06 SLT, Great truck. Great engine. Everyone modifies over time, they keep rolling.

Believe it or not, the 2002-2005 Ram quad cab is the best looking truck..

3rd gen Dodge Ram is the worlds most perfect pickup

Have an 08 5.7 with 312K. Still Running like new. . Best V8 Engine I’ve ever owned. Bought New and Drive it Daily 80mi to and from Work. Has Lifetime Power Train. So I’m keeping this Truck Forever 😊

As long as you take care of it, it will take care of you. Love my Rams. Great truck with awesome power..

I'm new to the ram life got a 04 ram 1500 5.7 4x4 174k shes happy

great vid, love my 03 5.9L....190k miles and going strong. Everyday wear and tear items but easy truck to work on. Love my 3rd gen but the 2nd gen were some of the best looking trucks ever produced....a touch of old school meeting new.

05 I've had no problems, and absolutely love it still.

My 02 ram its becoming a pain in the ass just because the last owner didnt took good care of it i replace a part and another one breaks, it became real chalenge to me but i will get out of this and have a great truck with new parts

I have my 08 ram big horn and man is it still running like new, interior and exterior still looking in excellent condition, best truck to get out there in my opinion

Just recently hit 200k miles on my 2005 single cab Daytona edition Ram 1500 (Go Mango Orange). Been an awesomely fun truck for the past 15 years.

Love my 2006 5.7 Sport! It’s got almost 360,000 miles on the original engine and trans.

Just under 240k(238,673) miles on my 2003 and still running like the little engine that could. Fairly impressed GM guy.

I have an 04 1500 with the 3.7 v6 2wd base model work truck with 362,000 km (250,000 miles) on it and aside from all the rust and the transmission slipping sometimes, it still runs great. Now im about to buy an 08 1500 with the 5.7 and 4wd and couldn’t be happier. Dodge FTW!!

I love my 2005 1500. It has been totally reliable so far. I keep all the maintenance up on it. It now has 100 thousand on it. I love the manual six speed in it. A close ration transmission. I have replaced only the water pump and pads, clutch and lower ball joints. It looks brand new in and out. Gets pretty decent mileage. Depends on how you drive it. It has the 4.7 which is trouble free if you take care of it. It gets oil changes every 2500 miles.

Have a 2007 ram 4x4 quad cab with the 4.7. It’s been well taken care of and is a sharp truck. Has 251k miles and the engine sounds perfect aside from exhaust leak on cold start as you mentioned. The 4.7 isn’t the fastest thing ever but it does good for what it is and has had no problems in the 40k miles I’ve owned it. IMO these are some of the best trucks you can buy if they’ve been taken care of and maintained properly.

I've got a 2004 Dodge Laramie 1500 4 weal drive and I still love it it's been an great truck but I've took care of it it stays in my garage out of the weather but it has 156000 miles on it and it's been over all great

I love my 2008 Ram 1500 with 125,000 miles on it. I wanted a truck but didn`t want payments so I traded my 2013 Equinox straight up for it a couple of years ago and haven`t regretted it as they both had about the same miles on them. I did have to replace the water pump at 115,000 but that`s it.

I have 234,000 miles on a 2003 Quad cab with the 5.7 Hemi only major problems have been water pumps, and broke an exhaust spring at 100,000 miles. No problems with the 4x4, still hauls arse when called upon. Very satisfied with the truck.

07 Hemi Sport with 178000 miles. Manifold are leaking but other than that It still runs fine

Mine is an 07 with 190,000 I am second owner purchased with 48,000 miles. Original hemi drivetrain and only had good maintenance done to it. Modified with 2 inch level kit, has 2013 Dodge sport wheels, 34.6 inch tall tires and a Thunderstruck grill guard. Would post pic if could, no rust.

