with 71k miles on it. The thing also absolutely ate front end suspension parts. The third one, bought new had a piston crack and the engine blew at 14k miles - but the rear end was still ok, LOL.
Two Rams, both bought new - '98 which I traded in with 68k on it. Current '04 which has 54k on it. Never a rear end issue to date.
MY personal track record says about the opposite of what your Furd buddies say...
#23
My 09 Ram 1500 4x4 with 3.92 rear end had almost 90,000 miles on it now. It's been off road a bit, pulled a few trailers weighing in at over 7,000 pounds on trips over 1,000 miles and hauled my small boat around alot. I've had the rear end serviced 2 times and I've never had a bit of trouble from it. Been a great truck overall.
#24
Ya, talked to these guys again and no matter how hard I tried I could not get them to release where they saw these trucks! I've been searching all over the net and all I could find was that pinion nut. Which have been recalled anyways, and was just issues on the 09s and the earlier 10s. Some late 10s had that issue but we also recalled if they were build along a certain timeline. So in all reality I am not that worried now haha.
I think these guys are just over-exaggerating haha. It is kind of fun to fight with these guys tho, no matter how hard I try to fight I can't get them away!
I think these guys are just over-exaggerating haha. It is kind of fun to fight with these guys tho, no matter how hard I try to fight I can't get them away!
#25
Ya, talked to these guys again and no matter how hard I tried I could not get them to release where they saw these trucks! I've been searching all over the net and all I could find was that pinion nut. Which have been recalled anyways, and was just issues on the 09s and the earlier 10s. Some late 10s had that issue but we also recalled if they were build along a certain timeline. So in all reality I am not that worried now haha.
I think these guys are just over-exaggerating haha. It is kind of fun to fight with these guys tho, no matter how hard I try to fight I can't get them away!
I think these guys are just over-exaggerating haha. It is kind of fun to fight with these guys tho, no matter how hard I try to fight I can't get them away!
#26
I read the Ford forumns some. I can't believe what kind of money they pay for those trucks. Some with ecoboost 6 cylinders and King/Harley this and that are TWICE what a Quad Cap Hemi Express is. I shopped Ford and G.M. and Rams for 3 or more months. Kept going back to the Ram. There's a lot of grumbles about lag,hesitation,jerky shifting,auto trans failures and such. Seems way more issues posted then on the Dodge sites.
#28
There not in a ditch. They are on the side of road in the emergency lane with the drive-shaft broken loose at the differential and on the ground. Plus a big oil smear under the tuck at the differential. I've seen one. I've aslo seen several Nissan whatever pickups over the last few years in the same mess.
#29
Its a good thing all this crap about Dodge is BS as dumb as the guys are in the service dept where I bought my first Ram!!! Absolutley pathetic. Lie to you, come up with some bull **** story and gets p---ed when you tell them they're dumber than than a lugnut!!! LOL Oh, a lugnut is the most dispensible piece on a race car!!
#30
I believe Chrysler had a recall on the rear for the Ram for 2010 or 2011, it had a problem with the pinion nut coming loose and several Ram owners dropped the driveshaft because of it.
You should ask those Ford owners about all those transmission failures they are having with vehicles with less than 5k miles on them.
You should ask those Ford owners about all those transmission failures they are having with vehicles with less than 5k miles on them.