Quality
HereRam is in the top 5 for 2017 quality I see.
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Even a leaking brake line will raise the hair on one's back as I found out late last summer. A trailer hauling junk ahead of us had something fall off and we ran over it and heard a clunk. Didn't know what we hit and pulled off into the next rest area and checked for any damage and none was seen. Back on our way thinking it had hit a frame member. Not that lucky though. Got back home and parked the 2004.5 truck on the south side cement driveway as usual. Next day noticed a silver dollar sized oil spot just behind the front wheel. Obvious because there are no oil spots on either of our driveways. Smelled it and it sure was brake fluid and alarm bells went off, dang!
Got down on the ground and started searching for a leak or wet area. Found it. Was brake fluid on the line and also on the frame side. Got an appointment to have it fixed and all lines inspected. The piece that fell off had hit the brake line backed by the frame and put a sharp dent in the line and that's where it was leaking. Most of the line alongside the frame was covered by the undercoating so he damage was easy to find once the wet was seen.
From where the dent kink was it looked like the tire may have run over or deflected the piece and threw it up to hit the line. Repair place seem to think the same. The line was not rusty but of course had to be replaced anyway and was. Total bill was $208.61 and was too little to turn into insurance. $100 deductible but will save a claim made for a real need.
Checked all the other lines and virtually no rust and we live in Michigan and there's nearly 200K on the 13 year old truck. Wasn't a truck component failure repair as it was caused by a freak road hazard. Such is life!
Got down on the ground and started searching for a leak or wet area. Found it. Was brake fluid on the line and also on the frame side. Got an appointment to have it fixed and all lines inspected. The piece that fell off had hit the brake line backed by the frame and put a sharp dent in the line and that's where it was leaking. Most of the line alongside the frame was covered by the undercoating so he damage was easy to find once the wet was seen.
From where the dent kink was it looked like the tire may have run over or deflected the piece and threw it up to hit the line. Repair place seem to think the same. The line was not rusty but of course had to be replaced anyway and was. Total bill was $208.61 and was too little to turn into insurance. $100 deductible but will save a claim made for a real need.
Checked all the other lines and virtually no rust and we live in Michigan and there's nearly 200K on the 13 year old truck. Wasn't a truck component failure repair as it was caused by a freak road hazard. Such is life!
