For years i have told my friend to get rid of his 2001 Dodge Ram he has been thru many transmission and rear ends. So tonight His differential started leaking gear fluid not knowing how bad it was leaking he kept driving it i advised him against this.

Anyway he went to the store said his rear end began to make grinding and whining noise so he wanted me to come follow him home. Went to follow him home we are on the highway all i hear is a loud bang Tires lock up driveshaft drops sparks and whatnot Anyway had to use 4 wheel drive to get off the highway dragging the rear end. 160 dollar tow.

Not sure what happend the truck will role in reverse but rear tires just skid in drive. Driveshaft is toast.

Anyway just had to share the story on a p.o.s Dodge I will get pictures of the rear end as soon as we know what happend to it.

Forgot to add went back on the highway there is gear oil for miles it is sprayed all over the bottom of the truck along with gears and pieces of the diff along the highway.

 

He probably stattered the gears inside. It sounds like he's aweful hard on the truck. You have to be pretty stupid to drive without diff fluid in your diff...nothing good is going to come of it. You're bound to blow your diff up pretty quickly.
I happen to really like the dodge trucks. They are one hell of a truck, and they're extremely tough. I've heard of some issues with the transmissions over certain years, but overall they are a tough truck and will last if you do the proper maintenance.

 

I wouldn't blame Dodge for this. Your friend knew there was a leak and drove it anyways.

 

x2, he knew about it and kept driving it anyways. he took the risk and lost.

 

He bet it all and lost big.

 

Yup...not Dodge's fault.

 

dodges have bullet proof engines
but one thing they are bad on is gas mileage
and breaks
my dads company has 5 duallys and they go through breaks like crazy

 

dodges are terrible IMO
don't make me bring the evidence out

 

dodges are junk. the durango that I drove when I was 16 and my parents bought new and still have, burns alot of oil and has had multiple engine problems. Also Dodge automatic transmissions are junk. He may have been hard on the truck and it is definetly his fault for driving it with a leaking rear end so he cant really blame it on being a Dodge even though they are mostly junk

 

jman, your friend is a tool. plain & simple.


lets hear your pro-Ford stories.