re: Honest Opinion of Ram Trucks

My 23 5.7 has been nothing but solid. The person that signed off on the oil filter placement can go straight to hell though.

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I was told the Hemi V8 was discontinued after '23 or '24(?).

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Nah, I traded in a 24 V8 with a supercharger 4 months ago.

2019 ram limited. hit 140k miles today.

best driving truck i've owned.
only other thing i would get is the F150 Platinum Plus.

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Ram Trucks

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Ugly as shite!

I have owned GMC trucks for a while


I test drove a RAM 2500 the other day and it drove really nice.


The internet tells me that they are bad, but all of the owners I have talked to love theirs

best ride
best fuel mileage
best power

Despite the hate they get Ram makes some good trucks. I don't know about the new engines but the 5.7 HEMI is solid as long as you take care of it. It's not cheap to change 16 spark plugs but they are some good engines.

I did a ton of research and test drove about every model you could before I bought a Ram 1500 Bighorn. I bought a certified pre owned one. Not sure what other posters are saying about holding value. I’ve never seen a Ram priced cheap anywhere.

The only issue I had and it was major is that my engine suffered from the dreaded “hemi tick” due to a cam/lifter failure. Thankfully my warranty gave me a brand new Ram engine for the trouble. All it cost me $150.

The Ram was by far the quietest and smoothest ride of all the trucks, my other consideration was an F150 Lariat. The Ram was far and away better. The only other issue I had was some tire pressure sensors failing, but that was a cheap and easy fix.

All truck have their issues. F150s just seemed to be cheaply made imo. Unless you were looking at a Platinum version, it wasn’t worth it.

Prior to that I did have a 2011 F150 which I loved. But if I had to choose again, I’d buy a Ram. I’d also make sure I get a good warranty with any of them

We have a 2020 Laramie with the 5.7. It's been a solid truck so far. Great interior, very comfortable, nice ride even without the air suspension.

Currently have just under 80k miles on it. Have had 2 issues, first was a leaky rear window which was fixed by a $12 tube of Permatex. Second the started died on us this spring; it cost about $600 to have replaced.

All in all it's been a nice truck. A lot of folks have take issue with the new inline turbo 6, but the few people I know that have one really seem to like them. My mechanic oddly prefers the Rams these days, especially ones with the 5.7. He says they are currently the most repairable trucks that come into the shop. Meaning parts availability, common issues are pretty well defined at this point and seem to have less fatal issues than others.

ETA: No that this truly means anything, but non-manufacturer warranty providers (like what Carmax offers) have the Ram priced lower than other brands currently. So it seems their estimates would say that fixing them is cheaper and less common than other truck brands.