Just looking to see if anyone else has had, or knows of a common problem, with the bearing cap on the Pentastar's camshaft? I'm familiar with the engine having issues with the left side, 2013s and before, but mine is on the #1 cylinder.
The Pentastar is in the Durango found in my sig. She currently has 114,000 miles on her and has been babied with the exception of towing my Honda SxS on occasion. It all started with a check engine light at 112k miles showing P0301. Figured I had a bad plug - changed the plug and reset the light. Light re-appeared about 1,500 miles later. This time I expected to find out I had a bad coil. My Durango has the Maxcare warranty so I took it to the dealer. Dealer replaced the coil as expected but received another P0301 code. After a few days of troubleshooting, the dealer told me my camshaft cap need to be replaced. They have also told me the part is on backorder with no expected ship date. They can not offer even a guess as to when it might be in. My ride has been in the shop two weeks and counting at this point.
Just curious if any of the many Pentastar owners on this board have experienced or heard of this issue? All of my Google searches have shown the pre 13 issues with this left side and I can't find anything having to do with a camshaft cap or anything on the right side.
Thx.
The Pentastar is in the Durango found in my sig. She currently has 114,000 miles on her and has been babied with the exception of towing my Honda SxS on occasion. It all started with a check engine light at 112k miles showing P0301. Figured I had a bad plug - changed the plug and reset the light. Light re-appeared about 1,500 miles later. This time I expected to find out I had a bad coil. My Durango has the Maxcare warranty so I took it to the dealer. Dealer replaced the coil as expected but received another P0301 code. After a few days of troubleshooting, the dealer told me my camshaft cap need to be replaced. They have also told me the part is on backorder with no expected ship date. They can not offer even a guess as to when it might be in. My ride has been in the shop two weeks and counting at this point.
Just curious if any of the many Pentastar owners on this board have experienced or heard of this issue? All of my Google searches have shown the pre 13 issues with this left side and I can't find anything having to do with a camshaft cap or anything on the right side.
Thx.