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    2019 issues

    I’m having some issues with my 2019 ram 1500 big horn. Couple of weeks ago I went out to get in the truck to go somewhere and there was no response to opening the doors pressing the start button no lights sounds nothing. I put it on charge, it started when my son got home, I had my son check the...
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    Adaptive windshield wiper?

    I was at the glass repair shop today due to a stone chip in my 98 ram 1500. The estimator said my windshield had a rain sensor and a humidity sensor, I know that the automatic wipers do not work. I got home and went through the settings screens and couldn’t find how to turn them on. in order to...
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    Anybody ever have a brake pad fall out ?

    Been there done that, found a pad under the truck in my driveway also. Then I found the backing plate for the emergency brake assembly was completely gone, never installed
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    15 1500 can’t fill fuel tank

    I tried in, out fast & slow, twist right and left none worked mike
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    15 1500 can’t fill fuel tank

    I have a 2015 ram 1500 4 x 4 crew cab with a hemi and the last time I went to fill it, the pump would run for a little bit and then shut off now and repeat the cycle. Call the dealer parts guy and he said it’s usually the evap canister and the valve due to driving a lot on country gravel roads...
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    HVAC service

    And technically it isn’t supposed to leak out
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    Should you replace rotors with every break job

    Hey it’s your money, but it the old days the rotors would (should) have been turned/trued now a days rotors are lightened for federal fuel economy reasons. Hence the recommendation to change rotors & pads sat the same time. Rotors will glaze over or warp making the marriage between the pads &...
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    Is it bad to use the transmission to decelerate

    I do it almost all the time towing or not coming to a stop sign, slowing for a turn, 1 Or 2 gears at a tiMe
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    Service at dealership woes - RAM CARE

    Sorry but I have to disagree with you!!! Every Mopar Dealership I know of has what they call an express lane. Punching the VIN into the computer should bring up all the pertinent information on that vehicle. I recently had a similar experience at a dealership that changed ownership, but the same...
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    Dang squeaky door hinge

    white lithium grease
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    Battery Tender

    I bought 6 of them and wouldn’t buy another!!! Their quality is fer sheet More than half Of mine have started coming apart at the strain reliefs, wires fraying, insulation cracking. Other than that they work great Mike
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    How many miles before brake job

    Changed the brakes on my 15 Ram 1500 @ 95k miles living in the snow belt of northern Illinois and SE Iowa. Could probably have gone another 10 or 15k miles but one of the pads (friction material) separated from the backing “plate” that’s also while also pulling a 20’ trailer hauling 1 or 2...
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    Parking brake issue

    UPS just dropped off the missing parking brake parts thanks for the responses Mike
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    Parking brake replacement help!

    Sent pics to the sales manager at the dealership going to see what he has to say
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    Parking brake issue

    After 93k miles I finally needed to replace the brakes on my 15 ram 1500. I’m guessing that they were the original pads. I bought the truck from the dealer with 20k on the clock. It was the owners wife’s vehicle. what we found when we removed the left rear brake rotor is the parking brake pads...
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