This deal is profitable. The price is 9.5 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $36915
Fair price: $38546
High price: $41925
MPG: 0 mpg city / 0 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Diesel Gray\/Black
Color: Bright Silver Metallic Clearcoat
Dealer: Glockner Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Ashland
Mileage: 18,957
Year: 2013
Ownership Cost for 2013 Ram 2500 SLT
Estimated: $61779 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$5921
$2842
$2487
$2250
$2013
$15513
Insurance
$2058
$2130
$2205
$2282
$2362
$11037
Fuel
$2889
$2976
$3080
$3203
$3347
$15495
Maintenance
$2540
$2089
$1399
$1938
$2189
$10155
Repairs
$924
$1090
$1242
$1362
$1567
$6185
Taxes & Fees
$2293
$2293
$2293
$2293
$2293
$3396
Total Ownership Costs
$16626
$11387
$10744
$11248
$11774
$61779
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Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: All Rows
Body Cab Type: Extra/Super/ Quad/Double/King/Extended
Body Class: Pickup
Brake System Type: Hydraulic
Displacement CC: 5700.0
Displacement CI: 347.83534133997
Displacement L: 5.7
Drive Type: 4WD/4-Wheel Drive/4x4
Engine Cylinders: 8
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 2G: 8,001 - 9,000 lb (3,629 - 4,082 kg)
Make: RAM
Manufacturer: CHRYSLER DE MEXICO TOLUCA
Manufacturer Id: 1002
Model: 2500
Model Year: 2013
Note: Drive Type: Single Rear Wheels
Other Engine Info: Sales Code: EZC,EZH
Other Restraint System Info: Active Seat Belt
Plant Company Name: Saltillo Assembly
Seat Belts All: Manual
Steering Location: Left Hand Drive (LHD)
Trim: SLT
Turbo: No
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2011
STEERING
MY TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES TO CORRECT A SHIMMY OR AS THE SERVICE WRITER CALLED IT A "DEATH WOBBLE" THE DEALER HAS FELT THE ISSUE AND ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TRIED TO FIX IT. INCLUDING ALIGNING THE VEHICLE OUT OF FACTORY SPECS ON THE ADVICE FROM THE RAM ENGINEERS. THEY HAVE ALSO SWAPPED THE STEERING STABILIZERS WITH A HEAVER DUTY ONE FROM THE 1 TON RAM 3500. NEITHER FIX HAS WORKED TO CORRECT THE SHIMMY OR THE SLIGHT PULL TO THE RIGHT. THE TRUCK IS FLAT OUT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND I DID NOT REALIZE HOW BAD UNTIL I WAS TOWING A 5200LB BOAT AT 65 MPH. NEITHER THE WEIGHT OR THE SPEED SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THIS 3/4 TON TRUCK BUT AFTER DRIVING OVER AN EXPANSION JOINT THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHIMMY AND THAT COMBINED WITH THE TRAILER SWAY ALMOST KILLED SOMEONE. THE ONLY REASON SOMEONE DID NOT DIE IN THAT INSTANT IS I WAS THE ONLY PERSON WITHIN A MILE. IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE LEFT LANE I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THEM OUT WITH A TRUCK AND TRAILER THAT WAS NEARLY UNCONTROLLABLE. **TT
2013
ENGINE
I JUST PURCHASED THIS TRUCK LESS THAN 1 WEEK AGO; BRAND NEW. I WAS SLOWLY APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION (STOP SIGN) WITH VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME; WAITING TO TURN. THE TRUCK SUDDENLY STARTED SURGING/LURCHING FORWARD FOR A PERIOD OF 5-10 SECONDS; NEARLY HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I PLACED THE TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL AND APPLIED THE BRAKES SO AS NOT TO HIT ANOTHER CAR AND PREVENT AND ACCIDENT. THE "ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL" MESSAGE CAME UP ON MY DASH DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, BUT SOON (30 SECONDS) WENT AWAY. I AM CONCERNED THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND PLACE MYSELF AND OTHERS IN DANGER. I WILL BE VISITING A DEALERSHIP TO GET IT EVALUATED. AFTER AN INTERNET SEARCH, IT APPEARS THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM; CHRYSLER NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR