Vehicle
Ram 1500
The half-ton pickup, and the truck that carries the brand. Two facts change its diagnosis before anything else: the eTorque system on many recent examples is a 48-volt belt-driven starter-generator rather than an alternator, so a charging complaint has a different device behind it; and air suspension on the higher trims stores its own faults that have nothing to do with the drivetrain.
Generations
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DS 2009–2018
Pentastar V6, Hemi V8 and the 3.0 EcoDiesel; the first with coil-sprung rear suspension.
- Body styles
- Pickup
- Platform
- Chrysler DS
- Engines
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- 3.6 V6 — PENTASTAR · petrol
- 3.7 V6 — petrol
- 4.7 V8 — petrol
- 5.7 V8 — HEMI · petrol
- 3.0 EcoDiesel V6 — diesel
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · 5-speed automatic · 6-speed automatic · 4-speed automatic · 8-speed Torqueflite automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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DT 2018–present
eTorque mild hybrid across most of the range; the ZF eight-speed throughout.
- Body styles
- Pickup
- Platform
- Chrysler DT
- Engines
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- 3.6 eTorque V6 — PENTASTAR · mild hybrid
- 5.7 V8 — HEMI · petrol · 295 kW (395 hp)
- 5.7 eTorque V8 — HEMI · mild hybrid
- 6.2 supercharged V8 — HEMI · petrol · TRX
- 3.0 EcoDiesel V6 — diesel · 194 kW (260 hp)
- 3.0 straight-six — HURRICANE · petrol · 313–403 kW (420–540 hp) · 636–706 Nm (469–521 lb-ft)
- 3.0 turbo — petrol · 313–403 kW (420–540 hp) · 636–706 Nm (469–521 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 8-speed 8HP75 automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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