Oil Pump Problems of Dodge Ram 2500

My Dodge 1997 Ram 2500 truck with 8. 0l v-10 engine suffered sudden and complete loss of oil pressure and subsequent engine seizure on 13 August 2005. The truck had 74254 miles on the odometer at the time of the engine failure. The oil level in the engine was normal (full) at the time of the failure. After the engine failure, the truck was towed to the Dodge truck dealer in bozeman, montana. I was advised by the assistant service manager that he had seen several Dodge truck v-10ã‚??s with seized engines due to oil pump failures but he knew of no factory program to correct the problem. Within a few days the dealer provided an estimate of $9461 to replace the engine with a mopar rebuilt engine and provide a 3-year warranty on the work. Given the relatively high repair cost quoted by the dealer, and an apparent lack of any factory program to cover even a portion of the repair cost, I elected to have the engine rebuilt by a local independent repair shop. During disassembly of the engine, it was found that one of the gears in the oil pump had fractured (broken) in several places. These fractures caused a sudden and completely unexpected failure of the oil pump, a complete loss of engine oil pressure, and subsequent seizure of the engine a few seconds of operation later. The oil pump gears were photographed and these images can be provided. The inner gear is broken in several pieces. All of the oil pump parts are available for inspection. Since oil pump gears are internal engine parts not subject to routine periodic maintenance and not subject to abuse by the vehicle operator, the failure is clearly due to material defect or manufacturing defect. A sudden and unexpected engine seizure in a highway vehicle is a serious safety issue. Since the reported 8. 0l v10 engine seizure is not an isolated case, you should consider an immediate product recall of Dodge trucks with the 8. 0l v10 engine, or other corrective action, to reduce future occurrences of the same problem.

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Engine #1(3884 miles) we had only had the truck for two months, had not even made the second payment. We were 75 miles from home pulling our 21 foot boat when the first incident occurred. It was only the second time we had used the truck to pull--which is why we bought the v10 . A piece of the block came off and locked up the oil pump. We were without our truck for three weeks while the dealership tore down the engine to determine the problem and wait for Chrysler to decide the best remedy which was a brand new 1999 engine. Chrysler wanted to ship a 2000 engine but it would not bolt up. Our summer was ruined & we did not pull anything again until this year. Engine #2(16,397 miles on truck but only 12,513 miles on this engine). On June 11, 2000, the second time to pull this year, we left on vacation pulling our 23 foot ultra lite pull behind camper. On Monday, June 12, 2000, 250 miles from home, the engine started knocking. This time, it had thrown a rod. Our vacation was ruined. The truck was down for two weeks and we were stranded, unable to take our rental car out of state. Chrysler sent a rebuilt engine this time. Engine #3(16,462 miles on the truck but only 65 miles on this engine). We picked up the truck June 23, 2000 after the service people put it through a 24 mile test drive. We drove 41 miles pulling our camper and as we started up a long 5% incline, it began to lose power. About 1/4 mile up the hill, with the gas pedal on the floor, it had dropped to 30 mph--no power--so we pulled off of the road & stopped. Stranded once again, we called Chrysler. After three hours, we were finally rescued. It was taken to a dealer and determined at the present time to have "internal problems". We are once again without our truck. It is not even one year old.

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