Need advise from the Ram Owners
I’m going to buy a Ram 3500 SRW in November and my dilemma is gas or diesel. I have owned a 02 Cummins for 17 years and it was ole reliable. I only drove it 90,000 in those 17 years and really don’t ...
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Grit dog wrote:Devo the dog wrote:
Except that I never complained about the engine, the CP4 or having emissions problems. LOL.
Ha! Well there’s a silver lining there! But frankly it doesn’t sound like it’s been out of the shop long enough to drive it enough to increase the potential for those issues.
That combined with the internet that gives the message that these major issues are somehow a certainty.
No they are not a certainty, but as I said the emissions , and actuators are common. your buddy 12V had the actuator go on his. Don't fool yourself that you are exempt with yours . I thought I did everything I was supposed to with mine. Its not a grocery getter, it doesn't sit around and idle. I run it all the time with exhaust brake, and tow haul on. It gets worked pretty hard towing our 15,500 GVWR fifth wheel . Yet at 59K the actuator goes. Not a cheap fix, cheaper if I would have been home ,would have replaced it myself.
