HOOVIES Million Mile RAM 2500! CAR WIZARD shows what's been done & its future prognosis 

Not to mention the vehicle looks like it spent most of it's days in a warm environment where the air would be used a lot.

Replaced 4th time = it's on its5th A/C compressor = 250k miles each. Still very good.

@@pfsantos007 He states right in the video it's the fourth Compressor the vehicle has seen. 11:15

And 4 new transmissions

My Ram 3500 right now has 966,000+ miles on it & have only replaced the A/C compressor once. Turbo went at 927,000 miles. TIPM at 963,000 miles because rodents got in there & chewed stuff away. It sat for over 3 months because I had major surgery & could not drive.

Yeah, i live in northeast pa, n if u dont coat ur truck properly (which costs a ton of money if u remove the body n do it properly, n it needs to be since new, before salt ever hits it or u'll never be able to get on top of) it'll be gone long before it dies. N that goes for most vehicles of any kind. Funny thing is, the german vehicles are some of the best protected here. For instance a bmw that is basically completely covered underneath (makes for a pia when servicing certain things) but they do an absolutely amazing job protecting their vehicles from the factory. I remember a 2017 bmw i bought, i couldn't for the life of me figure out what this brown stuff that was stuck on the inside of the doors in the corners n it kinda leaked out a tiny bit n is impossible to remove, that is what they coat the inside of the doors along the bottom with, n its amazing stuff. Think if fluid film and crc marine in ine product but multiply that by 10, n that is the equivalent of what they use. So its sad to say when u buy a luxury vehicle, they are made better in many instances that people often over look. Better paint protection, thicker clear all that adds to better longevity in harsh climates. Ud think u.s. companies would have this down, but they dint care or want their vehicles to last longer than 5 to 7 years because thats that much longer a person is happy with their vehicle so they wont buy another.

You have an own part of the country?

@@A380FIN yeah hes with ur mom. Your mom is a so fat she has her own part of the country....Hilarious. thank-you im here all day.

@@todtalk3912 This is what i try to explain to Scotty's "endless money pit" followers. That German brands have the best corrosion resistence. Cheaper and easier to fix mechanical issues than rust. That is not to say the cars break down often.

@@todtalk3912 I think you should consider reducing the use of intoxicants or alternatively increasing the dose of your mental medication.

I know a contractor that drives from Houston to TN, GA and back every other week for some time driving a Dodge dually. Driving for a company out of Chicago, my truck was doing 3,300 to 3,700 miles a week. Around 180k miles a year. I do not miss it even though the money was good. Never wanted to get involved in one of those crazy winter pileups because the snow covered roads are where the money is to be made in the winter. From the Dakotas or Wisconsin to the Northeast all winter.

Hot shot drivers can do 600+ miles a day. Amassing a million miles is not that hard to do if it is mostly freeway driving.

@@gdubya83 If the weather got that bad I would get off the main interstates, takes longer but much safer

From Hoovie's video it was an oil rig hot shot vehicle. They can easily drive hundreds of miles a day to deliver a part in need any time of day.

I'd like to see the repair/maintenance done on the Dodge product.

Yes I had Toyota 61series land cruiser 2H diesel it was still running fine at 700000km when I moved it on rust got hold of it in the end

Emissions stuff has nothing to do with their value. Emissions can be removed pretty easily and affordably

@@Berto-1117 unless you live in a province or a state where is has to go in for an annual inspection. Then it’s not so easy unfortunately.

@@Tempsho i believe the only state where there really is no way around that is california.

@@Tobester_McDonkey interesting

@@Tobester_McDonkey It's hard to compare a semi with a work truck. The semis rarely get cold started and 99% of the mileage is all highway cruising which put minimal wear on the engines.

Check out Schaeffer Oil's youtube channel for some 1M mile teardown videos.

Hoovie showed the inside of the engine in his video when wizard had the pan off, it looked remarkably clean for a million mile engine

@@Motorsportsgeek That's exactly the case with this truck, it was used just like a long haul semi.

