I know the mid-size truck sector is huge to lots of people, but I paid $32K for my 2017 RAM 1500 Big Horn Quad Cab (brand new).

I think issues arise when one gets an aftermarket remote start/alarm/blender/slicer/dicer/julienner installed.

The issue seems to be that the computer lost communication.....it didnt KNOW about the brake pedal signal, so it didn’t respond by cancelling the torque (cruise control) request. At that point the brakes are there to try and physically defeat the cruise by slowing the car down faster than the computer can accelerate…

Yeah I agree, it sure looks like they could make any “mid” size truck with the 4' between wheel wells.  The bed started to rust out on my Frontier and I seriously considered modding it to give me the full 4'.

Yeah 5th wheel changes the game for everything. Im not a contractor or anything, so I didnt *need* to have the RAM boxes. Finding them around here seemed tough, anyway, so I went with a better deal truck rather than trying to find the “perfect” truck.

AFAIK they still have 4 feet between the wheel wells, the RAM boxes just kinda fill in between the inner edge of the wheel well and the bed wall.

I agree, but I almost sort of put this in the same realm as the “unintended acceleration” issues that Toyota had. Did it really happen the way the Dodge Journey driver said it did? Maybe. Was the vehicle itself suspect (regardless of programming)? Maybe, because it was a rental/fleet vehicle after all.

There was a post at some point on Jalopnik comparing the CPO programs for popular brands.  A few of them were REALLY good, not just powertrain stuff.

I feel like there should be quotes around $300

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2018/RMISC-18V332-9025.pdf

The deal with the recall is that, if a short circuit occurs while cruise is calling for “torque” (i.e. speeding up), however the vehicle computers deal with the short circuit ends up cutting off the brake pedal signal. So, hitting the brake pedal will not cancel the call for torque.

Let them eat spaghetti!

I just figured the car had a scent sensor and smelt coffee.

Buy another CTS-V wagon and a trunk monkey

Id lie about a Chevy for a hefty down payment on a 2019 RAM 1500

I vote CP.

My local dealer has a brand new 2016 Challenger Hellcat in Plum Crazy Purple. Why not buy that one for 69K plus the 10K dealer markup?

Kinda neat for the price....and are those jump seats from a 1st gen Frontier? They look very familiar, like the ones in my ‘01 that I finally got rid of.

I have a ‘17 RAM 1500 with the 5.7L/8 speed combo. With mostly city driving, Im getting 15% better mpg on this than I was my ‘01 Frontier with a 3.3L V6.

No, we lost all forward gears because of the transmission damage. I should have clarified....the metallic gray/speckled fluid was NOT a result of reverse. Rather, a spectacularly failed attempt at beating a manual transmission vehicle off the line.