I was browsing and notice this string.
I bought a 2017 Ram 1500 loaded Longhorn 4WD with the Hemi in November on 2017 after the 2028s had come out. It was beautiful sitting there on the lot so I took her for a test drive. When I started the truck the very first time, I could hear a ticking noise from the engine and I asked the salesman WTH? He said “ah, it’s been sitting on the lot for a while and just takes a while to get oil everywhere it needs it. It’ll be fine!” The try icking noise didn’t last long and we were off on opus test drive. All went well and I bought the truck.
Strange but I drive that truck for months before I started it up one day as a buddy of mine was walking by the front of the truck and he said “I’d get that looked at. Sounds like a lifter!”
So I take it to a dealer. The dealer I bought it at DeMontrond in Conroe TX, has a lifetime warranty on all new vehicles that they sell. The dealer can’t replicate the noise. Do I take her home but I keep listening closer now and I hear it a lot now. So I take it to an independent that tells me to leave it with him. He can’t duplicate the issue. Note noticing that the only time it d makes this ticking noise after its cooled off over night and at the first start up.
So back to the dealership. Now I’ve got probably 60K miles on the truck but now with No other issues. The dealer tells me it’s probably just an exhaust leak but that isn’t covered by the lifetime drivetrain warranty. What?
The engine exhaust isn’t part of the drive trane?
So here I am, 133,000 miles and still have the ticking sound first start every morning, but no other.
