Better Check Your Airbox to Turbo Hose Clamps

[Alan Reagan]

I was getting ready for a trip this weekend and when I opened the hood (2015 2500), the airbox hose clamp was broken. When I looked at it, it was severely corroded where the clamptouched the rubber hose. I checked the middle clamp that joins the hose pieces in the center as well as the turbo end.......same thing. All three clamps looked like they had been dipped in acid on the hose contact side. Severe corrosion to the point that they have all but disintegrated. I used a wide AC duct tie to put around the airbox end to make sure it was sealed.

I stopped at the Ram dealer in Jesup, Ga and the parts guy told me I was the fourth owner in the last two weeks with this problem. He had a set of clamps he had ordered for another owner and fortunately, the other guy wasn't picking them up until Monday so he let me have them.

So I'm good to go for now but I don't think this solves the problem. It looks like there is a chemical reaction between the rubber hose and the clamps causing them to corrode. The clamp didn't break because it had been over tightened. It corroded in two.

So now, I have to figure out a solution. A new hose is $300 through the dealer or $200 through Mopar online. This is BS. If the Jesup dealer has seen four in two weeks as small as that town is, then this is going to be an issue for a lot of other owners.

If if you decide to check yours, you can just look at the clamp edges for heavy rust. To really check, you have to release the clamp completely and look at the underside of it.

 

[Newsa]

I was getting ready for a trip this weekend and when I opened the hood (2015 2500), the airbox hose clamp was broken. When I looked at it, it was severely corroded where the clamptouched the rubber hose. I checked the middle clamp that joins the hose pieces in the center as well as the turbo end.......same thing. All three clamps looked like they had been dipped in acid on the hose contact side. Severe corrosion to the point that they have all but disintegrated. I used a wide AC duct tie to put around the airbox end to make sure it was sealed.

I stopped at the Ram dealer in Jesup, Ga and the parts guy told me I was the fourth owner in the last two weeks with this problem. He had a set of clamps he had ordered for another owner and fortunately, the other guy wasn't picking them up until Monday so he let me have them.

So I'm good to go for now but I don't think this solves the problem. It looks like there is a chemical reaction between the rubber hose and the clamps causing them to corrode. The clamp didn't break because it had been over tightened. It corroded in two.

So now, I have to figure out a solution. A new hose is $300 through the dealer or $200 through Mopar online. This is BS. If the Jesup dealer has seen four in two weeks as small as that town is, then this is going to be an issue for a lot of other owners.

If if you decide to check yours, you can just look at the clamp edges for heavy rust. To really check, you have to release the clamp completely and look at the underside of it.

Is this due to winter road chemical treatments?

$300 sounds excessive for a clamp.

 

[Alan Reagan]

Newsa, My post says the hose is $300, not the clamps. The $300 is for the hose and clamps as an assembly. That's what the dealership in Perry, Ga said I had to buy. They said the clamps were not sold separately. So I went to Mopar Direct and found the part numbers for the clamps. The turbo end and airbox clamps were $18 after my discount at the second dealership. Mopar Direct is even cheaper but after shipping the price is about the same. I'm concerned that if the hose is causing a chemical reaction with the clamps, I will have to buy the assembly.

Regarding road treatments, I live in central Georgia. No salt or chemicals on our roads here. Just Atlanta and above.

 

[Newsa]

I did notice mine on the airbox end were tarnished and loosened when doing regular maint in July. Maybe there was some stretch in the clamp with corrosion?

I was able to retighten

I noticed some are removing the tube to do oil filter changes (accessing). Might this also shorten the clamp life in addition to corrosion?

 

[TDickerson]

I had to have my whole hose replaced because one of the clamps wasn't available to order separately. I think I had mine replaced in 2015. I feel there were two issues with this. 1. Cheap Chinese steel clamps that rust easy; 2. water dripping out the hood light after it rains and collects in the hood liner, causing the cheap clamps to rust fast. What else can it really be.

 

[SnoKing]

I checked my 2015 today. The clamps have been loosen 4th times in 2 years. They look fine. I think it might be a regional issue based on what they put on the roads in the winter. SnoKing

 

[JR]

Regarding road treatments, I live in central Georgia. No salt or chemicals on our roads here. Just Atlanta and above.

Doesnt seem like a regional issue to me.

Thanks for the heads up Alan!

