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Originally Posted by andy2005
I have the exact same truck, with about 77,000 miles on it. I bought it from the origional owner who assured me he never had any problems with it except for a power window switch.
However, I have had a few problems with it. Five days after I had it the AC evaporator core went out of it, costing me about $700.00. A few months later it had a coolant leak around the thermostat housing, that was another $160.00. Now it has something ratteling, I think maybe a motor mount. The good news is that it has never failed to the point where it wouldn't run or I couldn't drive it. Believe it or not, for 2001, Consumer Reports give Dodge a higher reliability rating than Chevy.
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The rattling noise your are hear, does it change with engine speed?
I just fixed a rattling noise on my boss' 99 Ram 5.9L, the torque Converter bolts were hitting against the flywheel inspection plate. I looked at it a month ago and couldn't find a problem because it was not doing it at the time I looked at it, he said it was intermittant, well yesterday he asked me to look at it again because for the last few weeks it has been pretty constant. I heard the noise and assumed right away that it was the TC bolts came loose, so I removed the plate and all the bolts for the TC were tight. Then looked at the inspection plate and could see right where the bolts were hittin, notched that part of the plate out and put it back together and no noise. Something for you to check out.