I picked up my 2019 ram 2500 a few weeks ago and thought the column shifter had excess “play” / wiggle in it from the start. Thought maybe this was normal. Drove my fathers 2017 Ram Limited 2500 this afternoon and it seemed well made and didn’t have any sort of wiggle to it. Anybody else had this trouble? Is it typical? Maybe there is a place to tighten it down - just looking to avoid a 95 mile trip to the dealer.
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Loose Column Shifter
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Burn'n Oil
It's a metaphor!
Unfortunately, very typical. It's been a common gripe for HD trucks as far back as the spring of 19. Apparently FCA has not retrained/fired the gear selector installer at Saltillo.
DontSlamMyRam
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Idk, but I cinched mine down 2.5 years ago and it's still tight.
Had to tighten mine.
The rotten shifter boot "rubber" is annoying too.
The rotten shifter boot "rubber" is annoying too.
Speedracer93CobraR
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I have had to tighten 5 or 6 of our different trucks. It's a silly issue, but luckily an easy fix. It did make me nervous after the first one wondering what more critical components may have been in a similar condition. A loose column shifter is an easy fix, but if they left a loose bolt in the transmission; that could be bad. Quality has been good mostly though, so on we roll.
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Found a rando bolt in my cab, but it was after they HVAC replacement so I don't know if it was dash or ???
