1) There is some truth to selling a vehicle with the years and miles yours has. It still has good private party sale value, in a few years it will be worth much less. So if you are really unhappy with it and are itching to get into another one, then selling yours gets you a decent down payment (assuming it's payed for).

2) Having worked in support of manufacturing operations from the engineering side, I am very familiar with supply chain issues. Really what that means is that the suppliers in many cases deliver substandard parts and then you have a production line problem. It's not always Chrysler's fault, it is how Chrysler handles the problems that matters most to us end users. In my old company, we used to send engineers to our suppliers along with quality folks to keep an eye on them (source inspections, process audits, etc). In some cases, the suppliers would go bankrupt due to their liability and in order for us to keep the production line going, we would buy them and get them on their feet again. This happens to all companies, GM, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler you name it.

3) Any other truck you buy is likely to have as many issuers as you are having with yours. I think that the '09 Ram is the best built truck there is and probably the 013 is the best also.

 

I have a Maytag washer and dryer my parents gave me, They bought in in 1973, I took it over in 1987 and I'm still using it today!!

Its burried deep in the basement, where no one dares to seek it out..

With all Trucks and Cars, some used, most new, I have owned since 1987, I could re write consumers reports.

MY daily driver is now a 1982 celica, ( bought it less than the cost of winter tires for my Elantra) New stuff is just not apealing to me when I can use new money to retain vaule from old stuff..

Im still tempted every time I see a Dodge Ram, 1500 to 3500, But My investment in my 06 2500 Ram Crashs me back into keeping my money!!!