Bought a new Ram; need extended warranty opinions

[Ratket]

They eat Cams due to shitty rollers. No recall, FCA hasn’t decided to do anything about it. It happens quite often. The exhaust manifold bolts also snap due to the stock manifold warping under heat. This one has been an issue for a long time, but again FCA hasn’t issued a recall and apparently doesn’t plan to. Just my 2 cents.

 

[OCMD]

I had 2 chevys and mechanically they were solid, but they were rust buckets. I drove a rented brand new F150 to Florida and back this summer- no way I buy one of those as it had a cheap all around"feel" to it. The interior was not appointed well and just seemed, well, cheap. Then again, it is a Ford. Plus getting stopped 4 times for tail lights out (it was some sort of short) on a brand new truck didn't help.

I have had 2 Ford Crown Vic police cars which were both POS, so maybe I am biased. Every Chevy police car (except that Citation back in the 80s) was superb, from a Malibu to the Caprice. But the best police cars I had were my last 2, both Chargers with the Hemi and I ran the hell out of those cruisers and couldn't break them.

I also drove a rented Nissan Titan to Florida the next time. Fully loaded, but you knew you were driving a big truck. Then rented a Ram. It was like driving a luxury car. Came back home and they were giving them away, so it was a no brainer. I was a chevy guy for life, but that life has ended. And the ONE TIME I got out on my boat in 2019, I didn't even know I was towing anything. The power is superb, especially when I want to pass some slow poke on the highway. I've put about 5000 miles on it with a couple trip to Florida this summer, and it still keep me smiling. As my last two police cruisers were Dodges with the Hemis, I figured WTF and bought the Ram and love it. Haven't looked back. So far.....

 

[Sbrown]

They eat Cams due to shitty rollers. No recall, FCA hasn’t decided to do anything about it. It happens quite often. The exhaust manifold bolts also snap due to the stock manifold warping under heat. This one has been an issue for a long time, but again FCA hasn’t issued a recall and apparently doesn’t plan to. Just my 2 cents.

It partly has to do with the MDS system, too. Non-MDS engines have much fewer issues with lifters. As an aside, GM also has a problem with cams and lifters in their AFM equipped V8 engines. They haven't issued a recall either, to my knowledge.
I've come up with a custom tune and done the reprogramming to several GM trucks to allow the use of an AFM-delete cam and lifter kit. Seems to resolve the issue.

As far as exhaust manifolds and bolts, all three American manufacturers have the same issues with warping and broken bolts, so you can't really call out any specific make as having more of a problem than any other one. I've even seen some of the imports starting to have this issue, particularly the turbo equipped engines it seems like.

 

[Ratket]

I hear ya, ya Hemi fever and Jey Greene both Offer cams and tunes to fully remove mds from rams, just not something I want to do atm.

 

[bronze_10]

I had 2 chevys and mechanically they were solid, but they were rust buckets. I drove a rented brand new F150 to Florida and back this summer- no way I buy one of those as it had a cheap all around"feel" to it. The interior was not appointed well and just seemed, well, cheap. Then again, it is a Ford. Plus getting stopped 4 times for tail lights out (it was some sort of short) on a brand new truck didn't help.

I have had 2 Ford Crown Vic police cars which were both POS, so maybe I am biased. Every Chevy police car (except that Citation back in the 80s) was superb, from a Malibu to the Caprice. But the best police cars I had were my last 2, both Chargers with the Hemi and I ran the hell out of those cruisers and couldn't break them.

I also drove a rented Nissan Titan to Florida the next time. Fully loaded, but you knew you were driving a big truck. Then rented a Ram. It was like driving a luxury car. Came back home and they were giving them away, so it was a no brainer. I was a chevy guy for life, but that life has ended. And the ONE TIME I got out on my boat in 2019, I didn't even know I was towing anything. The power is superb, especially when I want to pass some slow poke on the highway. I've put about 5000 miles on it with a couple trip to Florida this summer, and it still keep me smiling. As my last two police cruisers were Dodges with the Hemis, I figured WTF and bought the Ram and love it. Haven't looked back. So far.....

My favorite patrol car was a 2011 charger! Stepped in to it from a 145000 mile 07 vic. Was night and day. That hemi is amazing.

I now have a ford Taurus .... it is a biggest pos. The town is trying to mile them out and get ride of them. My problem is I cant get outta the damn thing! The numbers say it is close to a charger but in everyday driving there is no comparison! MOPAR!