Chrysler Puts Hold On G-56 Equipped Deliveries

[SKargo]

Shut the @$#@ up. You're not the one that has been waiting months for a truck that you need to go on a trip you've been planning for even longer.

You sound like a real POFS, why don't you leave this forum, because you bring absolutly nothing positive to the table. :{

 

[RustyJC]

Those are just ENGINE issues you mentioned with the 2nd gen trucks. What about stuff like the front track bar that wears out quickly and makes your truck wander all over the road? What about 5th gear falling off the NV4500? What about the fact that those trucks all had less power than a new one? Also, consider that the newest 2nd gen truck is 3 years old right now and they only go down from there.



That's great that you love your 2nd gen truck. Me personally, I wouldn't want a truck with more known issues/problems that was older and used when I had ordered a new truck. If I was going to buy a 2nd gen I'd have a 12v for pulling only.

Well, let's see:



1. My truck is a 2WD so it isn't affected by the track bar or steering issues.



2. I don't have an NV4500; I have an NV5600, so the 5th gear nut is a non-issue.



3. I'm making 347 RWHP and 762 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels. Allowing the usual 15% for manual transmission drivetrain losses, that's 408 BHP and 896 lb-ft at the flywheel. That's proven to be more than adequate for towing my 16K GVWR 5th wheel, 6%-7% grades included.



4. Want to check book value of my 2002 HO/6-speed with leather and all the goodies - with 25K miles and change? It doesn't bother me a bit that my truck is 3 years old.



You miss my point. Yes, some of the 2nd generation trucks had issues, but so do some of the 3rd generation trucks. You don't want a 2nd generation - that's fine since it's your money, but frankly I wouldn't trade for a 3rd generation with all that's going on with them, either. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. The reason I intentionally ordered my 2002 is that I wanted the last of the previous generation (which should be, and has been, the most thoroughly debugged 24V truck) rather than the first of the 3rd generation trucks. I've been a guinea pig for the manufacturers too many times.



Rusty

 

[Tim]

You sound like a real POFS, why don't you leave this forum, because you bring absolutly nothing positive to the table. :{

I was postive for 6 weeks while my truck sat in storage after it was built. I was postive for the last few weeks it has been on the rail car coming from Mexico to the USA. I was even positive before Tom confirmed this as fact yesterday on the phone because I didn't want to believe everything I read on the internet. Hell, I was positive in January when I ordered my truck, earlier than I was told I had to, to assure I'd have it by the time this trip I'd planned for this month was here!!!!



I'm all out of positive responses! I need my truck and I can't wait any more. If it was me wanting to go bling-bling it in a new truck that'd be one thing, but I need my truck to pull my trailer so I can go on the trip. The transmission went out in my old truck and the trip is so close now that I don't even have time to fix THAT before I'd have to go.



Why don't you leave the forum since this problem doesn't affect you personally. You'd be ****** too if it was you. Thank God for TDR, I would still think I was picking my truck up on my only day off next week if that was the case. Thank God I have 6 days to look for another truck if the G-56 truck doesn't work out.

 

[RTuvell]

Tim,



We've heard your complaints and sympathize with your situation.



But come on, you are now turning this whole matter into a major whining session and being very rude with other TDR members.



Chill out already!!!

 

[Suthers]

Sometimes you guys confuse me so much. If DC puts out a product and it fails, they are &*%$#$. Now they put a hold on something to keep it out of the customers hands until they figure out the situation (I'm going along with the problem assumption) and they are &*%$#$.

Make up your minds what you want. Personally I think they are heros if they don't want a problem out in the market.

I really think the issue with this whole thing is the lack of communication from DC. You have guys who have ordered trucks months ago, trucks are built sitting in a train yard. No info. I mean you have guys talking about cancelling their order and going to Ferds or whatever. If DC would come out and tell us one way or the other what is up it would alleviate much of the aggravation many of us are feeling. Just my . 02 worth.

 

[macdaddy]

I'm with you SKargo!!!!!!!!!!!!

You sound like a real POFS, why don't you leave this forum, because you bring absolutly nothing positive to the table. :{

All this guy is good for is some BS one liners that don't mean S***. Been flamed by him a number of times a true POFS I AGREE I bet Tim drives a minivan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Mac

 

[Tim]

Tim,



We've heard your complaints and sympathize with your situation.



But come on, you are now turning this whole matter into a major whining session and being very rude with other TDR members.



Chill out already!!!

I'm sorry man, it's just not intended that way. I've just been looking forward to my off roading trip for months now, and this is totally screwing up my plans (can't go without my truck)

I really think the issue with this whole thing is the lack of communication from DC. You have guys who have ordered trucks months ago, trucks are built sitting in a train yard. No info. I mean you have guys talking about cancelling their order and going to Ferds or whatever. If DC would come out and tell us one way or the other what is up it would alleviate much of the aggravation many of us are feeling. Just my . 02 worth.

Bingo. I just want to know WTF is going on. I'm sure Tom would be glad to have someone deliver me my truck if I couldn't go pick it up. Either way I'm just frustrated that they won't tell us why our SOLD trucks cannot be delivered... it's unacceptable.



A guy I work with ordered his new GMC the week of Thanksgiving. GM shuts down for 2 weeks in December and he still got his truck the 2nd week in January, the day before I ordered mine he got his. If I didn't despise new GM trucks, I'd be ordering one right now. They didn't jerk him around, he ordered it, they told him when it would get there, it came in EARLY, and he picked it up.

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

I think this horse has been sufficiently beat to death. I think everyone understands that Tim isn't happy and also that others don't think that is realistic. Let's drop that now and move on. Further discussion of the topic isn't going to get anyone anywhere.



-Steve St. Laurent

Lead Moderator

 

[DMarkle]

Tim, I feel your pain man. I have an (Jan. 17th) order pending too. But I hate to kill the thread, because this is the ONLY real place that I have found a REAL answer to the problem. I hear (from the dealer) that DC is having transmision problems. That does not cut it for me. I want to know the technical details and what I will be living with for the next several years (obviously investing that much $$ into a truck). This forum has given (although speculative) more details on the matter than the dealer and that matters both as a Dodge customer and a TDR customer.



Thats my $0. 02. Kill the personal flame BS, but KEEP the ongoing details. Someone MAY post something the sheds light onto the whole situation beyond what is known today.

 

[Tomeygun]

Tim, I feel your pain man. I have an (Jan. 17th) order pending too. But I hate to kill the thread, because this is the ONLY real place that I have found a REAL answer to the problem. I hear (from the dealer) that DC is having transmision problems. That does not cut it for me. I want to know the technical details and what I will be living with for the next several years (obviously investing that much $$ into a truck). This forum has given (although speculative) more details on the matter than the dealer and that matters both as a Dodge customer and a TDR customer.



Thats my $0. 02. Kill the personal flame BS, but KEEP the ongoing details. Someone MAY post something the sheds light onto the whole situation beyond what is known today.

FWIW - All the G56's seem to be released today... Though they still have to get on a transport truck