My apologies I got another response mixed up with yours from a while back.. I wholeheartly believe there is a common flaw with these older generation ecodiesels and Ram has been avoiding the financial implications of stepping up and owning up to the fact that they are a ticking time bomb for many.
Well, this is about as bad as it could possibly be.
Yesterday I was towing a 6x12 trailer from Pennsylvania to Florida. The trailer was relatively light. Well, in South Carolina I was moving along in cruise control without issue when I noticed the oil temp started to rise above 222 f the first time in the trip. It made it to 230 and there was an instant where the engine revved higher, the truck accelerated and then there was an audible pop. The tuck turned off. The message,”shift to park to restart” was displayed. When I pulled off and got out, the tail bed was covered in oil dots as well as the trailer. There was oil dripping from the motor onto the ground below. I had the truck at the dealership right before the trip started for recall services. They replaced the egr cooler, the tail gate latch, and reprogrammed the pcm. This disaster happened 500miles later. They did a full over of all the fluids and checked the truck out thoroughly before I left. Any ideas here? My truck is now stuck in South Carolina and I continued on to Florida with a uhaul so I wouldn’t miss my sons birthday. I appreciate any help.
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You are 100% correct. How is any consumer supposed to know that? When you look up the warranty balance online it doesn’t say this truck originated in Canada “. It gives you a balance of warranty……until it breaks. Then the lawyers point you to some page with all the fine print.I'd bet you - he went to a dealer, the dealer did not say - oh hey...btw. this truck doesn't have the standard warranty that all trucks of the same year, make and model have at this mileage. You are right that there are policies, but even if he did read all the policies, i bet you no one would have thought this truck originated in canada. you would have read that canadian trucks don't have the warranty. You would have said to yourself, but i am buying a truck in the US.. no biggy.
its crap and its a bit of a ploy to cut their warranties short.
$40,000 down the drain.
Your situation sucks indeed. When you enter your VIN online and FCA states there is existing warranty, you should be entitled to the balance of the warranty. Something sure doesn't sound right.You are 100% correct. How is any consumer supposed to know that? When you look up the warranty balance online it doesn’t say this truck originated in Canada “. It gives you a balance of warranty……until it breaks. Then the lawyers point you to some page with all the fine print.
$40,000 down the drain.
I was thinking that because they recalled the HPFP on the Cummins and the same pump is on the Eco they kinda had no choice?I haven't had a change of heart on the bearing issue. I'm simply baffled as to why FCA would recall the HPFP claiming it's a danger when the spun bearing issue is more of a common danger issue.
I don't know this to be 100% factual, but it seemed the failure rate on the Cummins was much higher than on the EcoDiesel. As a matter of fact, Cummins went back to the CP3 pump which requires different tuning.I was thinking that because they recalled the HPFP on the Cummins and the same pump is on the Eco they kinda had no choice?
The EcoDiesel will most likely get the new updated CP4 pump, perhaps the same one that came factory on the 2020+ EcoDiesel engines.
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