I have same year and style except mine is a 4 door long bed. It has 178k miles and only real parts has been 1 set sway bar end links, steering gear, transmission pressure solenoid and transducer, and power steering pump. Mine was a December built truck so it was the last month of the 47RE transmission before the 48RE which came in January 2003. Been a very reliable truck for me with zero breakdowns.

Funny how the trucks are better when one company is designing the engine and another is designing the truck.

I have a diesel. I paid 2k$ to disable the emission control system to prevent it from going into limp mode all the time. Fortunatly, there is no emission testing where I live. Otherwise, I wouln't have been able to afford these newer diesel trucks.

I have a Transit with the diesel. I’m having the emissions system disabled this year. That vehicle is otherwise a complete piece of shit. The cooling system is a disaster.

I really dont understand where all this comea from. New trucks last much longer with much less issues. Delete the emissions at 100k miles and youre good to go. I would know i have a 96 12 valve and a 2018 with a 6.7, 6.7 has no equal

I think that is likely it. My dad and several of his buddies had these with the badazz magnaflow exhaust

Qq

Reliability? Pretty sure that truck is on it's third transmission.

@@jasonthach44 330k miles plus on a transmission that hauls for a living. That's pretty good if you ask me.

@@jasonthach44 my grandfathers 2001 7.3 with around 290,000 miles is on at least it’s third transmission. My fathers 2004 Cummins is into 300,000 on the stock trans

@@jasonthach44😂 3rd trans with a million miles. It would be different it it was on its 3rd trans with 200,000 miles

I don't know that these were as bad as the 2nd gens

@@Terminxman I traded my '05 Dodge 2500 in 2019 and the dash was perfect. It was never garaged.

I think you may be thinking of the 2nd gen. Those things were made of the most cheap dash ever! Gen 3s weren't do bad.

The dash on my 04 looks like new and was never replaced. It all depends on what sort of climate it lived in.

Not on work trucks

Curious of the most problematic vehicles and the most reliable!

I have a 78 Ford F 100, and it is getting close to 400,000 miles. Same engine and transmission. I just towed a Cadillac from Florida to Memphis Tennessee. No prob. All I do is change oil and transmission fluid, plugs and wires, filters belts hoses and the alternator. That thing Will not die. I brought it from my paw paw. He made me promise not to get rid of it and it will make me a million bucks one day 💪💪💰

@@hoopty. I bought my great uncle's 93 f150 last year. It now has 320k on the clock, running great.

Asking the serious questions

Or if not too bad you can often swap between seats e.g. passenger to driver and vice versa etc

@@iboswell The foam is really inexpensive and good quality. i had to sew in a new fabric panel on my 96's seat that was worn away by PO butts, good as new again now and cheaper than putting in a sidestep

Yep amazon has seat pad and fabric for cheap. I have steps with 300k+ and my seats still in great condition because I dont drag my ass across it or put all my weight on the outter edge getting in an out

Also adding steps is good so you're not grabbing the wheel as hard to get in it.

@@themechanic4592 Hadn't thought of that, great point. I tend to yank myself in after grabbing the wheel

The 4th gen and 5th gen rams have the besy cummins. When emission control start giving issues you just delete it and thats it.

@@Berto-1117 Just good luck finding the kits and tune programs to do the delete. The government has been cracking down on the tune companies with hefty fines for altering the emissions control devices.

@@mikeske9777 what do you mean? There are litterally thousands of companys doing this. Tunes are permanent they cant do anything about manipulated technology. A tune is just a change to factory settings. A kit is literally a pipe and a blank plate for the egr cooler. There really isnt much to it lol

@@mikeske9777maybe it depends if your in a Brandon state

@@blackterminal Smh......

Bypass the Dodge electrical system , the electrical system on a Dodge is an afterthought

Wow that’s the first I’ve heard of this

Shango066 has a video replacing a relay

I did it to my sons 100 series Land Cruiser as well. Well known issue even on these and bypass kits for 70 bucks fix it in 2 minutes.

Good tip on the TIPM ... i have a no crank on a 2008 compass ...connectors and wires need checked from the key switch on down to the TIPM before i dig into the TIPM PCB. CAM BUS IS GOOD THOUGH... I can crank and start with key switch on and remote start button wired to starter under hood.🆗 can you send a link to the bypass kit for my no key start problem? thanks

Death knell ...

