swexlin said:Rick, as I said in your post, thanks for keeping our membership up to date. Your presence here is most welcome.
Rick@DSM said:The possibility is all these rigs will go to auction with no warranty. All new orders for '05 2500/3500 will be cut off as of 4/13 at 11:00 Pacific time. My guess is the '06 will available for order sooner than normal.
imagine if you can't get a Manual, only an Auto
klenger said:If I had to replace my truck, and I couldn't get a good manual transmission in a Dodge, I don't know what I'd do.
klenger said:If I had to replace my truck, and I couldn't get a good manual transmission in a Dodge, I don't know what I'd do.
LDobie said:Wow, is there a possibility of that Rick, thats insane!! Talk about taking 250+ sales of your most profitable vehicle right square in the derriere. Wouldn't it be better to put the engineering staff on O/T and find the solution and fix these problems at the dealer when they finally get there?? Its pretty discouraging, hopefully they get everything ironed out soon. Remember back in '03 when you couldn't get an Auto with the H/O, imagine if you can't get a Manual, only an Auto :--)
RustyJC said:Rick,
I guess I wonder about the G56-equipped trucks that have already been delivered. Why would one think that they are any different in configuration than the ones currently being quarantined? I wonder why Dodge differentiates between them (i. e. , the delivered trucks are apparently OK (???) but the quarantined trucks are not)?
Rusty
sag2 said:If it is the bearing that is bad, they will replace the bearing or transmission. This transmission is out there being used by the people that took delivery before they put them on hold. I can't recall anyone that has one that failed. They are not going to scrap a transmission program for a bearing problem. My guess is there was a process problem building them, and they can't get their arms around the scope of the problem. I know the people that are patiently waiting for orders will disagree, but I think DC is doing the honorable thing by figuring the fix before the customer gets it.
And if it is a bearing, it is probably the same bearing that is used in other applications. The chances that a manufacturer would design an all new bearing when there is something off the shelf are slim to none, and slim just left.