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bart melo, 11/13/2020
2015 Ram 1500 HFE 4dr Quad Cab SB (3.0L 6cyl Turbodiesel 8A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
my truck had a recall with egr cooler .Parts never came , engine fails ,2months with no truck. Sucks
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Waste of Money
Toni, 03/28/2020
2015 Ram 1500 HFE 4dr Quad Cab SB (3.0L 6cyl Turbodiesel 8A)
8 of 10 people found this review helpful
My boyfriend had purchased a new 2015 Ram ECODIESEL. Was a great truck for the first 55k miles however once that manufacturer warranty expired... First off, we live in California so the recalls are non stop and the whole settlement for loss of power and fuel milage is a joke (signed up for it 2 years ago and have heard nothing). The truck is great, we've had no problems other than the crap accsesseriers. The charger is falling out, the Bluetooth works intermittently, the damn dash squeeks like crazy, and now our windshield washer fluid light keeps popping up but the fluid is full... We have had some great road trips in it and really enjoyed the truck but paying 40k was an absolute rip off for how many problems we are experiencing at 65k miles.
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Buyer Beware of EcoDiesel
Chris D, 10/05/2018
2015 Ram 1500 HFE 4dr Quad Cab SB (3.0L 6cyl Turbodiesel 8A)
20 of 28 people found this review helpful
I have 62K miles on a RAM 1500 EcoDiesel. The vehicle poured smoke into the cab and from under the hood while driving home. The smoke was caused by a failed EGR Valve Cooler which led to a cracked intake manifold. The manifold was under warranty but since it failed because of a non-covered part none of the $5,500 repair was covered. Three year old vehicle requiring a $5,500 repair. Who needs this type of quality!
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Less happy with the truck since my last review
Ryan, 10/28/2015
updated 05/02/2019
2015 Ram 1500 HFE 4dr Quad Cab SB (3.0L 6cyl Turbodiesel 8A)
47 of 68 people found this review helpful
It's a Chrysler, so reliability is poor. I trade premium pickups every two years and prior to this MoPar I had a Ford F-250 and two GMC 2500 HD's before that. First the Ecodiesel and 8 speed transmission are awesome. My actual fuel mileage is what Ram says it should be. Other than expensive oil changes and fuel filter replacements required every 15,000 miles, I have no complaints as to the drive train. The product as a whole irritates me often. With the last 3 pickups over the past 7 years I've never had an issue with recalls or repairs with the GMC's or Fords (not counting that piece of crap 6.0 Powerstroke Ford built 4 vehicles ago) but the recalls and breakdowns of this Chrysler irritate me. A sensor took 5 days to repair and resulted in the Ram being hauled from my home on a truck. Ram refused to take it to the dealer where I bought it and stuck me with a local village idiot. I drove 50 miles to avoid the local dealer and buy the truck because the local dealer is the village idiot, Ram can't haul a $54K pickup an extra 50 miles? Now, the real reason for me going to the trouble to write a review about a truck that is actually pretty nice. The navigation.... map updates are $150!!! Are you kidding me? I can buy a Garmin and stick it on the windshield with free lifetime updates for a little more than $150 and the Ram radio that is an extra $1000 for navigation costs me $150 to update? Unbelievable. Stick it to me Chrysler, see if I come back. There are other really nice pickups out there. I'll probably have one of those others next time. This is the update on the Ram. I've downgraded several items from my first review. The main thing I see that irritates me is decreasing fuel mileage. I initially got 27 highway and was pleased. I've not seen that in a while now, it has dropped overall about 3 or 4 mpg now with nearly 60,000 miles on the truck. Navigation is irritating, I refuse to update the maps when I can have Siri just take me where I want to go so I consider the navigation option a total waste of money. I replaced the OEM Goodyear Wrangler SAE tires with what I hoped would be better tires, and am running Bridgestone Duramax all season tires. They create more road noise, ride much harsher than the Goodyears and don't seem to have any better traction. I should have stayed with the Goodyears. The recalls have been a real hassle. My dealer is slow and it is irritating to have to update the software, change out the entire exhaust and etc. I knew this was a possibility as the ecoDiesel in my 2015 was a beta model, but the hassle has been a bit more than expected. Another update 5/2/19. I've had this pickup much longer than I usually have a vehicle and will trade soon as I'm approaching 100,000 miles and the end of my extended warranty in anticipation of MoPar reliability issues. I haven't traded as I'm waiting for Ford or GM to come out with comparable MPG in a half ton and they are quickly getting close, fingers crossed. No real changes in my review, just more of the same. I've had an intermittent engine warning light for some time and the local dealer seems uninterested in fixing it. I ran a code on it and found the cold start system isn't communicating between sensors. Irritating, but standard MoPar quality, eh? The Bridgestone tires have quieted down but the idea they are "all season" is a joke. Don't plan on them getting you through any real mud or snow, they are just regular tires for a "gentleman's" truck.
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Blown engine at 84,000
Jeremy Dwyer , 07/27/2019
2015 Ram 1500 HFE 4dr Quad Cab SB (3.0L 6cyl Turbodiesel 8A)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Ok, let me start out by saying that his thing gets great gas mileage and is more efficient than its gas counterparts. However, its normal for a bone stock diesel engine to blow at 84,000 miles. Im a mechanic myself so all oil changes and maintenance was done on time and I even used top of the line filters and oil. The truck gave no prior indication of failure. Im driving it down the road one day under normal conditions when suddenly it start to knock really bad. Im in no place to pullover so i limped it to the nearest turn off. It dies, I start it back up and have no oil pressure and I know by the sound that I had just blown a rod. I get it into a parkingblot and shut it down. Get out to inspect and its pissing oil. Dealer says its catastrophic engine failure and Ill be getting a new engine, under warranty. Not sure it its a known problem or a fluke but now you know.