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MPG: /
Interior Color: Diesel Gray/Black
Color: Granite Crystal Metallic Clearcoat
Dealer: The Used Car Factory
Mileage: 1,649
Year: 2006
Ownership Cost for 2017 Ram 5500HD (Tradesman)
Estimated: $63796 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$8682
$4167
$3646
$3299
$2952
$22746
Insurance
$2325
$2406
$2491
$2578
$2668
$12468
Fuel
$2229
$2295
$2376
$2471
$2582
$11953
Maintenance
$1246
$1684
$1341
$2145
$1593
$8009
Repairs
$438
$642
$723
$851
$1009
$3663
Taxes & Fees
$3347
$3347
$3347
$3347
$3347
$4957
Total Ownership Costs
$18266
$11576
$11062
$11655
$11237
$63796
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Body Cab Type: Regular
Body Class: Incomplete - Chassis Cab (Number of Cab Unknown)
Brake System Type: Hydraulic
Displacement CC: 6700.0
Displacement CI: 408.85908543470
Displacement L: 6.7
Drive Type: 4x2
Engine Configuration: In-Line
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine Manufacturer: Cummins Inc.
Fuel Type Primary: Diesel
GVWR: Class 5: 16,001 - 19,500 lb (7,258 - 8,845 kg)
Make: RAM
Manufacturer: CHRYSLER DE MEXICO TOLUCA
Manufacturer Id: 1002
Model: 5500
Model Year: 2017
Other Restraint System Info: Active Seat Belt
Plant City: Saltillo
Plant Company Name: Saltillo Truck Assembly
Plant Country: Mexico
Plant State: Coahuila
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: DP (Dual Rear Wheels)
Steering Location: Left Hand Drive (LHD)
Turbo: Yes
Vehicle Type: INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Wheel Base Type: Extra Long
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2012
STEERING
THE RAM 5500 TENDS TO WANDER OVER UNDULATING OR IRREGULAR SURFACE ROADS REQUIRING A HIGH LEVEL OF VIGILANCE TO REMAIN IN ONE'S LANE. THE STEERING ALSO HAS A HIGHER THAN NORMAL STICTION LEVEL IN THAT IT IS HARDER THAN NORMAL TO TURN ENTERING A CORNER AND THEN FAILS TO READILY RETURN TO CENTER WHEN EXITING A CORNER. IN ADDITION, THERE SEEMS TO BE AND UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF PLAY IN THE STEERING FOR A NEW VEHICLE. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, HOWEVER, THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS. THE DEALER FOUND, DURING A SUBSEQUENT ALIGNMENT CHECK, THAT THE FRONT AXLE WHEEL CASTER ANGLES WHERE OUT OF THE MANUFACTURERS LIMITS. THE LEFT WAS AT 4.8 DEGREES (SPEC 6.0-7.0 DEGREES) AND THE RIGHT AT 5.1 DEGREES ( SPEC 6.5-7.5 DEGREES), HOWEVER, THE CASTER ANGLE IS NOT ADJUSTABLE IN THE FIELD BY THE DEALER. THE FRONT AXLE IS CURRENTLY ON RECALL FOR ANOTHER ISSUE, THAT BEING THE WELDS ON THE DIFFERENTIAL, HOWEVER, THE TWO ISSUES ARE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED. CASTER ANGLE IS IMPORTANT IN THAT IT PROVIDES DYNAMIC STABILITY, AIDING IN THE STRAIGHT LINE TRACKING OF THE VEHICLE. CHRYSLER RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING ON THE 2012 RAM HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES AND MADE A NUMBER OF CHANGES TO THE 2013 MODELS WHICH INCLUDED INCREASING THE CASTER ANGLES AND RELOCATING THE TRACK BAR OVER THE DRAG LINK. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT ISOLATED TO MY VEHICLE, BUT IS FLEET WIDE, AND THAT THE AXLE/STEERING PROBLEMS ARE MORE EXTENSIVE THAN JUST THE WELDS ON THE FRONT CARRIER FITTINGS. AT THE PRESENT TIME CHRYSLER DOES NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT AXLES TO COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT RECALL WHICH WAS INITIATED IN JULY 2013. TO DATE THE DEFICIENCIES ON MY VEHICLE HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *TR
