Well, today it happened!! ~Updated~

transamz9 wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

transamz9 wrote:

mich800 wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
I'm brand loyal when the brand I buy doesn't fail. That's how a company makes me want to buy another one.

Treating me decently when a known problem rears its ugly head, rather than fixing said problem before I have to deal with it doesn't make me brand loyal, it makes me look for alternatives. I have no real favorites when it comes to trucks, I own a Ford and a Dodge.

Might want to take up walking as they all have known failure points.

When a company has had problems with a part that causes such devastating and expensive problems for 7 years and the customers are worried and not sure if the company will back their product is crazy. If I was scared that Ram was not going to back my truck I would be shopping right now for another brand. I definitely would not buy from them again and I definitely would not step down in capabilities to stay with them. People can make fun of my recalls but at least I don't have to worry if they are going to back their product.

Then I hope you don't have to deal with fuel contamination because Ram, GM and Ford techs all look for signs of contamination before any warranty work is approved plain and simple. If your fuel system gets a taste of water, rust will follow and a complete fuel system is in your cards.

As for the problems they're not widespread like you and others portray and most people don't live in fear including myself.

I have dealt with it. Guess what I had to do. I had to drain the fuel tank and put in a new fuel filter. Started the truck and sent it on the way. ;)

And sometimes you get lucky. I've seen a 6.7PSD fuel system contaminated with DEF that did the same repair and was back on the road after some serious flushing. Sometimes you get lucky but if rust develops it's game over for any Common Rail Fuel system. Our previous 05 Dodge had a injector pump and 3 injectors replaced from contamination (most likely water)by the previous owner. About 6 months later we were changing out the other 3 injectors as they deteriorated at a slower rate for some reason. So yes the fuel system did not destruct immediately but it eventually had to be replaced. Our current 05 Dodge still has the original fuel system.

Bottom line Ram improved their filter system in '13 and Ford improved their filter system in '17 to better protect the fuel system from contamination no matter how you spin it.

As for the OP his fuel pump must have been a manufacturing defect and Ford replaced it under warranty plain and simple.