Guyfromthenorth
Member
So I purchased a 2019 Ram Big Horn Crew Cab with the 5.7l two weeks ago. We love the truck overall but ran into one stupid issue and we are wondering if it's just us.
We live in Northern Ontario Canada and regularly see -30 deg temps this time of year. Due to that we are AVID users of engine block heaters. We have an electrical post setup in the driveway on a timer and plug in every night before bed. Well I went to plug in our 2019 Ram equipped with a block heater (as always) and what do we find? The wire is too short. Like laughably too short.
Normally the block heater plug\wire can be routed through the engine safely and come out above the headlight with about 2-3" to spare so you can easily plug in. Well the 2019 one BARELY makes it to the airbox! It can't be accessed from outside the truck anywhere. So that means if we want to plug in at night we need to go outside, pop the hood (which is ice\snow covered) and leave the hood popped with an extension cord fed into the engine compartment.
This also means our remote start won't trigger because the hood is popped, so we are forced to choose between cold starting an engine in -30 (as cold as -50 some days) or plugging in and rendering our remote start useless.
Anyone else finding this or did my dealer install the wrong block heater?
We live in Northern Ontario Canada and regularly see -30 deg temps this time of year. Due to that we are AVID users of engine block heaters. We have an electrical post setup in the driveway on a timer and plug in every night before bed. Well I went to plug in our 2019 Ram equipped with a block heater (as always) and what do we find? The wire is too short. Like laughably too short.
Normally the block heater plug\wire can be routed through the engine safely and come out above the headlight with about 2-3" to spare so you can easily plug in. Well the 2019 one BARELY makes it to the airbox! It can't be accessed from outside the truck anywhere. So that means if we want to plug in at night we need to go outside, pop the hood (which is ice\snow covered) and leave the hood popped with an extension cord fed into the engine compartment.
This also means our remote start won't trigger because the hood is popped, so we are forced to choose between cold starting an engine in -30 (as cold as -50 some days) or plugging in and rendering our remote start useless.
Anyone else finding this or did my dealer install the wrong block heater?
