I have a 2004 Dodge Ram with 288,000. I have paid out approximately $13,000 in major repair bills starting at 160,000 miles in 2013. $7,000 new fuel injectors (160K), $4,000 for complete new front because the U-joints and drive lines can’t handle the torque, and $2,000 for new manual transmission clutch.
I am limiting its use to strictly hauling hay and dreading the upcoming fuel injector replacement. Dodge says their good for 140K-170K, so I have to save my beans to pay for those again.
I golf with a man who has a 2011 Ram 1500. The transmission went out the month he made his last payment and he ended up with a $7,000 repair bill on a truck that has never towed anything except a Harley on a single-axle flatbed trailer!