3.6L Pentastar V6 Engine Lawsuit

[2020PW]

I bought this specific engine because in my experiences and research, this seemed to be the safest bet in a full sized truck.

I did read about the possible lifter problems before I purchased, and decided to take a chance. I want no part of cylinder deactivation, twin turbos, or direct injection.

My son had a 3.6 in a mini-van, and was well over 100k when traded, with no ticking. I can also confirm the oil change interval was not necessarily on a tight schedule.

Mini-van is not the same engine.

Then again comparing a mini-van to a 1500 is a good comparison.

 

[ramffml]

Mini-van is not the same engine.

The same 3.6 pentastar (perhaps with minor packaging tweaks) is used everywhere, including minivan, charger, jeep, and ram.

 

[06 Dodge]

Owned several of the 3.6 V6 engines from 2008 to 2017 the last 2 in Dodge Journey, we never had any problems from them, I ran all of them with an 8K OCI using either PP or PUP synthetic 5w20 or 0w20 oil & Pureone oil filters...

 

[CamperMike]

I've now had two pentastar powered minivans. The first one had nearly 150k miles when I sold it and ran great. Normal 8k oci so I didn't baby it or anything. The other one has 75k now and so far so good. Other than the common oil cooler leak these are reliable motors overall. There are some failures but overall reliability is similar or better than many other v6 motors.

 

[huntergreen]

I bought this specific engine because in my experiences and research, this seemed to be the safest bet in a full sized truck.

I did read about the possible lifter problems before I purchased, and decided to take a chance. I want no part of cylinder deactivation, twin turbos, or direct injection.

My son had a 3.6 in a mini-van, and was well over 100k when traded, with no ticking. I can also confirm the oil change interval was not necessarily on a tight schedule.

125000 miles on my 15 wrangler. Just put a new heater core in it . This, that is the only repair. I think it’s a great engine.

120000 miles on wife’s 3.2 pstar in a 16 Cherokee. No repairs, runs like new.
Both engines , 5000 mile oci .

 

[indept]

Guess OP is too busy in court to respond.

 

[Dodge 1500 4X4]

Guess OP is too busy in court to respond.

Trolling from a courtroom, never came back!!!

 

[Mohican69]

I have 145K on my Ram 1500 and not a thing wrong with it. Regular oil changes is all I've had to do. It's time for major maintenance but I haven't made up my mind to keep it or trade it in. I specifically bought this truck for this motor because my Chevy Silverado with their terrible AFM blew up. I've been very happy with the Pentastar.

 

[Joe Merchak]

here is a lawsuit, not sure if its the op was saying

Chrysler 3.6 Pentastar Engine Problems | Knight Law Group

Pentastar engine problems, like hesitation, misfires, and loss of power prompted a class action lawsuit. Have a 2014 or newer Chrysler? You might be included.

knightlawgroup.com

 

[Railhead_Ed]

We just traded our 2012 Jeep GC with this engine. 163,000 miles. Not one problem. My 2009 RAM 5.7 Hemi had that on it when I traded for this Chevy.