Had a 2013 Ram1500. Nothing but issues. Dim headlights, poor build quality, terrible off-road performance.
Headlights were dimmer than I was used to from day one. Dodge said it was normal due to charging voltage. Design flaw that had the high-beam indicator located in a position in the cluster that made it impossible to cover while driving with either the wheel or your hands and it didn't dim with the dash lights, just a bright blue distraction. Ended up covering it with tape.
Build quality was poor, lots of rattles under a year. Even had a thumb print inside the instrument cluster where it was sealed into the assembly from day one. Dodge didn't respond to emails and I didn't care enough to pursue, just thought that it spoke volumes about quality control.
Over the 2.5 years that I had the Ram, I spent about $2,500 on repairs. Had a passenger door window switch fail that wasn't warranty. Had a wiring harness in the rear passenger wheel area 'just fail' according to Dodge. They told me that it just came apart and wasn't warranty. When it failed I was out hunting and lost ability to go into or out of 4wd.
Off-road it was the worst truck that I have ever owned. I don't do a lot of hard roads, but I drive a lot of forest service and gravel roads. The Ram was over powered and too light in the rear end. I had to go into 4wd on any gravel road and on most dirt roads to keep the back end from breaking loose and fish-tailing. Had good off-road tires and still squirrel-ly as heck. This also translated into bad snow performance.
Dumped the Ram for a 2016 Tundra TRDPro and haven't regretted it one bit. Mileage is about 16-17. Does gravel and forest service roads as fast as I want to go. Tow capacity de-rated due to the softer suspension, but pulls my boat and cargo trailers just fine. Tech is good enough and works like it's supposed to. Leather is easy to clean dust and mud off of. Added some weather tech liners and good to go.
Say what you want about Toyota owners, but I will keep owning them. For the first year and a half, my truck actually appreciated in value. I paid about 46 out the door and it was up to mid-50's at one point private party. I just checked and I can still trade it in for 37k today or private party list it for 40k. In three years and 39k miles it has barely depreciated. So far, only tires, oil, and wipers. Very few other trucks hold value like Toyota. When I traded that Ram in, it had dropped well over half of it's value in 2.5 years.
Also my dealer told me that the year that I bought it, Toyota had fallen to the #2 most American built truck. They build something like 86% of the truck in Texas and that year, some other company had gotten to 87% American made. My numbers on the percentages may not be correct, but the point is that no truck is 100% American made. Every one of them gets some parts here, some parts there, components made in one country are put together in another country and profits go to executives and shareholders all over the world.
