2012 Ram 3500 6.7 has been fantastic. Only wear and tear items until about 270k then had some major repairs. Turbo, radiator, delete due to egr, and transmission recently at 300k. 320k now and still my daily work truck.
I bought a 2023 3500 6.7 in 2024 with 15k. 40k now no issues so far but mainly driving the 2012 still unless longhauling.
Friend of mine has a 2018 ram 2500 gasser and it has been loaded with electrical and sensor issues almost from the start. Not sure if I've been lucky or he was unlucky.
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Those repairs at 270-300k don’t sound abnormal to me.
I put a turbo, radiator, head gasket, egr cooler and exhaust manifold gasket on my International at 90,000 miles. And the HT570 in my International is a class 8 heavy duty diesel engine.
As long as you are timely with the filters and fluid changes and don’t add a 200HP tuner, you should be fine.
That’s unfortunate. I think 2019 was when Ram really turned the corner.
All to be expected. The 2012 spent a lot of its life towing pretty heavy. I bought the 23 for something more reliable due to the mileage of my 2012 but after fixing the major stuff decided to keep it to keep the miles off the 23. I'll probably drive the 12 until the next expensive repair pops up. Probably injectors. All are still origional.
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Fitting in foreground is cone seat, such as this:Oops! I was looking at the closer fitting.
All the best, Peter
yeah, you'd have a heck of a time getting any hose to stay on one of those.
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Yes, that was my thought, too. Inverted flares with threads aren't known for sealing well to tubing are they?Fitting in foreground is cone seat, such as this:
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yeah, you'd have a heck of a time getting any hose to stay on one of those.
I was wondering if there was a fitting missing on that one, too.All the best, Peter
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If that CAT mulcher, with only 40 hours on it, didn’t have a high temp alarm, that motor would have been cooked in about 1-2 more minutes.
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Being that the vehicle was built and certified with the anti-lock braking system, Stellantis will own the liability if people get hurt in an accident. I would assume that is forcing the do-not-drive warning.
Interesting thread, one that hit's close to my situation.
We are all being shafted by government regulations.
Long background -
I've a 2002 F350. Rear brake line which goes over a fuel tank failed. Shops in Virginia wouldn't replace it because they couldn't source an OEM line and were not allowed to to use a flexible line. Got it fixed out of state.
In 2009 I bought a 2009 VW Jetta TDI Sportwagen. Loved it. About 2011 it failed Virginia inspection - the turn signal on the drivers side outside rear view mirror failed. All other turn signals worked. It was about a $250 fix, took a week or so to get done.
POINT- vehicles without the blasted OEM blinker were fine,
In 2019 I bought a Ford Escape,
I've "parking aid sensors" on my 2019 Ford Escape, one failed, I was told they would fail the car for state inspection. Estimates were $600 to fix, because the blasted things were designed for a truck, and you could reach under the bumper to remove/replace. On the Escape you have to remove the front end. None of my other cars had parking aid sensors, all work fine.
In 2024 I was about to buy a Ford F250 at a very good price, it got recalled because the backup camera had a recall. Ford put a stop on all sales of the F250's with the backup camera. Safety issue because it was OEM equipment.
My 2002 F350 doesn't have a backup camera, works fine.
Why can't the places with inspection requirements just insure that the vehicles are safe instead of requiring every OEM doodad to work?
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