Recent content by PD Luke

My wife had a similar issue with her Volvo. She had her windshield replaced at an auto glass repair shop with an aftermarket window that she was told had identical specs to OEM. After replacement the front camera went completely out of whack. Her dashboard lit up with every light possible...

As others have said Mark Dodge is excellent. It's the best vehicle buying experience I have had. On top of that we made it a fun old fashioned 4 day road trip driving the truck home. No pre-planned route or hotel reservations, just drove generally north towards home (Northern Illinois).

I changed my factory Transforce tire to Vredestein Pinza AT's on my 3500 SRW last fall. I just replaced with stock sized 18". We haven't had much snow this year, so I can't give a good review for deep snow. They did great in 3-5" snow. I also have not yet pulled a trailer with them. However, I...

No one has talked about fuel yet. Either winterized fuel or adding fuel conditioner for the temperatures you expect. I am guilty of adding conditioner at every fill up in the winter even if the place says they have winterized fuel. I am still scarred by gelling up with fuel from a station that...

Based on my experience don't worry about it. I had that message come up. It stayed on for the next couple times I drove the truck. I scheduled my truck to have the missing sensor installed and check out this message. As luck would have it the message went away on the drive to the dealer. At...

I also had that same message without CEL but it did go away. My message popped up about 45 minutes after adding DEF. I did not fill the DEF tank full. As others have mentioned I prefer to only fill 3/4 full. The next time I turned the truck on the message was still there. I scheduled service at...

I had the same stored message and took it in this week for service. The message cleared on my 50 minute drive to the dealer. There were no codes or messages or anything out of line when the dealer checked it in. Fortunately it was not a wasted trip as I also scheduled to have the particulate...

Another thing to check - what are your horses doing while stopping? Chances are low this is the reason, but you can at least eliminate it from the list. We had a horse that moved a lot and experienced some of the same issues while stopping and regular highway driving.

You are correct it does not matter what the sticker says. You need to weigh your truck and subtract it from the GVWR to determine your remaining useable payload.

For the OP... The available payload drops pretty quickly from the payload stated on the door tag once you add your passengers and stuff. My 22 3500 LB SRW says I have 4126 lbs payload. However it weighs 9500 lbs with full fuel, full def, bed liner, bed cover, family of 4, and all our stuff...

No and I forgot to ask. Sorry. Would any of the insiders on the forum know based on the flash numbers I posted above?

Finally took truck in for service today. They were not able to detect an issue but did advise there was a HVAC software update. They flashed HVAC from 68493387AB to 68493387AD.

I also have a 2022 3500 CC LB with the HO. I love it. It drives great. I cannot compare it to a SO because all my previous Ram's were manual transmission. I was somewhat concerned before I ordered on how it would shift. There were some comments of hard shifts with the Aisin before 2022. I think...

I have noticed with the cold temps recently that my cabin heater periodically stops blowing warm air for a couple minutes. The truck is at operating temp. It does not matter if the temp is set at 70 degrees or high. The fan is still working because the air is blowing cold. The warm air does come...

I use either Hot Shot's Winter anti-gel or Power Service (white) anti-gel in winter only. I usually buy fuel at truck stops but never depend on them having it formulated correctly for cold weather. I gelled 1 time about 30 years ago - it sucked, and I vowed to not let that happen again. Several...