I love my 2006 4.7 TRX, not a lot of options, but comfortable and powerful enough for my needs

If you live in the NE USA or southern Canada than good luck finding these without rust. It's like a unicorn

3rd gens- only get a Hemi. 06-08 is the way to go 👍🏻

Nice channel. I like second generation, last one with suicide doors and club cabs

I’ve owned 2 03 single cab hemi rams and can say they’re by far the best trucks I’ve ever driven, fast as hell and loud as fuck, plus crazy reliable

Solid truck overall as long as you keep up with basic maintenance engines also before the MDS cylinder deactivation generation I really became a Achilles heel to those hemis

Some of yall are lucky I got a 2004 big horn and had to replace the engine at 188,000 thousand and installed it myself but in all it's still a strong pick up truck 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

Love my 04 hemi... Great Reliable Truck

Wow such an awesome truck. Thank you for viewing

I have an '07 2500 that is built tough. Replaced a few things, but overall a great truck. No Hemi Tick here! The Tick started after shifting plant locations to our southern neighbor.

I got a 2005 base model that was my dad's ing my yard and I love it

Thx for the video. 2005 quad cab 2500 SLT with 5.9 Cummins. 330K on it here. The heater/AC blower door he talks about in the video got me about 2 years in. Cheap plastic gear on the blower door snapped and I heard the big clunk when it fell down. Good luck replacing it yourself. $500 at the dealer to pull the dash to replace it. There's like 4 of these doors that can break so if you need to replace 1 do all 4 and get the metal gear doors. I found a biz online that sells these blower doors that have a metal gear on them. $200 for 4 doors. Terrible design to use plastic on something that takes a lot of torque. 2 transmission rebuilds, a couple water pumps. Stock batteries were Sears Gold Diehard that lasted 5 years. Sears stopped making these Gold Diehards so the best i can find is the Optima Red batteries. The headlights suck so i upgraded to the Sylvania top of the line. I tried to upgrade the backup lights to the super bright LEDs but they dont work without a modification. I changed out all the overhead interior lights to LEDs. The old lights ran hot and made the lens covers brittle, I broke one taking it off. The housing of the 2nd overhead light also cracked from the heat. Have the valves adjusted at 200K. Right now my mileage has dropped from 19 mpg to 11 mpg. Diesel mechanic buddy says to replace the exhaust gas pressure sensor and the intake manifold pressure sensor. The variable geometry turbo on these engines relies heavily on the readings of those two sensors to position the VGT in the proper position. Those sensors are well known “wear parts”. They are not expensive and pretty easy to change. After that its injector time. Brakes, wheel bearings and transmission don't appear to be causing the mpg issue. 1st diesel ive owned. Great for towing or cruising. Downside is you have to turn the motor off to talk to someone like in a drive through. Diesel sound spooks critters so my using the truck as a blind on a hot day for photography doesnt work. Mileage was good compared to gasser trucks ive owned that got 11mpg. Lots of low end grunt with this truck. I thought electric heated seats were for sissies but as i get older, a nice warm backside is a nice luxury.

2002 awesome reliability. Old school 5.9 v8 in my eyes . Not the 4.7 v8 it Looks great 4 door . I love it

Nice vid

My 2003 3/4 ton just rolled 100,000 miles about a month ago, it only had 68,000 on it when I bought it in 2015. I'm in Iowa and the body is still virtually rust-free. There's a pic of it on my channel home page. Almost seems the really bad rusted out ones I see are 1500's.

2007 5.7 Thunder Road for me! Not really sure what Thunder Road package is yet but its an awesome truck

I have a 2003 dodge ram SLT 1500 quad cab 4.7 , with a 5 speed manual and I love my truck it has had a couple minor issues but nothing major she has 228,658 miles and still going strong

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03 to 05 with a hemi is the best trucks every made

05 Hemi Dodge Ram, trouble free since bought new. Great truck

3rd gen is the only good Ram...all the rest suck in comparison. This is something I just learned after owning my Dodge Ram 2500 for 19 years now. Keeping it.

Still loving my ‘05

Right on bro

This is the German based generation. It’s not like the 2009 + that has the cam lifter issue. I got a 07 one with 162k miles and love it.

The front fenders remind if a 1969 International pick up I used own.

