Comments on: 2013 RAM 1500 Rated Best-in-Class 18/25 MPG

By: festmatt5440

festmatt5440 — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:50:00 +0000

I just went on a , 630 mile trip , with another guy , who was driving a 2012 Dodge , with the V -8 Hemi ‘ . I was driving a 2011 Chevy ; with the 5.3 L ‘ , V-8 . He was getting 25 mpg.
I was getting , 16 , mpg . If the 2012 V-8 Hemi ‘ ; can get 25mpg’. ; I ‘m sure this truck will do even better ‘.

By: festmatt5440

festmatt5440 — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:45:00 +0000

I had a Dodge ; and it got hit ‘ , totalled ; now I have a Chevy ‘ ; 1/2 T ; its pretty and new ; but can ‘t afford to buy gas for it . Its a ” gas -hog ” . The Cummins Diesel regularly got 24 mpg. this ‘ pos ‘ ;with half the power ; gets , 16 mpg .

By: Johncy

Johncy — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:38:00 +0000

it just won truck of the year is all. dang dodge they are so horrible

By: Ram32

Ram32 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:52:00 +0000

On a manual transmission Dodge uses the NV4500 or NV6500 both are GM transmissions and both are junk…
On their 3500 and up series they use a Japanese transmission the Aisin…I have it in my 3500 and so far, so good…I live on a dairy farm and I haul everything…I am constantly overloaded and everything is great at 60,000 miles so far.

By: zeke

zeke — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:51:00 +0000

The transmission is ZF, a german company. Excellent transmissions and aircraft gearboxex

By: Horton Julie

Horton Julie — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:16:00 +0000

um this is just my opinion but I have a 2006 dodge charger V6 with just 42k miles on it and it burns a quart of oil every 1500 miles. Also it never came with a dipstick to check this crap of a transmission..Dodge failed on this “shiftable transmission” what a joke!

By: lashbera

lashbera — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:47:00 +0000

Oh boy, so many other vehicles have had air suspensions. Wait a couple of years to see if these trucks can and will be converted back to a regular suspension because cost and durability are unaceptable. Dodge doesn’t have a great track record for quality and I can’t immagine an air suspension working for them. Check on Yukon Denalli air suspension problems as well as gm mini vans , Ford Crown vics and a few others. I find most Dodge owners too proud to ever admit they don’t have the best truck.I fix them for a living and what a living it is. GO FIAT

By: Mason 808

Mason 808 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:42:00 +0000

dodge and chevy need to go with direct injection! not much for ford but go drive an ecoboost blew my mind!

By: tlafaitte

tlafaitte — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:58:00 +0000

your argument disregards that all trucks will claim high fuel mileage on a 100 miles of flat road. But a V6 with 305 hp and 269 lbs or torque will definitely pull a boat out of the water. So not just a dakota, or a tacoma with a 4 cylinder that gets good gas mileage but a truck that is full sized with a powerful V6 that gets great fuel economy. And acutally the 8 speed transmission is more likely to work well than a four speed because of more shifting points

By: Xs1200L

Xs1200L — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 22:34:00 +0000

Sounds like you last 4 guys are all members of the same mutual admiration society. Dodge had trouble building a decent 4 speed transmission; what are its chances with a 8 speed? Anyway, the only way it gets 25 MPG is on 100 miles of dead flat road. On hills, with any load, the shifting back and forth will kill it. A good truck though for going to Wall Mart.

By: Xs1200L

Xs1200L — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:03:00 +0000

Sounds like something worth checking out. But Dodge has never had a reputation for strong transmissions, much less in a 8 speed. I also doubt that it can achieve 25 MPG on anything other than an arrow straight flat road. Vehicles that can’t take small hills without downshifting up small hills drive me nuts.

By: J_BAKE

J_BAKE — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:58:00 +0000

thats how all cars will meet the 50 mpg average in a decade. 18 wheelers have a lot more. Ill buy into more gears when they have the bugs figured out, like the chrysler 300s that get trashed at 150,000 miles.