Used 2015 Ram 1500 Diesel Consumer Reviews
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Taylor, 02/07/2019
2015 Ram 1500 HFE 4dr Quad Cab SB (3.0L 6cyl Turbodiesel 8A)
11 of 16 people found this review helpful
Would never buy one again, at 120k miles I'm having to put 5000 dollars in it for stuff that shouldn't be broken. I'd say this truck is super cheap in the mechanical quality area and mediocre in everything else. Interior is OK but everything feels very cheap, steering wheel wore down super quick and everything's cheap plastic. Horrible blind spots, doors creak bad, etc. I've never owned a vehicle with this many issues, big and small. I'll never buy a Chrysler vehicle again, should have told myself that when our jeep wrangler was messed up to before we bought this truck. My 97 powerstroke is more reliable than this and it has 330k miles.
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Morris, 12/11/2022
2015 Ram 1500 HFE 4dr Quad Cab SB (3.0L 6cyl Turbodiesel 8A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I have never owned a Dodge before and this like them since childhood with the whiny starter the cars had. I bought my Dodge ram 1500 diesel as an experiment. It did have a check engine light on at the dealership when I bought it which I was assured a recall that was due on it would take care of. Unfortunately I had a trip to make and did not make the complete trip as the exhaust gas recycle system was a recall and failed during the trip leaking antifreeze into the motor. From here I took it to a dealership we’re with a lot of arguing I was able to get it fixed but not to my satisfaction as the water going through the turbo had caused problems and the dealership in Savannah Georgia said they would let their mechanic decide and this intelligent fellow said there was no way the antifreeze would have damaged the turbo charger so I ended up paying for the turbo charger but Dodge took care of everything else. I made it home by the time I got home my check engine light was on again. I took it to another dealership not wanting to lose the warranty I had on all the new parts and their mechanic a much better diesel mechanic replaced the particulate matter and the debt filters and all associated sensors. Since then I have had no trouble to speak of other than the failure of one glow plug which I changed myself I would not recommend doing this yourself unless you are a seasoned mechanic. I am a retired aircraft mechanic so I was able to do this myself. My truck has 270,000 miles on it and now runs and handles as good as I imagine it did when it was new. Really do like the looks of the luxury and handling of this truck. The only real negative I have is for working on it yourself the V6 diesel is not user-friendly and getting access to work on. The dealership warranty depending on which dealership was OK to deal with although the one in Savannah I was really disappointed that they did not stand up and change the turbo charger as they have replaced everything before and after the turbo charger in the exhaust system yet maintain the turbo charger was not affected. I am now ready to purchase another truck and I’m torn between the Dodge and the Chevy 3.0 diesel right now I am leaning towards the GMC or Chevy for primarily two reasons one the in-line six would be much easier to work on and is getting better fuel economy than the Dodge. That said the Dodge has a much nicer ride than the general motors.
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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 4 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.
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Gerald knadle, 01/08/2021
2015 Ram 1500 HFE 4dr Quad Cab SB (3.0L 6cyl Turbodiesel 8A)
5 of 9 people found this review helpful
Dont buy it...warranty is bull crap....leak back cab brake light is on thing...they did not fix right now need fix again. No warrant...says in book n when bought ...10.000 miles. Now they change to 8.000 km oil change......always carbon build up in town. Got to go on hyway to burn out... usa won there law suit to fix or 4 grand....not in canada ...I still dont have 100.thou kms on truck yet.....dont buy it...still list is growing....
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Sarge, 01/24/2024
2015 Ram 1500 HFE 4dr Quad Cab SB (3.0L 6cyl Turbodiesel 8A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
140k miles DPF failure, under warranty. 143k miles cracked intake manifold, under warranty. Still getting 27mph on my 400mile monthly trip to Costco.
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