I just dumped my 2015 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT before reaching 150,000 miles. The carbon buildup inside the engine, which only became visible after replacing the intake manifold, has effectively killed the truck. The engine would need to be blasted and rebuilt. It came to the point where the camshaft became misaligned and the truck was forevermore placed in low-power mode. People told me to delete the EGR system and have the truck tuned but I wanted to reduce my impact on the environment and didn’t want to risk breaking the law. It turns out that that was the only way to save this truck from itself. This is an engine designed to choke itself to death. Otherwise, I loved this vehicle and I will miss it. I feel like I was robbed, and not by my mechanic.
I just dumped my 2015 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT before reaching 150,000 miles. The carbon buildup inside the engine, which only became visible after replacing the intake manifold, has effectively killed the truck. The engine would need to be blasted and rebuilt. It came to the point where the camshaft became misaligned and the truck was forevermore placed in low-power mode. People told me to delete the EGR system and have the truck tuned but I wanted to reduce my impact on the environment and didn’t want to risk breaking the law. It turns out that that was the only way to save this truck from itself. This is an engine designed to choke itself to death. Otherwise, I loved this vehicle and I will miss it. I feel like I was robbed, and not by my mechanic.
- kroadswest, Medford, US