Originally Posted by panZZer

The dodge rams -just one example had the weird alternator problem going back to the 93-o3 bodystyle, when the battery got too low you had to boost it and drive it for at leat an hour to recharge, then there was the ac glitch problem with the -03 ups my buddy wouldn't deal with--some $1100 part just to get the ac working again~ but that sure was a burly looking pickup.............


on the other hand Gm didn't make a pickup that looked worth a damn since 02, and a reliable engine since at the latest 2007 (on certain ones) then the went DOD ~~ and it gave em so much problems the marketing people changed the name to active fuel management,,


people with new trucks are still dealing with the cyinder deactivation selonoids going bad causing their cams to go bad, I was thinking a 2009 aluminum 330 horse lc9 would make a great engine to build... I had read you could just rip the dod stuff out, then I found out it costs more for that kit than what the block cost me and the other kit to remove the VVT cost another $250. I sold the lc9 (at a profit) and switched to the L33's The guy who bought it --his 2010 AFM had wiped out the engine.........
Still having the same damn dilemma 4 yrs after they introduced the cyl cutout scheme,
I have heard the direct injected engines are also still suffering the problem.