Steve Pencka
Junior Member
- Joined
- Jun 18, 2020
- Posts
- 10
- Reaction score
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- Location
- Seattle area
- Ram Year
- 2019
- Engine
- 6.7L Diesel
Hey there!!
I just bought a new Ram 2019 3500 Limited, Ive had it a little over a week now. Couple questions for you more experienced folks!
This is my first diesel - purchased mainly for pulling an RV from Seattle area to Central Florida in a couple months.
My DEF indicator shows about 1/2 - first 1/2 of what? The tank volume is 1/2 empty? How much does it hold? What kind/brand of DEF do I need to purchase and where can I get it? I don't want to buy something cheap or that will do damage, but I don't want to spend an arm and a leg either, for liquid gold. I just want a good quality fluid. What do y'all recommend?
Next question - My RAM has the new large screen (U-connect) in the dash. I had a hell of a time getting Sirius radio initiated on this truck. I spent several hours and talked to multiple support people at Sirius with no luck! The last guy finally sounded as if he had given up and he told me that this is a known RAM issue with Sirius and the new U-Connect system. Has anyone else here had a similar experience? Immediately after I hung with this last Virus guy, I googles searched and it does appear I want the only one that had this issue.
Yes, I said had! A few hours later, I went out to the truck to "play" with it. Lo and behold it started working for me!
Finally - I bought a new BakFlip Tonneau cover - its a 6.5' bed with Megacab. I went to kick out the step - it was gone!!! Its on my window sticker as being part of the package. Gotta tell ya, I was pissed after all this crap happening to me. I immediately drove to the dealer - and was told all of these steps had been removed and are going to be recalled when a fix is delivered. Has anyone else encountered this issue??? Seems my salesman "forgot" to mention this.
Gotta say, after all this crap, I was soured on RAM. I hope my feelings change in time!!
Thanks for any comments!!
Steve
I just bought a new Ram 2019 3500 Limited, Ive had it a little over a week now. Couple questions for you more experienced folks!
This is my first diesel - purchased mainly for pulling an RV from Seattle area to Central Florida in a couple months.
My DEF indicator shows about 1/2 - first 1/2 of what? The tank volume is 1/2 empty? How much does it hold? What kind/brand of DEF do I need to purchase and where can I get it? I don't want to buy something cheap or that will do damage, but I don't want to spend an arm and a leg either, for liquid gold. I just want a good quality fluid. What do y'all recommend?
Next question - My RAM has the new large screen (U-connect) in the dash. I had a hell of a time getting Sirius radio initiated on this truck. I spent several hours and talked to multiple support people at Sirius with no luck! The last guy finally sounded as if he had given up and he told me that this is a known RAM issue with Sirius and the new U-Connect system. Has anyone else here had a similar experience? Immediately after I hung with this last Virus guy, I googles searched and it does appear I want the only one that had this issue.
Yes, I said had! A few hours later, I went out to the truck to "play" with it. Lo and behold it started working for me!
Finally - I bought a new BakFlip Tonneau cover - its a 6.5' bed with Megacab. I went to kick out the step - it was gone!!! Its on my window sticker as being part of the package. Gotta tell ya, I was pissed after all this crap happening to me. I immediately drove to the dealer - and was told all of these steps had been removed and are going to be recalled when a fix is delivered. Has anyone else encountered this issue??? Seems my salesman "forgot" to mention this.
Gotta say, after all this crap, I was soured on RAM. I hope my feelings change in time!!
Thanks for any comments!!
Steve