[Cliff R]

Most of my issues with the 2018 Dodge were engine, transmission and rear diff related. It also had numerous other problems but I'll quickly just hit the main stuff.

The engine started out fine, 13.5mpg's which wasn't great but not that hateful. Then it started "surging" and acted like it was "hunting" for the right tune for lack of better words to describe it. Mileage fell to 11.3-11.4 and stayed there not matter how easy you drove it. Several trips to the dealer with ZERO improvement or answers.

Then the diff started "whining", not just a little, it got really loud. I was out in Colorado on a hunting trip and discovered the diff was WAY low on fluid, took over 2 quarts to get it near the fill hole...YIKES! The noise didn't get any worse after that but damage was done. When I got back the dealership told me it was fine and that I "over-filled" it.....WTF. Not possible to "over-fill" one as any excess runs out the fill hole, but they tried to put it back on me.

Then the trans, biggest POS in any vehicle I owned period. When you slowed down coming to a stop or yield and didn't completely stop it would "bind-up" between several gears and "lug" the engine and truck wasn't moving. Then if you kept pushing down on the throttle it would finally find low gear and throw you and all your chit into the back seat, any drinks or coffee in mugs without good lids would be all over the place!

Never set an engine or trans code so the dealership kept saying it was fine. Even threw some BS at me that even the owner of the dealership drove the truck, couldn't hear the "whine" in the diff, trans never acted up once and the engine never "surged".......I left the dealership that day and drove to a Chevy dealership and traded it off!......Never again will I go that direction no matter what the price or how good everyone says that junk is.........FWIW.......Cliff