Dodge Exceeds Expectations (follow-up)

A reader asked me if I got the new grill guard installed yet…

Funny you should ask… the Dealer told me they’d order it and would be available for install the following week. Two weeks later, I hadn’t heard anything so I called them. After speaking to the service manager, then the parts manager, then back to the service manager… they found the grill guard, which had arrived a week ago, but no one seemed to know what it was for

I have an appointment to get the new guard installed this Thursday. There’s a picture of my old grill guard here, but that doesn’t really show the detail of rust and peeling paint. When the new one is installed (with the powdercoat), I’ll post it on the blog.

To be continued…

News for ‘07 models

This post has been moved to http://dodge4×4.blogspot.com/2006/11/2007-ram-trucks.html

Thanks,

DodgeMan

Help with a master cylinder

I just received this message from a reader asking for help with his clutch problem.  If anyone knows the answer, please post it here.  Thanks.

So I have a 99 2500 lb. I had the clutch replaced around 96k the truck now has 130k on it. So the other day my buddy and I took his boat out after we got back and I had backed the boat into its spot and we unloaded I went to go home and I had no clutch peddel!!! It went to the floor and didn’t stop tell it hit the floor. After several calls to dodge and auto houses I found that the master clutch and slave set you back 230.00. While the replacement is also plastic I was wondering if anyone out their knows of a clutch master cylinder that is made out of good old metel insted of plastic?? Any help is appreciated Thanks

Own a 2006 Dodge 1500?

This is our version of a “PSA”… if you own a 2006 Dodge 1500 pick-up, you need to know about this recall:

WASHINGTON — Chrysler said Wednesday it was recalling about 145,000 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 pickups to replace the passenger air bag pack and reprogram the air bag’s computer system.

The automaker said it would also replace the front passenger seat belt assembly in the same vehicles because it may not allow an owner to properly secure a limited number of child restraint systems. The assembly will be replaced in the recalled pickups.

Chrysler Group, a division of DaimlerChrysler AG, said the air bag system may not be compatible with some rear-facing child seat models if the passenger seat is adjusted all the way forward and an air bag deploys.

The automaker also said it was recalling about 35,000 Dodge Durango vehicles from 2001-2003 model years because of potential fires between the two front seats.