PoconoJoe
Member
- Joined
- Nov 17, 2022
- Posts
- 71
- Reaction score
- 51
- Location
- Northeastern Pennsylvania
- Ram Year
- 2015
- Engine
- 5.7
No brand is perfect. Every brand has its problems.
Look at the Ford Triton engines. They were spitting out spark plugs and Ford did nothing to help it's customers. You were on your own and it wasn't a rare or random occurrence either. You're driving along and pow, a spark plug shoots out taking the coil pack with it and your engine sounds like an air compressor. If it's a van, good luck getting in there to drill and install a heli-coil.
At least the lifter/cam problem of the 5.7 doesn't happen that often and the tick is a pre-warning. But for all of us that had to deal with it, that sucks. If you have no knowledge of what that tick is indicating, you can end up with a big repair bill.
I guess we just "roll the dice" when it comes to ownership.
Look at the Ford Triton engines. They were spitting out spark plugs and Ford did nothing to help it's customers. You were on your own and it wasn't a rare or random occurrence either. You're driving along and pow, a spark plug shoots out taking the coil pack with it and your engine sounds like an air compressor. If it's a van, good luck getting in there to drill and install a heli-coil.
At least the lifter/cam problem of the 5.7 doesn't happen that often and the tick is a pre-warning. But for all of us that had to deal with it, that sucks. If you have no knowledge of what that tick is indicating, you can end up with a big repair bill.
I guess we just "roll the dice" when it comes to ownership.