Comments on: CLASS ACTION Lawsuit for Dodge 6.7?

By: Cary

Cary — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:40:37 +0000

Most problems with new Dodge trucks (6.7 L engines) the due to excessive idling–that means all idling. All older diesels can idle all day or all ight long but that will clog the DPF and cause other issues as many have found out. I have an 07 3500 dually with almost 70K and I have had an EGR valve replace, and the exhaust and EGR from the turbo back to the muffler replaced–all under warranty. The poor mileage is partially due to the regens and the more you idle the more regns will occur. I get about 14.7 mpg city and highway. When driving in town or stuck in traffic I often drop to a lower gear or go to neutral and hold the rpm about 1200-1300 to facilitate the regens. I also added the EGT guage so I can see when the regens are occuring. The bigg trucks using the DPFs have the same problems so they added the auxiliary APUs for power, heat and AC when the trucks are in rest areas instead of running the big diesels. Chevy and FOrd have problems with their pollution devices also–just different problems.

Good luck suing Dodge after their backruptcy on pre 2010 models.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:22:14 +0000

I forced Dodge to do something about my many turbos, egrs, egr sensor,heat sensors,loss of use, etc. What good is a pu you can’t drive like a pu? I drive a lot of hunting season miles, Fishing etc. Keep all your work orders and repairs. I finally contacted a non Dodge representitive and the Dodge mechanic was instructed direct from Dodge how to solve my problems; step by step. I also found a Lemon law expert lawyer in my state and am waiting for Dodges answer. I have had my dodge 19 months and I have had emision problems ever since. I have heard that an average compensation is approx. $5,500 up to $12 k. Anyone wishing to shut off check engine light it is simple; turn ignition to on only, do not start; leave trans in Park or neutural (stick) slowly press fuel pedal to the floor 3 slow times shut of ignition; this will erase the check engine till next time. I have the super improved turbo, replaced DPF, temp sensor, exh sensor, numerous clean outs etc. regenerations all within 22,000 miles. In my state you can’t sue the dealer (too bad) you have to sue Dodge. Dodge then haggels with lemon law attorney to come up to a figure to compensate buyer. I will not buy another Doged PU again. Ford has an injection system that detects plug ups and then squirts a special cleaner into the intake valves to regen. Neat, HUH? One problem, when this cleaning liquid runs out it is $1500 to the consumer!

By: FiremanRyno

FiremanRyno — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:19:50 +0000

Hey Pops Ramsey, how can I contact you? I have a 08 Mega with 27,000 mi. It has been in the shop 15 days in January for DPF issues, they said they had to put a new filter on it. I live in Amarillo, I dont know if they know the proper ways to fix the truck like you said. I love my truck, but I’m afraid I’m going to have to trade it in on a gas (don’t want to, but can’t have it in the shop nonstop). The shop is Allstar Dodge Amarillo Tx. call them and share your knowledge before I give up and sell my truck. I’m thinking of keeping it till the waranty goes out, but I’m afraid it will crap out on me before I can get rid of it. I’m also thinking of putting a delete on it after the waranty goes out, I dont know, I just feel betrade by Dodge.

By: RJA

RJA — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:15:14 +0000

I have 08 6.7 diesel. never owned a diesel before, always bought Ford pick-ups. 1st 2500 miles light comes on truck jerking forward when coming to a stop, took to dealer they blame it on new emmisions, light comes back on around 400 miles later, back to dealer says probably will need to clean some kind of filter they fix it and tell me to run it hard for about 30 to 45 miles every once in awhile it should help, 500 miles later comes back on, i drive it faster and open it up an “presto” light goes out but i get a $85 speeding ticket. so light comes on every 2000 or 4000 miles. i pick the speed up and it goes away. i now have 62000 miles and the fuel mileage is about 16. i put a tennaeu cover on and it gets around 18 or 19. i LOVE this truck its awesome. i havent changed the air filter yet ( any good ones ) reccomended would be appreciated.