2008 Ram SUV 5.7 345 ci. 345 hp stock jet black limited Durango Always keep double platinum plugs fresh. One strong motor 126k dated 2-5-21

I love my 04 dodge rumble bee just put a catback exhaust on it and man it growls loud

Does anyone have a link to that first picture he shows right at the beginning?

Another thing with 4wd drive the lever uses a rubber bushing to connect it to a arm that goes to the transfer case. That rubber bushing will dry rot and fall out and you won’t be able to shift into 4wd. Basically it falls out and the lever is now not connected to that arm and moves very easily. But it’s super easy to replace and very cheap you can do it with no power tools. I’d it In a Walmart parking lot in like 2 minutes if that proves how easy it is

People shit on rams for being unreliable but are also the same people that buy the least reliable rams and abuse the snot out of them. Tell my 03 4.7 ram its unreliable with almost half a million miles

Thank You. Any idea why these models and specifically 2002 - 2008 are having issues passing smog? I have an ‘02 and am being told to keep driving it until it clears the catalytic codes. Both smog shop and dealership said the same… I’m approaching 2,000 miles and cannot get it to clear. Any ideas? Thank You 🙏🏼

I have a 2003 8.0 V10 four door 4x4 5 speed manual with a long bed. Its been a great truck and loves its gas about 9 mpg town 10 mpg highway.

When did they start making the Hemi sports

My 2004 Ram has 133,000 miles. It’s one owner, bought as a leftover in may 2005. I have very little to no issues with it. Both airbag recalls were done, no issues with any of the ones noted in video. The only thing I have to do is replace the EGR valve. Since day one I’ve used Amsoil synthetic oil and all fluids swapped out. Amazingly in getting approximately 18 city 22 highway. The bast truck I’ve ever owned.

Yes

03 dodge ram 1500 5.7, doing my research it was advise to get titanium valve springs

1998-2012 is the best 5.7L engines hands down 👌🏽 have a 2004 5.7 currently has 248k miles . Had a 2010 5.7L had 192k 😎

I have a 07 2500 With the 5.7 it’s very long it has the the 4 doors with the long bed it has no rust anywhere thanks the the southern weather. It’s 2wd so it has the 3033 payload and it pulls 11k with ease it’s currently at 242k and going strong

My 05 doesn’t shift out of rwd every time I try the shifter just loosely moves and doesn’t feel attached does anyone know how to fix this

Everyone i know that own or have owned 3rd gen Rams have had serious issues, including me. Heads warped, but never over heated, tranny or rear-end issues.

Love my rumble bee 190k miles no major problems

I have 3rd gen 04 1500 dodge ram 🐏 4.7 with 336,199 miles she still goin 🙌

Is a 2005 4.7 1500 quad a good/reliable truck?

Agreed!!

I have a 2004 dodge ram 1500 hemi sport and damn does it look and drive good!

they changed the front end in 06 from torsion bars to struts.......have an '08 and got bit by that while buying some shocks

I have a 04 slt 4.7l v8 magnum truck is a monster

The 3rd generation Dodge RAM's 5.7 Hemi's main problems, are the Exhaust Manifold bolts breaking and the AC/HEAT plenum Blend Doors breaking and rust on the rear fender wells....Dodge dealer quoted a $6800.00 and up, cost, to repair my Blend Door issues. YES, I said $6800 and up!!! 🤬

How many V10 trucks were produced??

as a hemi dodge ram owner myself i can confirm that there is a crapton of power but terrible fuel efficiency

If you get a chance please do the Dodge Dakota! 👍

I have 05 Ram 1500 and imma put on after market front bumper. I have the 3rd generation and imma drop it

Do the 2nd gen ram next!

I have ‘02 Ram 1500 SLT 4.7 with 110k miles. Only complaints I have are gas mileage sucks with the small V8 motor, 14 city & 18 hwy. Also the dash is cracked out in probably 20 something places, sorry material used for dash. However can be covered but shouldn’t have to if built right!

