Lifter failures on hemi engines seem to be way too common. At under 100k miles a total engine failure is unacceptable and dodge/fca/ram should be held liable for selling lemons to an unsuspecting public. The repair cost is $10k and a whole new engine is $15k. That is currently very close if not what the car is worth if it was running fine!! totally ridiculous.
Same premature lifter and camshaft failure others are having. I perform regular maintenance and take very good care of my truck. No heavy use, mostly highway miles, and never abused. Although mine was out of warranty, it was obvious this was a manufacturer defect. This type of problem shouldn't be happening at this stage of the truck's life. I contacted FCA and they would not own the problem or offer to help. They said they might have been able to help had I been the original owner. I bought this truck with about 25k on it and it was a certified pre-owned (that is the confidence booster they use to sell the truck). I did mention this, but they said it didn't matter. I contacted the NHTSA and filed a complaint to investigate and see if this could qualify as a recall (RAM customer service said the recalls had to be initiated from the NHTSA). I'll also be contacting the attorney general in my state to file a complaint as I'm clearly not the only one having this problem. RAM website says "durable and reliable". Not so much.
- Geron B.,
Beatrice, US
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Lifter failures on hemi engines seem to be way too common. At under 100k miles a total engine failure is unacceptable and dodge/fca/ram should be held liable for selling lemons to an unsuspecting public. The repair cost is $10k and a whole new engine is $15k. That is currently very close if not what the car is worth if it was running fine!! totally ridiculous.
- Pat M., Jacksonville, FL, US