Blown Hemi motor at 6,200 miles!

pluckyew · 01-26-2004, 11:12 AM

check this out....
poor pickup owning brother... hope this never happes to a Titan:
http://dtw.truckmoxie.com/forums/topic.ten?id=67819

"...RIP GTP Hello HEMI
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11/12/2003 6:07p
I am so full of rage right now that I can barely formulate a proper thought.

Thats right folks! My RAM has been sitting dead as a door nail at the dealership for that last 2 days. It is just 4 months old at just over 6K.

Right now I am nothing but the object of ridicule from all the guys who warned me...."DONT BUY A CHRYSLER WHATEVER YOU DO!" including my co-worker who used to work for a Chrysler dealership!!!

I have instantly gone from converted Dodge booster to instant Dodge HATER...

...They were not even going to give me a loaner until I literally was on the edge of freaking out in front of customers in the dealership.
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ttz32 · 01-26-2004, 11:23 AM

Wow, that REALLY sucks.

Derwud · 01-26-2004, 11:52 AM

They use to call me Mr. Mopar, now if it's built after 1990 and is from Chrysler, you couldn't give it to me.

ttz32 · 01-26-2004, 12:17 PM

Yea, I agree there have been a lot of quality issues with MOPAR as of late. I didn't even consider buying the RAM.

pyromedic · 01-26-2004, 12:19 PM

My 96' Ram lost 1st gear in the automatic trans. with 150 miles on it. It was only 2weeks old. Since then I have had the trans. fixed or replaced 4 times. Not to mention all the other problems I've had. I will never go back to Dodge. You should see the file or repair orders I have. I could use it as a booster seat for a small child.

Yeti · 01-26-2004, 06:14 PM

A friend of mine was a service tech at a Honda dealership that also sold Chrysler in the 90's and he told me that it seemed that 1 out of every 10 new Chryslers that were sold had transmissions replaced within the first year. As a comparison, he stated that he rarely saw any major repairs on Hondas while they were still relatively new.

static101 · 01-26-2004, 06:23 PM

II just sold my 1996 Dodge Ram that had 55,000 miles on it!!! Besides having it in the shop to fix a pressure sensor I just got it out 2 months ago after having to put in a rebuilt transmission. As they said" we have never seen this happen before". This truck was never abused, and still looked new. It had been in four wheel drive MAYBE 4 times. Loved the truck but after getting stuck outside of Grants. NM waiting for a tow truck for 2 ½ hours paying a $2800.00 dollar transmission bill and tow bill, low miles or not it had to go. Good luck getting anything from Chrysler. The dealership was decent. Hope I have better luck with the Titan.

pluckyew · 01-27-2004, 07:52 AM

Static101: whew, that sucks about your Ram, but thank you for sharing the pain. i did seriously consider Ram 1500, Tundra, and the 2004 Sierra 2500 EC before we choose the Titan (the weaker Tundra was 2nd choice).

the only chrysler i'd get is a Wrangler v6 (have had two: they use old inefficient and weak engine, but it's realiable and that's what you want on top of snowy mountain trail, all alone with your "honey") or a Dodge Viper (don't need it, rather have a Hayabusa motorycycle)

pyromedic · 01-27-2004, 02:04 PM

Hey Static,
How much did you get for your Ram When you sold it. I will be selling mine in a few months, just curious...

static101 · 01-27-2004, 05:22 PM

Not as much as I would liked ot have since I had also just put $800.00 of new Big-O tires on it. I got $14,000.00. I think it was worth $16,000.00 but book was $12,900.00 and with the tranny issuie I guess I was lucky to get what I did. It was in awesome shape!! No Titan yet. Still looking!!!