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@OVERKILL has been pretty happy with his truck, but my DT is probably the lowest-quality vehicle I have ever owned or worked on. Although the service writers at my local dealer are friendly and attentive, the work that comes out of their shop is sloppy at best. So, nothing about that truck surprises me anymore.
Yeah, you've had some funky issues with yours for sure! That oil cooler leak was something else.
Ours was, as I noted, a VERY early build truck, so we had a few TSB's early in its life for stuff that was fixed in production later on. Body mounts and brake caliper mounts are two that immediately come to mind. There were also several ECM and TCM updates. Fit and finish on the truck was very good though, everything lined up, paint is good quality, no squeaks or rattles.
That said, it does get used as a truck. Has a few scratches in the paint now (no dings though!) from going into the woods with it, it gets the ATV's put in the bed, it has hauled scrap, trees, bikes...etc. Was towing the boats regularly until we started to store them near the cottage. Seems to be handling this usage profile as one would expect a truck to. The in-floor bins are a wonderful feature, which is where I put the hitch, other bag of lug nuts and all our ratchet straps. We have the full rubber OE floor mats, which help keep the filth contained.
Probably biggest complaint about the RAM is getting the oil filter off, but that's mostly my fault, as I use the larger XG2 (FL-820S) size.
I've owned and worked on much, MUCH worse.
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