Dodge Rams are perfectly fine if you like buying gas and like manual trannies or aftermarket non dodge setups. (Yes I own a low mileage 1500 crew because it was cheap and I was stupid)
Dodge automatics can be almost reliable but you must shift them manually as the sensors crap out and burn out the tranny prematurely if you don't notice. Also stay out of OD until you get up to about 65 (no your mileage actually goes up strangely) My truck even after replacement of the sensors gets about 18mpg in 3rd, 14mpg in 4th. Something very wrong with the gearing, especially since the thing is solid and doesn't slip.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Mullet
I used to be a hardcore Mopar guy and had some sweet rides in the past. My dream truck was a Dodge Ram 1500 4X4 extended cab. I found one and barely got financing for this beautiful 1997 Ram that looked just like the Walker Texas Ranger Dodge complete with rollbar and push bumper. It had the 5.9L which gave me no problems, but shortly after buying it, the trans went out. One year later the trans went out again. The place I bought it went half for me both times, but 6 months later the trans went out again. In this year I also had to rebuild the entire front end, all U-joints, ball joints, tie rod bars, track bar, swaybar links, front bearings both burned up, and all kinds of other problems.
I got tired of pissing with it and got me a Chevy 
I was turned off since that truck and even recently sold my 1971 Dodge Demon because of my disgust with Chrysler corporation. The Demon hated me anyway and I got 3 times what I paid for it |