Recent content by jasmith348

You dont have to worry about it, just us that don't use our trucks correctly.

Well, thanks for admitting I'm right.

Thanks. I get mine back this week after 3 months at the dealer. Will keep this in mind if it has to go back. My dealer remains steadfast that most of this issue will be fixed with a software update. They may be wrong, but they have been telling me that since August 2023.

I agree. If this is how Ram feels, then they can go ahead and cut production by 50% or more as very few will need these trucks or put up with the BS of a 100k paper weight. Also might need to tell the RV makers to lighten everything up so that a gasser can pull them. Ram has screwed...

Also I don’t really blame Ram that much. The gov’t has been trying to kill these trucks for years. That said, seems like most dealerships simply don’t have the desire or the ability to work on these diesel engines well.

How do they think the fuel pump is related? Too much or too little fuel?

Yeah but they really aren’t. Go to any dealership and see what they say. My truck has 31k miles on it. Half of those towing. I didn’t tow for about 3 months and bam, regen issues.

That may be true, then Ram (and I guess Ford and GM) should label, market and sell them as such. Its nuts to pay 100k for a vehicle and not be able to drive it around town.

Ha, funny, sort of ... Anyway, dealer is putting the new part # MAF sensor on my truck (approved by RAM/Star). It seems like it maybe helped some folks.

Yeah my gauge has done something similar. That leads me to wonder if the gauge/software is triggering all of these active regens when the filter doesnt actually need them? The head tech at my local dealership said something along these lines yesterday.

I think the 80 miles of interstate driving will help keep any issues at bay. Though there are still some of these trucks that develop issues even if they truly work for a living, so who knows. Ram certainly doesnt seem to know.

My info screen always goes down to 0% after an active regen. I can also get it there after about 60 mins total of interstate driving assumning it starts around thr 37.5% mark. Also, I think you are on to something with the low temp issue. I posted this once before in the long regen thread...

I personally think the DPF gauge software/system is at least a little screwy. There's just no way one of these trucks can load up to 25% on that gauge in 10-12 miles of driving, as mine has done. Or if it can do that, then the gauge shouldnt read 0% after a regen. Either the low end or upper...

My truck really likes to get real close to 80mph before the passive regen kicks in. Thats on a generally flat interstate.

I'd say my active regens take in the 15-20 min range. The dealer replaced all of the injectors last August and that really sped the active regens up. Got a new DPF and several other things last June. It seems to take the truck about 20-30 mins on the interstate to start passively regenning.