Service & Maintenance Archives - Dunn Ram Trucks

A battery blanket warms the battery, a block heater the coolant, a pan heater the oil. Which a Manitoba truck needs, and how to share one cord safely.

Oil leak under truck? Tell engine oil from transmission fluid, coolant and AC water, see which seals usually leak, and why a Manitoba cold snap shows it.

Cummins oil capacity for the Ram 2500 and 3500: how much the 6.7 litre holds, which grade to run below minus 18, and how idling shortens the interval.

What fails a safety inspection in Manitoba? Tires, brakes, ball joints, lights, windshield cracks, exhaust and rust, section by section for truck owners.

Brakes squeaking in the morning, squealing that stays, or a grind? What each brake noise on a truck points to, what it costs in parts if you ignore it, and which one cannot wait. From a Portage la Prairie Ram dealer.

How long does a truck battery last when it has to live through Manitoba winters and prairie summers? The makers' honest range, the signs it is near the end, and when to replace it before the cold. From a Portage la Prairie Ram dealer.

Heated seat or heated steering wheel quit on your Ram or Jeep? The timer that fools people first, then the fuse, the switch, the element, the module and the software, in the order a tech checks them. From a Portage la Prairie dealer.

Your truck won't start in the cold. What a click, a slow crank, a crank with no fire and total silence each point to, the order to try things in, and when to stop and call for a tow. From a Portage la Prairie Ram and Jeep dealer.

Exhaust filter message, check engine light, or both on your Ram Cummins? How to read what the truck is telling you, when a highway run helps, and when to stop and book a scan. From a Portage la Prairie Ram dealer.

A truck oil change is not a car oil change with a bigger drain pan. Why towing, idling, gravel dust and minus 30 starts put most prairie pickups on the severe schedule, how to get the oil and the fill right, and when towing season should move the date.