Ram Failmaster dies again.

"cbell04" (cbell04) 01/23/2018 at 19:05 • Filed to: Promaster

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Someone put a damn bullet in this thing! Not pictured a river of coolant and chunks of belt on the street. Hopefully my Chevy 2500 will be ready soon I can’t take this much longer.

PS9 > cbell04 01/23/2018 at 19:18

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The ram promaster van failed ram promaster van man?!

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > cbell04 01/23/2018 at 19:24

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What engine does it have?

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > cbell04 01/23/2018 at 19:30

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Not only does it look ugly, but its engine is a total writeoff. Good to know.

cbell04 > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 01/23/2018 at 19:34

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Engine: 3.6L V6 24V VVT Pentastar 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > cbell04 01/23/2018 at 19:34

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Damn son

cbell04 > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 01/23/2018 at 19:36

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its actually the 3.6L V6 24V VVT Pentastar from dodge and I never had any issues with those in the grand caravan and haven’t heard much hate and dodge puts them in everything so guessing its more of the promaster pentastar relationship that sucks than the engine itself.

cbell04 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/23/2018 at 19:40

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Ram Failmaster

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > cbell04 01/23/2018 at 19:44

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I’ve been stranded by a Duracrap 5 times, almost a 6th today. I can’t see how this can be much worse.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > cbell04 01/23/2018 at 19:44

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If an entity is succeeds at failing, is it really failing?

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > cbell04 01/23/2018 at 21:04

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What happened? Intra-industry trade war?

cbell04 > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time 01/23/2018 at 21:45

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FCA = Fairly Crappy Automobiles

shop-teacher > cbell04 01/23/2018 at 22:29

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How many times is this now?

cbell04 > shop-teacher 01/23/2018 at 23:26

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I wish I would have kept better track. I know it stranded me 4 times so far that it had to be flat bedded but it’s also spent sooo much time in the shop making it there under its own power. If I minus tires and oil change I bet i still have 14k in repair receipts over 3 years. Headlights alone not even joking prob 35 bulbs keeps blowing bulbs even after both headlight assemblies were replaced. Have to replace a bulb about every 3rd week. In fact one is out right now.

shop-teacher > cbell04 01/23/2018 at 23:31

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Gadamn! That’s incredibly bad!

cbell04 > shop-teacher 01/23/2018 at 23:39

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Agreed. It’s a company van. If I were paying the bills I’d be that guy that turned his car into a rolling billboard advertisement of how big a piece of shit Ram/FCA is. 

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > cbell04 01/24/2018 at 00:20

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Upon reading it the first time I though someone shot the radiator lol.

bhtooefr > cbell04 01/24/2018 at 03:33

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That wouldn’t surprise me, the body was really only designed for inline-4 diesels, a V6 is quite a lot larger than what’s supposed to go there.

Maybe a Half Hemi would be the way that they should’ve gone? Take something like the Ram 2500/3500's 6.4 Hemi, cut it in half to a 3.2 I4 pushrod motor, and stick that in there? 205 hp, 215 lb-ft, which would be OK, I guess...

pip bip - choose Corrour > cbell04 01/24/2018 at 06:27

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doesn’t your van have an “electrical fault in the heater”?

why not write it off into a tree?

cbell04 > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/24/2018 at 07:18

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It has many electrical gremlins. My favorite that the dealer has never been able to fix is that if you put the hazards on and lock the doors the alarm goes off in some kind of really annoying morse code instantly.

fhrblig > cbell04 01/27/2018 at 12:43

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I’ve been at my job for 3 weeks now, and I’ve talked to all the guys that have been driving these ProMasters. So far, they’ve all been reliable enough and no one has even been stranded once. I hope that’s a trend, because they just bought a few more and one of the new ones will be mine in the next week or two.

How many miles does yours have?

fhrblig > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 01/27/2018 at 12:46

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In my previous job I managed a fleet that included 3 Ram C/Vs with this engine. Except for the cylinder head flaw that affected the early ones, this engine has been strong and reliable. Even the one with the cylinder head rebuild is pushing 260k and it’s a 2013.

cbell04 > fhrblig 01/27/2018 at 13:25

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2015 157k miles so it’s up there but the problems have been throughout its life. I’m now waiting 3 weeks for motor mounts and an alternator (that was already replaved 10 months ago) that’s ridiculous wait for basic parts.

fhrblig > cbell04 01/27/2018 at 13:35

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That’s crazy. The highest mileage one we have is 87k, but so far they’ve only had problems involving a headlight recall or something. Fortunately for me, with my new job I won’t have anything to do with managing the fleet; just driving, so it’s someone else’s problem now.

I bet the wait for those parts would be longer if it was for a Nissan NV. I seriously hope I never have to deal with those things again.