NHTSA Complaint #11150193 — 2013 RAM 1500

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE OF ENGINE BREAKING. I HAVE REPLACED 2 BOLTS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND STILL NEED TO REPLACE ONE ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF MY ENGINE. IT STARTED AS A LIGHT TICKING NOISE AND WOULD GO AWAY AFTER THE ENGINE WOULD HEAT UP, THEN IT HAD BECOME LOUDER, WHEN I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC HE FOUND THAT I HAD 3 BOLTS BROKEN AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE TWO ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OUT BUT NOT THE ONE ON THE DRIVER SIDE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE RAM ENGINE, BUT IT SEEMS THAT RAM WILL NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS ISSUE. I WENT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO SEE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO HAVE THEM DO THE INITIAL REPAIR AND WAS QUOTED $600 TO OVER $2,000 FOR THEIR PROBLEM.