Funny, that's the movie I think of when I think of Ram. Beautiful red

Really? I would think deisels are more reliable.

@@Jon-mo9ks Modern diesels? No, not really. They over complicated them with emissions crap. My buddy's were all 2017's and newer, constantly in the shop. Blew out 2 CP4 fuel pumps on two of his Ram's. That was $8000 per truck to fix. Injectors, service DEF system, front suspension issues. Even my neighbors 2018 F350 is in the shop constantly. DPF filter issues, regen issues. What good is a diesel if it keeps going in to limp mode, or worse, every 4000-5000 miles? 60k on my Ram 2500 6.4. I do nothing more than put gas in it and change the oil and air filter.

@@riccochet704 wow I had no idea. That's pretty bad.

I cringe when people pressure wash engines...gonna fuck up something electrical or seals and gaskets like you said...

I'd like to do up one like that too. The build Deboss Garage did with Turbo Yoda (Allan from the Skid Factory) looks to be working awesome.

Lol

Check out the new Ford Maverick. I’m on the same boat. Looking for a truck I can use as a truck ,and being 5”8 most trucks are too tall to comfortably use the bed. I also hate driving big personal vehicles, I’ve had my CDL class A since 04. I don’t want to be driving anything bigger than I have to.

Check out a new Ford ranger. I bought one about a year ago. It’s an amazing midsize truck. You wouldn’t be disappointed

@@guilateen The Maverick is a nice looking little vehicle, but its also not really a truck. I mean, yeah it has a bed, but I need at least a 6 foot bed and the ability to put in a proper crossbed toolbox. Plus my only choices are FWD and AWD, which neither of those appeal to me, I much prefer RWD and if I'm gonna be paying for 4WD, I want a proper 4x4 truck with low range and locking hubs. Plus it doesn't come with certain features that are important to me like sattelite radio and fog lights.

@@lesterparker1594 I'm not a big fan of the new crop of midsize trucks. My Dad has a 2015 Chevy Colorado and I hate driving it because the visibility is terrible. The way the body rakes up and the high bedrails, its impossible to see out the back of, I feel so blind and claustrophobic driving it. The Ranger suffers from the same issue. Alongside that the base price of the Ranger is a few hundred dollars more than the F150 for what is, in my opinion, a lot less truck. Even with a single cab V6 I'd rather take the F150 and have a nice standard bed and more towing capacity. Plus I'd be trading down from my Ranger's nice big 4.0 to a little 2.3, or in the case of the Maverick, a 2.0. Yeah they make more power, but I feel better knowing my engine is understressed. And the biggest thing for me, is both have auto start/stop. I've had seat time with cars that have this feature and I hate hate hate hate it. I will never own a vehicle with start/stop. Oh, and call me a boomer, but all these new trucks are console shift or dial shift, a proper truck is supposed to have a column.

@@hungrymoose7627 yea it must not be for you. But you can’t find a base f150 right now for under $45k. I know. I looked. I paid $31k fir the ranger. The power that “little” 2.3 makes is better than any midsize truck ever put on the market. Everything is going turbocharged. You’re just gonna have to get over it. And the auto start can be turned off by touching a button. Not even a little inconvenience. Drive what you want. I love the little ranger

When my 1998 Camry threw a rod at 461,228 miles, the A/C compressor, engine, transmission, power window motors, upholstery, practically everything not considered a wear part (like brakes, belts, hoses, & tires) was still original. I was NOT gentle with my Camry. I'm self-employed and always had a load of tools & job supplies in the trunk (and often the back seat). I installed a roof rack and loaded that up too (sometimes with multiple whole sheets of ¾" plywood). 3500# tow hitch and I am certain that I exceeded the 2000# tow limit of the car several times (and the hitch too on one occasion [just around a parking lot]). I am also an Assistant Scoutmaster and I drove my Camry for miles on dirt/gravel roads and into the woods (a little bit off-road) every time I went camping with our Boy Scout Troop. Minimum of twice a year, every year, sometimes twice in a single month. I did do some upgrades: bluetooth stereo with 6½" screen & backup camera, dash-cam, 16" Lexus ES330 wheels wrapped in 205 rubber, Energy Suspension (R) urethane control arm bushings, drilled & slotted front brake rotors with ceramic brake pads, and I ditched the rear drum brakes and installed rear discs from a V6 Camry (mine was the 5S-FE 2.2L 4-banger). I also bypassed the bulb-out relay and replaced the taillight bulbs with LEDs. It took a while to get up an on-ramp and up to freeway speed with a loaded trailer, but when I needed to stop, it stopped, and it stopped quickly. With the LED brake lights, at least the sinvergüenza tailgating me had up to a ½ second quicker notification that my foot was on the brake pedal.

