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The standard engine in the new HD Dodge is a 300HP Hemi engine. I wish it had been available when I bought mine. The thoughts about the OD transmission and axle ratios when towing are accurate as you stated, although they did have a bad seal in the earlier transmissions that created a malfunction (according to my brother in law who works at a Dodge dealership). There was a re-designed for later models and the problem is gone now.
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I agree, although requirements/designs have changed so much who is to say what works best now. I like the truck, it doesn't matter what brand you pick, they all have their own list of problems.
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I agree with Peters. What model did you have Keith that went through three rear ends? I would suspect the repair was made without proper diagnosis. There has to be an underlying reason it happened repeatedly. I know that the rear ends, transfer cases and many time the transmissions are/were all manufactured by the same supplier (New Process) for all of the major American brands. That may still be the case, don't know. By the way, Chrysler used to own that company.
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The country is full of crooks and unscrupulous people in all businesses unfortunately. The one you were dealing with should have had his franchise pulled. There is a dealer in Rochester that had a tune up special a couple years ago. A different brother in law of mine took his perfectly running car there because he felt it was due. When he got it back, it ran terribly so he made another appointment. They told him it needed some part that would cost him $300. He called me and I called another dealer that confirmed my suspicion, the part in question did not exhist for his model car. I promptly told him to call the 800 number in the back of his owners manual and tell his story to the hot line. A factory rep met him at the dealer to get his car fixed for free. If you don't find that info on the web Mark, let me know and I will ask him about the seal for you.
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Mark,
Did you have any luck on the website finding the transmission seal info? If not, I can e-mail you a number to call that will hook you up with my brother in law's service department.
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I have had some involvement with dealerships. I saw Chrysler replace transmissions on cars and vans well beyond the warranty period, as high as 100,000 miles. Those are the 4 speed automatics that had troubles, they even dropped the $100 deductible on those within the warranty period. Dodge replaced the engine in my brother-in-law's Ram due to an oil pump failure at 58,000 miles, well out of warranty. He did have to pay labor but I believe if he had put up more of a fuss, that would have been covered too. Another brother-in-law of mine works for a Chrysler dealer, he told me Dodge is replacing those bad axles well beyond the warranty period, something Dana should be eating (in my opinion).
As far as the lemon law goes, I used to attend the auctions for those vehicles. GM is giving you money to shut you up for two reasons, 1}it may be less costly for them 2}once a vehicle goes through the process, the title is branded as defective. How many of those do you suppose a manufacturer wants out there for either publicity or liability reasons?
From my experience, Ford is one of the worst for taking care of a known problem/defect, it almost takes a court order (ask my son, he has been there). But no matter what brand you buy, it is ALWAYS a headache and a bad experience to go through the lemon law process. I have to admit, the N/H tractor I owned probably would have qualified but there is no law out there for tractors!
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