1996 Dodge Ram 3500 One ton service truck from North America - Comments

16th Dec 2001, 21:52

"A good looking, expensive paperweight"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Transmissions (all six of them) have lasted 10,000 miles each.

Fuel mileage is pathetic (5-6 mpg).

Will not stay aligned.

Plagued with electrical demons.

General comments?

This is my municipally-owned work truck. It has had regular preventive maintenance (every 3,000 miles) and has never towed anything. The truck has 62,000 miles and is currently on transmission #6. I personally do not deal with the dealer so cannot speak as to that experience. Recently, it has started to act as though tranny #7 might be in order. This truck has a twin in our fleet that is on tranny #3 with 33,000 miles. The vehicle is not abused, but runs pretty much 10 hours straight 4 days a week. It is used in the metro Phoenix area so I will give it some slack due to the heat factor, but I don't hear of other vehicles eating up trannys like this.


2nd Jan 2009, 00:31

This man speaks the truth about Dodge trucks!

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