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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.
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...
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.
Its a 2022 HO dually. It will tell you if you happen to have it on the DPF screenm, but the Ecodiesel would pop up even on the home screen and tell you. These don't do that (i.e., intrrupt the home screen). I'm hoping the commuter, the different fuel source, etc. help.
There certainly would be some stop and go getting to some where that I can drive it at higher speeds, but I try to get it out on a stretch of road where I can at least drive 60-70 if not more. It really depends on where exactly the damn active regen decides to start. If on the way home, then I...
I let them finish (or at least the truck says they are finished). I've towed a little, but not much. Honestly, got to the point I didnt trust the truck, hence I dropped it off and left it for what will be close to 3 months and made the dealer go thru it. I do think that early on, say last...
I would kill for 400 miles, my truck does an active regen every 80 miles during what I would call normal driving (unless, I go out of my way to drive it on the Interstate, then I can stretch it out, but that's 45 mins of driving to/from the Interstate). When on the Interstate, it seems to...
Yeah I don’t know. I have seen some comments on diesel quality being important in this issue. And that can be a regional thing (I’m in Alabama).
To their credit, they did suggest a few places that the head diesel tech says have good quality fuel. I figure it’s worth buying from there and...