My 2015 RAM Eco Diesel experienced catastrophic failure going down the freeway at 72mph. This happened a few weeks after having the emmisions remapping recall performed. I began to hear a loud "clacking" or "tapping" kind of sound at first. I slowed down a little and back up to see if the sound changed with the engine, it did. I thought I had better pull over and then BAM, the truck completely shut down and I only had time to steer across 3 lanes of traffic and off a ramp part way, thank God no traffic then. At the dealer, they found large pieces of metal in the oil pan. The dealer has replaced the engine under warranty, however, I am less then pleased and have little confidence in this engine now. Anyone else experience this? Thanks.
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Catastrophic failure at 62,000 miles.
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Very unfortunate for quite a few it seems. I'm angry the dealer didn't give me a heads up about the possible issues with this engine when I bought it CPO in 2017. Anyone ever try to get their money back for non disclosure? Thanks.
TC Diesel
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Its Eco owners Have accept the high failure rate as normal....the industry minimum is 1 rotating mass failure Per 1000, VM 3.0s were failing at 250 Per month back in 2015-16. So You are 250+ Times more likely to have your 3.0 fail in 100K miles then the industries minimum... most rotating mass failure ratio's are 1 Per 2000.- Thread starter
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Thanks for the info.