jhill6983
Junior Member
I have a 2020 1500 with a 5.7 Hemi. Bought truck brand new with 11 miles on it, and it has 101,280 miles on it now. Had some loss of power and the check engine light came on, so we took it to check it out and I’m being told that cylinder 7 is not holding compression due to there being some scoring on the inner wall and that I will now have to replace the motor.
I guess I’m just confused as to how/why this may have happened and is this a common issue? I don’t have any warranty on the truck, but I still owe on it so it seems like my only option is to try to put another motor in it at my expense. The truck has never been abused, was maintained like clockwork, and only pulled a trailer five times or so the whole time I’ve had it. I contacted Chrysler Customer Service and was told to kick rocks because my warranty only went to 60k miles.
I don’t expect the whole thing to be free, but I’ve bought four straight Rams over the last 10-12 years and if they’re not gonna last longer than this then I don’t see a point in keeping them around or even buying them in the first place. Any advice on who to contact to try to get some help with this would be fantastic.
I guess I’m just confused as to how/why this may have happened and is this a common issue? I don’t have any warranty on the truck, but I still owe on it so it seems like my only option is to try to put another motor in it at my expense. The truck has never been abused, was maintained like clockwork, and only pulled a trailer five times or so the whole time I’ve had it. I contacted Chrysler Customer Service and was told to kick rocks because my warranty only went to 60k miles.
I don’t expect the whole thing to be free, but I’ve bought four straight Rams over the last 10-12 years and if they’re not gonna last longer than this then I don’t see a point in keeping them around or even buying them in the first place. Any advice on who to contact to try to get some help with this would be fantastic.