I have bought all but 2 automobiles,trucks from Dodge dating back to 1967, somewhere around 30 . the last Dodge trucks both 2006, 1 diesel 1 gas, i have had nothing but problems from motor locking up (27000) miles which was not covered under warranty because couldn't verify when changed oil& filter. The diesel however has spent much time at the Dodge shop problems from computer to driving light bracket falling off . the latest is 4 wheel selector switch ,works when it wants, to now a/c compressor & all that comes with it (for the warranty) at a cost of app. 1000.00 This has made this mopar believer a fan of anything but from now on . Dodge you have done this yourself by not looking out for your customers and the ones that were loyal.

I bought this truck new and the a/c went out after two years .Here it is Nov.2011 and I still haven't had it fixed. I had the batteries replaced this past summer and out of curiosity I turned on the a/c and it worked. I worked for about a week then it quit again.I checked it out and I ran a hot wire to the compressor and it would blow cold air.The light on the dash lights up that it is on but it doesn't blow cold.I put a test light on the power connection and it is very dim not bright. Low power I think.I wish Dodge would recall for the a/c in these trucks. David

Part 3: Three times a charm, right? Dealer couldn't find an obvious leak so decided to replace the evaporator under the dash. Saw a burnt electrical junction to the evap box and replaced that too. Had the balls to charge me $70.00 for a "new and improved" air mix door while it was all apart. This seemed to improve the overall flow out of the vents which has always been low since new relative to other cars. Thought we finally got to the solution.....Wrong. Truck currently in the shop for a fourth attempt at fixing. Note: The A/C fixes in all cases seemed to work fine until I took a trip up to the mountains from 110 degree temperatures in Phoenix. It seems that the extra load up the hill and/or the 6000 ft change in altitude has something to do with the failure mode. Stay tuned for Part 4. Bottom line, getting a new truck.

Brought my 2006 Dodge Ram 3500 to my dealer with the complaint that I could not engage the 4x4. This was the only problem that I was having at the moment. Ron Bouchard's Auto Stores located in Fitchburg Ma was who I purchased the truck from new. (I still kick myself in the butt for buying from this dealer). Anyway, was told the 4x4 pump was gone (naturally not covered under warranty) but since I had 44,000 miles on the truck, the dealer stated that this was great. Also informed me that I had 2 safety recalls that needed to be done. One of these recall's was for a "flash memory update" to the computer. I told them since they needed to be done, they might just as well do it. The next day when I picked up my truck, it was 70's and I drove it home after paying for the pump. I checked to see that the 4x4 worked, which it did and didn't use it to 2 days later. I went out to start the truck and started the truck, turn on the heater. When I arrived at my destination., I turned off the ignition, and removed the key. The heater blower stayed on. This was a first. I ended up disconnecting the battery so that I could get home. I brought the truck back to my dealer, showed them the problem and told them to fix the truck. The dealer's service manager then told me she would call me back with a price to fix the problem. I was dumbfounded since they had caused this issue. She did in fact call me the next day with a price of $1346.00, since she claimed the front control module had been burned out and that was not covered by warranty. I told her I absolutely refused to pay for the repair since they caused this issue and I wanted to take it up with the service manager. She informed me she was the service manager and her decision was final. At that point, I told her I was going to take it to court and left. Exactly 2 hours later she called me back and stated that back in early 2009 on one of my numerous repair issue's, they had determined that I needed to replace this module, and I had refused the service? Furthermore, she told me that this was a pre-existing condition, since I had refused the service and that I had been living with this issue for 2 years. My truck at that point had less than 20,000 miles on it, and was on 100% warranty. Yet somehow, according to her, I had refused the service? When I asked her if she had the service notice with my signature refusing this, she stated that she did not keep this repair slip, but that she had every other one since they sold me the truck???? Does any of this sound reasonable to anyone?? I supposedly refused to allow them to fix my truck for free? Instead I waited 2 years, with constantly disconnecting the battery only to pay over $1,300.00 to solve this issue? As dumb as that sounded I contacted Dodge, who informed me that after their investigation, they agreed with the dealer, again taking her word that they had informed me of the need to replace this module, again with no paperwork to back the dealer up, and now they would not cover this..... Again, my advice "TREAT DODGE AND RON BOUCHARD'S AUTO DEALERSHIP LIKE THE PLAGUE, SINCE ALL OF THEM ARE FATAL"."