Tough Old Dodge!!

What a rugged machine that was. Ain't nothing built today, automotive wise that could compare.

GEES... that's some testimony !!

when I was at that Dodge dealer last week, there were several new 3500 series pickups that had paperwork stuck to the windshield saying "waiting with a recall", I didn't read everything, but thought that was kinda weird! it was on both single rear wheel and dually's.

Lou I feel bad for your son, knowing what my SSON went through( thiough I don't feel bad for 'Mr. Knowitall')....
Up here you can NOT rent a pickup with a trialer hitch so HOW does a contractor carryon making a living ?
BTW brother got the inside #s from Ford the day. April sales...ALL cars=3933, Fseries=14,166 !! Grand totals, Ford sells EIGHT times more trucks than cars !
well, until gas up here hits $6USD / USG ...

I owned and drove Ford trucks for 40 years, everything from an F100, F150's, F250's, F350's, Expeditions, Vans, up through an F800, but after the last couple I bought a Ram 3500 in 2014, 70,000 miles so far with no problems, and it works for a living, like it so much I traded my 2014 F150 on a 2018 Ram 2500 Laramie Longhorn last week, can't see me ever buying a Ford again. Only thing I'm going to miss is the Ford Dealer, they were the best Dealership I ever worked with, just got to where I couldn't live with the product. 

allis g wrote: I've got two recalls on my 2017 ram 2500 water pump and some pin in the transmission.  Been waiting 3 months for the parts to fix them.  Dealer said drive it, if it blows its on us.

I'd get that in writing!

I can't say what the difference is John, but I don't believe son bought many bells and whistles.....it is or was a work truck. One of the first symptoms was it would give alerts about tire pressure......but, there were no tire sensors in the tires, from the factory. Dealer tried to claim he took them out. Then other stuff started happening, the whole dash would blink and flash on and off randomly. and/or, it would simply shut down. Maybe it would restart, and sometimes not. they tried to blame that on the aftermarket installers, and insisted on charging him for troubleshooting it, but they (or their subcontractors) were the after market installers. then they noted the ham radio ( actually, business band) in it and zeroed in on it as the cause....then tried to bill him for the troubleshooting.

I realize all the auto manufacturers have had their failures, but it's the attitude that is the most frustrating.

I only owned one Chrysler/Dodge vehicle ('90 New Yorker, used) in my life, and it was near impossible at times to get parts for it outside of the dealer network, and at their prices. It had less than 80k on it and puked the spider gears out the side of the case. Same thing happened to three of our company Caravans. One was the one assigned to me. I was cruising along two lane road, all of a sudden loud bang, engine stopped, no power to dash, power steering an brakes gone! no 'park' with transmission. look in mirror and there is shrapnel and oil all over the road. spider gears had come through the case and severed the main wiring harness from chassis to cabin.


Edited by LouSWPA - 11 May 2018 at 7:39pm

Amos wrote: Lou, tell your son to call Dodge finance.  Neighbor had a new dodge, hauls trailers for living with it, broke the rearend gear about 30,000 on it.  It was in the dealer for six weeks they could not get the parts.  He called the finance department and in three days he had his truck back with a brand new rear end complete in it.  It is who you talk to in these situations

Thanks, Amos, I think he already went that route, but I don't know the details, but in any case he still doesn't have a truck. I think he arranged his own financing though, not Dodge finance

watching that video, it's a wonder them wood spoked wheels held up as well as they did!

Them spokes is hickory--a pretty tough wood, and-- they was pretty new then!

Back during the original Power Wagon days, Dodge was arguably the toughest truck on the market. In the '70s and '80s, that had a strong running gear but their bodies were junk, and electrical system wasn't the best. When they got the 5.9 Cummins, they had a decent truck with a superb engine, auto trans was still junk. 

well dealer called son today, looks like they are going to lease him a truck until this is over! And, FYI, lemon laws do not cover commercial equipment