You think these trucks will eventually get hard to find or the hit the market within the years I have a 05 sport 1500 4wd

Luv my 08 Ram 2500 4/4 Hemi. Absolutely No Check Engine Lights an it has 114,000 miles Runs Great" I have Kenda Kleaver RT 10 ply tires on it 💪

Have a 04 slt lornghorn edition with 250k and a 4.7l v8 and she still runs strong and have never had to replace anything major so far its been a great truck so far. While the paint it starting to fade and my dash is cracked but i have put a matt on it i love my ram and plan on driving her till she quits on me!

They are pretty good. Frame has less rust than the Chevys up here. my frame looks awesome. minus the rear dampener mounts... fenders rust out exactly like that picture. Also the bottom inside of the doors. Worst quality plastic interior and in the HVAC system. Bad as it gets. $60 for stupid plastic replacement parts. 5.9 Cummins is awesome. The auto transmission sort of sucks. The a/c seems to work a long time. Ignition switch melts and turns your fan on after you leave the truck and it kills your battery. Most Parts are cheap. linkages for 4wd shifter suck. headliner stays up. Had a small tree fall on my truck and been rear ended by a vw golf. No serious damage. Truck holds up good and tows good. All the trucks have good and bad points. Just buy the best taken car of truck you can afford Ram, chevy, toyota whatever. Im still not sold on fords 03 and up. I have an 02 5.9 magnum quad cab with 195k avg 13mpg and fix everything myself and its an ok truck to work on even the heater core.

Does anyone know was the 8l. V10 magnum offered for the 3rd gen

I have e the 04 dodge ram, hemi with the AWD system. No 2 wheel drive. Handles great in the winter!

is the 02 -08 ram any good? i got 625,000 miles on my 03 ram 2500 cummins, so yeah, it's pretty fuckin' good

What would be a good price for a 05 Ram 1500. I got a guy selling one for 9k and I want it but I think the price is high

My 04 Hemi lasted until only 136k miles before it needed frame repair and new front end. Gas tank and spare tire falling off. I do live where they use salt in winter but it isn’t even worth fixing now repairs would be more than it’s worth. Not the greatest

wassup with the 2002 5.9?

I was never a 3 gen guy... they are good trucks but I love my 2nd gen.... hopefully gonna add a 1st gen soon as well

My 08 hemi is a keeper. 170000 mi,

Hey you got about the ThunderRoad package only made 500 of them special edition

Cummings Diesel best thing about any Ram/Dodge.

375500 miles on my 5.7 HEMI untouched engine

Would a ram 2002 single cab with 144k miles for the price of 1k be a good investment?

To prevent crack on the dash board coat it with fiber glass underneath it , you’re welcome

I have an 04 5.7 Hemi Quad Cab as something I used to haul stuff, paid $2500 for it. It’ll always start but it’s almost killed me a couple times, steering is absolute shit.

I’ve been offered a 2003 doge ram 1500 for $2,800 and it has 200k miles on it. It’s a great deal as the truck has no rust and amazing interior I’m just worried about the transmission. Can someone help me?

They are good trucks they all have their issues. I mean all brands. All rust. V8s guzzle fuel. They have their cheapness and design flaws. They go far if you maintain them. Really. I have a 2003 5.7 with over 265K miles.

No.. Still own my 06 2500 ram, bought new, doors were rusted out in three years. . H vac bend door problems, tipm, issues, seat fabric tears, drivers seat due to collapsed foam.. 5.7 hemi, is reliable, no real issues, but being a 3/4 ton, solid axle suspension reliability, is horrible.

Found a 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 ST Pickup 2D 6 1/4 ft 6-sp manual w/ 203k mi for $5k. Sounds too high for that old and 1/5th million miles. Motivated seller. May just offer $2500 and see what happens.

I have an ‘05 Ram Big Horn Hemi , bought with 28 miles on it, have had it 15 years & 72,350 orig. miles. No major breakdowns, a few recalls but I DO have to say they have a Shitty weak brake system for such a heavy vehicle. I’ve now owned two generations and say both brake systems are shit!

09-18 -23 is the staple

First before buying any dodge Ram is make sure the transmission has been replaced lol