Hello from Illinois

Tucker73 · Dec 6, 2015

I have owned a 2015 Ram Rebel for about 3 months. 4000 miles and have had to put new axle in it. Started making a thumping noise and they found bad axle. At 35 miles the throttle stopped working. Hopefully this will be final issues for a while.
Upgrades so far are flowmaster super 40, Airraid cold air intake, and westin 4" nerf bars.

TheGreatRam · Dec 6, 2015

Did the warranty covet the axle? Only 3 months and it already broke.

Buddha · Dec 7, 2015

TheGreatRam said:
Did the warranty covet the axle? Only 3 months and it already broke.

Welcome Tucker! Also, was the repair related to the R59 rear axle recall?

johnj · Dec 7, 2015

It would be definitely be good to hear which axle and whether it was heat-treated (if it was a rear axle). Details! Cough 'em up, Tucker73!

Maverick · Dec 7, 2015

Welcome to the forum!

Would be interested to hear about how this axle was fixed and what was wrong with it.

Cheers!

KnightReb31° · Dec 7, 2015

Sorry to hear about the issues you've been having. How was service at the dealer during the times you went to get those issues resolved?

Shewpan · Dec 7, 2015

Sounds like the recall. I wonder if the axle ended up affecting the throttle somehow...

Tucker73 · Dec 8, 2015

Yes sorry guess it was recall I went on a trip from Texas where I bought the truck. Throttle was bad plug. Once back on road from Houston I started to here a thumping noise, it was louder when I got to Illinois and thought it was upfront and so did dealership. They took out front shafts and tech found it by doing that and riding in bed of truck lol! At time truck had 2900 miles and it took 3 weeks because axles at time was -17 in country. So I called Ram and complained, long story short got an axle and truck is fine now. Dealership also found front right wheel bearing bad WTF?
Thanks for a great Forum! My lights would flicker as well and after reading about fuses on here found mine to all be no seated in fuse box! All good now!

Tucker73 · Dec 8, 2015

I will look at paperwork from dealership when I get home tomorrow night. I can't remember which side it was on rear axle, I do remember tech telling me it was pretty chewed up! I had them make a note of it in case I get a leak or problems down the road with rear dif.