Now that I've owned a Ram for 1 1/2 years, I understand why people bash them. What I don't understand is why the dodge/ram owners love them so much and are so accepting with what the manufacture provides. Just because the truck has a cummins doesn't make everything else perfect. It just makes the truck "a cummins bolted to a hunk of metal and plastic."
Someday, I'll buy another truck and if this was today, I wouldn't be going to the Ram dealership first.
I understand that making this post won't be popular because if there is one group of owners that suffers from the Stockholm syndrome, it's the "truck with cummins" group. It's too bad because if there wasn't such a cult-like love of anything cummins, the manufacture would probably produce a better truck and have better service.
Someone is disappointed with every manufacturer out there. What I learned when I worked at American Honda was that all manufacturers have the 80%/10%/8%/2% groups. With an occasional screw up in one vehicle type or another. 80% of folks will never have a warranty claim. 10% will have warranty claims that are resolved by dealerships easily. 8% will have multiple issues and the manufacturer will get involved. And 2% will have issues that cannot be resolved for various reasons.
I would not have bought my RAM without the Cummins. My 1500s were all Chevy's. My 72 was someone's old hunting truck that I paid $350 for in 1986. 2 years later I transferred and sold it for $1000. In 1993 I bought big blue, my 1985 single cab short bed. in 1999 I traded it with 180k for my 1998 C1500 long bed. When my 98 had 165k, it need a total power train rebuild. We had talked about an RV for years, and my 2013 RAM 2500 Tradesman CB SB which pulled my the wheel toyhauler just fine.
Now looking to upgrade toyhaulers, we needed more capacity. So now I have my 2020 RAM 3500 Tradesman dually HO Aisin CCLB.
And this is probably my retirement truck. Or maybe a 2022...lol