chakatania wrote:
I wish I could say your statements are all true!
But we deflated the tires to 35 with no dash warning light coming on. So the question is "HOW LOW DID THEY DEFLATE THE TIRES" for the warning light to come on?".
After deflating them did you start the truck then take it for a ride? Also the PSI is shown on the dashboard right? I does on our 2012 200.
Maybe you are not one of those type of salesman as all salesmen are not and are on the up and up.
And our Mega-Cab 3500....not 2500 (you wrote "2500" the correction is "3500") previously drove beautifully. I loved that truck! This new one drives NOTHING like our previous truck.
You had a 2 wheel drive and now have a 4 wheel drive truck. YOU decided you needed the "safety of 4 wheel drive". I live in the snow belt and have a two wheel drive truck and never have I felt "unsafe driving it!".
I wish our salesman would of let us see EXACTLY how the truck rode without deflating the tires (and possibly dangerously so).
If you think they did this call Chrysler and your States Attorney General and file a claim!!!
And again in our defense, because I feel you've kind of put me in that corner...is that this is only our 2nd truck! We are new to the truck/trailer world. We just got our trailer last year.
BUYERS REMORSE...NOT!!
This truck is beautiful and sexy to say the least. I fall in love with it every time I look at it and listen to the diesel engine purring. I now wish we had it in a 1500 or 2500 since our travel trailer is only 25 feet long.
We would be glad to exchange it for a Laramie 1500/2500 so they can keep the same amount of money we spent. It's not about the money although it was over $50k. It's not about having a Laramie. It just rides like a bucking bronco. It's about when you spend THAT much money you should be able to make a clear judgment on your purchase without the dealer doing anything deceptive.
Again if you think they did this call Chrysler and your States Attorney General and file a claim!!!
When we bought our Mazda Tribute the dealer/salesman was awesome! When we bought our travel trailer..that went well too! When my husband bought his Corvette...that was all good. So why did this go wrong and why did the dealer do this deceptive practice just to make a sale? They had us on the hook to buy something.
The proof is that people on this forum are telling us to deflate the tires for a better ride. THERE YOU HAVE IT!!!
So the dealers are not dumb and just "allowed" or "didn't notice" the tires had deflated to below 35psi or whenever the light goes on (we have yet to replicate it). They did it on purpose.
Again if you think they did this call Chrysler and your States Attorney General and file a claim!!!
AND....although you are saying we haven't tried to drive w/deflated tires... We NEED to bring the tires up to spec for towing for safety and found whether towing or NOT it's a bucking bronco. OK I'll say this one more time. The 80 PIS setting is THE MAX SETTING. You are no where near the max weight rating for your 3500 truck! AIR THE TIRES DOWN!!!
I DO UNDERSTAND it's not a Cadillac...derrrr...but it's too much and not at all like our last truck. Well as you said "ah ...duh!!" you hd a 2 wheel drive and now have a 4 wheel drive truck. YOU decided you needed the "safety of 4 wheel drive". I live in the snow belt and have a two wheel drive truck and never have I felt "unsafe driving it!".
MANUAL/WARNING LIGHT/DEALER ENDANGERING CUSTOMERS?
- And to me it's NOT SAFE to allow passengers to ride in trucks with deflated tires to what? 30? 25psi? We can't even get the light to go on the dash as we keep deflating. These systems are not instant read from what I have read. As you deflate the tires sitting still it won't register on the dash until you start it up and start to drive. Did you do that? No.
- THE MANUAL states that it's dangerous to drive with the tires so deflated to the point the warning lights go on.
- So now the dealer has purposely put their customers in danger (according to the manual and not to get overly dramatic or maybe yes) by deflating the tires.
Again if you think they did this call Chrysler and your States Attorney General and file a claim!!!
C'mon and admit this is if anything - mildly deceptive and dangerous (according to the manual). Thank God we did not hit a nail or something on the freeway test drive...in which we got on and were told to exit after the 2nd off ramp.
Again if you think they did this call Chrysler and your States Attorney General and file a claim!!!
AGAIN....NO BUYER'S REMORSE
We wanted a truck. We were ready to buy a truck. We decided we love Dodge and the look of Dodge trucks. Chrysler paid their debt back to America - so politically all looks good...right? But it's not right to deceive mildly or wildly.
There! Off the soapbox...........
And this will be the last post for me, BTW my posts would be the same even if this was about a Ford, GM/Chevy or whatever. BTW next time you spend $50,000+ you might want to take the truck, car whatever out for the weekend and NOT on a preset test loop set by a dealer!!! One more time, if you think they did this call Chrysler and your States Attorney General and file a claim!!!
Don
