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Warranty almost out
Old 10-27-2009, 06:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Warranty almost out

My '03 3500 is right at 99K miles and is at the dealer for the suspension recall. Since I have 1K miles left on the warranty,is there anything I should have the dealership look at and perhaps try to get to replace? According to my buddy that has a truck same as mine,said I've been lucky not to replace my fuel pump since his went out 400 miles in the middle of no where on the ALCAN hwy. What do you think?
Thanks in advance.

Just talked to the dealer and they didn't find anything wrong engine wise. They did tell me the alternator bracket is cracked and they are not sure if that will be warranted or not. I know about the TSB on the bracket,shouldn't that be covered anyway because of the trucks with this issue? Also found out the Pitman arm is loose,they also mentioned the steering gears as bad as well as drag link and tie rod assembly. So WTF? At 99K easy miles,there is no way I should be having to replace front end parts on a 4x4. I suppose that would explain the death rattle going down the road. Where can I purchase frond end parts at a reasonable prices? I'm way pi!!ed about having to replace front end parts on a truck that has never pulled an RV and has never been hard cored off road. Any tricks to get Mopar to pick up the bill?
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