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  1. RaftingDave

    Remote start/reset/battery?

    This was weird. 2017 BH 5.7 The other night, very cold, I tried to remote start the truck to warm it up before going to the gym. Honked twice, but didn't start. Fine, I went out to it, the display said Remote Start disabled, start vehicle to reset.. I put the key in it, tried to start it, and...
  2. RaftingDave

    Recommendations for tube nerfs and wheel flares?

    Hi fellow RAMers - we want to put some tube nerfs on our 2017 1500 Quad BH, and maybe black wheel fender flares. The MOPAR parts seem pretty pricey to me (~$1000 for four flares ???) - any better choices you guys can recommend? Thx in advance.
  3. RaftingDave

    Warranty options on a 2017 BH ?

    So, we've crossed the 3 year line on our 2017 1500 BH. The truck has been essentially trouble free, except for a kind of lazy rear defrost on the driver's side. I like the truck, although for some reason I felt a little stronger bond with the 2007 TRX 1500 I traded for this. My dealer promised...
  4. RaftingDave

    Paid off !

    We took a lease on our 2017 Ram 1500 BH at the beginning of October 2017. At the time, the salesman told us that the rebates were higher on leases than purchases (Jedi mind trick?)....anyway, we went with it, the payments were <$190/month, so I saved a pile out of every paycheck since then. I...
  5. RaftingDave

    I wonder why...

    ...my left rear tire is 2-3 PSI lower than the rest. Oh...that's why. BFG AT KO2's - have to fight the snow-tire-season crowds tomorrow and see if my friends at Discount Tire can plug/patch this. If it's not one thing, it's another.
  6. RaftingDave

    Rebel tows less?

    We're currently driving a 2017 1500 BH QC Hemi, with a 6' bed, like it well enough, and we tow a 3K (loaded) pop-up a few times a year. That and firewood and misc stuff - not a heavy duty tow/haul guy. My wife was commenting the other day that she liked the new Rebel, but wondered if they came...
  7. RaftingDave

    Rear Window - uneven defrost ?

    Cold weather finally arrived in Colorado this week - as I was heading to the gym last evening, I noticed something that I had actually noticed last year but forgot about. Truck has a rear window defrost - the center and passenger panels defrost well, but the driver's side only defrosts across...
  8. RaftingDave

    OK, weird question - re: load weight

    How much do you think a 6' bed of firewood, stacked loosely, weighs?
  9. RaftingDave

    Fix for Power Window One-Touch up Malfunction

    Just an fyi.... Truck had been sitting in the hot sun and was oven temperature when we went out yesterday afternoon, so I rolled down the windows to blow the hot air out before turning on the AC. When I went to rollup, the one-touch on the driver's side didn't function - if I released the...
  10. RaftingDave

    Lease end negotiate buyout price?

    We have a little ways to go before our lease is up - 14 months or so - and I've been saving cash to buy it outright at the end. Happy enough with the truck (the search feature on the USB in the Media Center is friggin' slow, but I'll live), and as I near retirement I don't want a truck loan when...
  11. RaftingDave

    UConnect mobile app stinks now

    So my wife and I were out last weekend, she wanted to use Send 'n Go. Seems the UConnect app on her (and my) phone was out of date, so while I was driving she updated both. (Android) Now the new version doesn't display oil life, fuel level or tire pressure. I mean, this isn't the end of the...
  12. RaftingDave

    Here's one: tailgate extended lip?

    My '07 1500 had a hard plastic lip that extended over and past the top the tailgate. I imagine for some owners it seemed a little pointless, but the way my rafting frame sits atop the bed rails, it worked perfectly to keep my seat joints from hitting the top of the tailgate. My '17 has a...
  13. RaftingDave

    Remote start disabled?

