Do you have a second vehicle to drive when the Ram is in the shop?

Get a 2026 with 100k warranty. Ram is no worse than ford or gm anymore.

Retired rancher. I have had them all. Started buying Rams back in the 80s when they changed the body style. The Cummins was unbeatable and could pull a loaded stock trailer with no strain. Now I am retired driving a 2024 half ton hemi and loving it. It is the upscale version. The interior competes with any car and the ride is exceptional. Thirty years of experience convinced me to stay with Ram. Hope you enjoy yours

Plastic control arms. Yeah.

Based on this board every truck sucks and has issues so pick the one that meets your needs and checkbook. Get a warranty.

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Plastic control arms. Yeah.

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It's a composite coating with metal structure and only on the upper control arms which have slight load bearing. Not a big deal

I've had Dodge, Nissan, GMC and Ford trucks. Honestly the GMC was the most problematic and the second Ford I currently own follows, but the Ford stuff has been minor. There is currently no "better truck". It's popular to hate on Ram the most on this board so asking about a Ram will get the comments going.

More often than not you'll be fine, but any and all could have a problem long term. Get what you want!

I've got a 2019 Ram 1500 Laramie 4WD with a Hemi. Just turned 140k. No issiues. First RAM I've owned. With the new 100k warranty on the 2026's I'll most likely end up buying another in the next few years.

If RAM is handing out a 100K warranty and GM and Ford are not, then this is a no brainer. You get a RAM.

I've owned three over the years and got nearly 200k on each one with the only issue being a couple of broken manifold bolts…Get you one!

All of these RAM owners. Every one of you died in a spontaneous truck fire on I35 and you know it. Quit posting from Hell.

YouBet said:

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All of these RAM owners. Every one of you died in a spontaneous truck fire on I35 and you know it. Quit posting from Hell.

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Why do I gotta be in hell??? I let old ladies cross the street in front of me. I park in the back of the lot so my kids don't wing the doors open and ding somebody's car. I move over if someone needs to pass. Maybe I am in heaven cruising with my man JC riding shotgun in my 2018 RAM with 111k on the clock and loving it.

No more crazy than if you were considering a GM or Ford product.

I have a 2023 with only 32k miles.

Biggest issue is some idiot decided to put the front sway bar link right under the oil drain plug which requires a huge piece of cardboard, or large flat metal catch pan (like a cookie sheet) + oversized drain pan to catch the splash. Then his bigger idiot twin brother put the filter right over the electronic steering control and that makes an even bigger mess. I've tried the 1 gallon plastic bag trick to get the filter out but that didn't work so well. Only thing that kind of worked was to cut up an empty gallon washer fluid jug into a make shift funnel and catch the filter spill and allow it to drain out the handle of the old bottle into the drain pan...but still a PITA b/c you can hardly get your hands in there without it running down your elbow.

I've always been a change my own oil guy if nothing else to just look under the car and make sure I don't see anything else wrong (leaks or broken UV Joint cover). But this is making me rethink and pay the $100+ to get a shop to do it. I think one time my neighbors complained to my wife about the string of expletives let fly when the main drain hit that sway bar, then hit my oversized drain pan in such a way as to cause the oil to shoot out 90 in two directions and coat the insides of the front tires/wheels.