I've had a few ram trucks, on one a valve on the top of the fuel tank, I believe it's a vapor line to the canaster, it went bad. It took months to figure it out, it was only a problem after you filled it up, took a while to figure that part out. It would die sometimes at a stop sign when the truck was at an idle. I took it to a shop, they thought it was the idle sensor, replace. A few weeks later, it started again. This time I took it to the dealer, they couldn't find it. Took it home, filled it up on the way home and parked it. It did it again and this time I took it to the dealer and told them to keep it till they figured it out. One of the techs was using it to go back and forth to work for a few weeks. I get a phone call and he asked me if I noticed it happening after I filled it up. I thought about for a few minutes and said I believe so. The valve was bad and if you ran the truck 3/4 full or less it didn't happen. Gas was going into line and filling the canaster and it would cause it to die. It would start back up, but, that's not right. Now the valve was bad and cost next to nothing, but it's molded on the tank, part of it. I had to buy a new fuel tank. Talk about a lousy design. I only drive Chrysler and I've had many of them. Chrysler was a joke when it came to transmissions for many years, they were bad and they knew it. Bought a new one in 97, first year extended cab, second generation. Transmission started acting up after 12000 miles, they fixed it and I sold it. Got a 98, first year extended cab door opened. Took it and my boat to the lake for the weekend. Monday morning I woke up and the truck had oil under it, this truck had less than 6000 miles on it. Dropped it off at the dealer on the way to work. Got a phone call and was told it blew a rear main and a head casket. They fixed it, built a lake house, dragged my boat their, put it on a hoist and that was the end of that. By 1999 the transmission was acting up, they fixed it and I sold it and bought a 2000 Dakota sport quad cab, 360, 4x4, first year quad cab. I later bought a 2002 ram and two, 2004 rams, one straight cab and the other a four door. I kept the Dakota for ten years and was pressured into selling it to a friends kid, he'd been hounding me for awhile and kept the 2004 four door till I moved, two houses ago, three years ago. They were extra vehicles and sat most of the time. I really miss both of them and the Dakota was my favorite all time truck!! My wife can't drive due to her vision, so I sold her Grand Cherokee, I've owned 5 jeeps. I'm done now and only own my Durango and my 65. Went to diner yesterday and drove by my dealer and said something about a new vehicle, she just looked at me and that was all I needed to drop the subject. I was kidding, she knew it and we both started laughing. I will not own this Durango in 5 years, won't need the third row. I'll think about what to buy when the time comes.
