2002 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

STARTED IN 2005 WITH A BLOWN LIFTER AT 37000 MILES. IN 2008 THE LIFTERS,VALVES ON ONE SIDE BLEW AS DID THE HEAD. DODGE CLAIMED I WASN'T CHANGING OIL PROPERLY AS IT WAS FULL OF SLUDGE. THE OIL PUMP AND SUMP CLOGGED RESULTING IN ALL THE DAMAGE. $3800.00 TO REPAIR. IN MARCH 2009 LIFTERS BLEW AGAIN. COST $600.00 TO REPAIR. SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED. I CHANGED THE OIL AND IT WAS FULL OF SLUDGE. I HAVE BEEN CHANGING THE OIL EVERY 1500 MILES SINCE MARCH 2009 USING RINSOLINE TO TRY AND CLEAN MOTOR. IT STILL TAKES S 6-10 SECONDS AFTER START TO GET OIL PRESSURE TO MOTOR. LIFTERS ARE TAPPING AGAIN AND I AM SURE THEY ARE READY TO GO. I HAVE CHANGED THE OIL USING CASTROL SYNTEC 5-30 EVERY 3000-4000 MILES SINCE I BOUGHT TRUCK NEW IN 10/2001. I BELIEVE THE SLUDGE ISSUE IS DUE TO A...

I HAVE A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 4.7L 2WD QUAD CAB. ON OCTOBER 30TH, MY VEHICLE DECIDED IT WAS GANNA LET GO OF THREE SENSORS ALL AT ONCE. AN IGNITION, TIMING, AND ??HYAC?? , COST ME ALMOST 750$ IN PARTS AND LABOR AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. ONE (1) WEEK LATER MY TRUCK BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. UPON INSPECTION, I FOUND A HAIRLINE FRACTURE IN THE RADIATOR FILL RESERVOIR STEM. I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE OVERHEATING WAS DUE TO A PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM. AFTER THAT WAS FIXED AND THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING MY RADIATOR EXPLODED UNDER NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURES. AFTER THE RADIATOR AND THE WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT WERE REPLACED AND I HAD THE TRUCK RUNNING AGAIN I DROVE DOWN THE ROAD TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT CIRCULATION OF THE FLUIDS AND OUT OF THE SUDDEN STRING OF EVENTS IT STARTED TO EMIT WHITE SMOKE AND I WAS RUNNING OUT OF RADIATOR FLUID...

PURCHASED 2002 DODGE RAM USED. AT FIRST SERVICE INTERVAL, RACK AND PINION BOOTS WERE LEAKING, MAIN SEAL WAS SHOT. ALSO HAD MANIFOLD LEAK, ALONG WITH A STEERING PROBLEM THAT CAUSES SHAKING AT 40 MPH. STEERING PROBLEM STILL REMAINS, AND THERE IS A LOUD RATTLE THAT THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIND. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE, MOST RECENTLY, MY FUEL PUMP DECIDED TO QUIT WORKING. ALSO, THE INTERIOR TRIM, NAMELY THE HAND GRIPS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR HAVE BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES, DUE TO THE CHEAP PLASTIC THAT IS USED AS A HOLDING RING. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT HEADACHES WITH THE TRUCK, FROM THE SIMPLE THINGS, TO THE EXPENSIVE THINGS...WAS JUST TOLD THAT MY HEAD GASKETS ARE SHOT AS WELL, HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS ON THIS TRUCK, WITH NO RETURNS, DO NOT GET THIS YEAR/MODEL OF RAM 1500. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE PRESENT. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION, NO LEAKS WERE DETECTED. THE CONTACT ALERTED THE DEALER WHO INSTRUCTED THE CONTACT TO START THE ENGINE AND UPON DOING SO, FLAMES ERUPTED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE QUICKLY SPREAD CONSUMING THE VEHICLE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALERTED, AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHERE A FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE FINDINGS OF THE INSPECTION WERE NOT DIVULGED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

DT: CONTACT STATES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON DUE TO THE TRANSFER PUMP AND DIESEL INJECTOR PUMP MALFUNCTIONING. HE CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD HIM TO WAIT UNTIL THE LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN, AND THEN BRING THE VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE CHECKED. THE CONTACT NEVER KNOWS WHEN THE LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND DOES NOT WANT TO BE STRANDED IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. HE HAS NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

AT 42000 MILES THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE STARTED DROPPING AT THE TOP OF A HILL. IN LESS THEN A MINUTES THE TRUCK SHUT ITSELF DOWN. I DRIFTED DOWN THE HILL AND TRIED TO START IT. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. I CALLED THE DEALER AND HAD IT TOWED. THEY REQUESTED ALL RECEIPTS FOR OIL CHANGES AND ORDERED A NEW ENGINE. THEY HAD SAID THAT THIER MECHANIC PUT A BREAKER BAR ON IT AND COULDN'T MOVE THE ENGINE. IT HAD SEIZED. WHEN THE NEW ENGINE ARRIVED A WEEK LATER THE MECHANIC WENT OUT TO PULL IT IN TO SWAP ENGINES. HE FORGOT AND TRIED TO START IT AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. THEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME TO PICK IT UP THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. AT 52000 MILES MY ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP GARAGE. BEFORE EVEN TOUCHING THE VEHICLE THE GARAGE REQUISTED ALL...

PURCHASED 2002 QUAD CAB WITH 23 MILES FORM TURLOCK AUTO PLAZA IN APRIL 2002, STARTED NOTICING PROBLEMS RIGHT AWAY, DOOR LOCKS NOT UNLOCKING, WINDOWS NOT OPERATING, ENGINE STALLING, TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, RADIO INTERMITTANTLY WORKING, ETC... VISITED 3 LOCAL DEALERSHIPS. FINAL DIAGNOSIS "GREMLINS" ??? CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM . EVEN THOUGH THEY THEMSELVES NOTED THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. ON AUGUST 27, 2004 ENGINE "BLEW UP", ON A MAJOR MOUNTAINOUS HIGHWAY IN THE SLOW LANE, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TURLOCK DODGE. SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AS LONG AS THERE WERE NO MODIFICATIONS TO THE VEHICLE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IT WAS STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD BE COVERED AND PARTS WERE ORDERED. HOWEVER WHEN THE REGIONAL REP FOR DAIMLER CHRYSLER WENT TO SEE THE VEHICLE. HE DENIED ON GROUNDS THAT OIL SLUDGE WAS PRESENT AND STATED AN ENGINE CAN'T DO THAT ACCORDING TO TURLOCK DODGE MECHANIC?, EVENTHOUGH THE TRUCK WAS SITTING...