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94K views 17 replies 10 participants last post by  NevadaMike  
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So just as an FYI for those of you who may think you truck now has sluggish acceleration(at any speed). I lurked around here for days searching for similar issues threads but no real luck for me. I took it into the dealer to have the trans looked at since I was sure that was my problem, the dealer told me there was no problems. All shift points were in spec fluid was good, and buy the way that will be a $135 charge. A you have some broken manifold bolts but you warranty expired 2 weeks ago. but we can replace all of them for $1000. Oh boy I felt like you got to be kidding me. Ill get back to that one shortly. So I paid the $135 thinking it was a rip. So I limped back to Houston from Dallas trying to figure what else the issue may be. Search on here and decided to clean the throttle body. When I pulled it off I thought it was not bad but cleaned it anyway following some of the threads on here. I didn't get to drive it much until Monday when I headed back to Dallas and boy what a difference it makes. No more lag on acceleration, So read some of the thread on here guys and clean your throttle body if you think you have laggy acceleration before you go to the dealer. For at max 25 Min to do you all should have no problems, just follow any of the methods discussed in this forum.

Ok now back to the manifold bolts, So after hearing I was out of warranty by just 2 weeks I decided to call Chrysler main # ended up having my case escalated to a third party group I guess appointed by Chrysler. I went this route first since its a known issue on our trucks before i attempt to tackle it on my own. So after 4 days i have got a few calls from this guy trying to reach my rep at the dealer with no luck then hit this weekend and being a Holiday I doubt I'll hear any thing until mid week. Ill update this as it plays out.

Thanks you everyone who posted the DIY's that i looked at before I did mine!!
 
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Update 6/1

Well my effort calling Chrysler Corp to get the bolts covered paid off. Dealership called me this morning to offer this solution:

Work to be done: Replace 4 Exhaust Manifold bolts, back two on each side
Out of pocket $100

Now I'm sure some of you may not agree and I could have pushed for zero out of pocket expense but all things considered I am comfortable with this offer and my truck will be quiet again. The gentleman at Chrysler Corp work well for me, just need to put forth the effort and make the call to them to help get your issue resolved. It worked for me!

Thanks everyone

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