My ecodiesel was a 2016 model. Never missed a beat or broke down one time. Towed my camper to smoky mountains, yellowstone, etc. Best truck I ever owned until this Ford F-250

I'm still driving mine. It's all stock, 2018, I got 120,000 on it. No issues yet. I pull my boat and several small trailers with it regularly. It primarily has highway miles on it. My brother bought a 2023 and he loves it. Time will tell

If your interested in motors this is well worth the watch,

https://www.reddit.com/r/EcoDiesel/...ram_30_ecodiesel_engine_teardown_why_do/

Y'all are beating a dead horse. That link is for the gen 1 Ecodiesel that was a disaster. Since then they have widened and beefed up the bearings on the bottom end and added filets to the crank. Since this has happened I don't know of any lower end failures. Not to say they haven't had one but certainly not enough to become even a small issue.

All that and still discontinued it

You can thank CARB, CAFE, and the democrats as a whole for ruining diesel engines as we once knew them.

I’m learning that for the most part reliability comes down to maintenance. The manufacturer doesn’t want your engine and transmission to go 200k+. Whatever they say the oil change interval is, cut it in half. Change transmission, diffs, and transfer case every 30k miles and you’ll probably have a good, reliable truck. Goes for most truck manufacturers. Preventative maintenance is cheap and it’s your friend.

LOL there's a new engine failure posted every other day here, gen 2 failure posted today https://www.ram1500diesel.com/forums/ram-1500-diesel-general-discussion.6/

Cool, still not a Gen 3...

And it still got discontinued didn't it...

Show me on the doll where RAM hurt you...

Gen 1 ecodiesel was hardly a disaster. I had one and was one of the best vehicles I ever had - just stupidly got a 2wd and got stuck several times and it was the last 2wd I ever owned (or will own). But the engine was great - gas mileage was stupid and it hauled a 28' travel trailer all over the country.

They definitely had some bearing issues on the lower end, but the failure rate was very low and nearly always covered by warranty.

I'm not super surprised they nixed the engine altogether. I never saw a ton of them on the road - modern emissions make diesels too much of a risk unless you're in the HD category.

Actually it was, you won the lotto with yours. The the lower bearing failure is speculated to be >10% across all gen1 & 2 motor fleet, that is insanely high for an auto manufacturer today, haven't heard info on failures on the gen3's but I think that engine fixed lots of the earlier problems. This video opened some eyes

"Speculated"

Meaning nobody has any real data.

It also means I didn't win the lotto. My buddy (who is on this forum) has a FIL who has one with well over 100k miles and zero issues. redchevy has one with no issues. Lots of folks on the ram ecodiesel forum I was one had them with 300k+ with no issues.

Just for your awareness - Failure rate of the CP4 fuel pump (that was used in all 3 major HD diesel brands between 2015 to current production) is around 7% documented, so 10% speculated failure rate on ED bearings isn't "insanely high".

Let's pull back a bit on the hyperbole and push forward on data and actual true information.

LO F'in L, lets see how many people you get to buy a half ton with a 3.5K upcharge over the gasser and let them know 10% of the product sold is going to spin a lower bearing without warning at any time. I promise you if the consumer knew what we know now almost no one would have bought this engine.