kzspree320 wrote:
124,000 miles is just good and broke in IF it's been well maintained and has not had a tuner installed that added too much power. If its had a tuner/chip that added 250 HP most of those miles, and been used hard, the transmission and engine components could have issues sooner rather than later. That engine should get 500,000+ if well maintained and stock (or close to stock) power levels. Bottom line - do the research on this specific truck as much as possible.
I owned a 2006 Dodge RAM and purchased it with 86,000 miles and drove it to 240,000 miles. Nice truck but a few weaknesses to look at. Suggest you go onto the Turbo Diesel Register Forum and look under 3rd Generation RAM Forum and spend some considerable time reading. Off the bat, be careful of the 48RE/48RFE automatic transmission as they were weak and needed considerable beefing up to tow/haul heavy loads for some periods. Also, diesel fuel filters on 3rd Gen. RAM's was woefully inadequate and would cause premature injector wear leading to having to replace injectors ($500.00 each for rebuilt injectors plus about $1000-$2000 labor). Consider adding the Baldwin frame mounted fuel filter / water separator - immediately!! Interiors on 3rd Gen will wear out before the drive train (if mods above are made). Drivers seat bolster cushion disintigrates due to sharp welds on the seat frame - PITA to replace. Consider adding a supplementary fuel lift pump (frame mounted) as the stock in-tank pumps can be problematic. I could go on but as I said - go to TDR Forum 3rd Gen and READ.
All of that said I switch from my 2006 RAM CTD to a 2015 RAM CTD and it's like night and day. Suggest you look for a used 2013 (or newer) RAM 3500 SRW or DRW and never look back.