 

[ALSAN]

I also had the middle clamp fail / it is about a 6 inch clamp and local dealer had part numbers for either end clamps but the middle clamp was not listed sperate so I bought a regular hose clamp and used that , I sure wasnt going to pay $300.00 plus for something I didnt need

 

[gsbrockman]

Newsa, My post says the hose is $300, not the clamps. The $300 is for the hose and clamps as an assembly. That's what the dealership in Perry, Ga said I had to buy. They said the clamps were not sold separately. So I went to Mopar Direct and found the part numbers for the clamps. The turbo end and airbox clamps were $18 after my discount at the second dealership. Mopar Direct is even cheaper but after shipping the price is about the same. I'm concerned that if the hose is causing a chemical reaction with the clamps, I will have to buy the assembly.

Regarding road treatments, I live in central Georgia. No salt or chemicals on our roads here. Just Atlanta and above.

Perhaps you could post the part numbers of these clamps so a fellow TDR member will not get taken advantage of by inept dealership staff......

On a sidenote....I stayed at the Travelodge in Perry during that evacuation fiasco (I had delivered in Morriston, FL that night earlier) First time I had ever witnessed a line of folks around 1/2 of a Waffle House....

 

[Newsa]

Perhaps you could post the part numbers of these clamps so a fellow TDR member will not get taken advantage of by inept dealership staff......

On a sidenote....I stayed at the Travelodge in Perry during that evacuation fiasco (I had delivered in Morriston, FL that night earlier) First time I had ever witnessed a line of folks around 1/2 of a Waffle House....

Inept. Or maybe dishonest dealership parts people. They will sell one bolt at a time. Every bolt has a part number. I bought a skid plate knowing it didn't come with the mounting bolts. But I need to be careful to get the mounting hardware despite the stupid/dishonest people at my dealership.

 

[Newsa]

The reason I say dishonest is because I think they know better, but are knowingly providing the customer with false info.

I recently learned that the service, parts, and sales depts work independently and are rated on their profits/losses.

The parts dept ordered the wrong tire for my 2500. I had the dealer do the tire because they were the same price as the tire shop while they were doing a recall/flash.

I drove the truck with the new tire and stopped to look at the tire to notice they sold me a tire that cost $30- $50 less than what I paid for. And I had 3 of the same tire and one odd one. So it wasn't driving like I expected.

I returned to the dealership and pointed to the tire. The service writer said the parts dept made the mistake and would take the loss. They told me it would take 24 hours to get the correct tire, so I should drive the truck home.
When they got the correct tire, they fixed my problem.

Lesson learned, each dept works independently and are rated on their profits/losses independently. The service writer will take the side of the customer even if the parts dept makes a mistake.

 

[SnoKing]

Doesnt seem like a regional issue to me.

Thanks for the heads up Alan!

Do you regularly run your truck threw car washes? I have heard that they use some pretty nasty chemicals. SnoKing

 

[Bob4x4]

Perhaps it is just a humidity issue,think back to the original air bag recall.Only the high humidity states were included.

 

[JR]

Perhaps it is just a humidity issue,think back to the original air bag recall.Only the high humidity states were included.

I could be wrong, but the way I understood it humid climates were given priority over dry climates due to the sheer size of the recall but regardless of geography all are included.
Whose to say a car spends most of it's life in Mississippi but ends up in Arizona, for instance. It would be very time consuming to track of where each affected vehicle has spent it's days.

 

[Bob4x4]

I could be wrong, but the way I understood it humid climates were given priority over dry climates due to the sheer size of the recall but regardless of geography all are included.
Whose to say a car spends most of it's life in Mississippi but ends up in Arizona, for instance. It would be very time consuming to track of where each affected vehicle has spent it's days.

They go by registration as well as where sold

 

[Jared Herzog]

I am in Texas. The clamps on my 14 were fully rusted right off the dealer lot. Traded the truck in after six months and one clamp had broken. My 15 has nice clamps. No rust or failures yet. They are the same style just rust free. I think there was a bad batch. I need to look again but would it be possible to just go to Lowes and get some nice stainless clamps?

 

[Jones2014]

Because of posts like this when I bought my 2014 I have pretty much coated all the places I can with corrosion X and Corrosion X thick film on the frame , suspension and engine and transmission . I do have to re apply periodically but in 3 years I have no visible rust or corrosion . I hate rust and how it ages a vehicle . My last truck after 12 years was like new underneath These trucks are getting just too darn expensive to even consider tradeing off every 3 or 4 years

 

[Alan Reagan]

I never put my truck thru a car wash in answer to above question.

The following post is from where I opened the thread in the 6.7 forum. It has the part numbers and pics from another member with the same issue.
https://www.turbodieselregister.com/threads/259466-Better-Check-Your-Air-Box-to-Turbo-Hose-Clamps