2016 XLT with 3.5 and it’s been trouble free through almost 130k miles. Much stronger towing and faster than 5.0. Better mileage too. Wouldn’t trade mine for a 5.0 just like it. I don’t know if my generation (15-17) didn’t have phaser troubles or not. I run 5w30 Mobil 1 full synthetic and change it every 5k miles. I bought a used 19 King Ranch that had bad phasers (and leaking sunroof and then the forward camera quit working and they couldn’t fix it) but sold it. If I was buying new I’d get the longest extended warranty on hey offer and keep the oil changed.

Better than a GM truck with bad cams and lifters due to AFM and bad transmissions to boot. Phaser rattle is aggravating but you can do something about it. Crappy transmission not so much.


Cue Irishguy to tell us how amazing his V6 Ram 1500 is.