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Cam Shaft Stopped Working
2011 Dodge Ram 1500
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Dodge dealer.
9.4
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- $4,050
- Average Mileage:
- 86,500 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 7 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- new cam shaft (4 reports)
- replace engine (2 reports)
- not sure (1 reports)
engine problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Noise turns into a new engine...
I bought a 2011 Ram with 9500 miles in 2012 and decided the extended 5 year/75,000 mile warranty was a good idea. Serviced the truck religiously so that I would have reliable transportation for years to come. The exhaust manifold studs started to break at about 40,000 miles and after 50,000 miles I had those replaced (5 were bad). I figured I had about paid for the extended warranty with the broken exhaust studs, but at 83,000 miles the same (similar) noise came back. Thinking that I already knew what the problem was, I was ready to take the problem on for a second time. After a more thorough examination, I decided it needed to go in for repairs. I also had read on line about the transmission issues these trucks had with the flex plate fatiguing the metal and thought that could also be the problem. After removal of the transmission and inspection of the flex plate... good news/bad news. Flex plate is fine, but the crank is walking longitudinally in the block and metal shavings are in the oil. We watched the crank and could see it moving back and forth in the block. BAD BEARINGS = Either wait a month, or more for parts to rebuild this engine, or REPLACEMENT WITH A JASPER LONG BLOCK REBUILD!
No help from the warranty folks... just "sorry, you are past the time and mileage.
MOPAR will be NOpar for me. I could have bought 2 Fords for the price of what I spent this Ram.
- Keith L., Hillsboro, US