For Sale - 2006 Dodge Ram 2500- Flatbed for long box bed Winch bumper Flat Bed for Long Box 3rd generation Cummins Tootlbox are included with key I have a flatbed for 3rd Generation dodge Cummins. This flatbed comes with a gooseneck hitch already in the bed. The winch bumper is part of the set. Tootlbox have a key to lock and unlock all box a single key. There is rust starting and electrical will have to be sorted out on your own.
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Price: $1,000.00
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Location: New Meadows, Idaho
So I bought my 2019 2500 used back in Sept of 2020. Ever since I bought it, its had a few vibrations. It has a small amount of bumper to bumper warranty left, but I just got it back Wednesday from 45+ days at the dealer trying to fix this.
The vibration feels road/tire speed not engine/driveline speed. You feel it in the drivers seat and floor boards. It happens in the high 30s to almost 50 mph. Then eases up until 65 and up, and never really goes away. The kind of wild card is that especially at highway speeds, the vibe isn't constant, it kind of disappears (quick fade out then quick fade back in) for a couple seconds then right back. It doesn't line up with corners either. The other wild card is, the drive from the dealership is usually fine, but the next morning the vibration is back, same as before.
dealership has done:
multiple road force balances on all four tires, only match mounted one rim/tire.
Swapped tires and rims with another truck, no change (turns out that truck vibrated when it had a trailer hooked up to it as well)
checked rim runout
checked brake runout
checked driveshaft balance
I have done a lot of reading around the 5th gen ram truck forums and there is no clear answer. Some are fixed by new tires, some are fixed by new rims, others have gone so far as to measure the driveshaft angles and find that those are not even close to correct and having to fix that with aftermarket adjustable arms and shimming the transfer case. <-The guy who did this ended up lemon lawing the truck because it still didn't fix the vibration. Then there are others that find that its the transmission or transfer case causing the issue.
I'm a bit at a loss right now.
@Turbo Terry, I know you are waiting for yours, just be proactive when you test drive the truck for the first time. I constantly have to remind myself that forums are often a vocal minority. I hope my issues don't sour your feeling about yours.
I've been fighting with the dealer to fix it 3 times since January, all 3 times same thing, drive home was smooth but next day the vibration was back. All told, the truck has been at the dealer for over 90 days over those visits. Unfortunately, CT lemon law is 24k miles. I bought the truck with 23k but first brought it in with 26k. So I don't think I can lemon law the truck. This past time they said they were done with the truck, as in not putting anymore money into fixing the vibration, so I either have to restart with another dealer or see if I can figure out what it is. Good news is I'm not barred from warranty work in general.
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