the third-gen seats were known to fail into a spring-poking-you situation too.

@@OtherSarah2 Very true. Been there.

@@JeffinTD My 97 with the 318 now has a small rip in the seat and a tiny split in the foam. I've been keeping up with forums (my new truck is a 94 2500 with a V-10), and I'm sort of salivating at the folks who are moving 09-15 interiors (Laramie Longhorn ones, even) into earlier generation Rams.

@@OtherSarah2 Yeah. I’ve had an 03 and 06 Laramie. The 03 was more comfortable, and I’ve had to put new seat foam and cover on the 06. The way the seat is shaped tends to cause the foam to rip at the edge of the bolster. Overall, though, nice trucks.

@@JeffinTD agreed.

Truckstops never run out of DEF. Refer them there.

This is why i went with a 6.4 hemi. I really wanted the Cummins but i dot really tow and the def system sucks.

@@vw5056 the ones here do because they buy it from us alot of the time (southern ks)

@Lassi Kinnunen 81 it's a hick town nobody likes to use the interwebs they get confused when the notifications pop up on the top of their phone I am not exaggerating whatsoever the people around here half of them that have a smartphone just walk around with it in their pocket and anytime I answer it it's on speaker and they're walking around on speaker because they don't know how to turn the speaker off ordering things online you mention it to him they look at you cross-eyed and you can see their brain explode

He also said everything needs to be replaced when the compressor goes, then proceeds to show the old condenser saying it was a replacement, obviously some time prior to the just replaced compressor.... Meh....

@@traitoR142 I don't think they replaced the compressor. It was on the list of repairs that Hoovie got with the truck. So when he says it's a new compressor I think it means just for placed before sold to Hoovie, And the condenser would have been replaced at the same time. No way to know for sure unless you could see the records for yourself

@@kens97sto171 You may be right, I know he said it was the 4th one it has had in its life and he says it’s new, looks new also, not a lick of that oil he was complaining about being all over everything under there. Either way it looks like it’s been changed piece meal as needed to me.

It is a straight 6, 7 is the most you can have, likewise 5 is the most you can have on a V8.

@@johndavidwolf4239 yes, they all used the maximum number of bearings their chosen architecture would take, my point was more that the I6 cummins has more of them and they are larger in diameter than both the v8 offerings making for much more bearing area to take up the punishment.

Also with a 6 cylinder less moving and rotating parts much simpler design.

@@mikeske9777 : For the same displacement, the rotating mass is about the same. From just an engine standpoint, the straight 6 is excellent design, its only downside is it requires a longer engine bay, and with equal displacement and torque, an 8 cylinder having smaller lighter pistons and valves can rev a bit higher, and thus produce more power, but for the same displacement it has more internal friction.

You could probably argue that any I6 will outlast a "comparable" V8 due to being inherently balanced, less wear over time.

Well Fiat bought them because they were broke. Not shure who is cheap here.

Those things are such great cars but it's hard to feel safe in them with the current state of 6-9k lb BEVs running all over the road.

@@MrCarGuy it feels a bit safer than my other Honda 2006 VTX 1300C

I’ve never had to replace my ac for my 2005 truck so they don’t fail super often.

@@MrSleepProductionsInc It's all about the miles. Age will play a role. But this guy is hauling freight a million miles. They said it was for the oil industry doing hot shot work. That means running around down in Houston probably. Super hot super humid that air condition is going to be running all of the time probably even in the winter time. So the amount of hours on that compressor is going to be a lot higher for this particular truck.

