To be fair I would buy a hurricane Ram over a Tundra too. The Ram is just a better truck regardless of engine.

 

Heck the hurricane has had less issues than the Toyota to top it all off!

 

That is hard to do when Toyota is hiding the truth instead of a pathetic excuse of debris, LOL!
Mechanical defects usually appear before the 50,000 mile mark. Issue a 100,000 mile engine replacement warranty at zero cost to owners and they might get some of the public's trust back.

 

I’ve never heard good things about a V8 Ram other than it’s a V8.


Hemi tick
Exhaust manifold leaks
the cylinder deactivation.

Outside of 3UR give me a coyote.

 

friend has two RAMs with the 5.7. 6-7 years ago, he lost both engines and then traded it in for the RAM diesel.


meh…overrated…. it’s a FORD

 

TONS of huge Hemi fans out there. My partner who traded his V8 Ram in for his Silverado which had an engine replacement and now burns a quart of oil every 1000 miles much preferred his Ram.

 

I'm just keeping my "old" truck until something I want and trust comes along...

 

Coworkers with Hemi Rams who lost their engine as well, replaced headliner due to leaking 3rd brake light, replaced entire dash due to radio malfunction.

Farm Ram diesel on its 2nd transmission 🙃
Farm 3/4 ton 6.0 gas Silverado has surprisingly being pretty solid.
Same coworker Ram engine failed, he went back to GM.

 

Odd, I have had 6 rams, 5 of which had Hemi's, none with overly significant issues. Hemi's need to be worked. If you're sitting around idling or in traffic alot, you're gonna have a bad time. Rev the **** out of them with a slight load, they run 400k no issue. Most people that buy them commute to work and home, maybe haul a bag of mulch or 5 on a weekend. 90% of big-truck owners would be fine with a honda ridgeline or an SUV and a small trailer.

The fix for the cam/lifter issues is to install a hellcat oil pump, then it'll never drop below 52psi oil pressure whether idling or not. The cam lifter issue is from oil starvation in the top end at idle. The oil pressure drops to 29-32psi at idle and that just isnt enough for a small-block to circulate 7 quarts of oil to every passageway in the motor.

 

GM has a huge issue with failing engines right now...

 

Good to see more V8s coming back in regular cars/trucks instead of just for Billionaires!

 

hemi tick -dont excessively idle and use thicker oil. This is partially due to emissions/mpg BS because they lowered the idle rpm from 750rpm to 550rpm to try to save fuel, oil pump doesnt deliver enough oil during idle speeds now.
lot of other brand trucks get exhaust manifold leaks also, ecoboosts, silverado/sierras, etc.
Rams cylinder deactivation doesnt cause catastrophic failure like GMs does, but these systems need to go away.

not only that, valve bodies in the 10 speed transmission, which was codevelopped with Ford. Ram uses the ZF 8 speed which is very solid

 

Nissan should have kept the Titan around. It would look like a shining beacon of reliability right now.

 

The 5.0/6 Speed combo in my F-150 has been absolutely bulletproof. Just keep chugging along past all the broke down Tundras.

These engines can take boost on stock internals, they were built to be abused.

 

My brother is still kicking himself for getting rid of his 2016 F-150 with the 5.0/6 combo. It was super reliable and shifted perfectly.

He has a 21 F-150 with a 5.0/10 spd combo. The 10 spd drives him crazy some days.