New 2015 Ram 1500 ECODIESEL HFE

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

NinerBikes wrote:
Perrysbug Dodge boy,

I had 246k miles on my 1996 passat tdi diesel when I sold it. Did timing belts regularly, every 60 k miles. Brakes at 140k, all the way around.

I had 213k miles on my 1998 Jetta TDI when I sold it, same motor timing belts every 60k mile.

I had 320k miles on my 2002 Jetta GLS diesel on it when I sold it, timing belts every 100k miles. Had to change the seals on the injector pump at 240k miles. Brake jobs twice on it, and one alternator I pulled and installed new brushes on it, and reinstalled it.

You'd be hard pressed to show me an Italian car here in the USA that will reliably do those kind of miles. There's a very good reason they call 'em "Fix It Again, Tony's" and as for Fords, "Found on Road, Dead".

And don't give me the cr*p about first on race day... I don't race my vehicles around, they are daily drivers, I could care less about who wins on race day, it's irrelevant when it comes to working tow vehicles and RV's. Frankly, I am lost on the appeal of watching cars go round and round in big circles, kind of retarded if you ask me, if I want to watch stuff go round and round in circles, I should be a union worker, watching the hands of the clock instead.

LOL... There for a while I thought you were interested in purchasing a ED.

Yep I recall him saying that also so Troy, now he says how all American vehicles are nothing but big POS. Looks like we have an nominee for torll of the year right here. Golgoo paint coming off my VW Niner and then get back to me OK. LOL

A few test drives of both a 2500 and a 1500, as well as talking to other Dodge pick up owners with trucks from the late 90's through 2010 was enough for me to make a decision to forget about the idea of a RAM being a truck in my garage. Versions I've heard on the Cummins is that the motor is pretty darn good, but the truck completely falls apart and fails around the motor. Electrical connector problems and constant gremlins there, wire gauges being too small, hvac controller failures.

Living close to Hollywood, a lot of the people in the business that have to be on set locations hauling all the equipment are pretty adamant about getting rid of their Cummins in 3 years or 100k miles, which ever comes first, before the problems start cropping up. BTW, they are not engine problems, just problems with a lot of the rest of the truck... Chevy guys, some that I've come across, seem to hold on to theirs an extra year and 35 to 45k miles before letting them go as problematic money pits. YMMV, these guys have to be on the job, on the set, on time, lot of money riding on them being timely, and getting their per diem fees, as well as not breaching a contract.

Not a lot of Ford lovers out there... not since the 6.0 and 6.4 debacles. YMMV, this is who and what I've talked to here on the West Coast.


So their track record is a little shoddy, from the people I've personally talked to. My Touareg, knock on wood, should last me another 10 years and 240k miles, if it's anything like any of my other TDI's.

Newest development, and Fiat Chrysler, deny, deny, deny. Exhaust leaks. Exhaust leaks in cab, through the vent system.