2003 Ram HVAC
From : bill p
Q: oh yeah they also managed to blow engine coolant over the right side of the engine and frame. i smelled it after i got home. burned coolant. cool. no leaks they must have over filled or made a mess when they bled the air. burned a spot on my hand cleaning it up. i guess ill keep my fingers crossed. bill p. wrote 2003 ram 1500 qc 4x4. i bought the truck new in may of 03 and had to take it in under warranty in january of 05 to get the mode door replaced at 10k miles. the door broke and would only blow out the floor vents nothing for defrost. i just got the truck back from the dealer this evening to have the same repair done again at 21k miles. this time they told me they replaced the mode door and mode door housing as they were both broken. they gave me a one time customer satisfaction repair and only charged me 50%. cost me $250. i told them i couldnt be coming in every 2 years or 10000 miles to get this pos door replaced. having to pull the refer charge draining coolant pulling the dash to change a piece of plastic is bs. why isnt the door made of steel anyone have similar problems the a/c door on my 2004 durango broke. front a/c and heat worked fine but no a/c or heat to the rear vents. just blew ambient temp air. door cost $500 to get fixed and i was out of warranty. that was a year ago and so far so good. .
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From : brewster
dakota2112 wrote does anyone in here know if a 2008 dakota sxt extended cab has tie- down brackets in the front of the bed i just bought one and had it for one night and today i had to drop it off so they could fix some paint chips and install a bedliner. the bedliner theyre going to install does not have cutouts in the floor which makes me wonder if this truck has tie-downs there or not. i do recall seeing two rubber plugs in the bed floor near the front. before i left the dealer today i asked the sales guy about this and he said those are just drain plugs but im not sure he knows what hes talking about. i looked on the dodge website and found no pertinent information unfortunately. my 97 dakota had tie-down brackets recessed under the bed floor near the front and its mopar bedliner had matching cutouts - so i have to wonder about those rubber plugs in the floor of my 2008s bed. if there are tie-downs under there and my new bedliner covers them up then that aint gonna fly... so i want to try and figure this out before going back to the dealer tomorrow. thanks! dakota2112 just take a walk around the dealers lot and look at one before you go inside. -- ken .
From : miles
bill p. yahoo@yahoo.com wrote in 2003 ram 1500 qc 4x4. i bought the truck new in may of 03 and had to take it in under warranty in january of 05 to get the mode door replaced at 10k miles. the door broke and would only blow out the floor vents nothing for defrost. i just got the truck back from the dealer this evening to have the same repair done again at 21k miles. this time they told me they replaced the mode door and mode door housing as they were both broken. they gave me a one time customer satisfaction repair and only charged me 50%. cost me $250. i told them i couldnt be coming in every 2 years or 10000 miles to get this pos door replaced. having to pull the refer charge draining coolant pulling the dash to change a piece of plastic is bs. why isnt the door made of steel anyone have similar problems same problem except my 04 hemi qc gets heat everywhere but the floor. mostly defrosters and mid dash. quoted $1600 bucks to fix. that was with only 33k miles. the qc on these trucks absolutely sucks. im getting 10 mpg driving it like a baby. anyone want a nice looking 04 qc .
From : fmb
snoman wrote on tue 6 nov 2007 162205 gmt steve saveongasmormpg@noreplyyahoo.com wrote 2nd - no longer use the high grade of gasoline. this in itself saves quite a bit of money since 87 octane is alot cheaper than 92. once your engine is conditioned to the formula which only takes a little while you can start using the cheap gas. oh i love this one conditioned to use 87 octane. ----------------- thesnoman.com perhaps that stuff magically lowers compression ratios combined with a vortex thingie in my intake perhaps i could increase my v8s milleage as if it were my sisters tercel -- dont drink water fish have sex in it! .
From : cajun
cajun wrote 2003 qc 1500 2wd 5.7l hemi ate rotors like they were cardboard when i first got it. finally put on heavy-duty napa rotors & they lasted 23k. 23k is all you got out of a heavy duty set of rotors i have 45k on my originals. often when someone thinks their rotors are warped there are other issues. 2004+ durangos are known for calipers chattering when braking at high speed. people report warped rotors when they feel the bad vibration. .
From : bdk
snoman wrote on tue 6 nov 2007 162205 gmt steve saveongasmormpg@noreplyyahoo.com wrote 2nd - no longer use the high grade of gasoline. this in itself saves quite a bit of money since 87 octane is alot cheaper than 92. once your engine is conditioned to the formula which only takes a little while you can start using the cheap gas. oh i love this one conditioned to use 87 octane. i noticed that too. the funny thing is that you save no more money by using 87 octane now than 5 years ago. however you do say energy because it takes more energy to make higher octane fuel. jeff ----------------- thesnoman.com .
From : bill p
on tue 6 nov 2007 162205 gmt steve saveongasmormpg@noreplyyahoo.com wrote 2nd - no longer use the high grade of gasoline. this in itself saves quite a bit of money since 87 octane is alot cheaper than 92. once your engine is conditioned to the formula which only takes a little while you can start using the cheap gas. oh i love this one conditioned to use 87 octane. ----------------- thesnoman.com .
From : miles
2003 ram 1500 qc 4x4. i bought the truck new in may of 03 and had to take it in under warranty in january of 05 to get the mode door replaced at 10k miles. the door broke and would only blow out the floor vents nothing for defrost. i just got the truck back from the dealer this evening to have the same repair done again at 21k miles. this time they told me they replaced the mode door and mode door housing as they were both broken. they gave me a one time customer satisfaction repair and only charged me 50%. cost me $250. i told them i couldnt be coming in every 2 years or 10000 miles to get this pos door replaced. having to pull the refer charge draining coolant pulling the dash to change a piece of plastic is bs. why isnt the door made of steel anyone have similar problems my 03 ram will soon hit 60k and its been a pretty good vehicle. no problems with the a/c whatsoever unlike every other chrysler vehicle i have owned in the past including an 85 caravan 93 jeep grand cherokee and a 99 grand cherokee. the caravan had the door break twice and all three had the condensor crack. the 93 cg did it four times in the 7 years i had it all fixed under warranty. every time it happened i was out of town and it was over 90 degrees out. the only problems ive had have been warped rotors they will be replaced soon. turned at 12k under warranty. stuck tailgate when i got it a screw was overtightened and it broke. axle clip fell off pretty much destroying the rear end everything replaced under warranty. discovered when i took it in for axle service at 24k. computer flashed to resolve weird shifting issues. bdk .