New 2025 Ram 1500 with hurricane engine.

[WinterDeere]

That's not true of Japanese service in the industries that I am familiar with. For instance, here on the west coast we get a steady stream of used car and truck engines from Japan with 50-80k miles on them that were "serviced" out to give the owners a new engine.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the Japanese built some differences into the cars produced for their own market, versus those built for export, based on documented differences in majority maintenance practices between various markets. They build these vehicles in such huge numbers, and brand image and reliability is such an important issue for them, that it could be a very justifiable cost built into their system.

Heck, they already tailor their emissions equipment to each national market. So why not other things, like oil pumps and bearings, based on the typical or majority maintenance tendencies of one nation's owners, versus another?

 

[ning]

I have already caught myself NOT in T/H mode while towing heavy. I asked ram tech if it could be changed. He didn’t think so.

saw this with a google search "ram truck set transmission default tow haul mode" - How to make “Tow/Haul” default mode for $32
perhaps you can rig something similar

 

[coobie]

It's awesome.

But, Ram trucks can use AlfaOBD and essentially do the same things. A lot of what dealerships can do is possible at home now, and it's great.

For the record, there are a LOT of reports coming in that the 3.0TT engine in the new Ram isn't reliable and even things like water pumps are 12 hour labor jobs. Typical euro design. They couldn't design a paper bag correctly. I would find a leftover 5.7L V8 Ram if I had to buy new right now.

Beg to differ with you.My good friend works at the Chelsea(Chrysler ) proving grounds (Lead engineer ) been friends for 25 plus years. He told me this engine is a very good reliable engine ..Time will tell.If you do enough reading on the 5,7 hemi they're not bullet proof by any means.The inline 6cy twin turbos have been out now for 3 years in the jeep wagoner.So NOT really a 1st year engine.

 

[Yander]

You could have had this!!!

 

[jyoutz]

You could have had this!!!

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I had a 78 just like that, except it was 2 tone blue.

 

[WinterDeere]

I had a 78 just like that, except it was 2 tone blue.

I also had a 78 Ford. Spritz a little water near them, and they start to rust. Must have been the mostly quickly-rusting vehicles on the road, maybe only rivaled by Datsun.

I always heard that Ford changed their steel supply around 77-78, to comply with new environmental regulations regarding some of the rust-inhibiting coatings applied to their early-70's vehicles, and this was why their late-70's truck bodies rusted almost while watching them. I don't know if the reasoning was true, but the results speak for themselves.

I would guess that very few 78/79 Ford trucks in daily use have survived our northeast US road salts, but perhaps the desert southwest is still flush with them. I think they were mechanically very sound trucks, if not for the bad steel or coatings in the bodies.

 

[coobie]

You could have had this!!!

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What a deal what value ..

 

[Hay Dude]

I also had a 78 Ford. Spritz a little water near them, and they start to rust. Must have been the mostly quickly-rusting vehicles on the road, maybe only rivaled by Datsun.

I always heard that Ford changed their steel supply around 77-78, to comply with new environmental regulations regarding some of the rust-inhibiting coatings applied to their early-70's vehicles, and this was why their late-70's truck bodies rusted almost while watching them. I don't know if the reasoning was true, but the results speak for themselves.

I would guess that very few 78/79 Ford trucks in daily use have survived our northeast US road salts, but perhaps the desert southwest is still flush with them. I think they were mechanically very sound trucks, if not for the bad steel or coatings in the bodies.

I have traveled the S Utah, N. Arizona area pretty extensively. My wife and I love it there.
It’s freaky cool how vehicles there do not rust. Very common to see 60’s & 70’s trucks in the desert that look great.
After traveling around there, you wonder why you’d ever buy a northeastern vehicle again.

 

[jyoutz]

I also had a 78 Ford. Spritz a little water near them, and they start to rust. Must have been the mostly quickly-rusting vehicles on the road, maybe only rivaled by Datsun.

I always heard that Ford changed their steel supply around 77-78, to comply with new environmental regulations regarding some of the rust-inhibiting coatings applied to their early-70's vehicles, and this was why their late-70's truck bodies rusted almost while watching them. I don't know if the reasoning was true, but the results speak for themselves.

I would guess that very few 78/79 Ford trucks in daily use have survived our northeast US road salts, but perhaps the desert southwest is still flush with them. I think they were mechanically very sound trucks, if not for the bad steel or coatings in the bodies.

I had mine in Flagstaff that is in the southwest, but not desert. The difference is what the highway department uses to treat ice. In Flagstaff they would plow the road, then spread volcanic cinders, not salt. I would go through windshields annually because of flying cinders but no body rust occurred.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I didn't read all the answers, but I think it sucks that they don't have a dipstick!

You have to depend on a light, I REALLY don't like that.

SR