By: Pops Ramsey

Pops Ramsey — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:59:36 +0000

What I keep trying to say is that the 6.7 is not a lemon, and it can be fixed. We have dozens and dozens of 6.7s running perfect. The problem is the fixes are not known by every dealer. (edited for email address)

By: Daryl

Daryl — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:39:41 +0000

It all comes down to one problem screwed up emmision!

By: Daryl

Daryl — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:37:42 +0000

Hey POPS, there is no legal way to fix a Lemon 6.7 diesel truck.Class action lawsuits can take years to settle, this is what Dodge wants you to do; class action! Then your warranty will be over. I have contacted a Lemon law attorney in my home state and Dodge company will be the loser for selling a defective product. You can run straight pipe out the back and live with the codes. I have had my Lemon 08 4×4 Quad 2500, 18 months.I am on my 3rd turbo, 2nd egr cooler,Map sensor, temp sensors on and on.

By: Pops Ramsey

Pops Ramsey — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:52:48 +0000

I havent checked this blog for awhile but it seems that ya’ll are still having trouble finding someone that can keep your 6.7’s free of CEL problems. If anyone wants to get their 6.7 fixed contact me. I’ll connect you with a dealer that can fix it. If you are in Texas I’ll fix it myself. Or…..you can continue to spend money on useless repairs and whine about it.

And remember this…the whole diesel engine market has changed since the federal government started requiring all this DPF crap. The 6.7 is a monster of a puller, but at the same time the feds turned it into a delicate little flower. If you take care of a few things it will work better than anything else out there.

Pops Ramsey

By: Daryl

Daryl — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:42:07 +0000

There is a federal lawsuit in works now. Contact http://www.mycarlady.com. (for a copy of the filing so you can be added to the class-action) I plan to be a part of it. Dodge will be going BR when court mandates they invented a LEMON!

By: Jack Aldrich

Jack Aldrich — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:30:43 +0000

January 26, 2010

To whom it may concern,

I would like to join your lawsuit against Dodge, even though I no longer own the pickup that caused me so much grief. In the process of ridding myself of the troubles that Dodge caused, I lost all of my $15,000.00 dollars of equity that I had going into the purchase and then some. I paid around $47,000.00 for my 2007, 3500 quad cab, 6.7 liter diesel truck and after having it for only 10 months and enduring all the troubles that the truck had, I was only given $28,000.00 by the same dealer for it in trade on a Dodge Hemi, 2500, quad cab truck, that I wound up having to get rid of 10 month later after only putting 3,000 miles on it because it didn’t have enough power to pull my camp trailer up a hill. I lost an additional $7,000 on that deal. Dodge, along with Frontier motors did wind up giving me a $4,500 trade-in assistance, which was a little help, but not enough to make me ever want to purchase another Dodge product.
The troubles started right at 2,000 miles when the particulate filter became plugged. Dodge said I needed to bring the truck in to have them clean out the filter. It happened again 85 miles later. They had me bring it back in and they did some reprogramming, but that only made my fuel mileage drop to somewhere in the 7 to 10 mpg range, which was ridiculous considering that I have had 5 diesel trucks prior to that one and never got less than 17 mpg in any of them. I paid a lot of money for that truck and couldn’t afford to drive it, even though they kept telling me that I would have to put some miles on it to get good mileage. After bringing it back to the shop several times more, they started blaming in on the fuel that I was using and also on my driving style, which has never changed since I began driving diesel trucks in 1993. They even gave me a DVD showing me how you are supposed to drive the new truck, which if I had seen prior to purchasing it, I would have kept my old truck and never bought the 6.7 liter truck at all.
I now own a 2006 Ford F-350 crew cab 6 liter diesel and have not had any troubles, in fact I am getting between 16 and 24 mpg. I’m sure that every manufacturer has had some troubles with the new 2010 emission standards, but I feel that Dodge really messed up and don’t know how to fix it, at least they couldn’t fix it for me and I would really like to recoup some of my losses.

Sincerely,
Jack Aldrich