Agreed. 200-250k miles is beyond the useful life span of most people’s vehicles, so having some big jobs done every 200-250k doesn’t seem like that big of a deal to me.

Car makers are definitely capable of producing much more relaible systems then that, so we should not just settle for parts failing prematurely. Look at toyota, transmissions can go up to a million miles with no fluid changes, compressors also can go up to such numbers, makes the dodge look like a joke with 4 tranny replacements

@@mikeko2374 I treated my 1998 Camry like a work truck (including trailer-towing). I bought it from a friend at just over 300,000 miles. When it threw a rod about eight years later, it had 461,228 miles on it. Original engine and transmission. Original power windows and upholstery. 15,000 miles in a single year was a very, very slow year (typically it was over 20,000 miles per year).

Are you serious what about diffs transfer case cooling system chassis frame there is a lot more to that truck than just transmission and air con.

I have a Canadian guy (live in Iowa) that brings his 80’s K100 in he’s had us rebuild the engine twice and we have rebuilt the transmission 3 times, it has 3 1/4 million miles on it as of Friday when he came in. He just keeps basically restoring it thing runs great and just keeps hauling.

Big Kenny’s like that are my favorites. I grew up between three Kenworth dealers as a kid and saw the K-100’s everyday. I’m now a trucker myself and hoping to own one one day.

3rd gen pre facelift for me

Exactly 2002-2005 looked solid, the facelift ruined the headlights imo

Cars last just as long as people are willing to take care of them. There are certainly cars with massive engineering flaws that simply aren't worth fixing, but for the most part, it's when owners simply stop caring about it, they stop maintaining it, and just beat them to death.

@@edmcamoil4009 totally agree

It's not uncommon at all for the Cummins to exceed a million miles without an overhaul . Ram even has a million mile club .

The manual on the 2500s was wonderful.

agreed, I'd like to see one of those Taxis in the Wizard's shop. Or a high mileage Volt. PS. I'm unimpressed with the transmission on these. 250K HWY miles is not that much on a transmission. My 8 spd already has 275K and it still shifts like a dream.

They handle like crap. When you work one every day they are constantly in the shop. I drove one that wouldn't make a curve as fast as the overloaded big rig I drove on the same roads. My 93 Turbo Diesel took those curves with the cruise on 75 and you never thought about it. The dashboard would simply crumble in the west Texas heat.

They handle like crap. When you work one every day they are constantly in the shop. I drove one that wouldn't make a curve

How long was that filter on there for?

@@crazyeyez1502 I was thinking the same thing. Who puts a K&N on their new truck the day they purchase it !

I would be curious to see how dusted the compressor on the turbo is and how many turbos it went through. That has always been the complaint of those filters (even when maintained) leading to destroyed turbos.

That filter probably wasn't installed at mile 1 or when the truck was brand new. The truck probably went to its 2nd or 3rd owner before installation.

Filter probably has 50,000 miles on it

I hate ur comment. Mostly.

250K is about the limit on those, even with regular service. Especially hauling heavy enough to need added air bags.

on older manual trannies you go for years without touching that oil but automatics a whole different set of headaches

@@carmudgeon7478 Yeah, that makes sense. Such an awesome truck, did they do a manual version?

From what I’ve seen, with the loads like this truck saw, 250k is THE limit. Most I see are under 200.

These are notoriously weak transmissions. Honestly 250k is doing good. Most guys say to budget a trans every 150k miles. It’s the one major failure point on these trucks.

Not really that’s 250,000 miles per trans averaged out. Rebuilds can be poor quality depending on who rebuilt it so he might of only needed 3 but who knows.

Thing thing is the guy would get it and sit on it for hours. It’s the in and out countless times that actually gets the bolsters to wear out.

I love my 2014 Taco.... 160k no issues 🥰

@@loveydovey4u Well, they're made in Mexico now. I had a Texas-made 2015 and definitely notice a difference in quality.

@@MarcBookPro Why did you get rid of it?

@@loveydovey4u That's a great question. Though, I really like having the power driver seat in the 2021. Makes the awkward seating position much easier to deal with.