Blog - Page 6 of 33 - Dunn Ram Trucks

The engine light came on and then went off on its own. Why the lamp turns itself off, why the code stays in memory where a dealer scan tool can still read it, the intermittent faults that behave this way on a Ram or Jeep, and why it is worth reading before a Manitoba winter. From a Portage la Prairie dealer.

The engine light came on a day or two after an oil change. The four things a tech checks first, in order: the fill cap and dipstick, the oil level and grade, a connector bumped during the service, and the code that was already pending. From a Portage la Prairie Ram and Jeep dealer.

Where the diagnostic port is, how to pull the codes with a basic reader, the old key cycle trick that only works on some older models, how to read a P code, and what a code can never tell you. From a Portage la Prairie Ram and Jeep dealer.

One filter protects your engine, the other protects you. What the engine air filter and the cabin air filter each do, where they sit on a Ram 1500, Ram 2500 or Grand Cherokee, how each one fails on gravel and in January, and why they are checked together but replaced on different clocks. From a Portage la Prairie dealer.

All wheel drive gets an SUV moving on snow. It does nothing to stop it. How to choose winter tires for a Jeep Grand Cherokee, Dodge Durango, Jeep Compass or Chrysler Pacifica: load index, XL, minus one sizing, TPMS and the MPI program. From a Portage la Prairie dealer.

Why the engine light on a Ram or Jeep is amber, which red lamps mean pull over now, what the exclamation point lights are telling you, and which lights on a minus 30 start are normal. Straight from the owner's manual, from a Portage la Prairie dealer.

How many Manitoba winters a set of winter tires really gives you, the tread depth where a winter tire stops acting like one, why running them through a summer burns them up, and how storage and rotation buy you another season. From a Portage la Prairie dealer.

What actually drives the price of a set of winter tires on a truck in Manitoba: size and load range, studs, rims and TPMS, mounting, storage. The honest read on budget winter tires and used sets, plus how MPI's Winter Tire Program can finance the lot. From a Portage la Prairie dealer.

Brand lists will not tell you whether a tire fits your truck. Load range, LT versus P metric, the snowflake, compound at minus 30 and studs. How to choose winter tires for a Ram 1500 or Ram 2500 in Manitoba, from a Portage la Prairie dealer.

All season tires are really three season tires. Below 7 degrees the compound hardens and you lose grip, on dry pavement as much as on snow. Why four wheel drive does not fix it, and what your truck actually needs. From a Portage la Prairie Ram dealer.