Used 2017 Ram 1500 Crew Cab Consumer Reviews
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Falling In Love Again
Marc, 11/30/2017
updated 12/01/2019
2017 Ram 1500 Longhorn 4dr Crew Cab 5.6 ft SB (5.7L 8cyl 8A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
For years I missed my 1999 Silverado extended cab 4x4 even though I went through a series of BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, Acura and Infinity. I had some great cars but living in North Texas with the traffic here, I always felt like a little guy amid giants. I would arrive white knuckled and tense. Now, the ride is great, the leather very nice, the amenities are great and I feel relaxed and comfortable at the end of my drive. Bonus is I can carry stuff and have a ridiculous amount of storage with the Ramboxes and tonneau cover. With the 4 corner air suspension, it has a great drive. I'm all over this thing. It was expensive, but it was worth it. UPDATE: After two years of owning this truck nothing has changed. I love it. My only regret is that my garage won't hold it and I wind up bringing it in as far as I can and throw a moving blanket over the tailgate during severe storms. But that's it. I added a Pedal Commander as the only performance enhancer. It does help the "lag" you feel when pushing the accelerator and has several levels to choose from. I've actually thought about upgrading next year to another Laramie-Longhorn but I am not sure I can part with this one!
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Quality control, paging quality control!
Cooper, 05/20/2017
2017 Ram 1500 Express 4dr Crew Cab 5.6 ft SB (3.6L 6cyl 8A)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
I have had this truck for a month. I test drove it a couple of times. I switched up from an '03 GMC. There is a world of difference, and this Ram is in a different solar system then the old trucks, it rides better than most cars I've owned, lane changes are great, the V6 with the 8 speed is amazing, very road travel friendly! Seats are for a little skinnier person than I am, I'm a 6'1" 260lb furniture mover, but aside from my issue of being wider than the seat by an inch, they cup and hold me in great. My complaints are the quality control, or lack thereof. There is a sandy substance UNDERNEATH the paint in the door jambs of the front passenger and driver side rear door, right where you see it every time you open the door. There is what may be a small fuzz ball stuck UNDER THE PAINT on the bed side. The "cup", which is the little plastic area behind the door handle, doesn't fit in the top correctly on the passenger side, I fiddled and fixed the front passenger door, but the rear door has a sold 1/4" gap all across the top. STAY AT A COMPLETE STOP while changing gears, if you don't, the lights flash on the dash and on the rotor gear selector (which is in a terrible place, considering all I do is turn my fan speed up and down instead of getting into Drive or Park) until you stop again. Kind of annoying. While on the transmission, if you're not at a dead stop, the transmission feels like its fluttering a little while it's engaging from Park to Drive, but if you're on the brakes until it's engaged, you'll not notice. The truck really is great, but the quality control must've been off the day this one was built, and the rotory knob is weird. The stereo however, is nothing short of amazing. If the window is half up(or down for you pessimists), they rattle with bass, and I've got the bass on 3, and the volume on 20. The thing rocks. Gas mileage has been between 22 and 22.6 on the highway, and pretty solid average of 13.8 in town, a little town, lots of stop and go, like every 300ft. Our city blocks are small. Really like the display in the dash, kind of like the stereo display, but I got the little one, the bigger one may be better, but I'm pretty satisfied, aside of the fact I bought the cheapest one and it's still 40k, for that price, I'd prefer more quality.
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sharon martino, 06/07/2017
2017 Ram 1500 Tradesman 4dr Crew Cab 6.3 ft SB (5.7L 8cyl 8A)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
We are happy with our truck. Will go for the quad cab next time, though, for family comfort-we were in a mini van. LOL !. Awesome truck
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Feel Like I splurged without having splurged
magick727, 03/11/2018
2017 Ram 1500 Tradesman 4dr Crew Cab 6.3 ft SB (5.7L 8cyl 8A)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
Apologies in advance for lengthy backdrop. There might be a point.... Before purchasing a 36ft travel trailer several years back, I had a F150 Harley 4.6. It was beautiful truck. Impeccable interior, down to the accent lighting, air-conditioned seats with trademarked dye with Harley monograms. The retractable running boards were a nice touch when they worked. And when they didn't the result was laughable. There was nothing quick, or powerful about that 4.6L. And the Harley AWD edition only had a GWVR of ~5.5k so it had to go when I got the trailer. We also had an AWD Volvo 400hp XC90 at the time which put the ford to shame in terms of power and handling but nowhere near that tow capacity. I eventually upgraded to the F250 Powerstroke KingRanch which was rated for 14,000 and would tow my 10k trailer up any hill I could find. But, even with stock suspension and proper weight distribution, the back end sagged noticeably and caused people to flash their high beams angrily in retaliation for my low beams assuming high beam vectors... Still, it towed cross-country w/o issue until I discovered that SuperDuty trucks exceed the hight restrictions of many Pacific North West urban parking garages (Including my own residence and place of work) . So I sold the F250 and recently bought my first 1500 Hemi. It fits in the garages and I'm happy. It also has that same aggressive power and handling as the xc90 while towing my weight class and NOT blinding oncoming traffic. This 1500 Hemi 4x4 with 5k miles was 1/2 the price of Powerstrokes with 40,000 miles or more. I did have to travel 3 states away to get a decent deal, and decided to pass on the higher end trim package while keeping all the tow essentials. So far I don't miss anything and will have much less to cry about when the Hemi begins to accumulate typical "cramped garage" cosmetic wear and tear that has worst impact on for trucks with higher end packages.
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Nice comfortable reliable truck so far
dave, 12/29/2017
updated 07/02/2019
2017 Ram 1500 Sport 4dr Crew Cab 4WD 6.3 ft SB (5.7L 8cyl 8A)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
its a real good comfortable truck that has good pickup . Had a few issues when it was newer but all the little things got fixed under warranty finally after taking it to the dealer who didn’t want to fix anything on the first try. But I put a 4 inch read lift kit with new upper control arms and new bilstien shocks and struts and 35 inch Mickey Thompson tires and it still rides just as good as factory or actually better.
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