    Chilly morning, I tried to access my rarely used remote start. Truck beeped twice, didn't start. When i went out to the truck and got in, the EVIC said "remote start disabled, start vehicle to reset." Started up and drove to work. I can try it again at the end of workday, but does the remote...
  14. RaftingDave

    Hail damage repair rant

    Long story short...got clobbered by a hail storm in June. Adjusters came out, told me the roof would have to be torn off and replaced, hood replaced. About $7k. OK. I called one repair shop in early July - they did a good job on my wife's Jeep a few years ago after a pretty bad front end...
  15. RaftingDave

    Brakes - grrrr !!!

    Not sure if this is the right forum, but here goes... When we had our pop-up camper last June, we got some serious squeaking from the brakes. Mountain passes, maybe (initially) too much brake on the steeper downhills, but okay....yeah, I did use tow/haul. Had my dealer look at them. Said...
  16. RaftingDave

    Well, goodbye to the truck for three weeks...

    ...while the local collision guys tear off and replace my roof, and replace the hood. Hail damage from June. Then it goes in for three recalls. Glad we got our week's camping trip in...oddly, we hit 12,000 miles on the way home, on the 1 year anniversary of taking delivery of the truck. At...
  17. RaftingDave

    Hail damage appraisal: $6k - roof tear-off?

    So after last week's Wrath-of-Zeus hailstorm, my appraiser came out and looked over my 2017 Bighorn. (6600 miles). New hood, easy call. The roof rails ALONE have >120 dime sized pits, the doors have >80, the box has >50. The roof has over 100. She thinks they can PDR those. She didn't...
  18. RaftingDave

    First time out with PUP - brakes whistling

    So we finally got the new(ish) truck out with the pop-up this weekend. Bought the truck in September, we've had the PUP since last July. Specs on the PUP: ~2200 dry, add full water, two propane tanks, two batteries, misc cargo. Plus my raft and gear, cooler, and wife and me, in the truck...
  19. RaftingDave

    Did someone steal my bed rail caps?

    OK, old men start to drift into cognitive dysfunction - hey, it's all good, it's part of nature's plan - but I could swear when I bought my 2017 Ram 1500 last September, this little contractor's rack support slot was capped, like the two in the front of the bed. We were out camping this past...
  20. RaftingDave

    Few questions - WDH, Tow/Haul, Factory Trailer brake

    So, my wife and I purchased a Forest River 206STSE PUP last summer, had it out once with my '07 Ram 5.7 TRX QC (3.92). The camper is 21', 2200# empty, 2900# loaded. The TRX did fine with it, even up and down the Colorado mountain highways, and with my whitewater raft + gear + cooler (maybe 400#...
  21. RaftingDave

    '07 TRX 1500 to '17 BH - options upgrade

    I bought my '07 5.7 TRX Ram in April of 2007, had virtually no problems with the thing and eventually paid it off (22 months early). Really loved the thing. It had about 125k miles on it when my wife and I decided last fall that, because we had just bought a pop-up camper and the fact that I...
  22. RaftingDave

    My turn - UConnect 8.4 firmware msg - go for it?

    So I'm getting the msg to update my system firmware, keep hitting Later. 2017 BigHorn QC. Should I go for the Over the Air upgrade, or is the USB method more reliable? Or skip it altogether (and hit Later until end of Creation) ?
  23. RaftingDave

    Door air deflectors

    Anyone had experience with these WeatherTech air deflectors or can recommend something else? I had a set of (some other brand) deflectors on my TRX, and they broke in high winds after barely a year. 2017 RAM Ram 1500 | Rain Guards - Side Window Deflectors for Cars Trucks SUVs and Minivans |...
  24. RaftingDave

    ParkSense flips out

    We drove off in a '17 Big Horn a few weeks ago - mostly like the thing (still miss my '07 TRX, but I'll get over it) - and we got our first snow last night. It was a measly little storm, maybe an inch. On my way up the the gym last night, I was pulling up to a light. Not particularly close...
  25. RaftingDave

    Front end lift - void warranty?

    We just drove home with a 2017 Big Horn QC, I'm looking into a front end 2" lift - nothing too radical, just something to help the air dam clearance a little - should I be concerned about voiding my warranty? My local shop is quoting me about $1200 for a Zone 1 lift kit - control arms, etc...

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